This week, activities commemorating the 70th anniversary of the armistice that ended hostilities in the 1950–1953 Korean War will be held in North Korea. Government delegations from China and Russia have dispatched their representatives. The travels indicate that North Korea is expanding its outreach after years of enforced isolation and that, in the wake of rising nuclear tensions with Washington, Seoul, and Tokyo, it is eager to highlight its alliances with authoritarian neighbours.

Kim Jong-Un vows to develop ties with China to 'new high'

Space junk refers to “man-made” objects in space. They are no longer functional. Over 30,000 tracked pieces of space debris exist. Over 1 million debris objects are larger than 1 cm. Objects in low Earth orbit travel at very high speeds.

How do scientists avoid space junk while launching spacecraft?

SpaceX launches largest private communications satellite Jupiter 3. It is designed to provide internet services in North and South America. Satellite was launched using a Falcon Heavy rocket from Kennedy Space Center.

SpaceX launched world’s largest private communications satellite

Former US President Barack Obama's personal chef was found dead on the 25th of July. Police say Tafari Campbell drowned while paddleboarding. Conspiracy theorists believe the 'story is shady'. So, what's the truth?

Gravitas: Tafari Campbell: How did Obama's personal chef die? Accident or Conspiracy?

Scientists have awakened a 46,000-year-old roundworm from a Serbian permafrost. Experts plan to study the roundworm's survival techniques. How did the roundworm survive extreme weather events? Priyanka Sharma brings you a report.

Gravitas: Scientists awaken 46,000-year-old roundworm from permafrost

A new Gen-Z trend 'Lazy Girl Job' is pushing for a healthy work-life balance in jobs. The trend has recieved millions of likes and views. How does Gen-Z plan to push for a better work lifestyle? Priyanka Sharma brings you a report.

Gravitas: New Gen-Z trend pushes for a better work-life balance

Sexist flyers were distributed to pregnant women in the city of Onomichi in Japan's Hiroshima prefecture. The flyers were titled "Advice from fathers to you" and mansplained women. When will Japan change its patriarchal ways? Priyanka Sharma5 brings you the details.

Gravitas: Japan's problematic advice to pregnant women

The youth of Kashmir is shining bright in Indian cricket and made it big at the Indian Premier League. The Kashmir Willow is also going to make its debut in the ICC Men's World Cup 2023. Priyanka Sharma brings you a report

Gravitas: Kashmir churns out world-class cricketers

Discover the power of self-control and say 'sayonara' to those food cravings with our ultimate guide to conquer those munchies and savour victory!

How to Combat Food Cravings?

In an exclusive conversation with WION's Samarpita Das, Indian actor Nimrat Kaur, talks about her role in the series, Foundation.

Nimrat Kaur: Hollywood is back with a bang

A man named Toco from Japan spent 2 million Yen to transform himself. He became a dog with a custom-made collie costume. Toco's dream of becoming an animal started since he was a kid. He conceals his face to hide his alter ego.

A Japanese man spends 2 Million Yen to become a dog

A Japanese man spends two Million Yen to become a dog

On Saturday, rain started to fall throughout northern China as Doksuri, one of the fiercest storms to slam the nation in recent memory, rumbled into Beijing after battering Taiwan and the Philippines and lashing China's shoreline.

Rains soak Northern China as Doksuri makes its way to Beijing

After a pandemic slump, quality of life is again on the rise in many of the world's cities. In fact, overall liveability has reached a 15-year high, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit's annual Global Liveability Index, which rates 173 cities on factors including stability, healthcare, culture & environment, education and infrastructure.

Global liveability index released| These are world's most liveable cities in 2023

India is the target of Al-Qaeda's reorganisation efforts. An alarming 23-page report from the UN security council's Islamic State and Al-Qaeda sanctions committee showed that the terror organisation is forming its regional affiliate and intends to extend its murderous tentacles into the Indian subcontinent.

UN report blows lid off Al-Qaeda's plot to target India

Here, we bring you the news that is trending across WION's social media platforms - The Los Angeles Times huge Suites or the California mountains still covered with snow as July is close to expire, the situation has emerged as an odd enigma for the world's meteorologists.

California's mountains covered in snow way into summer leaves experts surprised

The Cinematograph (Amendment) Bill, 2023, which adds stringent anti-piracy provisions to take action against film piracy and seeks to streamline licencing procedures, was passed by the Rajya Sabha on Thursday, July 27.

India: Cinematograph Bill 2023 proposes a three-year jail term, hefty fine for piracy

The white house has dispatched its national security advisor Jake Sullivan to Saudi Arabia for talks with Saudi crown prince Mohammed Bin Salman.

