Southeast Asia's haze crisis tests whether the region has learned from the 2015 catastrophe
DW Englishby David Hutt·2d ago
Indonesia's worst wildfire season in more than a decade is exposing how much, and how little, Southeast Asia's response to haze has changed since 2015.
As Abiy Ahmed starts new term, Ethiopia's advances in Tigray may cause conflict to spill over to Eritrea
DW Englishby Philipp Sandner·2d ago
Amid escalating conflict in Ethiopia's northernmost Tigray region, Abiy Ahmed has been sworn in for another term as Prime Minister of Ethiopia.
Germany's far-right AfD makes history again in Saxony-Anhalt
DW Englishby Jens Thurau·2d ago
First thing in the morning, about 500 people gathered on Cathedral Square in the center of Magdeburg, the capital of the state of Saxony-Anhalt, to send a clear message that October 6 is not just...
How is the Nobel Prize in Literature decided? Inside the secretive selection process
DW Englishby Katharina Abel·2d ago
On Thursday, October 8, at around 1:00 p.m. CEST, all eyes in the literary world will be set on Stockholm.
Spain's Pedro Sanchez pushes emergency housing plan
DW Englishby Emilio Reynoso·2d ago
Spain's government approved two extraordinary decrees on Tuesday to deal with the country's housing crisis.
Kenya reports first-ever Ebola case after patient dies in Nairobi
DW Englishby Natalie Muller·2d ago
Kenyan health authorities announced the country's first death from Ebola on Tuesday. Health Minister Aden Duale said a Kenyan citizen who had been living in the Democratic Republic of Congo died...
Fact check: Misleading claims about Russian lab worker's death fuels fears of plague outbreak
DW Englishby Monir Ghaedi; Tetyana Klug; Anwar Ashraf·2d ago
Dozens of people were reportedly placed under observation after a laboratory worker at a Russian institute dedicated to studying plague and other infectious diseases died of severe pneumonia.
Nobel Physics Prize goes to Francis Halzen for neutrino work
DW Englishby Jenipher Camino Gonzalez·2d ago
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Tuesday awarded the Nobel Prize in physics to Francis Halzen.
Germany faces a triple threat from Russia, China and domestic far-right extremists
DW Englishby Sabine Kinkartz·2d ago
The heads of Germany's intelligence agencies rarely provide information openly. What members of the Bundestag's Parliamentary Control Committee discuss in their bug-proof meeting room with the...
France: Trade unions join students in major demonstration
DW Englishby Jenipher Camino Gonzalez·2d ago
A day of nationwide blockades and street protests are planned on Tuesday in France, led by high-school and trade union groups. Tens of thousands are expected to take to the streets.
Germany's ex-spy chief arrested for espionage
DW Englishby Natalie Muller·2d ago
Police have arrested the former head of Germany's BND foreign intelligence agency, August Hanning, on suspicion of espionage, the federal prosecutor's office announced Tuesday.
Canada: Quebec separatists return to power, promise new independence referendum
DW Englishby Shakeel Sobhan·2d ago
In the Quebec's provincial election on Monday the separatist Parti Quebecois (PQ) came in the lead after promising another referendum on independence from Canada but fell short of a outright...
Germany news: Far-right AfD gets first house speaker in a German state parliament
DW Englishby Timothy Jones·2d ago
What you need to know - Tobias Rausch from the Alternative for Germany (AfD) has been elected as the far-right party's first speaker in a state parliament - Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul has...
Germany news: Saxony-Anhalt parliament sits after AfD win
DW Englishby Timothy Jones·2d ago
What you need to know - The new parliament in the state of Saxony-Anhalt is to hold its first session, with the far-right AfD the strongest single force - Parliamentarians are to vote on a speaker...
India news: Opposition leaders march towards Election Commission
DW Englishby Dharvi Vaid Dhulia·2d ago
What you need to know Here are our rolling updates from India on Tuesday, October 6: - Oppositon leaders are gearing up for a march to the Election Commission of India's headquarters to protest...
India news: Opposition leaders set to march to Election Commission
DW Englishby Dharvi Vaid Dhulia·2d ago
What you need to know Here are our rolling updates from India on Tuesday, October 6: - Oppositon leaders are gearing up for a march to the Election Commission of India's headquarters to protest...
Trump says taxpayers will no longer fund controversial TV ads after backlash
DW Englishby Shakeel Sobhan·2d ago
US President Donald Trump said Monday that taxpayer funds will no longer be used for television ads featuring him, which he claimed were a "standard thing to do," and said the cost will instead be...
Measles cases are spreading in the US this year, with over 1,000 infections reported in Pennsylvania
DW Englishby Wesley Rahn·2d ago
Over 1,000 cases of measles have been recorded so far this year in Pennsylvania alone, health officials in the northeastern US state said on Monday, the largest outbreak in a US state since the...
ICC unseals Taliban leaders' warrants over persecuting women
DW Englishby Felix Tamsut·2d ago
The International Criminal Court (ICC) disclosed on Monday more details about the arrest warrants against two Taliban leaders, while also issuing two more arrest warrants.
Australia's migrant policy offers lessons for EU and US
DW Englishby Mia Armitage·3d ago
Nations that send asylum seekers to third countries for offshore processing and holding could spend billions, only to face accusations of human rights abuses and financial mismanagement, as in...
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