Germany: AfD to join far-right partners in EU parliament (www.dw.com)
Fascism is still on the rise:...
US-China relations 'on surer footing,' Yellen says – DW – 07/09/2023 (www.dw.com)
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Sunday that ties between the US and China are “on surer footing” as she concluded a 4-day visit to Beijing....
Crossing the Alps: An adventure report (www.dw.com)
On a July morning shortly before 9 a.m., my adventure of crossing the Alps began. Along with my father and a handful of other mountain sports enthusiasts, I traveled all the way to Wildental, Austria to take on the challenge....
Turkey and the Gulf states: A complicated relationship (www.dw.com)
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is preparing to spend three days touring the Arab Gulf states: Saudi Arabia on Monday, Qatar on Tuesday and the United Arab Emirates on Wednesday....
EU probes Meta and TikTok over Hamas-Israel online content – DW – 10/19/2023 (www.dw.com)
North Korea's Kim orders boost to missile production (www.dw.com)
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has urged the country’s arms industry to increase production of missiles and artillery in order to have “overwhelming military power” and be ready for war, state media KCNA reported on Monday....
Belarus increasingly isolated as tensions rise at EU border – DW – 08/22/2023 (www.dw.com)
Travel to Belarus is not recommended.
Ukraine to sue Poland, Hungary, Slovakia on produce bans (www.dw.com)
Kyiv said its plans were in response to unilateral bans announced by the three states after an EU ban expired. The trio argue they are protecting their local markets, while Ukraine says the ban is “legally wrong.”
Germany's auto industry: suppliers' confidence waning (www.dw.com)
In early July, multinational engineering and electronics giant Bosch, or — to be more precise — the supplier division of the company that produces automotive components and other industrial products, announced an agreement between management and employee representatives on the future prospects of 80,000 employees in Germany,...
Germany: Factory output plunges amid economic gloom (www.dw.com)
Germany’s industrial output fell for a second consecutive month in June, figures published on Monday show, with a drop of 1.5% far wider than the previous month’s slip of 0.1%....
Poland: New parliament meets for the first time (www.dw.com)
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...
Niger: How might an ECOWAS military intervention unfold? (www.dw.com)
West Africa’s defense chiefs were wrapping up a meeting in Nigeria’s capital Abuja on Thursday where they discussed the possibility of a military intervention if diplomatic efforts fail to reinstate Niger’s ousted president, Mohamed Bazoum....
The 'dangerous' feminists behind a Lebanese media outlet (www.dw.com)
“What is it that scares our societies the most — but we think about it every 40 minutes?,” presenter Maria Elayan asks at the beginning of the video. There’s a drum roll, then the answer: “Sex. You’re surprised, right?”...
Thailand parliament votes in Srettha as new prime minister (www.dw.com)
Africa's fractured relationship with the ICC (www.dw.com)
Since its inception 25 years ago, 33 African states have joined the ICC with Ivory Coast the most recent to do so in 2013. They were all expecting justice for victims of crimes....
G20 meeting in India split on debt relief and Ukraine (www.dw.com)
A two-day meeting of finance ministers and central bankers from the Group of 20 leading economies ended Tuesday without a final communique due to differences over the war in Ukraine....
Indian court, Modi show 'deep concern' at Manipur violence (www.dw.com)
The Supreme Court of India and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Thursday, condemned the gruesome assault on two women in the northeastern state of Manipur, amid ongoing violence between two ethnic groups....
Typhoon Doksuri makes landfall in China (www.dw.com)
Typhoon Doksuri swept into China’s southeastern region on Friday, unleashing heavy rain and violent gusts of winds....
Thailand parliament votes in Srettha as new prime minister (www.dw.com)
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Niger coup: Junta scraps military pacts with France (www.dw.com)
Nigeria takes steps to tackle 'rampant' disinformation (www.dw.com)
So-called ‘fake news’ and disinformation are rampant in the West African nation of Nigeria....
US-China relations 'on surer footing,' Yellen says – DW – 07/09/2023 (www.dw.com)
Angola's new oil refinery brings hopes and fears (www.dw.com)
Wearing a hard hat, safety glasses and high-visibility vest, project manager Martin Jooste gives a tour of the rain-sodden construction site that he oversees in the tiny Angolan exclave of Cabinda....