A couple off Glenn Maxwell's willow led the Pat Cummins-led Australia to complete the 241-run chase with ease during the 2023 ODI World Cup final, in Ahmedabad, versus India on Nov 19.

Explained | How Team India has problems aplenty for 2024 T20 World Cup

A little more than a year after South African President Cyril Ramaphosa crowned Misuzulu ka Zwelithini as the new Zulu king, a court on Tuesday (Dec 12) ruled that the crowing was "unlawful and invalid".

Explained | Zulu king's coronation deemed unlawful by South African court

The show of bilateral bonhomie between Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Italian counterpart Giorgia Meloni, first seen during Meloni's New Delhi visit in March 2023, has not just taken over the internet but also the corridors of power in New Delhi and Rome.

Explained: The bittersweet 'melodi' in India-Italy ties during Swaraj-Jaishankar years

The Ethics Committee of the lower house of Indian parliament, Lok Sabha, on Friday (Dec 8) disqualified opposition lawmaker Mahua Moitra following the so-called cash-for-query row.

Explained | Mahua Moitra's cash-for-query row: How TMC MP got ousted from parliament

It was only days back that the limited-edition snake-soup pizza, launched by Pizza Hut and Ser Wong Fun – one of the longest-standing snake restaurants in Hong Kong – made a lot of buzz and many wondered whether it was safe to consume and how would it taste?

Explained | Why China consumes snake soup in winter and why it is disappearing

Israel has got large 'bunker buster' bombs from the United States among tens of thousands of other weapons and weaponry as part of longtime military cooperation between the two countries.

Explained | How BLU-109 'bunker buster' bombs could potentially decimate Hamas tunnels in Gaza

Russia's invasion of Ukraine shook the world in February 2022. Political and military arenas felt the weight of history as forces of a former superpower crossed borders to wage a war many thought would be over within weeks given Russia's more than decisive superiority over Ukraine in military might.

Explained: Did Turkey benefit as it delayed Sweden's NATO bid?

OpenAI and its powerful CEO Sam Altman, the creator of ChatGPT, have been making headlines for disrupting the world of artificial intelligence (AI) and bringing technological advances to a never-known pedestal.

Explained: How OpenAI's boardroom coup was defeated by Sam Altman, AI world's disruptor-in-chief

Israel approved a hostage deal with Palestinian militant-political group Hamas on Wednesday (Nov 22) that was reportedly brokered by Qatar and had been more than a month in the making.

Explained: Delays, dilemmas and setbacks — A look inside Israel-Hamas hostage deal

Last week, it was reported by Indian media that India and Taiwan were on the brink of signing an MoU that would enable about 100,000 Indian workers to work in the East Asian nation.

Explained | How racism overshadowed India-Taiwan co-operation

In Kolkata's historic Eden Gardens, as Australia played against South Africa in the second semifinal of ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2023, the geopolitical playground of Ahmedabad for the quadrennial event's final had its permutations and combinations ready.

Explained | Cricket, Quad and World Cup—geopolitics of gentleman's game

The war between Israel and Hamas since the sudden cross-border attack launched by the terrorists on October 7 has led to a large civilian death toll. The war and the humanitarian losses come under a complex international system of justice which has emerged since World War II.

Explained | What kind of war crime laws apply to the Israel-Hamas conflict?

United Kingdom's former prime minister David Cameron's shocking comeback to the country's frontline politics as foreign secretary has refreshed the memories of the Greensill lobbying scandal which still continues to overshadow his political career.

Explained: What is Greensill lobbying scandal which overshadows David Cameron's political career?

The attention of the world has been drawn to the meeting between US President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping during the Asia Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC) forum in San Francisco amid efforts by Washington and Beijing to deescalate the geo-economic tensions between them.

Explained: What is APEC group and why is India not a member

Space is harsh. Space is unforgiving. Space is not for everyone. So, when you are nearing the final stages of building the most-sophisticated satellite to study the earth, you better get it right.

Explained | ISRO-NASA satellite 'NISAR' gets a feel of space in Bengaluru

Amid China's slowing economy, geopolitical tussle with the United States and low interest rates, foreign businesses have started pulling money out of the market of China at a faster rate compared to what they have been putting in, as per official data.

Explained: Why foreign businesses are pulling out money from China at such a fast rate?

British Prime Minster Rishi Sunak surprised the political observers in the UK when he pushed for his predecessor David Cameron for the post of foreign secretary.

Explained | Five things to know about UK ex-PM, now foreign secretary David Cameron

On November 7, India's Supreme Court gave a clarification over its order to ban firecrackers across the country. The Court stated that the use of firecrackers, which are filled with barium and other banned chemicals, is banned in the entire nation, and not only in the National Capital Region.

Explained | What kind of fireworks are allowed across India after SC's ban on crackers?

Match 41 of the ODI World Cup 2023 edition is between New Zealand and Sri Lanka at the iconic M Chinaswammy Stadium in Bengaluru. The clash holds a lot of significance for both sides as Kane Williamson & Co.

CWC 2023: Will Pakistan qualify for semi-finals if New Zealand vs Sri Lanka is washed out?

The US Secretary of State Antony Blinken landed in Israel's Tel Aviv on Friday (Nov 3) in what is his second trip to West Asia this week, days after his much-criticised shuttle diplomacy in the region failed to yield geopolitical results aimed towards a purported de-escalation of Israel-Hamas war and access to humanitarian aid into Gaza Strip.

Explained | Why Blinken has returned to West Asia despite a failed peace bid last time

Pakistan have not lived up to expectations so far in the ongoing ICC Men's ODI World Cup in India. After winning their first two games, Babar Azam-led Men in Green were on a roll before losing four games on the trot.

CWC '23: How Pakistan can still qualify for semi-finals after four successive defeats - Scenarios EXPLAINED

Elon Musk, the billionaire entrepreneur is in the news again, as he constantly is. This time, he is making news because his 'Starlink' is helping to provide and restore internet access in the Gaza Strip, which is currently being relentlessly bombed by Israel after Palestinian militant group Hamas' October 7 attack that sparked the ongoing Israel-Hamas war.

Explained | What is Starlink, the ambitious global internet service of Elon Musk?

When a helicopter lands on an open field, it kicks off a dust storm and particles are strewn all across the vicinity of the landing spot. Likewise, when the Chandrayaan-3 lander touched down on the Lunar surface by using its on-board engines (helicopters use rotors, aerospace vehicles use mini-rocket engines), it kicked up quite a lot of dust, says a finding by Indian Space Research Organisation.

Explained: Is the lunar soil sticky or dust-like? What did Chandrayaan-3 find?

The Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) recently made use of the 'Iron Sting' precision munition system for the first time in a military operation. The IDF's elite Maglan Unit used this innovative technology to target Hamas rocket launchers in the Gaza Strip, demonstrating a new level of precision and effectiveness.

Explained | What is Iron Sting, the system that can put Israel ahead of Hamas in the war?

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