Russian President Putin is currently meeting his Chinese counterpart president Xi Jinping. President Putin has arrived in Beijing as he will attend winter Olympics opening ceremony apart from this Russia and China will also discuss greater gas and financial cooperation.

Russian President Putin meets his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping ahead of Beijing winter Olympics

A year on and Myanmar's military government has filed an eleventh corruption charge against former leader Aung San Suu Kyi, this is the latest indictment against the Nobel laureate who faces over 150 years in prison. The latest case was a corruption charge for allegedly receiving 550,000 as a donation for a charity foundation.

Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi faces new charge amid fresh violence

In the last 40 years extreme weather events have cost Europe almost 510 billion euros and around 142, 000 lives, this is according to a new report published by the European environment agency only three percent of all these extreme weather events in the continent were alone responsible for around 60% of the total financial damages.

Massive economic damage caused by extreme weather

With just hours to go for the opening ceremony of the Beijing winter games, protests against the games were held across the world. In San Francisco a coalition of groups including people from Hong Kong, Tibet and Uyghurs gathered at the golden gate bridge and urged people not to watch the games.

Global protests against games hours before opening ceremony | Beijing Winter Olympics 2022

A group of international scientists are demanding China to stop blocking probe into origins of coronavirus. 20 scientists from Europe, United States, Australia, New Zealand, India and Japan published an open letter harshly criticizing Beijing for preventing efforts to truly get to the bottom of how the pandemic began.

International scientists caution China of blocking probe on coronavirus origins

Former Senior Trump Adviser Jason Miller speaks to WION's Molly Gambhir on whether Trump will run for president in 2024, the Ukraine conflict, the Capitol Hill riots probe, Biden's China policy, India's ties with the U.S and the Afghanistan crisis.

Capitol Hill riots: 'No sensitive documents would have been torn up,' says former Trump Adviser

United States has said that it is in touch with India and is keeping it updated on the situation that is unfolding at the Ukrainian border. The US state department has further added that Washington's relationship with New Delhi stands on its own despite the crisis in Ukraine.

United States in touch with India over Russia-Ukraine crisis

The NFTs have taken the digital world by storm and the US city of Seattle museum has opened for the blockchain based digital collectibles, our next report gets you the details.

World’s first NFT museum opens in Seattle

19-year-old Akshay Bhatia stormed into spotlight last month after winning The Bahamas Great Exuma Classic on the Korn Ferry Tour. The Indian-origin American is being mentored by fellow left-hander and one of the game's all-time greats, Phil Mickelson. Bhatia spoke to Wion Sports Editor Digvijay Singh Deo on his future aspirations and making it big on the PGA Tour.

WION Exclusive: Akshay Bhatia, World Golf's new sensation

Russian President Vladimir Putin is all set to visit China for the upcoming winter Olympics. Putin and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping will have lunch on Friday and Putin will also attend the winter Olympics opening ceremony. Russia and China are all set to discuss greater gas and also financial cooperation.

Putin and Xi Jinping to meet ahead Beijing Winter Olympics

The wealth of billionaires is increasing over the last two years. The sale of luxury and also super luxury brands has also registered astronomical growth. In the latest in the league is the super luxury sports car maker Ferrari that orders stretching into the year 2023 after having delivered a record number of cars last year.

Strong orders at Ferrari set to support growth after record 2021 sales

Israeli Defense minister Benny Gantz landed in Bahrain, this is the latest high-profile diplomatic trip since the country's normalized ties.

Israeli Defence Minister Gantz first-ever visit to Bahrain

Facebook owner Meta Platforms shares plunged more than 20% late on Wednesday after the social media company posted a weaker-than-expected forecast, blaming Apple's privacy changes and increased competition for users from rivals like TikTok.

Meta shares plunge 20%, faces heat from Apple, TikTok

For the first time in almost about 50 years, the Amur leopard has been spotted in the east of the trans-Siberian railway and this has given some hope to the scientists who have been working on a program to revive the dwindling numbers of the Amur leopards in eastern Russia, next sport gets you the details.

