Charity Save the Children confirmed that its two missing staff were caught up in an attack that killed at least 35. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken renewed calls for the UN to impose an arms embargo in Myanmar.

The International Union for the Conservation of Nature compiled a list of some 138,000 assessed as species threatened with extinction. The latest figures show that nearly 30% are on the verge of disappearing forever.

Children have had to cope with a lot of new rules over the past two years, from masks to hand-washing and social distancing. DW met with kids in the German capital, Berlin, to get their perspective on the pandemic.

Austria raises alarm over pandemic's impact on children

The everyday life of young people has now been restricted by the coronavirus pandemic for two years. The personal and societal consequences are devastating — and will have impacts long into the future.

Children in particular are suffering from the looming famine in Afghanistan – the result of a recent drought and the withdrawal of international aid organizations after the Taliban regained control of the country.

We focus on the British papers, with outrage palpable over horrific images of children killed in Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine. Also, we look at cartoonists' adoring praise for Volodymyr Zelensky, who has risen from novice politician to defiant saviour of Ukraine.

Europe's first full-scale invasion of a sovereign state since World War II, a refugee crisis to match and an endgame sure to upend more than just the West's resolve: as the EU turns up the heat on Vladimir Putin, it's already asking citizens to turn down their thermostats. How will citizens react if on the one hand, Russia conquers Ukraine and on the other, the price of crude oil shoots past $200 a barrel? How to make do without Russian oil and gas?

Ukraine has accused Russia of bombing a children’s hospital and maternity ward in the besieged port city of Mariupol, wounding 17 people and trapping children and others under the rubble in what it called “a war crime without justification”.

German schools want to make sure that Ukrainian refugee children do not lose out on education. But after two years of COVID pandemic the system is already overstretched.

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A 26-year-old Russian soldier was killed in the first days of the Ukraine war during an attack on the Hostomel airport near Kyiv. DW spoke with his grieving mother who still defends Russia's actions.