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Thailand's royal defamation law is among the strictest in the world, but the biggest party in parliament was hoping to change that. A court has ruled the party's plan for reform was illegal and has ordered them to stop.

The German city of Mannheim heats thousands of homes using ice-cold water. With the concept gaining ground around the world, DW reporter Tim Schauenberg took to the Rhine River to find out how it works.

For the last edition of the show in its current version, we take a look back at some of the many places across the Americas we’ve gone to over the years. We also take a closer look at the hot-button issue of abortion and how a series of electoral wins for reproductive rights groups could spell bad news for Republicans come November in red states like in Florida.

Israel's offensive in Gaza following the October 7 Hamas attacks is reverberating in the West Bank. While not directly involved in the conflict, the Palestinian territory's economy lies in tatters, in part because Israel revoked work permits for 130,000 Palestinians in the West Bank.

'Japa' is a Yoruba word meaning 'to run away. ' That is what many Nigerian youths are doing in the search for greener pastures and better job opportunities.

Exactly four months after the Hamas attacks on southern Israel, more than 100 Israelis remain in captivity, with very little known about their fate.

Trump is accused of insurrection after the January 6 Capitol riots, with Colorado taking him off the Republican primary ballot in the state. The former president is now taking the fight to the nation's highest court.

After attacks by Yemen's Houthi rebels on cargo ships in the Red Sea, the EU is set to deploy warships to relieve supply bottlenecks. It comes as the US and the UK strike Houthi targets.

Applications to Quebec's two largest English universities from out-of-province domestic students dropped substantially after the provincial government announced a tuition hike targeting those schools.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said in an interview that aired on Thursday that Russia will fight for its interests but has no interest in expanding its war in Ukraine to other countries such as Poland and Latvia.

Across the globe, major airports are intercepting and analysing the waste from planes to provide a “true early warning” of any dangerous new arrivals.

The pro-peace politician's campaign to oust President Vladimir Putin from the Kremlin was seen as the opposition's best hope.