Month: September 2024
Oktoberfest in Munich opens under tight security | DW News
Millions of visitors are expected at the world-famous beer festival in Munich, Germany’s southern metropolis. Following last month’s knife attack in the city of Solingen, [more…]
Germany: SPD set to finish ahead of AfD in Brandenburg vote | DW News
Polls have just closed in a tight election in the eastern German state of Brandenburg. The incumbent Social Democrat party has an extremely slight lead [more…]
Social Democrats and far-right AfD neck-and-neck in Brandenburg polls | DW News
Voters in the eastern German state of Brandenburg are voting in regional elections. Polls give the far-right anti-immigration AfD party a slim lead over the [more…]
China or the US: Who is winning the new space race? | Mapped Out
The US is dominating space, but as on solid ground, China is making gains in the race. A new space era has begun. No superpower [more…]
Pope asks for dignified pay and better conditions of migrant workers in Singapore
“I would like to highlight the risk entailed in focusing solely on pragmatism or placing merit above all things, namely the unintended consequence of justifying [more…]
Israel and Hezbollah intensify cross-border attacks | DW News
Israel has struck Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon, after Hezbollah launched more than 150 missiles, rockets and drones towards Israeli territory overnight. Hezbollah said the [more…]
Ukraine to receive 35 billion euros from EU | DW News
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen says the EU will lend Ukraine up to 35 billion euros to help with its war effort. She [more…]
China rams Philippine ship while 60 Minutes on board; South China Sea tensions could draw U.S. in
The U.S. could be drawn into a conflict between China and the Philippines that’s been roiling the South China Sea. #news #china #philippines “60 Minutes” [more…]
Mideast latest: Israel, Hezbollah trade strikes; Israel raids Al Jazeera; protests in Israel | DW
Israel says it has struck Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon after the group fired more than a hundred rockets into Israeli territory. Some of them [more…]
Iranian foreign minister: Iran not planning a direct act of revenge | DW News
Lebanon’s Hezbollah has confirmed that two of its top commanders are dead after an Israeli airstrike on Beirut. Lebanese health officials now put the death [more…]
