Meanwhile, pressure is growing on Europe to secure alternate gas supplies as the Russian gas flows to Europe continue to flow for a second straight day. The Russian gas flows to Europe which usually meet nearly about 40 percent of the European continent's needs reportedly have been observed to be constant since the beginning of the war in Ukraine but fears that Russia will stop its gas supplies enough becoming very real.

Europe's gas supply crisis: Pressure grows on Europe to secure alternative gas supply

Amidst the ongoing Russia-Ukraine crisis, a volunteer group in Poland rescued a US citizen who had suffered torture under Russian forces. In our next report, he narrates about his ordeal while he was held captive in Russia, take a look.

Russian forces beat up American hostage, rescued citizen counts ordeal

North Korea what appeared to be a muted onset of Covid-19 has exploded in just one day. A day after the North Korea reported its first cases of covid-19 at least one person confirmed to have the virus has died while hundreds of thousands have shown symptoms of fever.

North Korea reports first covid-19 death, Kim Jong-Un declares gravest national emergency

Trump International Hotel in Washington is officially out of business. The Trump family has completed the hotel sale to an investor group based in Miami and the group plans to rebrand the hotel as Waldorf Astoria.

Trump International Hotel in Washington got sold to Miami-based Investor Group

An explosion in a busy commercial market in Karachi on Thursday night has killed one left 13 others injured. According to the an Inspector General of Police Preliminary probe shows that an improvised explosive device was planted in a motorcycle, the blast caused substantive damage to property here and the vehicle belonging to the Pakistan coast guard was also damaged.

Pakistan witnessing an uptick in terrorist attacks, Explosion in Karachi's Saddar kills one, injures 13

Two countries in the Indian subcontinent are grappling with the deepening economic crisis. The economic mismanagement in Sri Lanka has triggered major political turmoil while Pakistan has its own share of economic concerns. The Pakistani rupee has plunged to an all-time low against the dollar. Two friends of China are facing major economic challenges but Chinese president Xi Jinping has been reluctant to pull out the checkbook.

Pakistan and Sri Lanka- Victims of China's debt-trap diplomacy?

In a bid to strengthen alliances to counter Chinese influence in the Indo-Pacific, President Joe Biden is hosting Southeast Asian leaders in Washington during the US-ASEAN Special Summit. Activists are urging him to address human rights concerns in the region and democratic backsliding, including the 2021 coup in Myanmar.

WION-VOA Co-Production: Biden hosts ASEAN leaders to counter China in Indo-Pacific

Like most dictatorial regimes around the world, North Korea has some strange laws all built on the whims and fancies of leader Kim Jong-Un. The dictator does what he wants and what he doesn't like he bans. From jeans to foreign movies, a lot is banned in North Korea.

Tight jeans- a taboo? Kim Jong-Un cracks down on western trend

Black holes, the monsters of the cosmos that move around devouring planets and even stars. Till recently their presence was only established theoretically but now for the first time we can have a glimpse of an actual hole in our cosmic neighborhood

Black Holes: Monster in the heart of Milky Way Galaxy

Leader of the United National Party Ranil Wickremesinghe has been appointed as the next Prime Minister of Sri Lanka. Wickremesinghe took his oath before President Gotabaya Rajapaksa in a ceremony at the President's residence.

Ranil Wickremesinghe's takes oath as Lankan Prime Minister amid crisis

India-Oman joint commission meeting was held recently in New Delhi where both sides discussed ways to boost the growing trade ties. In an exclusive conversation with WION's diplomatic correspondent Siddhant Sibbal, India's envoy to Oman Amit Narang spoke about the latest meeting.

Oman is India's most-trusted partner in the Gulf region, says India's envoy to Oman Amit Narang

North Korea tests 3 ballistic missiles amid major covid-19 outbreak

Sri Lanka has a new Prime Minister but the country's economic and political struggles continue. Ranil Wickremesinghe who has stepped up to bat as a tall order in front of him but before he can do anything he has to prove that he has majority support and former unity government to foster all and imminent economic collapse.

Ranil Wickremesinghe sworn in as Sri Lanka's new PM but can the veteran leader prove majority?

As Twitter prepares for Elon Musk's 44 billion dollar acquisition, reports now suggests that Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal is bringing in some major shake-ups within the company ahead of the takeover.

