The leaders of Israel, Greece, and Cyprus gathered in Nicosia to discuss enhancing their trilateral strategic partnership and looking into potential routes for shipping Israeli natural gas to Europe via Cyprus.

Israel, Cyprus, Greece enhance cooperation on gas infrastructure

Recep Tayyip Erdogan, president of Turkey, tried to persuade Vladimir Putin, president of Russia, on Monday to renew a deal that allowed Ukraine to export grain and other goods from three Black Sea ports while being at war with Russia.

Turkish President Erdogan holds three-hour long discussion with the Russian President

An 8.7 million-year-old ape skull raises the possibility that human and ape ancestors diverged outside of Africa, in Europe. The idea that humans and apes originated in Africa may be called into question by the discovery of an ape skull in Turkey. The discovery raises the possibility that hominins originated in Europe.

Did humans and apes come from Europe?

Terry Gou, a presidential candidate from Taiwan, has suggested giving couples free pets if they have a child in order to increase the decreasing birthrate. Do newly minted parents require yet another obligation?

Taiwan: Terry Gou creates a stir with his solution to demographic crisis

The abaya, a loose-fitting robe popular among Muslim women and girls, will no longer be permitted to be worn in state-run schools in France. According to the 34-year-old minister, a letter stating that "secularism is not a constraint, it is a liberty" was handed to the girls whose admittance was denied on Monday.

Abaya Ban in France: Schoolgirls flouting abaya ban sent home across France

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is expected to meet Vladimir Putin. Kim Jong-un's rare foreign trip to Russia will likely take place later this month. The United States says that Kim Jong-un will discuss providing arms to Moscow for its ongoing war in Ukraine.

Kremlin: Nothing to say on report about Putin-Kim Jong-Un meet

The first Su-34 multifunctional bomber crew to launch a Kinzhal air-launched hypersonic missile on Ukraine in the ongoing conflict is expected to get the state prize for pulling off this extraordinary feat.

Russian Su-34 fighter can now fire hypersonic missiles

As worries over the fading cyclone's influence on agriculture persist and rice prices are already skyrocketing, China issued a warning that Haikui may bring heavy rains to locations in its south and east.

Typhoon Haikui: Weather office issues red alert for Fujian province in China

Former Department for Education (DfE) officials claimed that staff members were astonished when Sunak's Treasury reduced a request to support work on 300 to 400 schools at risk from collapsing concrete panels to 100 and subsequently 50 in 2020 and 2021.

UK: Pressure mounts on Sunak and Keegan over school concrete crisis

The invited guests of the 43rd Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit have started arriving in Jakarta. Timor-Leste Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao is the second Head of State to arrive in Indonesia for the 43rd ASEAN Summit taking place on 5—7 September 2023 in Jakarta.

ASEAN Summit 2023: Southeast Asian leaders gather in Jakarta for the 43rd Summit

It is expected that "elections will be held in early 2025," a member of a party supported by the junta said without going into further detail. The junta-stacked electoral commission announced on Tuesday that 36 political parties had been given permission to participate in any future elections, but it did not specify a timetable for when they will be held.

Myanmar: Election Commission yet to announce new election dates

A New York movie proposal is ready to go, according to Woody Allen, who is practically banned from the US film industry, who stated that on Monday. "If some foolish person" decides to finance it, the movie will be made. In the non-competition section of the Venice Film Festival, Allen's 50th movie, Coup de Chance, had its world premiere.

Venice Film Festival 2023: American Filmmaker Woody Allen premieres 'Coup De Chance'

The counteroffensive by Ukraine is continuing. An early dawn assault on Russian defenses close to the village of Bakhmut was captured on camera by the Azov battalion of Ukraine. Months after mercenaries backed by Moscow took control of the eastern city in a highly symbolic triumph, there are now violent, ongoing fire fights taking place there.

Ukrainian troops advancing south in their counteroffensive

Russia-Ukraine War: Ukrainian troops advancing south in their counteroffensive

The 71st edition of the Miss World pageant, will be held in India. In an exclusive chat with WION's Zeba Khan, Miss World Karolina Bielawska, Miss World CEO Julia Morley and Miss India World Sini Shetty share how they are preparing for the big day.

Miss World 2023: Karolina Bielawska shares why India is the best country to host the pageant

On Friday, more than 2,000 members of a security coalition commanded by Russia began military drills in sections of Belarus close to NATO nations' borders.

