World
21 Jan
The Houthi rebels are already winners in the current Red Sea confrontation, observers say. Thanks to US strikes, they have boosted their own legitimacy in Yemen and further afield. Even critics have praised them.
21 Jan
Iranian state media said three women and four children had been killed in explosions. It comes two days after Tehran attacked positions inside Pakistan that Islamabad said killed two children.
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.
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Oleksandr Usyk scores a razor-thin split decision over Tyson Fury to become undisputed heavyweight boxing world champion in a thrilling contest at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh in the early hours of Sunday morning.
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Following the approval of the hike in electricity tariff by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, customers in the band, a category who receive 20 hours and above supply of electricity, will now have to pay 225 Naira per kilowatt hour against the 66 Naira payable before the hike.
This directive, which came in the middle of fuel subsidy removal, foreign exchange crisis, and high inflation rates, has been heavily criticized by the citizens.
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Rudimentary heating systems, often fuelled by wood fire, coal and animal manure, are used by a large majority of households in Africa. Delegates from over 60 countries gathered in Paris for a summit held by the IEA to help tackle this issue.
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A new law targeting media organizations and foreign-funded NGOs has passed its third and final reading in Georgia's parliament. Critics fear it will derail Georgia's course toward European Union membership and move the country into Russia's sphere of influence.
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It’s that place where once a year, high art and hustlers rub elbows, a place for icon worshipers and insurgents, old legends and young upstarts…Welcome to the French Riviera resort of Cannes and the 77th film festival that bears its name… the first one since French actress and director Judith Godrèche went back on her personal story – her filmmaker's mistress at age 14 – and sparked a MeToo reckoning in French cinema.
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So what is a "trad-wife"? Well, it’s internet shorthand for traditional wives. We take a look at the women influencers extolling the virtues of staying at home while yielding to their husbands. Annette Young asks researcher, Cecile Simmons, if there is a more sinister element behind the trend.