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China issued a set of guidelines to make the teaching profession "one of the most respected and admirable occupations in China" by 2035. The guidelines, released earlier this week by the Chinese Communist Party's Central Committee and the State Council, China’s cabinet, focus on protecting their rights and supporting them to “actively discipline students".

At least four people are believed to have been killed and approximately 30 more injured in a shooting at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia, according to law enforcement sources in the state.

Pakistan was to host England for three Tests in October later this year; however, due to construction delays at three venues – Multan, Karachi and Rawalpindi, the PCB could be forced to move the series out of the country.

Kolkata rape-murder case: Parents of the doctor trainee, who was brutally raped and murdered at RG Kar hospital in August, alleged on Wednesday (Sep 4) that the Kolkata Police attempted to bribe them and suppress the case by hurriedly cremating her body.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a productive meeting with his Singapore counterpart Lawrence Wong during which they elevated the bilateral ties to a comprehensive strategic partnership. The two leaders also oversaw the exchange of four MoUs after the talks.

Sarah Storey extended her record as the most successful British Paralympian on Wednesday, winning the women's C5 time trial at the Paris Games to claim her 18th gold medal.

Colt Gray, the 14-year-old suspect in the Georgia school shooting, was a loner, a student who sat next to him in class has said. The junior at the Apalachee High School has revealed Gray's weird behaviour moments before he opened fire, killing four, two pupils and two teachers.

Germany's military put the first Iris-T air-defence system into service on its own soil Wednesday having delivered several of them to war-torn Ukraine to intercept Russian rockets, drones and missiles.

Britain will set out new legislation to stop water companies leaking sewage into rivers and seas and it will do so by bringing in tougher penalties including imprisonment for company bosses, and giving the regulator new powers.

A thick slick of oil covers part of an estuary in the ecuadoran amazon, Where the indigenous waorani people are imploring authorities to stop drilling for the black gold that keeps spilling into their environment.

In southern Mexico city, a group of activists and locals is working to protect an amphibian species.

Severe heatwave and pollution have impacted several countries and now Serbia's Sava river has turned green and well heatwave is the culprit.

Amid tensions with Volkswagen, Germany's largest union, IG Metall, has pledged to explore every possible solution, including the introduction of a four-day workweek, in response to the carmaker's unprecedented proposal to close domestic factories and eliminate long-standing job guarantees.

Will something come in between Vasya’s good luck and destiny? A news season of Taaza Khabar will pose that questions and answer them for you. The show will be back this September and will stream from September 27 on Disney+ Hotstar.

NASA admitted there was “tension” during meetings with Boeing executives about how to bring home two astronauts stranded on the International Space Station, but denied reports of shouting matches.

The record-breaking warming in the Antarctic stratosphere in the month of July disrupted the polar vortex and affected global weather patterns. This event was a little different from the frequent warmings of the Arctic and is likely to have impacted the weather phenomena and ozone levels in the Southern Hemisphere.

Germany's military put the first Iris-T air-defence system into service on its own soil Wednesday having delivered several of them to war-torn Ukraine to intercept Russian rockets, drones and missiles.

The first nuclear clock of the world is likely to start ticking soon after scientists at the JILA, a joint institute of the University of Colorado Boulder and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) successfully cracked the workings of all the components required to construct one.

As the United States announced sanctions against Russian state-funded media RT for trying to influence the American people ahead of presidential elections in November, the Russian foreign affairs ministry said that they would take retaliatory measures, warning that they would make "everyone shudder".