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19 Nov
Following the controversy surrounding an Indonesian artwork featuring antisemitic imagery that was removed from the international art show, experts came together to discuss antisemitism and art.
19 Nov
A video claiming to show a nurse at Gaza's Al-Shifa Hospital has gone viral. Denouncing Hamas’s occupation of the facility, the nurse said that Hamas is stealing all of the hospital's food, fuel and medicine in the video. A closer examination of the clip, however, revealed that it is most likely staged. We tell you more in this edition of Truth or Fake.
19 Nov
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is pressing ahead with a plan to send asylum-seekers to Rwanda after the UK's top court deemed it unlawful. Observers explain what the government's next move could be.
19 Nov
DW correspondent Tania Krämer traveled to the site of the music festival that was attacked by militant Islamist Hamas. The terror attack left hundreds dead, with others taken hostage. Eyewitnesses told her how events there unfolded.
19 Nov
People in Mexico’s southernmost state, Chiapas, have for the last year and a half, been living through a conflict between rival criminal groups. The Sinaloa Cartel and the Jalisco Nueva Generacion Cartel are both vying for control of the territory. The state, which borders Guatemala, has long been a hotspot for trafficking drugs, arms and migrants. But ravaged by years of inter-community conflicts, the security situation in Mexico’s poorest state is now spiralling out of control.
19 Nov
Following a criminal investigation into the 2013 chemical attacks that killed more than 1,000 people, France issued international arrest warrants for Syrian leader Bashar Assad and three other Syrian nationals.
19 Nov
The focus of some US military exercises is shifting from deserts to the jungle environments found in the Indo-Pacific in preparation for any conflict with a "peer adversary."
19 Nov
In the US, gun and ammunition sales set a new record in 2020. Much of the increase is down to first-time gun buyers, especially women and African Americans. Deutsche Welle meets up with two women who got serious about protecting themselves with a gun in 2020.
19 Nov
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19 Nov
The forced eviction of thousands of families at the Angkor Wat temple complex in the name of conserving a UNESCO World Heritage site should require a robust reponse by the UN cultural organization, Amnesty said.
18 Nov
Invited to speak at the Munich Literature Festival, Booker Prize-winning novelist Arundhati Roy cannot travel to Germany, as she faces charges in India over comments she made in 2010.
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The widow of the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny and his Anti-Corruption Foundation are the 10th DW Freedom of Speech Award laureates.
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Women make up nearly half the active population in Germany, but the arrival of a baby completely changes their position in the labour market. More than 70 percent of mothers of children under the age of six work part time. Mothers – particularly in the west of Germany – are still encouraged to stay at home for a few years after giving birth, but a mediocre childcare system also plays a part. The lack of nursery places is glaring, with more than 400,000 children on waiting lists. In response, the state is investing billions and even guarantees childcare places for all children up to the age of 10. But the problem persists.
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The Qatari TV network is no longer available in Israel after the Cabinet voted to suspend it. Israel has had a tense relationship with the broadcaster, accusing it of bias and incitement.
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It’s been a week that’s seen the mass arrests of students at US Universities. Pro Palestinian demonstrators “have a right to dissent, not chaos” said President BidenIt’s been yet another week where a breakthrough seemed possible in talks for a Gaza ceasefire. But come what may, Israel says the Rafah offensive will happen
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Afghanistan's diplomat Zakia Wardak said she was stepping down as the consul-general in Mumbai because of organized attacks against her. Her statement made no mention of the alleged gold smuggling accusations.
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The expression went viral in the 1960s: generation gap. Those in power had fought in World War II and were shocked to see college students in the US rebel against the call to serve their country and go to war. How much has the current movement on college campuses exposed a new generation gap? Will the consequences be as far-reaching? For the first time since the Vietnam War, Columbia University brought in police to break up a pro-Palestinian encampment, sparking further sit-in protests across the US.