Category: DW News

The United States has vetoed a UN Security Council resolution calling for a cease-fire in Gaza. The US vote was the only one against the [more…]

European Union member states and lawmakers reached a preliminary agreement on what they touted as the world’s first comprehensive AI legislation on Friday. This landmark [more…]

The Russian army is pressing its attack against Kyiv and other major Ukrainian cities, shelling targets that include residential buildings and attacking hospitals and other [more…]

The number of vaccination breakthroughs is increasing in many places — and this trend is likely to continue with the omicron variant. These factors have [more…]

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has warned that up to 70 per cent of the German population could contract the coronavirus. As Germany reported its third [more…]

A French juvenile court convicted six teenagers on Friday over the 2020 killing of teacher Samuel Paty. An extremist beheaded him after he showed caricatures [more…]

A real threat to Vladimir Putin – that’s how commentators are describing Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny. So, who is he? A courageous and charismatic opposition [more…]

The European Union is set to impose sanctions on Belarusian officials involved in the brutal crackdown on peaceful protests. Demonstrations calling for new elections have [more…]

Ukraine is filing charges against Russia for war crimes – against the environment. Much of Ukraine’s countryside and wildlife has been decimated in the war [more…]

Is the threat of war in the middle of Europe receding or simply at a lull? Russia says it’s drawing down the troops massed at [more…]