Twitter sends letter about firing executives ahead of Musk's takeover

Ghana is on the brink of an economic crisis. In 2021, the country recorded a total public debt of around 77% of its GDP, despite this Finance Minister said that Ghana was committed to managing its debt without taking assistance from the international Monetary Fund.

IMF not an option, Ghana FM confident to manage debt without help

Ukrainian forces have reportedly attacked a Russian logistics support vessel in the black sea. Ukraine has claimed to have damaged the Russian ship near Snake island, it is a small but strategic outpost in the Black Sea.

Report: Russian logistics support vessel on fire

Foreign ministers from the G7 are currently in Germany for their annual meeting talks are said to be dominated by Ukraine and how to manage the consequences of a conflict that could drag on for months. One of the biggest focus will be on ways to alleviate food security concerns.

G7 to discuss how to end Ukraine grain blockade, condemns Taliban over women's rights

The United States of America is also grappling with an unconventional problem, it is running out of baby formula. The supermarkets in the country are all out of stock with basic baby food.

A national crisis in US: White House figures ways to boost baby food supply

After losing the local polls in Britain, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is now focusing on reducing the cost of living in the country. As inflationary pressures continue to weigh on the common man, pushed higher by the Ukrainian crisis according to reports, Johnson has now asked his ministers to slash civil service jobs to free up billions for tax cuts.

Boris Johnson could cut up to 91,000 civil service jobs in a bid to reduce inflationary pressures

Thousands of people in Argentina took the streets of the capital to express their discontent with President Alberto Fernandez due to gripping inflation and a prolonged economic crisis in the country.

Argentina economic crisis: 40% of Argentines are battling poverty

New Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe is known for his pro-Indian stance. While in office Ranil Wickremesinghe took significant steps to enhance ties with India. Earlier, in an exclusive conversation with WION, Wickremesinghe had called New Delhi an important ally of Colombo.

India and Sri Lanka have deep cultural ties, it is one of our important ally: Ranil Wickremesinghe

Marking a week end to first quarter of a year, when risk of recession is looming, Britain's economy unexpectedly shrank in March, it is also coming at a time when there is an increasing pressure on government to offer more support to inflation-hit households.

Recession risk mounts for UK economy

US automaker Ford has dropped plans to make Electric Vehicles in India for exports. While it explodes options for its two factories in the country that stopped manufacturing last year so Ford is in the dilemma as to what to do with these factories but it has right now taken a U-Turn on its plans to make electric vehicles in the country.

US automaker Ford makes U-Turn on India EV plans

As the rebound in global travel gained space, Dubai's main airport has reported its busiest quarter in two years with its CEO predicting that Dubai global airport could see pre-Covid figures by the end of 2024.

Dubai Airport: Busiest quarter in two years

Rising food and energy prices pushed India's annual retail inflation up towards an eight-year high in April, strengthening economists' view that the central bank would have to raise interest rates more aggressively to curb prices.

Rising food and energy prices pushes India's annual retail inflation up

We often share tips on how you can stay safe online but now our first advice is always that you have should have a strong password for your online accounts but there's a lot more than all you should know about securing your digital life.

Report: 1 in 4 Indians use weak passwords for online transactions

Another recovery post COVID-19 pandemic is slow for some sectors while it is quick for other ones. At the same time one such sector is cinematography, document management. It's a tech world thing now the leading player here is Canon and today to give us a sense of how quick the recovery has been and what are the future plans of the company, we are joined by Manabu Yamazaki, President and CEO of Canon India.

Canon overcame covid situation fast, looking at double digit growth in 2022, says Canon CEO

While America is staring at an overturn of legal abortion rights, the country's lawmakers have failed to pass a legislation which could make the right to abortion the law of the land.

Bill to protect abortion rights fails to advance in US Senate

The Delhi High Court has given a split verdict on the issue of criminalization of marital rape. A division bench comprising of two judges, gave conflicting views on plea seeking to criminalize marital rape in India.

Delhi High Court's split verdict on Marital rape; consent of women still an issue?

Renewable Energy will be at an all-time high this year despite the headwinds from higher cost and supply chain bottlenecks. A report by International Energy Agency states that this year's capacity of electricity generation by renewable sources will supersede the record set in 2021

New report says renewable energy supply at all-time high

Some of the most vulnerable nations globally like Somalia stand at the risk of increased food insecurity and water scarcity, this is not just due to climate but now also because of the Russia-Ukraine war. As per a report by the United Nations, the fallout of this is going to impact lives of billions across the globe

Somalians endure impact of drought, Ukraine war

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