White House advisor Jake Sullivan meets Saudi crown prince

Yoshimasa Hayashi, the foreign minister of Japan, came to India on July 27 on a two-day visit with the goal of strengthening and reviewing Indo-Japan strategic ties. Later on in the day, Mr. Hayashi and S. Jaishankar, the minister of external affairs, would undertake extensive discussions.

Japan Foreign Minister Hayashi on a two-day visit to New Delhi

On thursday, China said it opposed malicious hype concerning this week's removal of foreign minister Qin Gang. Beijing continues to avoid questions about the senior diplomat's disappearance. The mystery is deepening, and some articles removed from the foreign ministry website have reappeared. Qin was removed from office by Beijing's top lawmaking body on tuesday after just 207 days in the job. The removal came after weeks of speculation that the former ambassador to US and confidant of president Xi Jinping had fallen out of favour. Soon after, any reference to 57-year-old Qin was removed from the website of China's foreign ministry. A search for his name yielded no results, and previous articles about his diplomatic appearances showed a message saying the page does not exist, or has been deleted. But now, some references to him, that had previously been scrubbed from the foreign ministry’s website, are starting to reappear.

Chinese Foreign Ministry goes back and forth; Scrubbed Qin Gang articles back on website | Details

Using the opportunity of a Jewish fast on Thursday to call for reconciliation as protestors pledged further demonstrations, Israel's president encouraged all sides of a disagreement over proposals to restructure the court to abstain from violence. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's and his right-wing government's policies have sparked months of extraordinary protests, exposed a wide rift in Israeli society, and put some army reservists' allegiances under strain.

Anti-government protests escalate as Israel curbs judiciary

There have been significant projections for the Indian economy, and they will significantly advance India's global aspirations. The Indian Bank SBI predicts that by 2027 to 2028, India's economy will be in the top three in the globe. According to SBI's most recent eco-rap, India is also projected to overtake China as the third-largest economy in the world.

India likely to be the world's third largest economy by 2027-28

China once had There are worries that the mighty economy is currently going through a tough period. Famous economists have raised concerns about China's trajectory in the future, comparing it to Japan's economic fall in the 1990s and asking whether another country would emerge as a contender to spur global growth.

Explained: Why economists are concerned about China

Russian military airfields have been targeted in Ukraine. Thank you, and indeed, that is exactly what is occurring. Shivan us all the specifics, let's go on. Russia is waging a full-scale war against Ukraine, and this time they are also attacking the facilities of storage for Western munitions and launching an attack on the Kirsch bridge.

Russia-Ukraine War: Putin's payback for Crimea bridge attack

Europe is experiencing temperatures that break records. However, the reality is very different. Energy giants like Shell are still recording billions of dollars in profit, and the British energy giant is planning to increase the oil and gas production even further in the second quarter of 2023. Wildfires are causing chaos around the world. Glaciers are melting. Climate activists are calling for an urgent shift to renewable energy.

Shell profits trigger outrage among activists

Another setback for Donald Trump, one of the Republican front-runners for president in the upcoming election, comes as the case against him for improperly handling US sensitive data has grown. Prosecutors have brought new accusations against the former president.

US: Former President Trump's employee accused of attempting to delete evidence

Unprecedented high temperatures have the entire world in disarray. As tourists flee raging wildfires in Greece, U.N. Secretary General Antonio Gutierrez has issued a stern warning about the region's climate concerns, saying that the era of global warming has ended and that the era of global boiling has begun. The air is toxic, the heat is intolerable, and the level of fossil fuel profits and climate change in action are intolerable.

'Era of global warming ends, era of global boiling has arrived' says UN Chief

Niger President Mohamed Bazoum has been removed from power, according to a group of soldiers who appeared on the West African nation's national television late on Wednesday, hours after the president was held in the presidential palace.

Niger army warns against foreign military intervention

Emmanuel Macron, the president of France, is scheduled to arrive in Sri Lanka later today for a one-day State visit. This will be Macron's first trip to the Indian Ocean, and it will coincide with the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two nations. The visit of macron shows how significant bilateral ties between Paris and Colombo have become.

French President Emmanuel Macron's one-day Sri Lanka visit begins today

Satellite images have revealed that China is running atleast 79 'torture camps' in Tibet. These camps are reportedly being used to erase the Tibetan way of life. Priyanka Sharma reports.

Gravitas: Revealed: China's 79 torture camps in Tibet | China's war on Tibetan identity

In the last 48 hours, Denmark has reported 3 incidents of Quran burning outside the Iraqi, Turkish & Egyptian embassies respectively. These incidents have split Europe. Is this freedom of expression or an act of hatred? Here's what Priyanka Sharma has to say.

Gravitas: Quran burning incidents split Europe.

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