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Italy's Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has resigned from office. That could pave the way for far-right leader Matteo Salvini to lead government. Or will it? Also, Britain's Boris Johnson launches his bid to switch minds in Brussels on the "Irish backstop". Will he succeed?
Argentina's stock markets took another battering on Tuesday, despite the country's new Finance Minister saying that stabilizing the Peso is the main priority in the wake of an ongoing economic crisis. The currency did rally somewhat on the back of the comments, but uncertainty remains ahead of October's presidential election.
Africa growing weary of Chinese debt trap - Germany's Bayer sells Animal Health unit for $7.6 bn - Gamers and developers gather for Gamescom 2019
In this edition: James Blake goes on tour with his most vulnerable album to date; Russian art agency Sila Sveta lives up to its name meaning 'power of light'; Prague's gothic Charles Bridge dazzles visitors six centuries after its construction.
Philippe Coutinho, the mid-fielder touted as the next big thing at Bayern Munich, took to the training pitch at his new club for the first time. But he is only on loan from Barcelona...the team that spent a staggering 160 million euros to bring him in.
Italy's Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte told lawmakers the work of the current government "has ended." He blamed Interior Minister Salvini for bringing about the downfall of the coalition between the Five Star Movement and the far-right League party.
Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel and the leaders of Iceland, Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden have met in Reykjavik to discuss how to better tackle climate change. Merkel said "that humankind must treat nature with care and show some humility."
Kenya's Nairobi National Museum is home to one of the world's largest collections of fossils. But many of its treasures remain hidden. Recently, the bone structure of a previously unknown prehistoric carnivore was rediscovered in the museum's storage.
Along the coast of the West African country of Togo, climate change has forced entire communities to flee their homes for higher ground. Every year the ocean takes up to ten meters of land, and government assistance for those affected is slow in coming.
China is Africa’s biggest investor in infrastructure projects. But there are growing critical voices about debt traps.
A study finds more people in Africa are seeing and feeling the effects of climate change. Although only one in four Africans are aware of the term, climate change is becoming more and more visible. Also, the hidden fossil treasures being unearthed at Kenya's national museum in Nairobi.
As the situation onboard the rescue ship "Open Arms" is getting more and more desperate, at least 15 migrants leapt into the Mediterranean in a bid to reach the nearby Italian island of Lampedusa. Meanwhile, Spain has stepped in to resolve the impasse.
Cameroon separatists leaders sentenced to life +++ Southern African regional body SADC adopts Kiswahili as its 4th official language +++ We meet a group making cheap but effective artificial breast prostheses for Kenyan breast cancer survivors
German pharmacetical giant Bayer is under serious financial pressure as a result of the legal challenges its subsidiary Monsanto continues to face over its weedkiller Roundup. Claimants say it caused their cancer. To cope, Bayer is selling assets as it tries to stay liquid.
Would you take a driverless bus across town? That's what authorities in Singapore want to find out as they prepare to launch a trial of self-driving buses. It's part of an ambitious plan to roll out autonomous vehicles across the city-state.
It can be easier to get people to do what you want not by threatening sanctions but through persuasion. Nudge theory is about influencing decision-making through positive reinforcement and indirect suggestions. It is popular in behavioral economics.
The EU grants Least Developed Countries duty-free access to its market under the Everything But Arms scheme. Cambodia is among those nations. But the EU is concerned about human rights and democracy there and is reviewing its preferential trade status.
Sanctions are a form of action designed to punish or to prompt a change of behavior in the target. Sanctions can also be threatened. States impose sanctions, individuals can too. It is hard to determine whether or how they work.
It's the 50th birthday of the Ford Capri! The 2+2 coupé debuted in 1969. Today, it has become both a rarity and a collectors’ item. Just under 4000 models are estimated to remain in Germany. Ford invited the Capri Club to the Classic Days.
Audi presents its newly facelifted Audi Q7. An impressive design with SUV-features, dynamic driving qualities and modern technology help the Q7 surpass its predecessor. The new Audi Q7 was built to excel in both comfort and performance.
British carmaker MINI presents the new John Cooper Works Clubman with an impressively powerful engine. The now compulsory gasoline particulate filter requires changes to engines, inspiring MINI to build their biggest powerhouse yet.
Mercedes AMG presents a new super-compact-sports car, the A45. The 2.0-liter 4-cylinder turbocharged engine is newly developed in two versions with 285 or 310 kW outputs. We tested the more powerful one, the A45 S 4Matic+.
Drive it! gets started with a sports car pushing the limits, tests an SUV combining performance and comfort and celebrates the 50th birthday of a vintage legend.
Some people see numbers in different colors, feel noises, taste letters and smell pictures. This natural connection of different sensations is called synesthesia. One in 25 people have it worldwide, including Lady Gaga.
