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Migrant workers from Romania are getting support from a union in their fight for better working conditions and more pay in Germany's meat processing industry. Most of them just want to support their families back home.
Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became famous worldwide after his 108-minute flight above the earth 60 years ago.
Amazon workers reject forming union in Alabama - Recovering US jobs market still leaves many behind - Taiwan drought disrupts global chip supply
From loners to polyamorous unions, many kinds of relationship models are found in the animal kingdom. And taking care of the kids isn't always up to the females. DW takes a closer look at animals' relationships and parenting methods.
To outsiders, Turkmenistan is one of the world's least known countries. For the first time in ten years, a film crew has been free to visit spectacular excavation sites and follow international researchers into areas that have long been off-limits.
The European Union has granted special protection to Halloumi cheese made in Cyprus. The move means other countries that produce it will not be allowed to market it using the same name.
WEF: Pandemic delays gender parity by a generation - BioNTech shares leap on new effectiveness results - Ballot review in watershed Amazon union election
A warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama, could be the first Amazon outlet to unionize. Votes are currently being counted.
WEF: Pandemic delays gender parity by a generation - Deliveroo set for London stock market launch - Ballot review in watershed Amazon union election
Engineers straighten ship wedged in Suez Canal - 1.7% of Africans have received coronavirus jab - Vote count to begin in Amazon union drive
Amazon is the second-largest employer in the US. it is much critisized for its working conditions. Amazon workers in the US have been voting for weeks on whether or not to unionize.
The European Union has outlined plans for a vaccine pass designed to help relaunch travel in the summer. But most Europeans are still waiting to be vaccinated. Supply strains, distribution problems and vaccine scares have left Europe running short on time and even shorter on confidence. Brent Goff spoke to science journalist Kai Kupferschmidt about the continent's stuttering vaccination program.
A new passport to travel? The European Union wants to get people traveling again under a proposal of a digital green pass. But critics fear that such an official status would open up avenues of discrimination.
The European Union wants to produce a fifth of the global output of cutting-edge semiconductors at the end of this decade. Is this a realistic plan? — EU Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton has the answer.
China announces ambitious economic target - African Union unveils infrastructure funding plans - Taiwan's dark book store illuminates readers
In the West he is often celebrated as the man who ended the Cold War and the post-war division of Europe. But among Russian politicians today, the legacy of the last leader of the former Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev, is more complicated.
Gorbi — that's how many Germans lovingly refer to former Russian leader Mikhail Gorbachev. DW looks at the special relationship between Germany and the first and only president of the Soviet Union.
Divisions are growing among European Union member states over vaccines, travel restrictions and a possible immunization passport. The EU has been slow off the mark in its vaccination drive, and new infection numbers are still stubbornly high in many countries.
Jewish communities in Germany grew enormously after the collapse of the Soviet Union, including cities like Munich. But how did they cope in a new country with a foreign language and culture to learn? Literature offers some insights.
The "New Silk Road" is an enormous Chinese international development project. It's a trade network that involves Asia, Africa, and Europe -- and more than 70 countries are already involved. It may turn the old world order upside down.
Pandemic sees Airbus post $1.3bn loss in 2020 - Airlines flying sustainably – European Union announces new trade strategy
The situation of refugees at the EU's southeastern border remains dire. Many migrants hoping to reach the European Union have been turned back by Croatian police. Now they are holding out in Bosnia under very difficult living conditions.
Breaking with the EU's coronavirus vaccine rollout plan, Hungary is the first European Union country to administer both the Chinese jab and Russia's Sputnik V vaccine. The government has granted emergency approvals to the vaccines.
Several European Union member states have announced stricter travel restrictions mandating further tests and extending quarantines to prevent the spread of mutant COVID-19 variants.
