High-profile raids spotlight India's food-safety struggles
DW Englishby Murali Krishnan·21d ago
Over the past few months, inspectors from the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) raided kitchens at five-star hotels in New Delhi's Aerocity — including the JW Marriott and Andaz.
India: Are food safety rules too much to swallow?
DW Englishby Murali Krishnan·21d ago
Over the past few months, inspectors from the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) raided kitchens at five-star hotels in New Delhi's Aerocity, including the JW Marriott and Andaz.
India news: El Nino leading to driest monsoon in 17 years
DW Englishby Seerat Chabba·21d ago
What you need to know - India looks to be heading towards its weakest monsoon since 2009 - The new iPhone 18 Pro and 18 Pro Max have hit the Indian markets, leading to long queues outside stores -...
India facing driest monsoon in 17 years thanks to El Nino
DW Englishby Seerat Chabba·21d ago
What you need to know - India looks to be heading towards its weakest monsoon since 2009 - The new iPhone 18 Pro and 18 Pro Max have hit the Indian markets, leading to long queues outside stores -...
Nigeria: Protests erupt over deaths of 37 miners in custody
DW Englishby Emilio Reynoso; Dmytro Hubenko·21d ago
Protests erupted in central Nigeria on Friday after 37 people believed to be illegal miners died while in the custody of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC).
Germany's electric car boom cuts fuel tax revenue
DW Englishby Astrid Prange de Oliveira·21d ago
"People are moving away from gasoline and diesel," said Jens Boysen-Hogrefe, a tax and transportation expert at the Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW).
Women's football in Germany booming but still much to do
DW Englishby Thomas Klein·21d ago
According to the German Football Association (DFB), investment in women's football by professional clubs has risen by 135% over the past six years.
Bolivia: New cat species discovered by scientists
DW Englishby Kieran Burke·21d ago
Scientists in Bolivia have identified a small wild cat with a leopard-like coat as a previously unknown species.
Everything you need to know about Oktoberfest 2026
DW Englishby Katharina Abel·21d ago
On Saturday, September 19, at noon, Oktoberfest will once again open with the ceremonial tapping of the keg, during which the mayor of Munich drives a tap into the first wooden barrel of beer and...
Venezuela unblocks some news websites censored for years
DW Englishby Emilio Reynoso·21d ago
Venezuela has lifted restrictions on several news websites that had been censored for years, its telecom regulator said.
Malaysia: Jailed ex-leader Najib allowed house arrest
DW Englishby Wesley Rahn·21d ago
Malaysia's graft-convicted former Prime Minister Najib Razak was granted royal clemency and will be allowed to sit out the remainder of a six-year jail term in house arrest, Prime Minister Anwar...
VAR's mission creep a problem for football
DW Englishby Jonathan Harding·21d ago
Another domestic football season is underway and already, in mid-September, the shortcomings of technology in sport are at the center of the discourse once again.
Organized crime and drug-related deaths rise Germany
DW Englishby Marcel Fürstenau·21d ago
"We are experiencing a flood of cocaine in Germany," German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt, from the Christian Democrats (CDU), said earlier this week as a new police report was presented.
Russia votes for new parliament in controlled elections
DW Englishby Mahima Kapoor·21d ago
Russians began casting ballots on Friday to elect a new lower house of parliament, kicking off a three-day vote that President Vladimir Putin's party is all but guaranteed to win.
Nigeria: At least 37 suspected illegal miners die in custody
DW Englishby Dmytro Hubenko·21d ago
At least 37 people believed to be illegal miners died Thursday while in the custody of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC), according to the governor of Nigeria's north-central...
Aztec manuscript loaned back to Mexico after two centuries
DW Englishby Mahima Kapoor·21d ago
The Azcatitlan Codex, a rare and prized manuscript that recounts the history of the Aztecs in vibrant pictograms, has returned to Mexico for the first time since 1840.
UN mission notes possible US war crimes in Iran strikes
DW Englishby Dmytro Hubenko·21d ago
Experts from the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Iran, commissioned by the UN Human Rights Council, said they have found "reasonable grounds" to believe that the United States...
Trump hails 'major progress' in setting up US base in Poland
DW Englishby Dmytro Hubenko·21d ago
US President Donald Trump announced on Thursday that significant progress had been made toward establishing a US military base in Poland.
US: Trump administration weakens Endangered Species Act
DW Englishby Jenipher Camino Gonzalez·21d ago
The US government is planning a major reinterpretation of the Endangered Species Act (ESA), The New York Times reported and officials confirmed to AFP on Thursday.
Russian birth tourism to Brazil increases
DW Englishby Kira Sokolova·21d ago
Yulia and Dmitri (whose names have been changed for reasons of safety) flew from Russia to Brazil this summer so that their child could be born there.
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