In a big boost for Kyiv, the US says it will permit its Western partners to provide Ukraine with cutting-edge fighter jets, including American-made F-16s. President Joe Biden "informed his G7 counterparts" of the decision at the group's summit on Friday in Japan, according to national security adviser Jake Sullivan.

Russia-Ukraine War: Ukraine focuses on upping its air defence systems

India's market regulator, Sebi, has proposed halving the time required to list shares on stock exchanges from IPO closure to just three days. This move aims to enhance the ease of doing business and provide faster access to raised capital for issuers while offering early credit and liquidity for investors. In addition, Sebi has proposed measures to address extreme price movements, including longer trading suspensions and tighter restrictions on price fluctuations.

India’s stock market makeover

Brooks Koepka has claimed his fifth major title by winning the US PGA Championship in Rochester, New York. The American continued his fine form to become the first LIV golfer to win a major title. Is it impossible for the U.S to overlook Koepka for this year's Ryder Cup?

Brooks Koepka becomes first LIV golfer to win a major

Did you know more women than men live with Alzheimer’s, and their deterioration is generally faster? Researchers from Hebrew University in Jerusalem have now found a genetic reason for this.

Why Alzheimer’s affects more women than men

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi landed in Sydney, Australia on Monday after completing a historic visit in Papua New Guinea where he co-hosted the third FIPIC summit. Modi will hold talks with his Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese and attend a community event to celebrate the Indian diaspora in the country.

PM Modi arrives In Sydney, to meet Indian Diaspora in mega event

Since its debut, the Audi Q3 has been a well-rounded product, especially in terms of practicality and performance. However, to add some flair and pizzazz to it, Audi launched the Q3 Sportback, which features a coupé-like sloping roofline and enhanced visuals. But do these changes really add to the Q3's overall appeal, or is the Sportback simply meant to hoodwink regular Q3 buyers? Find out in our drive report.

2023 Audi Q3 Sportback review: A stylish small SUV to rival BMW X1 & Mercedes GLA

Uber's diversity Chief has come under Fire for her own skewed take on diversity. A session on this was called 'don't call me Karen'. Karen is a name given by netizens to some middle-aged white women someone who is ignorant and feels entitled to special privileges. It is a satire on a common Trend seen in some Americans who feel Superior to others now coming back to Uber the session aimed at concluding that calling someone Karen is racist the invitation asked white women at Uber to comment on the matter as well but what the session did do is complicate the conversation even more those who attended it felt like it was a lecture on difficulties experienced by white women employees felt the event organizers insulted the actual issue about racism which is often propagated by the whites themselves.

Uber suspended its diversity chief after she hosted events titled 'don’t call me Karen'

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday announced the withdrawal of the ₹2,000 denomination notes from circulation, advised people to exchange or deposit the notes by September 30.

India's Rs. 2000 note ban results in social media circus

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while addressing the third summit of the Forum for Indo Pacific Islands Cooperation in Papua New Guinea, said India believes in multilateralism and believes in an Indo-Pacific that is free, open and inclusive. The voice of the Global South in the UN Security Council should be heard loud and clear, added Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Papua New Guinea

The third G20 tourism working group meeting, which will take place from May 22 to May 24, is scheduled to take place in Jammu and Kashmir and will begin today. Deliberations at this meeting are expected to focus on five important tourism-related issues.

G20 Meet 2023: Film tourism for economic growth & cultural preservation part of the agenda

India's Department of Telecom has released a new platform that can be used to track a lost or stolen smartphone. The portal has been pilot tested and is now open to the public so that they can track and block their devices; once blocked, the device will not function on any Indian telecom network.

Indian government launches 'Sanchar Saathi' portal

More than a million people have been displaced by the fighting in Sudan, which started on April 15 and has lasted for well over a month. Last night, there were reports of multiple airstrikes that apparently impacted districts just outside of Khartoum.

Sudan Conflict: Over 700 dead and more than 5,000 injured due to war

After 15 months of the ongoing war in Ukraine, Bakhmut the embattled Eastern Ukrainian city has fallen. The claim was made by Yevgeny Prigozhin, who is the head of Russia's private militia the wagner group. Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky has also confirmed to this news on the sidelines of the G7 Summit in Hiroshima.

Russia-Ukraine War: Putin congratulates Russian Army and Wagner on 'Bakhmut success'

Prime Minister is scheduled to hold that massive rally in Sydney as well which is attracting over 20 000 supporters and Siddhant Sibbal spoke exclusively with Manpreet Vora, the Indian High Commissioner to Australia on what we can expect from this visit. Is India and Australia working in areas like people-to-people relationship ,we know there's a huge Indian diaspora which the prime minister is going to address and the Australians are Keen to open their universities in India? “Yes indeed those have already been announced in fact I'm very proud that the first two foreign universities that have announced that they will reopening campuses in India under our new education policy and the encouragement we are giving for this both happen to be Australian universities, the University of Deacon and Wollongong University. We are doing many other things for enhancing people-to-people links and making it easier for our people to move between the countries to to reside in the other country to work in the other country.”

