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Middle East updates: Radios in Hezbollah attack 10 years old

ConflictsSeptember 19, 2024
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September 19, 2024

Vietnam tycoon on death row faces new trial

September 19, 2024

Colombia suspends peace talks with ELN rebels

September 19, 2024

US says Iran emailed Trump campaign material to Biden staff

September 19, 2024

Venezuela: Opposition 'coerced' to recognize Maduro win

September 18, 2024

FBI disrupts major Chinese hacking group, director says

September 18, 2024

Global police sting topples 'Ghost' criminal messaging app

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Africa

Guinea Bissau's President Umaro Sissoco Embalo

Will Guinea-Bissau's president rethink second term bid?

Bissau-Guinean President Embalo announced that he does not intend to run for a second term. Is it just a tactical move?
PoliticsSeptember 18, 2024
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Asia

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Bangladesh's garment workers return to jobs after unrest

Can the interim government tackle longstanding problems affecting the sector?
BusinessSeptember 18, 202401:44 min
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Germany

Workers assemble a flood barrier in an archway in Dresden

Prepared for flooding, German city of Dresden stays calm

Amid widespread flooding in central Europe, the flood protection system in the Germany city of Dresden has held up.
SocietySeptember 18, 202402:21 min
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Europe

The Danube River in flood. In the background are a bridge, dark clouds and, on a hill, Bratislava Castle, Bratislava, Slovakia, September 2024

Slovakia's capital hit by biggest floods in 30 years

Slovakia is facing its biggest flood in decades. Some parts of the capital were cut off from the rest of the city.
CatastropheSeptember 18, 2024
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Middle East

Palestinians children walk next to a destroyed house following an Israeli airstrike

A lost year: Education during wartime in Gaza

Children in Gaza are starting another year without formal school and university classes, due to the ongoing war.
EducationSeptember 18, 2024
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North America

Billie Eilish singing in a microphone.

Use, and misuse, of music in US presidential campaigns

As Billie Eilish endorses Kamala Harris, here's a look at the history of music in political campaigns.
MusicSeptember 18, 2024
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September 19, 202401:33 min
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Ukrainian MP: Kursk incursion shows Putin is bluffing

Will the West betray Ukraine? Opposition leader Kira Rudik says much will on ride on the US election outcome.
September 18, 202426:03 min
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An unidentified man in South Africa shows a scar resulting from an illegal kidney operation

Illegal organ traffickers in Africa prey on world's poor

Illegal organ trafficking is worth over $1 billion annually and generally targets vulnerable people.
HealthSeptember 18, 2024
People displaced from the Akakhel and Tirah valley of Khyber where the Pakistan Army launched a military operation against Taliban militants, arrive in Bara Khber agency, Pakistan, in October 2014

Pakistan: Why these displaced people can't return home

Thousands of people were forced out of their villages when Pakistan launched a crackdown on jihadis a decade ago.
ConflictsSeptember 18, 202404:07 min
Brain pathways during pregnancy

Pregnancy completely rewires mothers' brains — study

The study is the first to map widescale changes to the brain's structure and function during pregnancy.
ScienceSeptember 18, 2024
A young man climbs a high chain-link fence while 3 policemen in riot gear approach on the other side on a platform lifted by a crane.

Migration arrivals surge in Spain's African Ceuta exclave

DW's Jan-Philipp Scholz spoke with locals and migrants at Ceuta's border with Morocco, where tensions are rising.
MigrationSeptember 18, 202402:52 min
Elephants, oryx, giraffes, zebra and elephants at a watering hole.

Can Namibia's strategy to cull animals save them?

Does Namibia's plan to kill animals to save them, and help the human population from ongoing drought, stack up?
Nature and EnvironmentSeptember 18, 2024
Jordanian women cast their ballots at a polling station during parliamentary elections in Amman, Jordan.

How dangerous is the Islamist victory in Jordan's elections?

The Islamic Action Front won big in last week's election, partly because their support for Hamas made them popular.
PoliticsSeptember 17, 2024
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Mapped Out — navigating a changing world

Mapped Out explores all things geopolitical and charts possible solutions to steer through a complex world.
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Tourism

The global tourism industry is booming. But as more people travel for work and leisure, overtourism is becoming an issue for both locals and tourists.

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German tourist dies after shark attack off Canary Islands

German tourist dies after shark attack off Canary Islands

The 30-year-old was attacked some 500 kilometers off the coast of Gran Canaria.
ConflictsSeptember 18, 2024
A row of people roped together walk up the side of a glacier in Norway.

Tourism boom impacts Norway's glaciers

Tourism boom impacts Norway's glaciers

Tourists are drawn to cool Norway and Sweden as an alternative to the Mediterranean heat.
ClimateSeptember 17, 202406:15 min
Tourists on bicycles in Amsterdam

Amsterdam tests new ideas to combat overtourism

Amsterdam tests new ideas to combat overtourism

The Dutch capital is groaning under the strain of hosting around 22 million annual overnight visitors.
TravelSeptember 17, 202404:39 min
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A Bavarian dumpling in mushroom sauce, garnished with parsley.

What's the secret of Bavaria's Deggendorf dumplings?

Deggendorf, in Bavaria, is famous for its dumplings. How do these fluffy lumps of bread define the town's identity?
LifestyleSeptember 16, 202405:08 min
A portrait shot of Anna Delmania on the Greek island of Santorini, her home.

Santorini: Growing up on a Greek island paradise

Anna Delamani, 18, explains what life is like growing up on a Greek island paradise surrounded by tourists.
TravelSeptember 15, 202405:06 min
Moo Deng, a two-month-old female pygmy hippo, follows her mother Jona at Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Chonburi province, Thailand.

Baby hippo attracts huge crowds to zoo in Thailand

Moo Deng, a baby pygmy hippo, is drawing large crowds at a zoo in Thailand and has become a huge sensation online.
SocietySeptember 15, 202401:41 min
A competitor gallops around the course at Germany first hobby horsing championship in Frankfurt/Main.

Germany hosts its first hobby horsing championship

In Frankfurt, hundreds of young riders are taking part in Germany's first hobby horsing championship.
SportsSeptember 15, 202401:32 min
A woman taking part in archery

Kazakhstan: Spectacular World Nomad Games close in Astana

Kazakhstan has hosted this year's World Nomad Games, for sports in the tradition of Central Asian nomadic peoples.
CultureSeptember 14, 20246 images
Indonesian tattoo artist Areu Pendul and his colleague tattoo a customer's leg.

Hand-tapping: Traditional Indonesian tattoos

Using only a wooden stick and a needle, this tattoo artist taps designs into the skin.
ArtsSeptember 14, 202404:38 min