Thailand parliament votes in Srettha as new prime minister (www.dw.com)
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Cologne church staff used work devices to view porn (www.dw.com)
Surprising facts about amphorae — antiquity's packaging (www.dw.com)
Amphorae were made primarily for trade. In ancient times, people used these vessels, which held five liters (1.3 gallons) to 80 liters (21 gallons) depending on their size, to transport oil, wine, honey, olives, pickled vegetables and garum — a fermented fish sauce that was as popular with the Romans as soy sauce is today in...
China: Next real estate giant on the ropes (www.dw.com)
Chinese policymakers are facing calls to do more to prop up the ailing real estate market after the largest property developer, Country Garden, warned of multibillion-dollar losses and missed bond payments....
Bangladesh police accused of abusing Rohingya refugees (www.dw.com)
Rohingya people living in refugee camps in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar are being arbitrarily detained, beaten and tortured by members of the Armed Police Battalion (APBn) — a specialized combat unit of the Bangladesh police force — revealed an investigation by the human rights NGO Fortify Rights...