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Russia's Kursk region which has made headlines for becoming a Battleground after an incursion by the Ukrainian forces is conducting elections to elect its next Governor. The early voting kicked off in the t region voters will be able to cast their balloted at polling stations or a house-to-house vote collection system is also in place.

Organisers of the Venice International Film Festival are taking extra measures to ensure former couple Brad Pitt and Angeline Jolie do not cross paths. The two actors are at the festival currently to promote their respective movies.

Africa has secured less than 10% of the estimated $245 million it needs to fight a surging mpox outbreak on the continent, a senior official from the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said on Wednesday.

While the former South African president Jacob Zuma appeared for a high court pre-trial hearing in an arms deal corruption case in the country. The case relates to allegations surrounding a multi-million dollar government deal with French arms Trader in the 1990s. Watch in for more details!

The situation turned extremely weird for a couple after they accidentally hit the gear stick and placed it in the back gear because of which the car plunged into the Philadelphia River while they were having sex in the backseat.

Under fire over the collapse of a Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj statue, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Thursday asserted he would not hesitate to touch the feet of the warrior king 100 times and apologise for the incident if required.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on Wednesday (Aug 28) released the first photos of the weapon used by Thomas Crooks for the failed assassination attempt on former US president Donald Trump in Butler County, Pennsylvania, last month.

Sri Lanka is all set to hold presidential elections on 21st September. Watch WION to know more on the story.

Wildfires in Canada last year released more greenhouse gases than some of the largest pollution emitting countries, revealed a report on Wednesday (August 28). Shockingly, the wildfires released 647 megatonnes of carbon, which is seven to ten times that of the largest national emitters for the year 2022.

U.S. director Tim Burton acknowledged on Wednesday that he fell out of love with the film business in recent years, but rediscovered his mojo while shooting a sequel to his 1988 comedy horror Beetlejuice.

Russia launched waves of drone and missile strikes across Ukraine, while accusing the US of involvement in Kyiv's incursion into Russia and repeating warnings it could review its nuclear doctrine in response.

New details emerged in the Kolkata rape and murder case on Thursday (Aug 29), indicating how the parents of the 31-year-old victim were misled by the hospital authorities where the gruesome incident had happened.

Donald Trump’s campaign is co-managed by the man who engineered the “swift boating” of John Kerry in 2004, so it should come as no surprise that 20 years later, military service and treatment of veterans are turning into uncomfortable political issues.

The United Nations' nuclear watchdog chief warned of heightened risk at the nuclear power plant in Kursk, Russia, where Ukraine has been conducting a military counteroffensive.

US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan pledged Wednesday during a visit to Beijing that Washington would defend its regional allies, after Japan and the Philippines blamed China for stoking tensions.

France on Wednesday charged Pavel Durov, the founder and chief of Telegram, with a litany of violations related to the messaging app and banned him from leaving the country.

BJP called for the 'Bangla Bandh' on August 28 (Wednesday), in protest against the doctor's rape and murder incident in West Bengal. The protest partially affected their daily lives as the public transport services were hit and caused inconvenience to people.

The unprecedented economic crisis in 2022 in Sri Lanka was accompanied by widespread unrest and protests, it is in public memory that its President Ranil Wickremesinghe is promising to erase by delivering a stable economy. Launching his re-election campaign Wickremesinghe defended his tough austerity measures that came with the International Monetary Fund bailout. Watch to know more.

An American archaeologist, Karla Dana, tragically died after the boat she was on capsized and sank during an expedition off the west coast of Norway. The vessel was a replica of a Viking Ship The six people on board the Naddoddur encountered rough seas on the fourth day of their voyage from the Faroe Islands to Norway.