World
15 Oct 2023
Germany's coalition government has agreed on a series of measures that would make it easier for state and local authorities to repatriate certain migrants. The federal cabinet will soon meet to draft new laws.
15 Oct 2023
With the acquisition, ExxonMobil will command a dominant position over the top oilfield in the United States. Fossil fuel emissions are considered the main drivers of climate change.
15 Oct 2023
Famadihana is a funerary tradition of the Malagasy people in Madagascar. During this ceremony, known as the turning of the bones, people bring forth the bodies of their ancestors from the family crypts, rewrap the corpses in fresh cloth, and rewrite their names on the cloth so they will always be remembered.
15 Oct 2023
German Chancellor Scholz has called for solidarity with Germany's Jewish citizens. Wednesday saw the Bundestag commemorate the victims of the Hamas terror attack with a minute's silence.
15 Oct 2023
A former senator from Haiti, Joseph Joel John, has pleaded guilty to involvement in the assassination of former President Jovenel Moise. He admitted to providing vehicles and other resources to support it.
15 Oct 2023
As the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank take place this week in Marrakech, FRANCE 24's Charles Pellegrin speaks to the World Bank's Senior Managing Director Axel Van Trotsenburg about the urgent need to increase climate financing, calls for reform of the institution and the potential impact of the war between Israel and Hamas.
15 Oct 2023
Sister Goito grew up in a pastoral family in Ethiopia and became the first woman to receive a bachelor's degree in the Hamer community.
14 Oct 2023
We look at the battle of images in the Israeli and international press, as Israel says it has decided to release photos showing babies killed in the attack by Hamas last weekend.
14 Oct 2023
The one thing almost everyone in Poland seems to agree on is that Sunday's elections are the most important the country has held since 1989 and the fall of communism. And they're on a knife-edge. The ruling nationalist Law and Justice party, known by its Polish acronym PiS, is aiming for a historic third term.
14 Oct 2023
North-western Pakistan, near the border with Afghanistan, is home to a secluded tribe: the Kalash people. The pagan tribe are Pakistan's last polytheistic community, who have avoided mass Islamisation. But lately they have become the target of attacks from the Pakistani Taliban, who are now based in Afghanistan.
14 Oct 2023
The Taliban have systematically removed women's rights ever since taking power in 2021. Two years on, Afghans told DW what they think about the latest restrictions on women.
14 Oct 2023
As developing economies need more financial support to deal with climate change, we look at the crucial role the private sector can play in the green transition. The head of the International Finance Corporation, Makhtar Diop, joins us from Marrakech to share his insights on the role the private sector has to play in development and climate change resilience.
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