"The most sustainable garment is one you keep for the rest of your life." Livia Firth, co-founder and creative director of Eco-Age, says the fashion industry has been turned upside down by the #fastfashion business, but that consumers and designers can reverse the trend. "The world has been addicted to consuming, like we've been addicted to sugar. We now have to wean ourselves [off that trend] and understand that it's not necessary to constantly change our wardrobe. In the long term you actually save a lot of money," she tells FRANCE 24.

The COVID pandemic catalyzed a major digitization drive in Germany's tourism industry. But while significant progress has been made, staff-shortages pose a major challenge.

Few sectors are as energy-dependent as the aluminum industry. Rising electricity costs are already leading to production cuts.

Insurance policies are indispensable for most consumers and businesses around the world. But with the cost of living soaring, so has the price of insurances. A survey of households in the United States and Europe suggests nearly half of them have seen their insurance premiums go up in the last year, but nearly eight in 10 have nevertheless stuck with their existing policies.

The French porn industry is facing its moment of reckoning. A two-year police investigation has blown the lid off widespread abuse of vulnerable women. A Senate report is now aiming to improve conditions by bringing about stricter controls. In this show, we meet three women who are trying to change the way the adult film industry in France operates.

EU policymakers remain divided over how best to deal with the ongoing energy crisis. High prices are affecting households and businesses across the bloc, including Italy's storied textiles industry, as our correspondents report.

DW looks at five ways companies are replacing natural gas with heat pumps to cut costs and planet-heating CO2 emissions.

Young people are posting about their favorite books on TikTok. Publishers and the Frankfurt Book Fair are now picking up on the influential trend.

Dozens of children in Gambia lost their lives after reportedly consuming cough syrups imported from India. But the tragedy is only the latest issue faced by India's pharmaceutical companies.

Russia is attacking Ukraine's vulnerable civilian infrastructure with drones, knocking out power supply and threatening a hard winter. Iran denies supplying the weaponry, but video evidence points to the contrary.

From the Lumière Brothers to the New Wave, cinema in France has long been a source of national pride and a favourite pastime. But the French film industry is in a multifaceted crisis. Movie theatres simply aren't drawing the crowds they used to.

The attack comes amid a new offensive by the Somali government against the terror group, which controls large parts of central and southern Somalia.