Amur leopard spotted for the first time in 50 years

Russia-Ukraine tensions: In the latest, Washington has said that it is willing to discuss inspection of two of its NATO bases, this on the issue of the alleged deployment of the Tomahawk intermediate-range cruise missiles in Poland and Romania by the NATO alliance.

United States offer inspection of NATO bases

Japan's services sector activity contracted at the fastest pace in five months in January in a sign business faced pressure from a record surge in new coronavirus infections due to the Omicron variant.

Japan's service sector shrinks amid Covid-19 surge

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is fighting for his premiership as a series of scandals have mounted trouble for Johnson. The allegations have caused public anger and led some conservative lawmakers to call for Johnson's resignation.

Calls for a no confidence vote on UK PM Boris Johnson

Two days away from the Beijing winter Olympics while China goes ahead with its controversial games it's unlikely that close ally Russia could flex its military muscle but experts say that the upcoming winter Olympics could determine Russia's plans to attack Ukraine. Notably, Russia has a history of using events like the Olympics to its advantage.

Could Beijing Olympics affect Russia's invasion?

The situation at the Russia-Ukraine border remains tense and in a backdrop of military deployments and drills efforts to reach a diplomatic solution are in full swing despite roadblocks. In Lastest, the French president says that he will hold talks with US Prez Biden.

French President Emmanuel Macron to hold talks with US Prez Joe Biden on Russia-Ukraine crisis

According to a recent study, oceans have now passed the point of no return in 2014. The report reads that the wild oceans crossed a threshold eight years ago, Climate change has made marine heatwaves become the new normal.

Study: Oceans 'passed point of no return' in 2014

The Japanese capital Tokyo has reported more than 20,000 cases in a day denting the country's hope for riding out the Omicron surge. The is the highest number of daily infections ever since the start of the pandemic.

Japan: More than 20,000 daily covid-19 cases reported in Tokyo

In the boondocks of central Cuba, Christian Enmanuel Castellanos dreams of catapulting to stardom not through the traditional means of baseball or music, but using his unusually extended and flexible shoulder blades.

Guinness World Record: Young Cuban seeks fame through shoulder blade power

At least 26 people have been killed in a landslide in Ecuador. With the intense rescue operations underway for the last few days now, the mayor has announced that the number of missing people now stands at six.

Ecuador: landslide triggered by heavy rainfall kills at least 26 people

The thwaites glacier in Antarctica is called the doomsday glacier for good reason. A giant iceberg and large chunks of ice that broke off from the doomsday glacier have now blocked an expedition of scientists.

Large chunks of ice that broke off from Thwaites glacier blocks an expedition of scientists

The US has conducted a midnight raid in Syria where locals have claimed that there are several civilian fatalities.

Locals report civilian fatalities as US forces conduct a midnight raid in Syria

Pharmaceutical company Zydus Cadila has started supplying its COVID-19 vaccine to the Indian government nearly six months after it had been authorized for emergency use.

Zydus Cadila begins supplying its COVID-19 vaccine to the Indian government

Attacks have been reported in Balochistan, where two separate incidents have been reported from two different Baloch districts.

Pakistan Army posts come under attack in two different districts of Balochistan

The East African country of Uganda has relaxed COVID-19 restrictions. The government says strict curbs stemmed COVID spread.

The East African country of Uganda relaxes COVID-19 restrictions

The highest daily tally of COVID cases has been recorded ahead of the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics.

55 new COVID-19 cases reported ahead of opening ceremony of Beijing Winter Olympics

Astronomers have discovered a new Trojan asteroid 2020 XL5 sharing Earth's orbit and has been estimated to hang around for at least 4000 years before zipping off to parts elsewhere.

New Trojan asteroid discovered sharing Earth's orbit, estimated to hang around for at least 4000 yrs

At least about 26 people are reported to be killed after a high tension power cable snapped and then fell on a market on the outskirts of the Democratic Republic of Congo's capital Kinshasa, the victims included 24 women and two men with two more were said to be very seriously injured.

At least 26 killed in Congo as high-voltage power cable snaps

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