When ex-US President Donald Trump woke up on Saturday (Feb 17), his total legal debt obligations had soared to over half a billion dollars. A day before, a New York Judge ruled that he must cough up more than $350 million plus pre-judgment interest for intentional financial fraud stretching more than a decade.

Explained: Will Trump declare bankruptcy as his legal debt soars over $500 million?

“I saw my father breaking down” and “it made me feel a sudden pain,” Byju Raveendran wrote in a letter to Byju’s employees. Once called India’s ed-tech behemoth, as it earned the title of India’s most-valued startup, Byju’s today is reeling under heavy setbacks, including a liquidity crunch, accounting irregularities, scrutiny from government bodies, alleged mis-selling of courses, predatory marketing, overpricing, mass layoffs, among others.

Explained | From BYJU’S celebrated hero to despised villain, the story of Byju Raveendran

In Beijing, China, on Monday, Australian writer and pro-democracy blogger Yang Hengjun found himself on the receiving end of a suspended death sentence. The move has stirred controversy and drawn attention from human rights advocates who have deemed it an unusually harsh verdict in an espionage-related case.

Explained | Understanding China’s ‘suspended death sentence’ to Australian blogger Yang Hengjun

February 4, 2024 is the day when Facebook becomes exactly a two-decade-old company. It was 20 years back when Mark Zuckerberg created the social media giant, a watershed moment for the digital space.

Explained | From TheFacebook to Meta, 20-year-long controversial journey of social media giant

In a significant blow to Maldivian President Mohamed Muizzu, the nation's main opposition party, the Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) is reportedly gearing up to initiate an impeachment motion against him.

Explained | Impeachment drama unfolds in Maldives against anti-India President Mohamed Muizzu

A mysterious case out of the US state of Missouri has left many baffled after bodies of three American football fans of the team Kansas City Chiefs were found outside their friend’s home.

Explained: Mysterious deaths of three football fans found ‘frozen’ in friend’s backyard

The Under-19 ICC World Cup gets underway on January 19 in South Africa with India playing their first game on Saturday (Jan 20) against continental rivals Bangladesh.

Explained | All you need to know about ICC U19 World Cup 2024 format and everything else

Breaching Pakistan's air defence system, Iran on Tuesday (Jan 16) targeted two key strongholds of terror outfit Jaish al-Adl (known in Iran as Jaysh al-Dhulm) in the restive Balochistan province using "precision missile and drone strikes".

Explained | Why did Iran attack Pakistan? What is Jaish al-Adl group targeted by Tehran?

Taiwan will vote for a new president on Saturday (Jan 13) in an election watched across the world as the new leader in Taipei City will determine the course of affairs in the self-ruled island nation amid growing aggression by Communist-ruled China.

Explained: How Taiwan is keeping up with democracy amid Xi Jinping's 'reunification' threat

Concerns about the impact of social media on users' mental health have always been there. Do tech giants like Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram care, or is it all about engagement for them?

Dark side of social media: Do X, Facebook, Instagram care about your mental health? WION investigates

Sex offender Jeffrey Epstein's associates have become public knowledge. On Wednesday (Jan 3rd), a New York judge began to unseal the identities of people linked in court documents to the US financier, who had committed suicide a couple of years back.

Explained | Jeffrey Epstein scandal continues ‘beyond the grave’. Here’s all you need to know

For women around the world, life is a seemingly never-ending rollercoaster of menstruation, which let us be honest isn't always a joyride. It comes with its hormonal ups and downs and period pain that can turn the journey into a bit of a turbulence.

Explained | Period Pain: Understanding and managing menstrual cramps, experts weigh in

In the short span of just four years, more than half a million young people in the United Kingdom are out of work. As per recently released data from the UK's Office for National Statistics, in the first three months of 2023, more than 560,000 people aged 16 to 34 were without a job.

In UK, more than 560,000 young people jobless due to mental health issues

Sri Lanka's previous government led by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has been accused of orchestrating Easter attacks of April 2019 by a whistleblower. The latest accusation over the cause of attack in which six suicide bombers targeted churches and luxury hotels across the country was made in a documentary for Channel 4’s Dispatches.

Explained | Did Sri Lanka's Rajapaksa orchestrate Easter bombings of 2019 for return to power?

Every few months, a science story goes viral on the realms of internet, warning us of impending doom brought by the biggest object in our solar system. "The Sun has ejected a massive solar storm" is the usual headline, followed by a warning that it may destroy life on planet Earth as we know it.

Explained | Solar storms have been raging for weeks and Earth is bearing the brunt

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

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

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

The much-anticipated trial of Grammy-winning rapper Young Thug, whose real name is Jeffrey Lamar Williams, commonly referred to as the "YSL RICO trial," has officially commenced in Atlanta.

YSL RICO Trial: All you need to know about Young Thug's complex legal battle | WION Explains

For many, after reaching a certain age their birthday is just another day, but when you are the president of one the most powerful nations which is embroiled in two wars and running for reelection at the age of 80, it is anything but that.

Explained | Joe Biden’s age in focus again as US president celebrates 81st birthday ahead of 2024 elections

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

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

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

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