Is the food on your plate safe? 420,000 people die every year because of contaminated food. Unsafe food can cause over 200 diseases - From diarrhoea to cancer.

Gravitas: World Food Safety Day, 2021

A new study has claimed that Chinese scientists created coronavirus in a Wuhan lab, then tried to reverse-engineer versions of the virus.

'Chinese scientists created Coronavirus in lab, it wasn't natural': Indian scientists

Fugitive businessman Mehul Choksi disclosed the names of his alleged abductors to Antiguan police. Antigua police have commenced an investigation into the possible abduction of Mehul Choksi from Antigua on May 23.

Fugitive Mehul Choksi breaks silence, reveals names of abductors

PM Modi has said that the government would take back control of Covid-19 vaccination from the states and provide free vaccines to all in the next two weeks.

India: Prime Minister Narendra Modi's address to the nation

Hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced from their homes, including more than 60,000 who fled into Sudan.

People face horrific situation in Ethiopia’s Tigray

Police later confirmed the arrest of a 23-year-old woman for allegedly participating in "public disturbances" in Sheikh Jarrah.

Israeli police detain prominent Palestinian activist

Nigerian militant Islamist group c killed himself in a fight against rival jihadist fighters from the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP).

News Alert: Nigeria's Boko Haram leader is dead, say rival militants

Finance ministers from wealthy G7 nations pledged to commit to a global minimum corporate tax of at least 15 percent, rallying behind a US-backed plan.

Historic agreement signed by G7 leaders

United States President Joe Biden to depart for 1st foreign trip of his Presidency. Biden's trip is about 'US Rallying World's Democracies'. He is going to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Geneva on June 16. Watch this report to know more.

Joe Biden to depart for 1st foreign trip of his Presidency

A day after Nigerian Government suspended Twitter, telecom operators in the African nations say that they have restricted access to the social media platform. However the US and EU have voiced concerns over Nigeria's decision to indefinitely ban Twitter.

Twitter VS Nigerian Govt: European Union and United States condemn Nigeria's Twitter ban

British Health Minister Matt Hancock said that it was too early to say whether the government would stick to its plan to fully lift COVID-19 lockdown restrictions in England on June 21.

UK Health Minister: Too early to decide on lockdown

Iranians are due to choose a new president in the coming days. But the elections are crucial, not just for Tehran but for the entire world. With hardliners dominating the polls - what will this mean for the future of the Iran nuclear deal? For more such stories, keep watching the West Asia post with Ghadi Francis every Friday at 8:30 PM IST, only on WION.

The West Asia Post | What do Iran's Presidential elections mean for West Asia?

Group of Seven rich nations (G7) agreed over a global minimum tax of at least 15 per cent on a country by country basis. This is a landmark move. It is understood to be aimed at getting multinationals, especially tech giants to put more money in government coffers in times when economies around the world have been hit because of coronavirus pandemic.

Global Tax Deal: Historic agreement signed by G7 leaders

Polling for Mexico's midterm elections has stated. Millions are headed to their nearest polling centre to cast their vote and elect their next Governors, Mayors and members of the congress. These are Mexico's biggest polls till date.

Mid-Term Polls In Mexico: Mexicans elect Governors, Congress members

Gravitas Plus| Are you happy? Is your country happy? Finland is the happiest. India ranks 139 of 149. WION's Palki Sharma tells you the secret to happiness in less than 10 minutes.

Gravitas Plus: The secret to happiness

California is scaling up a drastic operation to help its famous Chinook salmon reach the Pacific, transporting the fry by road in dozens of large tanker trucks. Watch this report to know more.

California plans to truck 17 MN Salmon to the ocean

India reported 114,460 new COVID-19 cases, 189,232 discharges, and 2,677 deaths in the last 24 hours, informed the Union Health Ministry on Sunday.

India: Lowest rise in COVID cases in 10 days

In the deadliest massacre in the West African country Burkina Faso since the year 2015, at least 138 civilians have been slaughtered by Islamist jihadists.

Burkina Faso Massacre: Biggest attack in country's history

The 68-year-old leader said that Russian authorities had not registered a single fatality linked to the coronavirus vaccine.

Vladimir Putin slams foreign nations for not approving Sputnik-V

Keeping its promise to sanction Belarus the European Union has banned Belarusian planes in its airspace and airports.

Belarusian planes banned in EU airspace

Singapore's egg-freezing ban forces women to head abroad for fertility treatment. To know more watch this report.

Singapore egg-freezing ban forces women to head overseas

Almost two days after Twitter removed Nigerian president's 'abusive' civil war tweet, the government has decided to ‘indefinitely’ ban the social media platform in the country.

Twitter indefinitely shutdown in Nigeria

US employers boosted hiring in May as the easing pandemic, helped by vaccinations, pulled more people back into the labour force.

United States: US employment rate falls to 5.8%

18 months & 3.7 million deaths later, the Lab Leak Theory is being taken seriously. Is there new evidence now? Why did the world wait so long? Why were our reports labelled “fake” & “misleading?” On Gravitas Plus, WION's Palki Sharma decodes the politics & possibility of a Made In China virus.

Gravitas Plus: The Lab Leak Theory

As the Presidential campaign enters in it's final days, Peru's voters have the opportunity to send their country in one of two different directions.

Peru prepares for a polarizing Presidential election

India continues to witness a dip in it's daily COVID-19 case load with over 120,000 new cases reported in the last 24 hours. This is perhaps the lowest number of new infection recorded in a single day in nearly two months.

Coronavirus Update: India witnesses further dip in daily caseload

India's Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) partners with Microsoft to introduce coding and data science in schools as part of a new education policy which was announced last year. The handbook focuses on data analysis, coding and AI.

India rolls out new education policy, teams up with Microsoft

The organisation, which has no state backing, plans to use the London hearings to issue a verdict on whether Beijing has perpetrated genocide or crimes against humanity against Uyghurs.

China: Uyghur's people tribunal begins in UK

Critics of Anthony Fauci call him a friend of China. But America's top infectious disease expert has called on Beijing to share medical records of researchers from the Wuhan Lab. Where does Fauci stand on the origins of the Wuhan virus?

Gravitas: Did Anthony Fauci downplay the "lab leak" theory?

The women learn self-defense to protect themselves against domestic violence attacks, most often by partners or other family members.

Bolivia’s Aymara women train to fight domestic violence

Former US president Donald Trump has stated that his opinion that the "China Virus" originated in the Wuhan Lab was correct.

Trump says 'I was right about Wuhan lab leak'

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