Countries around the world are recording a rise in Wuhan virus cases. In the US, Wuhan virus hospitalisations are on a rise, so are no. of people testing positive after a visiting to the emergency room. The UK and Japan too have reported rise in cases. Should you be worried? Is your vaccine still effective?

Gravitas: The Wuhan virus is back. What should you do?

Saudi Arabia is set to host peace talks organised by Ukraine. President Volodymyr Zelensky's 10-point peace formula will be discussed at the summit. Russia is not invited. Will the talks lead to any solution? Molly Gambhir tells you more.

Gravitas: Russia-Ukraine War: Will China attend peace talks in Jeddah?

Italy wants to dump China's Belt and Road Initiative. Italy's Defence Minister has called his country's decision to join the BRI 'wicked', adding that Rome is trying to find a way out. Will other countries follow? What does this mean for China? Has its BRI lie been exposed.

Gravitas: China's BRI: Italy wants to dump Xi Jinping's 'wicked' project

With the aid of its allies, Ukraine has been able to thwart to some extent for more than 500 days. Ukrainian soldiers have been attempting to break through heavily defended Russian defenses for the past two months in an effort to liberate their region. This is known as the so-called Surovikin line.

Howitzers: A problem of plenty for Kyiv | Russia-Ukraine War

The Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif expressed interest in holding talks with the neighbour country India. The Sharif’s comments were directed towards India and were made a part of his address in the countries mineral summit on Tuesday.

Shehbaz Sharif: Wars with India only created more poverty, unemployment

Following deadly communal riots that expanded to Gurugram, a city not far from the nation's capital, New Delhi, Indian authorities on Tuesday imposed a curfew, shut down the internet, and sent thousands of paramilitary police to some areas of the northern Haryana state.

India: Deadly violence breaks out in Haryana

The Russian's deployed tanks, fighter jets, military vehicles, and also attacked helicopters in Ukraine. Kyiv is fighting with anti-tank weapons, granite launches, and also anti-aircraft missiles. Watch this video to know more.

Russia-Ukraine War and the game of 'drones'

Dame Judi Dench, a well-known performer, has admitted that she can no longer "see on a film set any more." The Oscar-winning actress was given a macular degeneration diagnosis in 2012, and since then, her eyesight has gotten so bad that she is unable to see on sets.

88-year-old actor Judi Dench 'can't see films on the sets anymore'

Engineers sent a wrong signal to Voyager 2 and now the space probe is on its own at a distance of 20 billion kilometers at a speed of 56 000 kilometers per hour take a look at our next report as it explains the enduring Legacy of Voyager missions which surpass all records surpassing any other space mission in history in fact.

NASA loses contact with Voyager-2, spacecraft is travelling in interstellar space | WION

Trump's bid to caution investigation into whether he illegally interfered with the state's 2020 elections. This comes just days before criminal charges are expected to be filed in the case.

Donald Trump ahead in polls despite legal woes

Recently, Elon Musk's long-planned transformation of Twitter into X was successful. The business has been eliminating anything that makes people think of the previous Bird app over the past few days. However, the tech giant's App Store remained a problem for X because it normally disallows single-letter titles.

Twitter's new name live on the app store

Myanmar's ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi who was in detention since 2021 military coup has now been pardoned according to the state media.

Myanmar Junta pardons Aung San Suu Kyi in five criminal cases

Road into China bringing in heavy downpours and triggering landslides in several parts of China. Red Alert has now been issued for torrential rain in Beijing and also in the neighbouring regions. Typhoon Doksuri which is one of the strongest typhoons to hit China this year has already forged. At least about 800,000 people are to be evacuated from their homes.

China: Beijing issues red alert due to heavy rains, airport turns into pool

Denmark is considering banning protests burning the Quran and other religious texts. The Swedish prime minister says similar process is underway. Is this too little, too late? Will other countries follow suit?

Gravitas: Denmark considers banning protests burning Quran

A suicide bombing in northwestern Pakistan has killed at least 54 people. The Islamic State Group has claimed responsibility for the attack. How will the government react to the attack?

Gravitas: Pakistan Bomb Blast: Islamic state group claims responsibility

The Wagner organisation, a mercenary organisation that rose to prominence following its open rebellion against Russian President Vladimir Putin at an abortive mutiny attempt, is once again in the spotlight. Poland is now concerned about the group's activities.

