World
26 Nov
Our guest on this week's music show is jazz multi-instrumentalist Jowee Omicil, who spends much of his time between Paris, Miami and Montreal. He's about to release a new album entitled "Spiritual Healing: Bwa Kayiman Freedom Suite". The record is fully connected to his Haitian roots and represents a means to travel back in time to the slave revolution of 1791.
26 Nov
Faced with growing pressures from China, North Korea and Russia, US land, sea and air units are stepping up training as well as improving their equipment and collaboration with allies.
26 Nov
While some have questioned the film's accuracy, those who helped make the biopic have suggested it should just be enjoyed for what it is.
26 Nov
Police in Italy and Germany have arrested dozens of suspects in a crackdown on the Italian mafia group 'Ndrangheta. Similar raids are being carried out in other European countries. Authorities are calling it the largest operation ever against the mafia group.
26 Nov
Russian lawmakers are looking into banning abortions in private clinics, and new laws are already threatening fines for "incitement" to abortion in some parts of the country. Many fear that a total ban might be coming.
26 Nov
In Spain up to 300,000 babies are thought to have been taken away from their parents and sold to adoptive parents. The practice began during the Franco dictatorship and continued into the 1990s. But the cases have only just started to go on trial.
25 Nov
Constitutionally neutral Switzerland had resisted European pressure to send Leopard 2 battle tanks to Ukraine. But Bern ultimately agreed to return 25 unused models, provided they did not end up on the battlefield.
25 Nov
Rainfall is becoming increasingly acidic due to carbon dioxide emissions, but farmers in Northern Tanzania have found an organic method to neutralize it. They mix ash into the soil to counter the acidity that is a problem especially in the rainy season.
25 Nov
The hijacking of the Galaxy Leader cargo ship in the Red Sea is a further escalation by the Iran-backed Houthi militia in their support of Hamas. Yet it's unlikely the militia will be a serious threat to Israel.
25 Nov
The hostage deal, once implemented, will be the first pause in fighting but not end the war. Here is what else you need to know.
25 Nov
Germany's interior minister has said she will seek clear positions on Hamas from faith groups at the government's annual Islam conference. Nancy Faeser said they should assume "their responsibility in society."
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The devaluation of the naira against the dollar has plunged Nigerians into a deep socio-economic depression. The price of basic foodstuffs can double or even triple in the same day.
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Finnair suspended flights to the Estonian city of Tartu after GPS signal interference prevented two planes from landing. Estonia and Lithuania have blamed Russia for jamming GPS signals in the region.
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Northern Kosovo is home to a large part of the country's Serb minority. For a long time, this region, which is contiguous with Serbia, operated under the Serbian administrative system, despite Kosovo's independence from Belgrade. This as the local population rejects the authority of Pristina. But since taking power in 2021, Kosovo's new government has been much tougher on Serbia and the Serb population of Kosovo. Prime Minister Albin Kurti is trying to impose definitive separation from Serbia on the region's Serb population.
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Authorities in Kenya say at least 171 people have been killed and more than 190,000 displaced by catastrophic flooding. DW's Felix Maringa spoke with those affected, some still searching for their loved ones.
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More than 500 recipes have been created by several chefs, such as Alexandre Mazzia and Amandine Chaignot, to feed the 15,000 athletes participating in the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris this summer.
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To mark International Workers' Day, anti-poverty NGO Oxfam has released analysis showing that between 2020 and 2023, shareholders saw their dividend payments increase by 45 percent while workers saw their wages increase by just 3 percent.