Every morning at dawn, sleepy teenagers can be seen "trudging zombie-like" through the streets of Indonesia. The sleep-deprived teenagers have become reluctant participants of a new controversial experiment that attempts to get their days off to a much earlier start.

Controversial trial in Indonesia leaves school students trudging like ‘zombies’, parents fume

A Californian appeals court has ruled that "gig" economy firms like Uber and Lyft can continue to treat their state-based drivers as independent contractors. This verdict comes in a case regarding a labour measure known as Proposition 22.

California appeal court allows for Uber, Lyft worker to be classified as individual contractors

China's new premier Li Qiang on Monday sought to reassure the nation's private sector, saying that the environment for entrepreneurial businesses will improve and equal treatment will be given to companies, regardless of ownership type.

China premier Li Qiang says achieving 5% growth target 'no easy task'

Li Qiang, the former Shanghai Communist Party chief on Saturday, took over the nation’s number two post and assumed office as the country's premier. The 63-old-year-old Li faces the daunting task of reviving China’s economy, which has over the past three years been battered by COVID-19 curbs.

Career bureaucrat, Xi Jinping's ally and now China's second most powerful man: Who is Li Qiang?

Hundreds of migrants attempt to force their way into USA at the Mexico border crossing

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday emphasised the need to strengthen the nation's security. Speaking for the first time since taking over for the historic third term as the nation's president, he said China must modernise its military to make it a "Great Wall of Steel".

Xi Jinping calls for fortification of armed forces into 'Great Wall of Steel'

Canada's last captive killer whale, dubbed "the loneliest whale in the world" has died. Kiska, the 47-year-old Orca whale, as per local media reports, died on Thursday (March 9) of bacterial infection.

Isolated for over a decade, world’s ‘loneliest whale’, Kiska, dies in Canada after 40 years of captivity

As India's top court readies to hear a batch of pleas seeking validation for same-sex marriages, the nation's central government has submitted an affidavit opposing the step.

Centre opposes same-sex marriages, says those between a man and a woman 'the norm throughout history'

China's third-term President Xi Jinping on Saturday, during the ongoing annual meeting of China's parliament, appointed his close ally and confidant Li Qiang to the post of premier.

Xi Jinping appoints longtime ally and confidant Li Qiang as China’s new premier

February saw deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon and the fragile Cerrado savanna hit record highs. As per the latest figures released by the Brazilian government on Friday, last month 322 square kilometres (or 124 square miles) of forest cover were destroyed in Brazil's share of the world's biggest rainforest.

‘Worst-ever’ data shows Feb deforestation in Amazon rainforest broke previous record by 62%

A Texas man has accused three women of murder and has sued them for allegedly helping his ex-wife obtain abortion pills. This, as per Bloomberg, is the first of its kind case under Texas' wrongful-death law.

‘First of its kind’: Texas man sues ex-wife’s friends for supplying abortion pills; seeks $1mn in damages

The UK government will unveil a highly anticipated yet controversial bill on Tuesday aimed at stopping illegal migrant crossings across the English Channel. It would ban those making the perilous journey using small boats from claiming asylum in the country and will deport them swiftly.

UK to unveil new law that deports asylum seekers to unspecified 'safe third countries'

Global progress on women's rights is "won over decades (is) vanishing before our eyes" said United Nations chief Antonio Guterres on Monday. He warned that gender equality remains a distant goal.

'Patriarchy is fighting back...so are we': Gender equality is still 300 years away, says UN

As technology evolves and advances, scammers continue to discover ways to cheat people out of money. One latest scam that is duping telecom companies out of billions of dollars is the SIM box fraud.

SIM box fraud costs telecom sector $3 billion. Here's what it is

A new report alleges that the late ope John Paul II knew about child abuse in Poland's Catholic Church even before taking over as pontiff. It further claims that the late Pope helped cover the litany of abuses.

Former Pope John Paul II covered up cases of paedophilia in church: Report

Dramatically raising the stakes of the 2024 United States Presidential elections, Donald Trump on Saturday warned that he's the only candidate capable of saving America from "warmonger" Democrats and the "zealots and fools" of the mainstream Republican party.

Donald Trump says world is heading towards 'World War III' which only he can prevent

United Kingdom's former Health Secretary Matt Hancock has once again made the headlines for all the wrong reasons. A spate of recently leaked WhatsApp texts has revealed controversial messages by the former government official.

WION Explains | The many colourful controversies surrounding former UK health secretary Matt Hancock

The United Kingdom is all set to unveil a new law to crack down on migrants arriving in Britain in small boats from Europe across the English Channel. As per reports, the law will be unveiled on Tuesday.

'Enough is enough,' UK set to introduce new law to crack down on illegal migrants

A serial killer popularly known as the ‘Devil's Disciple’ may soon be out from behind the bars. Often referred to as Britain's forgotten serial killer, Patrick Mackay has been in prison for 48 years, since 1975.

UK serial killer Patrick Mackay a.k.a. ‘Devil's Disciple’ may be released soon. Here's all you need to know

16 years to the day she murdered her five children, a Belgian woman has been euthanised at her own request. On February 28th, 2007, the woman Genevieve Lhermitte slit the throats of her four daughters and one son.

Belgian mother slits throats of her five children and 16 years later chooses to die by euthanasia

In a surprise move, video conferencing platform Zoom has sacked its president Greg Tomb. He served as the company's president for less than a year. He took over the reins in June 2022, and as per BBC, was actively overseeing the company's sales.

Video conferencing giant Zoom abruptly sacks company president Greg Tomb 'without cause'

The US Justice Department has alleged that Alphabet Inc's Google has destroyed internal corporate communications, thereby destroying important evidence in the antitrust lawsuit filed against the company by the United States.

US Justice Department accuses Google of destroying evidence in antitrust case

Australian people conceived through donor sperm or egg may soon have greater access to their genetic history. The Queensland government, as per a Guardian report, has accepted a new set of recommendations in this regard.

Queensland to allow children born of donated sperm or eggs to know their genetic history

As the toll from Italy's boat wreck keeps on climbing, a horrible detail of the tragedy has come to the fore. The people smugglers responsible for the "voyage of death" threw kids into the sea to lighten the boat's weight, reports claimed.

Italy boat tragedy gets murkier: Smugglers 'threw kids into sea' to lighten vessel's load

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