Australia first to open foreign universities campuses in India: Manpreet Vohra

After the US shot down a suspected Chinese spy balloon this year, US Vice President Joe Biden stated on Sunday that Washington and Beijing's relations could "very shortly" warm up. Following his discussions with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the G20 conference on the Indonesian island of Bali in November, Biden said that ties had deteriorated in the months since.

Will US-China diplomatic crisis end?

After 15 months of the ongoing war in Ukraine, Bakhmut the embattled Eastern Ukrainian city has fallen. The claim was made by Yevgeny Prigozhin, who is the head of Russia's private militia the wagner group. Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky also confirmed to this news on the sidelines of the G7 Summit in Hiroshima.

Russia-Ukraine War | Prigozhin: There is not a single Ukrainian soldier in Bakhmut

Papua New Guinea has entered in a new security cooperation agreement with the United States. US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken was in the island nation to sign the agreement which would expand the Pacific island nation's capabilities and make it easier for the US military to train with its forces Washington along with its allies is trying to keep Pacific Islands from forming security ties with China whose presence in the Pacific has been a rising concern leaders of the Pacifica Islands.

US, Papua New Guinea signs security pact as China's influence grows

Here, we bring you the news that is trending across WION's social media platforms - Squid Game, the record-breaking Korean show, is returning to Netflix this year sans the murders. The new show Squid Game: The Challenge is a reality show spinoff of the hit dystopian drama where 456 contestants will compete in various games to win grand total prize money of $4.56 million.

Squid Game inspired reality show to debut on Netflix next year | Trending on WION

Russia-Ukraine War: US President Joe Biden vows unwavering support to Ukraine

Here we bring you a quick round-up of all the latest news and top headlines from all across the globe: Papua New Guinea signed a defense pact with the United States, giving US forces access to its airfields and ports as Washington vies with China’s expanding footprint in the Pacific region.

Papua New Guinea and US ink Defence pact | WION Speed News

Meta Platforms Inc., the company that owns Facebook, was slammed with a record fine of $1.3 billion by European Union privacy regulators for moving user data to the US. The Wall Street Journal covered the development on Monday. As soon as the verdict was made public, Meta reassured users that access to Facebook in Europe wouldn't be impacted.

Meta fined $1.3 billion by European Union for sending user data to US: Report

The all-electric Rimac Nevera is officially the ultimate record-breaking hypercar. It set a new 0-400-0 km/h (0-249-0 mph) benchmark time of 29.93 seconds – over a second quicker than the previous record. The Nevera set 22 more acceleration and braking records, earning it the title for most performance records broken in a single day.

Rimac Nevera: Electric hypercar sets 23 performance world records in a single day

New details have emerged that reveal complex interactions between the infamous financier Jeffrey Epstein and billionaire Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates the convicted sex offender Epstein appears to have threatened Bill Gates and tried to blackmail him over his extramarital affair with a Russian bridge player this is as per a report published by The Wall Street Journal now according to the report Epstein had sent an email to Gates in 2017 in which he threatens Gates about his alleged Affair he did this after multiple failed attempts to convince gates to join his efforts to establish a large charitable fund with JP Morgan

Jeffrey Epstein threatened Bill Gates over alleged affairs

Activists poured charcoal into the waters of Rome's most famous fountain, calling for action against climate change.

Climate activists blacken Trevi fountain over Italy floods

A massive fire engulfs regions in western Spain. The fire has spread over 8,000 hectares near the border with Portugal.

Out-of-control wildfire leaves scorched landscape in Spain

The teachers unions have urged the UK government to resume previous negotiations now that an independent review has recommended a 6.5 pay increase for teachers in England, per school teachers, and the review body has determined that this increase is necessary to keep teachers in the profession.

UK: Education union leaders urge govt formal talks

Indian prime minister Narendra Modi is on a whirlwind tour of 3 nations, after attending the G7 summit and hosting the third summit of the forum for India-Pacific islands cooperation. Indian prime minister Narendra Modi will hold bilateral talks with Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese.

FIPIC Summit 2023 | PM Modi to Pacific Island nations: Proud to be your development partner

According to reports, the State Bank of India has released a notification to correct misleading information that has been circulating online after India destroyed its 2000 rupee note on a Friday, adding to the uncertainty and inquiries.

State Bank of India: No identity proof needed to exchange Rs 2000 notes

Russia has launches a fresh round of strikes on Ukraine. This time, the area under attack is Dnipropetrovsk region. The assault has caused extensive damage and led to injuries as well.

Russia-Ukraine War: Ukraine's Eastern outpost witnesses fresh assault by Russia

In Nepal, a double amputee man named Hari Budha Magar created history by ascending Mount Everest. Hari Budha Magar is the first double amputee above the knee to have accomplished such a feat.

Hari Budha Magar becomes the first double above knee amputee to climb Mount Everest

FIPIC Summit 2023: PM Modi addresses multiple concerns in the summit

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