World
21 Jan
The European Court of Justice has ruled that women, as a whole, can be regarded as belonging to a social group and thus entitled to asylum if subjected to domestic or sexual violence. NGOs have welcomed the decision.
21 Jan
The US has designated former Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei as ineligible to enter the country over his involvement in corruption.
21 Jan
FRANCE 24 spoke to Salam Fayyad, a former prime minister of the Palestinian Authority and now a visiting senior scholar at Princeton University in the United States. After the Israel-Hamas war recently marked its 100 days, the risk of an exodus from Gaza was "serious and imminent", he warned.
21 Jan
2024 begins with conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East that send shockwaves around the world, continues with a scramble for innovation in energy and tech that has got the superpowers beefing up protection for homegrown industry and along the way, a series of elections that often pit populists against the guardians of globalized trade.
21 Jan
Ukraine claims it shot down a Russian A-50 reconnaissance aircraft. Analysts tell DW the weapons it could have used and lay out potential military consequences for Kyiv and Moscow if the claim is accurate.
20 Jan
Many EU lawmakers accuse the European Commission of giving in to "blackmail" by Budapest. Brussels released billions to Hungary — but concerns over democratic backsliding and the country's ties with Russia remain.
20 Jan
The Tristao Islands of northern Guinea are a treasure trove of biodiversity and also support rice fields. But rising sea levels threaten the Marine Protected Area. We visit the archipelago to see how conservation efforts are making a real difference.
20 Jan
Besides people, Ukraine's cultural heritage has also been a major casualty of the war. A German photo project is documenting destroyed and endangered buildings in a race against time.
20 Jan
There's a clear correlation between the pay gap between men and women, and the birth of the first child, say statisticians.
20 Jan
While most industrialised countries are concerned about dwindling birth rates, some people in the US are determined to repopulate the world by having as many children as possible. A growing movement of "pronatalists" is centred around Silicon Valley, spearheaded by billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk.
20 Jan
After a lone gunman killed 17 people in a mass shooting in Prague late last year, debate is raging about the country's laws on gun ownership. Czech citizens have the constitutional right to bear arms.
20 Jan
It sounds like the plot of a thriller movie: unfamiliar men forcibly remove you from your home and put you on a plane without explanation. Before you know it, you're in a remote camp that's supposed to help you recover from behavioural or mental illness. Hundreds of thousands of American teenagers have in fact been to these "wilderness therapy camps".
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Dozens of people are dead and thousands were forced to evacuate after days of heavy rain unleashed torrential flooding in southern Brazil.
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Georgia has erupted in protest once again, as the ruling Georgian Dream party pursues a "foreign agents" bill in parliament – something that has left a question mark hanging over the country’s European ambitions. The EU granted the ex-Soviet nation candidate status to join the bloc last December. We speak to Georgia's President Salomé Zourabichvili, who plans to veto the final draft of the law, but admits that parliament can still override her veto. That makes the October 26 election even more crucial for re-asserting the country’s European path, she says.
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Eight candidates are running to take over the presidency, with the frontrunner only recently given the legal go-ahead.
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Fuel shortages in Nigeria have raised the price of gasoline and caused huge queues in cities like the capital Abuja, in a country already grappling with high inflation and a cost of living crisis.
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Cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin promise quick profits – an attraction that aids scammers fleecing investors of their funds.
