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Germany: 3 dead, 16 injured in overnight explosion, blaze

Germany faces challenge as 2025 tax forecast sinks

Slovakia: PM Fico able to speak, 'lone wolf' suspect charged

Tesla: Court win for German protesters amid expansion vote

Turkey: Pro-Kurdish leader Demirtas gets 42 years in prison

Germany: Climate lawsuit against federal government opens

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Africa

Workers from Niger and China are seen on the construction site of an oil pipeline in Gaya, Niger, in October 2022

Benin gives green light for Niger's oil exports to China

After Benin blocked crude oil exports for months, a tense standoff appears to have been resolved with China's mediation.

Asia

A pair of buildings being developed by Country Garden in Beijing, as workers in blue hard hats drive by

Country Garden faces liquidation in China property crisis

A Hong Kong court is due to make a decision on a creditor's request to wind up China's largest property developer.

Germany

Germany's Euro squad reveal highlights connection campaign

The reveal of Germany's Euro 2024 squad was aimed at creating closeness between its football team and the wider country.

Europe

North Macedonia's new President Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova is seen in stage at her inauguration

North Macedonia name dispute reignites spat with Greece

North Macedonia's new president Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova has reignited a decades-old spat with Greece.

Middle East

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Egypt's ties with Israel hit 45-year-low

Egypt has hardened its stance toward Israel over the Gaza conflict, but analysts doubt their peace treaty is at risk.

North America

A bag of pills containing the synthetic opioid fentanyl. The pills are disguised as prescription oxycodone painkillers.

Illicit fentanyl is entering the US at highest rates ever

More than 115 million illicit pills containing fentanyl were seized by US law officials last year.

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Israel-Hamas war: US completes Gaza floating aid pier

The US military has completed building a pier off Gaza's coast that will allow more aid into the enclave. DW has more.

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Israel-Hamas war

Israel and Hamas have been at war since October 7, 2023, when the militant Islamist group attacked Israel. Gaza is bearing the brunt of most of the fighting.

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Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico being transported from a helicopter by medics to the hospital

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Slovak PM Robert Fico shot and injured

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico remains in hospital in serious condition after being shot four times on Wednesday.

Former Slovak PM Heger: Political violence on the rise

Slovakia: PM Fico able to speak, 'lone wolf' suspect charged

Slovakia: PM Fico shot in 'an attack on democracy'

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Demonstrators hold a Georgian national flag in front of an Eternal flame at the Square of Heroes during an opposition protest against "the Russian law" in the center of Tbilisi

Georgia's president plans foreign agent law veto as 'symbol'

Although her veto can be overridden, President Salome Zourabishvili tells DW she will veto the bill as a "symbol."

A glass box is filled with a green liquid on a street

Serbia's suprising solution to air pollution — liquid trees

Serbian scientists are trialing innovative liquid trees to help improve air quality in urban areas.

Pakistan's Chief Justice Gulzar Ahmad administrates the oath of office to Ayesha Malik

Pakistan: Why are there so few female judges?

Across Pakistan and South Asia, women are struggling to become judges and rise up to senior judiciary positions.

A police officer walks in front of a row of loading machinery in Chabahar

Is India taking a risk with Iran Chabahar port deal?

Despite the US's warning of sanctions, India has signed off on the continued development of a port in southern Iran.

A cargo ship loaded with Chinese-made heavy trucks leaves the port of Yantai, Shandong Province, China

How China helps keep Russia's economy afloat

China threw Russia an economic lifebelt after the West hit Moscow with sanctions over the war in Ukraine.

Why Putin chose an economist as Russia's defense minister

Andrei Belousov is a longtime ally of President Vladimir Putin. His job will be to strengthen Russia's arms industry.

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Extreme weather

Heavy flooding, severe storms, record heat waves, extreme weather is on the rise due to climate change. This is affecting people, ecosystems and economies around the world.