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Certainly, carbon capture technologies and products could ease the renewable-energy transition for industry, but only so long as life-cycle emissions from their manufacture and use are accounted for; in industries that can't switch to a non fossil-fuel source, this will become increasingly important.

It has been nearly 70 years since the Battle of Dien Bien Phu, which lasted from March to May 1954 and ended in victory for Vietnam against the French forces. France is still trying to find the bodies of soldiers who went missing during the First Indochina War.

Responders continued to battle fires in the coastal tourist region of Valparaiso amid an intense summer heat wave. Authorities expect the death toll to rise further as hundreds of people are still unaccounted for.

Ahead of European Parliament elections in June, should the bloc be preparing for a sharp turn to the right? And if so, what does that mean for European policy, and by extension, European unity?

Almost two years on from Russia's invasion of Ukraine, hundreds of thousands of men have already been called up to fight and a new mobilisation bill is due to be debated by parliament this week. According to Anna Colin Lebedev, a senior lecturer at Paris Nanterre University and specialist in contemporary Ukrainian history, one of the major questions facing Ukrainian society today lies in the mechanics of the draft.

Ex-PM Imran Khan's incarceration and a crackdown on his PTI party have cast a dark shadow on the February 8 polls with many citizens expressing cynicism about the election outcome. DW's Shamil Shams reports from Karachi.

After nearly four months of war in Gaza, the humanitarian crisis and the mounting civilian death toll have triggered growing international calls for a ceasefire. Amid intense diplomacy, a deal is taking shape. The first truce, in November of last year, lasted just seven days; this one could endure for one or two months and free many or all of the remaining 100 or more Israeli hostages in stages.

'Vishvamitra' — a term that translates to 'friend of the world' — has emerged as a buzzword of India's Hindu-nationalist government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. But what's behind it?

Argentine lawmakers have approved a sweeping package of cost-cutting measures proposed by the country’s libertarian President Javier Milei. The fine print of the bill is still subject to debate and approval.

After a drone attack in Jordan, the United States considers strikes against Iranian-backed militias. President Joe Biden wants to avoid a 'wider war' in the Middle East.

Drought, conflict, graft: Reasons for Ethiopia's hunger crisis are as varied as they may have been avoidable. But while Ethiopians go to bed hungry, political elites feast on their appetite for power.

Many reports and pictures about the suffering in the Gaza Strip have circulated on social media platforms in recent weeks and months. But while some are accurate, others are fakes generated by AI.