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A top court in the semi-autonomous territory has turned down an effort to ban the protest song "Glory to Hong Kong." The anthem emerged from the city's widespread pro-democracy protests in 2019.

It's calm in France's suburbs again after the recent riots. But cultural activists say the uprising's causes run deep and are calling for fundamental reforms.

Wildfires continue to rage throughout the Mediterranean from the Canary Islands to North Africa and Turkey. DW has the latest on the areas affected and what is being done to fight the fires.

We look at reactions in the pan-African press following an attempted coup in Nigeria. Also, Russian President Vladimir Putin hosts an African summit with an expected poor turnout. The US is left in a diplomatic quandary over attempts to label Russia's Wagner group as a foreign terrorist organisation. Also in the press: today marks 70 years since the armistice ending fighting in the Korean War and tributes are paid to iconic Irish singer Sinead O'Connor.

At some point in their lives, many young men in Thailand become monks. Most, however, are not looking for a lifelong stay at a monastery, so why do they follow the tradition?

Following the violent sexual assault of two tribal women in Manipur state, more cases of alleged rape and murder have been made public.

Netanyahu's health crisis comes just as the Israeli parliament is set to vote on the judicial reforms bill.

On June 6, the city of Kherson in southern Ukraine flooded when the Kakhovka dam was destroyed. Volunteers have flocked to the city to help residents clear the water and rubble, but there's a long way to go.

Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe discussed potential joint infrastructure projects, including building a land bridge across the Palk Strait, during an official visit to India.

The hot spells in parts of Europe and the US would not have occurred without human-made global warming, researchers say. This month is likely the hottest the Earth has seen in about 120,000 years, according to some.

Italian police have arrested dozens of suspected mafia members from the violent "Societa foggiana" in Puglia. Those arrested are accused of drug trafficking, illegal weapons possession and extortion.

An electric car aboard the Fremantle Highway carrier is believed to have caught fire, according to Dutch media. The ship was carrying nearly 3,000 cars en route from Germany to Egypt.