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DW Englishby Mark Hallam; Timothy Jones5d ago
What you need to know - Justice Minister Stefanie Hubig says laws on rented accommodation could be changed to allow tenants to improve their protection against heat - Hubig also spoke out in favor...
DW Englishby Amir Soltanzadeh5d ago
For decades, debate in Iran over the Caspian Sea has often centered on a deceptively simple question: What percentage belongs to the country?
DW Englishby Matt Pearson5d ago
"I'm really not sure if I'll carry on doing it for much longer." Those words earlier this month from Lionel Messi, a man who famously says very little, sparked a global conversation about whether...
DW Englishby Andreas Noll5d ago
Since early August, huge silver tanker trucks have been paying a visit to the town of Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines in Alsace, eastern France, twice a week.
DW Englishby Jan-Philipp Scholz6d ago
It's 8 a.m. at the Tarajal industrial park in the autonomous city of Ceuta. But there are no workers and truck drivers to be seen near the warehouses today.
DW Englishby Nik Martin6d ago
1. How severe is Germany's 2026 harvest decline? The German Farmers' Association (DBV) on Tuesday warned of a "below-average" harvest due to ongoing drought that has left large areas of farmland...
DW Englishby Sarah Hucal6d ago
Often dressing in pastel colors, with wide-legged pants falling over her high heels, Italy's first female prime minister can't escape fashion scrutiny — and not only because Giorgia Meloni is the...
DW Englishby Katharina Schantz; Louise Osborne6d ago
Rows of tomato saplings stand in a room packed with cameras. Just a few weeks old, they're under constant surveillance as scientists monitor them for tiny changes in color, temperature and...
DW Englishby Mark Hallam6d ago
Belgian firefighters were pushing to encircle and contain the country's largest wildfire in a century.
DW Englishby Thomas Klein6d ago
There is probably no other sport in the world that has experienced a boom like Hyrox in recent years.
DW Englishby Mark Hallam6d ago
Ukraine and Russia traded more attacks overnight, with the Kharkiv regional governor reporting 10 dead civilians not far from the Russian border and the Moscow mayor saying Ukraine launched some...
DW Englishby Naomi Mihara6d ago
Researchers are beginning to understand the long-term impact of wildfire smoke exposure on human health. And it's not good.
DW Englishby Mark Hallam7d ago
Germany's Bundeswehr military employed roughly 186,700 soldiers as of July 31 this year, the Defense Ministry said on Monday.
DW Englishby Nik Martin7d ago
As if the vast scale of artificial intelligence (AI) investments wasn't scary enough, the head of the world's largest sovereign wealth fund is also sounding the alarm.
DW Englishby Timothy Jones7d ago
Fires are burning in several European countries on Monday as the continent experiences a spate of wildfires after many weeks of hot and dry weather.
DW Englishby Ardit Toca7d ago
A ridge with sweeping views across Jotunheimen, a mountain region in southern Norway, seemed like the perfect hiking route for tour operator Georg Sichelschmidt to bring visitors.
DW Englishby Hans Pfeifer7d ago
- Far-right extremist The Alternative for Germany (AfD) is often classified as a "far-right extremist party." However, the term has no clear-cut definition.
DW Englishby Carla Bleiker7d ago
The list of health risks associated with foods high in fat and low in fiber is long: - low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL) or "bad" cholesterol - clogged arteries - weight gain - heart...
DW Englishby Mark Hallam; Timothy Jones7d ago
What you need to know - A massive wildfire in Belgium has stopped its advance to the German border, firefighters say - Reduced cargo shipping on rivers amid low water levels could impact...
DW Englishby Oleg Loginov8d ago
Early Sunday, a fire broke out in a warehouse belonging to Russia's largest online marketplace, Wildberries, in the town of Podolsk, about 40 kilometers (25 miles) south of Moscow.
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