Poland, Lithuania mull shutting borders over Wagner threat

Local authorities in northwest Pakistan reported that a massive bomb that tore through a political event left at least 40 people dead. On the outskirts of Khar in Pakistan's northwest Bajur district, which borders Afghanistan, the fundamentalist Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F) party gathering was where the explosion occurred on Sunday.

Pakistan Bomb Blast: Death toll continues to rise, motive of the attack unknown

Dozens killed in bomb blast at political rally in northwest Pakistan

On Sunday, while junta supporters attacked the French embassy in Niamey, West African nations imposed sanctions and threatened to use force if Niger's coup leaders failed to restore ousted President Mohammed Bazoum within a week.

West Africa threatens force on Niger coup leaders, French embassy attacked

Delhi is preparing for the next winter season with a new air pollution control strategy. The commission for air quality management in the national capital region and surrounding areas is working hard to reduce air pollution and find effective solutions for its problems. To further increase efforts to combat air pollution, the graded response action plan amendment has been issued.

India: New Delhi's air quality commission issues revised advisory

As members of his far-right government rule out making concessions to the Palestinians as part of any deal, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's national security adviser claims that the path to normalizing relations with Saudi Arabia is "still long."

'Road to normalising ties with Saudi Arabia ‘still long’', says Israeli official

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is expected to confirm that the British Government will issue 100 licences to companies that want to extract oil and gas from the North Sea.

UK PM Rishi Sunak's energy policy deepens rift between Tories and Labour

West African Regional bloc ECOWAS issued an ultimatum of one week to the military junta that took power in Niger earlier this week to return the country to constitutional normality. Similar scenes had played out in Mali and Burkina Faso, two of Niger’s neighbours, in recent years. A so-called “coup belt” of countries run by juntas and racked by conflict now stretches all the way from Mali in the west through the Central African Republic and Sudan in the east. Despite sanctions from regional blocs, what can save this region from further turmoil? WION's Eric Njoka talks to Dr. Oluwole Ojewale, security expert and regional coordinator for Central Africa at the institute for security studies in Dakar, Senegal.

The Niger conundrum: Wagner group boss hails Niger coup

Niger upheaval extends coup belt across Sahel

Hours before the opening of a significant military parade that President Vladimir Putin would be attending, Russian officials claim to have shot down three Ukrainian drones that were attacking Moscow early on Sunday. Images from the crash site in Moscow revealed a skyscraper's façade damaged on one floor, with broken glass and bent and cracked structural beams.

Russia-Ukraine War: Russian capital's business district targeted, no injuries reported

In his hometown of St. Petersburg on Sunday, President Vladimir Putin reviewed a parade of warships and nuclear submarines and declared that the Russian Navy will be receiving 30 new ships this year. During Russia's annual Navy Day celebration, which takes place in the Gulf of Finland and on the River Neva in St. Petersburg, 45 ships, submarines, and other vessels participated. The Kremlin reported that 3,000 members of the navy also took part in a march on land.

Russia: President Putin reviews warships and nuclear submarines on navy day

The UK rail workforce has not received a pay increase in four years, and 2300 union members just received layoff warnings. Rail industry membership organisation British Rail stated they had given unions a 13 raise in the lowest pay categories to resolve the conflict but that proposal was rejected without being put to members. The union said that rail operators and the government had not bargained in good faith.

UK rail strike disrupts family holiday travel

Pakistan: Bomb blast during party convention organised by Jamiat Ulema-E-Islam

For followers of tech billionaires, this is devastating news. It appears that the cage match between Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg may not take place. According to a source, the founder of Meta expressed uncertainty over whether the cage fight will take place at all during a meeting with his staff.

Will Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk not fight?

After a 25-minute mission, ISRO has successfully completed its second launch mission this month, placing seven Singaporean polar satellites in orbit with its PSLV launcher this morning. The mission's primary satellite, the DSSAR satellite, has also been separated and placed in its intended orbit.

India: ISRO successfully launches Singapore's earth-observing satellite

The world's largest butterfly survey is taking place this summer, and wildlife enthusiasts are being urged to participate. The count runs from just over two weeks until August 6th, but the recent decline in butterfly populations is cause for concern.

UK: Wildlife lovers urged to join annual butterfly count

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