World
28 Jul 2023
Economists set a gloomier outlook for the coming months, as official data showed Germany's GDP stayed flat in the three-month period between April and June.
28 Jul 2023
To prepare for a potential invasion from mainland China, Taiwan updated its annual war games with strategies used by Ukrainians against the Russian military.
28 Jul 2023
Members of an "Islamic State" terror cell were on trial for their role in the 2016 subway and airport bombings in Brussels. The verdict concludes the largest trial in Belgium's history.
28 Jul 2023
The official stance of Germany's center-right CDU is that they reject any cooperation with the far-right populist AfD. But comments by their leader Friedrich Merz have again sparked concern he's weakening that resolve.
28 Jul 2023
Some say exports to the European Union are essential to provide a livelihood to ordinary people in Myanmar. Others argue that importing products plays into the junta's narrative that it's business as usual.
28 Jul 2023
This is the demand of World Heritage Watch. With the targeted destruction of historic buildings in the Ukrainian city of Odesa, Russia has crossed a line.
28 Jul 2023
The bloodshed between North and South Korea ended in a 1953 armistice, but both sides agree there is little immediate chance of permanent reconciliation.
27 Jul 2023
Salvage crews are waiting for temperatures to subside before attempting to board the burning freighter drifting in the North Sea. The Dutch government says the risk of an oil spill is low.
27 Jul 2023
Critics of Russia's engagement with countries in Africa usually talk about a relationship based on an "exchange of weapons for natural resources". That relationship is back in focus as the second Russia-Africa summit opens in St. Petersburg. Who ultimately benefits most - Russia or Africa?
27 Jul 2023
More than half of the pod of whales stranded on an Australian beach had already died before the rest had to be euthanized.
27 Jul 2023
The pledge comes after Moscow pulled out of a grain deal that had allowed the transport of millions of tons of Ukrainian food exports through the Black Sea.
27 Jul 2023
China has sacked Qin Gang as foreign minister and appointed his predecessor, Wang Yi, to the post. Qin has not been seen in public since June 25, triggering widespread speculation about his whereabouts.