Russia-led alliance holds military drills in Belarus

The smartphone, dubbed the Honor V Purse, folds outward and has a top strip that houses the camera. It has hooks that can be used to connect a handbag strap. The device's display can be altered to give the impression that you are carrying multiple bags. The bag strap can be changed as well.

Will foldable phones remain a niche luxury?

Chinese President Xi Jinping is “almost certain” to skip the G20 Summit in New Delhi next week and Premier Li Qiang is set to represent China at the mega event, people familiar with the development said.

G20 Summit 2023: Chinese Premier Li Qiang to represent China, Xi Jinping to skip

To demand improved workplace protection, tens of thousands of teachers in South Korea went on strike on Monday. They claim that overbearing parents regularly bother them by calling them at all hours of the day and on the weekends and complaining endlessly and unjustly.

South Korea: Teachers complaint of incessant 'bullying' from parents

At least 20 people, including two children, were killed in an army air raid on the capital of Sudan, according to campaigners. They said that several of the attack victims in the south-west Khartoum neighborhood of Kalakla al-Qubba have been buried in the rubble. On Sunday, there have been reports of artillery and rocket fire in many locations.

Sudan Conflict: Deadly airstrikes, heavy artillery firing rocks Khartoum

President Roger Binny and Vice President Rajeev Shukla of the BCCI honored the PCB's invitation to witness the Asia Cup in Pakistan by traveling there for the first time in 17 years on Monday after crossing the Attari-Wagah.

Asia Cup 2023: Indian Cricket Board head Roger Binny arrives in Pakistan

Tens of thousands of revelers attending the Burning Man festival in the Nevada desert have been asked to shelter in place and conserve food and water on Saturday after a rainstorm turned the site into mud.

US: Storm at burning man festival causes chaos, closure, flooding

Anwaarul Haq Kakar, the caretaker prime minister of Pakistan, described the country's ongoing power crisis as a "non-issue" as people and political opponents lit power bills on fire to demonstrate against soaring electricity prices. Instead, he asserted that political parties were using the issue as a "tool" to support their campaigns.

Pakistan: Interim PM Dakar cancels Kenya trip amid outrage over power bills

Grene Robotics, a well-known deep-tech business with headquarters in Hyderabad, has unveiled "Indrajaal," India's first AI-powered anti-drone system, in a ground-breaking development. This cutting-edge system is intended to protect crucial facilities, governmental infrastructure, and the commercial sector from the growing threat posed by drones.

Indrajaal: India's first AI-powered anti-drone system

The judges of the country's constitutional court administered the oath of office to Gabonese General Brice Oligui Nguema on Monday, September 4, in a televised ceremony. Nguema was the mastermind of the coup that removed President Ali Bongo. This occurs just days after the military of the 2.3 million-person nation, led by Oligui, seized control.

Gabon: General Oligui to remain transitional president for unspecified period

Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Anurag Kashyap and Ila Arun's Haddi was released on ZEE5 on August 2 and Ila spoke to WION'S Zeba Khan on playing Amma and being the only woman on set with males and transgenders.

Actor-singer Ila Arun on playing Amma to Nawazuddin's character in Haddi

After a slow-moving rainfall converted the Burning Man festival into a mud bath, authorities ordered the tens of thousands of "burners" to stay in their camps, save food and water, and be barred from leaving Nevada's Black Rock desert.

Burning Man festival-goers trapped in desert as rain turns site to mud

Veteran banker Uday Kotak on Saturday resigned as CEO and managing director of Kotak Mahindra bank, bringing an end to his nearly four-decade-long stint leading the bank, which he founded in 1985. However, he will continue to remain as a non-executive director of the bank.

Uday Kotak quits as CEO and managing director

A roundup of what is going on in the global economy ahead of the G20 summit in New Delhi.

How G20 economies are doing ahead of summit

There is no true alternative to the US stock market for equity investors, as seen by the stagflation crisis in Europe and the property slowdown in China. With just four months remaining in 2023, the S&P 500's gains are ahead of the Stoxx Europe 600 by nearly eight percentage points. The S&P index is on track for the eighth year of outperformance in the previous decade as AI hype overshadows recession worries and high valuations.

US stocks outshine global rivals

The relationship between Australia and China will take another positive step forward next week when high-level government discussions are revived after a three-year break. Foreign minister Penny Wong announced on Saturday that the Australia-China high-level dialogue would be held in Beijing on Thursday, providing a forum for high-level representatives from business, government, academia, and other sectors to discuss topics ranging from trade and investment to regional and international security.

Australia and china reunite for diplomatic talks

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