The annual summit of the World Economic Forum is taking place in Davos, Switzerland. The forum has called on leaders from across the globe to address immediate economic energy, food crisis as well as the ongoing climate crisis. Watch this report to know more.

WION Climate Tracker | Davos Summit 2023: Climate change on agenda at the Summit

Authorities in South Africa are looking for a tiger that over the weekend injured a man and killed a dog when it escaped from its enclosure at a private farm close to Johannesburg. The man, according to local media, survived the assault but was transported to the hospital.

WION Dispatch: Tiger on loose in South Africa, authorities keep residents on high alert

A plane carrying 72 people on board crashed in Nepal's Pokhara on Sunday. The incident claimed at least 68 lives. In the wake of the crash, the Nepali government has now mandated a technical test for flights to be conducted before departure. Watch to know more.

WION Dispatch | Nepal Plane Crash: Authorities starts returning bodies of crash victims

Egypt Ambassador Wael Hamed has said that the upcoming visit of Egypt President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi will be "groundbreaking" and both countries are "going to have a strategic relationship". Egypt for the first time as been invited as guest country for India's republic day on 26th January. Speaking to our diplomatic correspondent Sidhant Sibal, Ambassador said, "What we have here is a new opening, a new beginning to not only bring back the heydays of relations between Egypt, India and to break new grounds, to reach even higher potentials in the relationship". Egypt has traditionally been one of India’s most important trading partners in the African continent.

President El-Sisi's visit to India will be groundbreaking, says Egypt Ambassador

Sri Lanka's second poorest district where most of the residents are from the Tamil Community whose wounds are yet to heal from the Civil War, and the present economic crisis acts as a second blow for this community.

Sri Lanka battles its worst economic crisis in 70 years

United Nations Security Council has listed Pakistan-based terrorist Abdul Rehman Makki as a global terrorist. The listing comes after China last year put down India's bid to name the Laskar-e-Taiba leader a global terrorist. Watch to know more.

Pak's Abdul Rehman Makki named as Global Terrorist

President Joe Biden remembered Martin Luther King Jr. on the federal holiday honoring the civil rights leader. Watch further to know more.

U.S. President Joe Biden pays tribute to Martin Luther King Jr

An Indonesian court began a trial world's deadliest soccer stadium stampedes in Java last October. The court has run trails with police officers and football match organisers on charges of criminal negligence. Watch further to know more.

Trial begins for Indonesia Stadium Stampede

Black box of the crashed Yeti plane has been found. At least 68 bodies recovered in the Pokhara plan crash in Nepal. Rescue operations are underway and the airport is closed for the time being. Watch further to know more.

Nepal Plane Crash: Black box found, search operation underway

Greece is in a state of mourning as people attended the funeral of former King Constantine II. The former King died at the age of 82 in Athens. This happened after suffering from heart and mobility problems.

Greece: Royals attended former King Constatine II's funeral

In Africa's most populous country in Nigeria, a group of unidentified assailants set ablaze the residents of a Nigerian Catholic Priest in the Northwest region, burning one priest to death and shooting and injuring another who tried to escape.

Africa: Catholic priest burnt alive, five worshippers kidnapped in Nigeria

Nepal Plane Crash: Data from the black boxes recovered may help identify cause of the accident

India will celebrate its 73rd Republic day on the 26th of January. The Southasian country has invited Egypt's President Wael Hamed to attend the ceremony.

WION Exclusive: Egypt's ambassador to India Wael Hamed speaks to WION

You may have seen many supercars from the Lamborghinis to the Ferraris and now we have a brand new one to show you. The Taliban have unveiled the first ever Supercar designed and made in Afghanistan, it's called the Mada 9.

WION Fineprint | Afghanistan: Taliban unveils first supercar designed and made in the country

Afghanistan: Taliban unveils first supercar designed and made in the country

India's richest, the top one percent now hold more than 40 percent of the country's overall wealth while the lower half of the population collectively owns just three percent.

WION Fineprint | India: Richest own 40% of the country's wealth

Davos 2023: World leaders' biggest post-pandemic gathering

At least 68 bodies recovered in the Pokhara plan crash in Nepal. Rescue operations are underway and the airport is closed for the time being. Watch further to know more.

Nepal Plane Crash: Pokhara International Airport temporarily closed

India is optimistic that the repeat trade with Russia will increase in the future after both countries finalize terms to enable commerce in local currencies.

WION Fineprint: Will rupee trade with Russia increase?

The year 2022 saw dimensions of the world order changing. For many, a war in the 21st century was a distant idea but Russia changed all that in February last year and in the past 11 months, a lot has happened.

WION Fineprint: Russia and Belarus hold joint military drill

The Global elites are gathering in Davos for the Annual Summit 2023. Last year Russia's invasion of Ukraine dominated the discourse in forum but this time, other teams are expected to form the agenda of the annual event.

WION at Davos 2023: India features prominently at WEF 2023

WION Dispatch | Nepal Plane Crash: Worst airplane crash in 30 years

Large areas of eastern Ukraine were experiencing electricity cuts, Ukrainian officials said, across regions after attack by Russian troops. UK will supply battle tanks to Ukraine amid Russian strikes. Watch further to know more.

UK to supply battle tanks to Ukraine amid Russian strikes

The northern part of India has been hit by a fresh blow of a cold wave. The capital experienced its coldest day of the season with temperatures plummeting below 2 degrees Celsius.

WION Climate Tracker: North India to experience cold wave till January 18

Nepal Plane Crash: Five Indians were on board the Yeti airlines ATR-72 flight

German police have the upper hand in protest by climate activists against expansion of a coal mine that has become a huge bone of contention. German police says that they have removed almost all climate activists from a German village that will soon be destroyed.

German Police: Almost all climate activists removed from site

Nepal Plane Crash: Death toll rises to 68 people including 5 Indians

Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu held a meeting over Judicial Reforms. Tens of thousands of Israelis demonstrated in three major cities against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's judicial reform plans. The organisers are accusing him of undermining democratic rule weeks after his reelection.

Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu holds meeting over Judicial Reforms

Electric vehicles, a promising technology that is gaining traction worldwide . These green vehicles do not emit Carbon Dioxide and other harmful pollutants.

More EVs on the road but charging stations can't keep up

World's glaciers are shrinking and disappearing faster than scientists previously thought! A new study, published in the journal Science by Carnegie Mellon University, has found that, in the worst-case scenario, 2 out of every 3 glaciers can disappear by the end of this century if fossil fuel use continues unabated.

2 out of every 3 glaciers to disappear by 2021

California is bracing for more severe weather after a week of torrential downpours and damaging winds killed at least 19 people in the past days and knocked out power for hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses.

California Floods: U.S. President Joe Biden approves Disaster Declaration

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