India news: Gandhi's notes sold for $1.7 million at auction
DW Englishby Seerat Chabba2d ago
What you need to know - Mahatma Gandhi's notes go for record price at Mumbai auction - Indian External Affairs Minister S.
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top 88%Germany's FM Wadephul visits Kyiv as Russia steps up attacks
DW Englishby Mahima Kapoor2d ago
Germany's Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul condemned Russia's escalating drone and missile assault on Ukraine on Saturday, as he arrived in Kyiv to demonstrate Berlin's continued support.
Germany's FM Wadephul visits Kyiv as Russia steps up attacks
DW Englishby Mahima Kapoor2d ago
Germany's Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul condemned Russia's escalating drone and missile assault on Ukraine on Saturday, as he arrived in Kyiv to demonstrate Berlin's continued support.
Germany news: Friedrich Merz to visit area struck by fires
DW Englishby Jon Shelton2d ago
What you need to know - German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is visiting the Hürtgenwald region, where fires raged for several days - Merz is expected to thank firefighters and rescue workers who...
US: Pentagon fires military newspaper leadership
DW Englishby Mahima Kapoor2d ago
The US Pentagon has sacked the editor, publisher and a reporter of military newspaper Stars and Stripes after they publicly objected to potential editorial interference, they said on Friday.
US slaps 50% tariffs on some Canadian goods as talks fail
DW Englishby Roshni Majumdar; Emmy Sasipornkarn2d ago
The US has said that Canada has declined to finalize a trade pact with Washington, minutes before tariffs announced by US President Donald Trump were set to kick in.
TikTok to pay $400m to settle US children's privacy case
DW Englishby Emmy Sasipornkarn2d ago
TikTok and its Chinese parent company ByteDance agreed on Friday to pay $400 million (roughly €342 million) to resolve allegations by the US Justice Department that the platform violated children's...
Sweden: One killed in school sword attack
DW Englishby Natalie Muller2d ago
A person armed with a sword has wounded multiple people at a school in Fagersta in central Sweden, authorities said Friday.
German army helps Poland protect itself against Russia
DW Englishby Jacek Lepiarz3d ago
Poland started to construct a defensive barrier along its border with Russia and Belarus in 2024.
France issues warning over thousands of substandard condoms
DW Englishby Mark Hallam3d ago
France's anti-fraud and health agencies issued a joint statement on Friday saying they were recalling more than a quarter of a million condoms that could be defective.
Iran's president: Time to end war in 'position of strength'
DW Englishby Mark Hallam3d ago
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Friday that it would be an opportune moment to seek to end the war with the United States, according to state media reports.
40 years after the Lake Nyos disaster in Cameroon
DW Englishby Okeri Ngutjinazo3d ago
"The Lake Nyos disaster took everybody by surprise. We had no warning signals before it ever took place," said Isaac Konfor Njilah, a Cameroonian geologist and head of a laboratory in the...
Ukraine's farmers struggle to sell harvest amid war, drought
DW Englishby Lilia Rzheutska3d ago
Russian attacks on civilian ships have effectively brought the ports in the greater region of Odesa to a standstill. Until recently, they handled about 90% of Ukraine's agricultural exports.
What to do when wildfires trigger trauma
DW Englishby Jeannette Cwienk3d ago
This year, wildfires have already burned more land than the annual average from 2006 to 2025 in Germany.
Swiss tourist jailed in Bali for insulting Hindu holiday
DW Englishby Natalie Muller3d ago
A Swiss man has been sentenced to one year in prison on the Indonesian resort island of Bali after insulting a sacred Hindu holiday.
Germany investigates arms cache found in woods near Berlin
DW Englishby Karl Sexton3d ago
Security authorities in Germany uncovered a cache of handguns in a forest near the capital Berlin last year, which they believe was intended to be used to carry out assassinations on behalf of...
Ceuta: Spanish police arrest 5 alleged migrant traffickers
DW Englishby Karl Sexton3d ago
Spanish police have arrested five people suspected of charging migrants thousands of euros to bring them from Ceuta, Spain's North African exclave, to mainland Spain.
DRC Ebola outbreak 'growing exponentially,' UN says
DW Englishby Natalie Muller3d ago
The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is "growing exponentially" and risks spilling over into neighboring countries unless containment efforts are stepped up, the UN's senior Ebola...
North Korea: Will Trump-Kim talks happen anytime soon?
DW Englishby Julian Ryall3d ago
North Korea responded on Thursday to claims by US President Donald Trump that he will be holding talks with leader Kim Jong Un later in the year with a broadside of ballistic missiles.
Bauhaus Manifesto: Broad alliance promoting artistic freedom
DW Englishby Katharina Abel3d ago
The "Bauhaus Manifesto 2026," published on August 20, was initiated by Germany's Minister of State for Culture, Wolfram Weimer.