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Iran sentences niece of DW journalist to jail (www.dw.com)

EU and Thailand eye ambitious trade deal (www.dw.com)

Both sides want to protect their own fishery industries, which is proving to be major stumbling block. And Bangkok says the EU is asking for a more comprehensive and higher-caliber deal than Thailand has entered into with any of its existing free trade pacts....

China grilled over human rights record at UN (www.dw.com)

Cross-posted from: feddit.de/post/8189732...

Journalists say tech giants aid suppression – DW – 01/20/2024 (www.dw.com)

Independent media websites blocked by the Russian and Belarusian authorities say they are disadvantaged by the Google search engine. Journalists are calling for a new algorithm.

Journalists say tech giants support the Kremlin – DW – 01/20/2024 (www.dw.com)

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Seoul police chief charged over deadly 2022 Halloween crush (www.dw.com)

German lawmakers pass bill seeking faster deportations (www.dw.com)

India-Maldives row: Muizzu says Maldives won't be bullied (www.dw.com)

Maldivian President Mohamed Muizzu asserted his country’s independence amid fraying relations with India, as the island nation seeks closer ties with Beijing.

Russia's FSB arrests own citizen for alleged Poland spying – DW – 01/12/2024 (www.dw.com)

Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) on Friday said it had arrested a Russian national, working for a state firm, who it said was planning to pass on sensitive information to Poland....

Ukrainians weary but determined to fight on – DW – 01/12/2024 (www.dw.com)

For many people in Ukraine, 2024 started just like 2023 ended — with Russian air assaults and rocket and drone attacks on infrastructure and homes. What’s new is the scale of the bombardment: the Russian military is trying to get past Ukraine’s air defenses by beefing up its firepower....

India: Pegasus spyware used to target journalists — reports (www.dw.com)

Amnesty International has found evidence of journalists in India being targeted with Pegasus spyware. The discovery comes amid what the rights group claims is a “targeted crackdown on freedom of expression.”...

Nigeria: Attacks by armed gangs leave more than 100 dead (www.dw.com)

US-Canada bridge blast: 'No indication of terrorism' – DW – 11/23/2023 (www.dw.com)

US-Canada bridge blast: ‘No indication of terrorism’ The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) said on Wednesday it was looking into a vehicle explosion at the Rainbow Bridge border crossing between the United States and Canada, located near Niagara Falls....

Patients evacuated after gang surrounds Haiti hospital (www.dw.com)

Germany: Hamburg police make arrests after school 'threat' (www.dw.com)

EU probes Meta and TikTok over Hamas-Israel online content – DW – 10/19/2023 (www.dw.com)

Afghanistan's Embassy in India ceases operations (www.dw.com)

New Delhi does not recognize Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers, who took power in 2021. The announcement comes amid reports the ambassador and other senior diplomats left India in recent months and sought asylum elsewhere.

Chinese city hunts for dozens of crocodiles (www.dw.com)

Chinese media reported on Tuesday that more than 70 crocodiles had escaped after deluges in Guangdong province caused a lake at a crocodile farm to overflow....

How Russia drafts migrants to fight in Ukraine (www.dw.com)

Russia needs soldiers, and its authorities are increasingly turning to migrants to fill the military’s ranks. Guest workers from Central Asian countries are often rounded up on the street, taken to recruitment offices and pressured into signing contracts with the Russian Defense Ministry. This process can involve threats and...

What Niger can learn from Zimbabwe's 2017 coup (www.dw.com)

Belarus increasingly isolated as tensions rise at EU border – DW – 08/22/2023 (www.dw.com)

Travel to Belarus is not recommended.

US slaps China visa curbs for 'forced assimilation' in Tibet (www.dw.com)

The United States is to impose visa curbs on Chinese officials suspected of “forced assimilation” of Tibetan children at state-run schools, the US State Department said in a statement on Tuesday....

Thailand parliament votes in Srettha as new prime minister (www.dw.com)

cross-posted from: lemmy.ca/post/3737595

Indigenous peoples and their fight for conservation (www.dw.com)

Indigenous peoples around the world are defending their human rights and culture as well as nature and their homeland. Time and again, they are faced with massive repression, discrimination and racism. There are approximately half a billion Indigenous people worldwide....