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Investments in US offshore wind projects over the next decades are set to catch up with US offshore oil and gasoline investments. In only four years the sector has grown from scratch to a big deal.
The car industry is in apparent decline in Germany. Some estimates predict that half its 800,000 jobs will be gone by 2030. The industry disagrees with that estimate, but the road ahead looks bumpy.
As Indians board domestic flights, protocols are being put in place to protect passengers from COVID-19. However, some travelers say they feel unsafe as rules are ignored and airlines play down health risks.
The number of Germany's dollar millionaires rose by 100,000 in 2019, according to the World Wealth Report. The US had the biggest upturn, although the coronavirus crisis could change the upward trend.
Bottlenecks in the production of antiviral drug remdesivir have led to policymakers threatening compulsory licensing and economic sanctions. It's a foretaste of what may come when a coronavirus vaccine becomes available.
Peter Liese, German CDU Member of the European Parliament (MEP), spoke to DW to explain why he supports a European Parliament move to introduce compulsory licensing of the COVID-19 antiviral drug remdesivir
A Nigerian woman and a Kenyan woman are among seven candidates to become the next director-general of the World Trade Organization. The others come from Egypt, South Korea, Mexico, Moldova and Britain.
The Danish Energy Agency has greenlighted the use of Russian ships that could speed up execution of the controversial Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline. US sanctions, however, may still put a dampener on the project.
The UK, responsible for a third of the world's €6 billion fine wine trade, could be "sleepwalking into a disaster" if regulations are not amended before January. Britain's fine wines association is worried.
Did the coronavirus kill the party for cruise operators, or did it simply put the boom on hold? As DW Senior Business Editor Ben Fajzullin reports from Hamburg, consumers can be astoundingly quick to forgive and forget.
Boeing is to quietly end production of the double-decker 747, according to Bloomberg, more than 50 years after it came into service. More than 1,500 of the planes have been built; at least 450 are still in service.
The coronavirus pandemic brought everyday air traffic to a halt. But airlines across the African continent are preparing to take to the skies once more. Many airlines are facing a difficult path to stay competitive.
There's a new trend among popular fashion brands: "eco friendly" collections. Organic cotton is everywhere this summer, but is the label just a marketing strategy?
Donohoe will seek to help guide the eurozone through what is set to be the bloc's deepest recession in almost a century.
The chancellor met with a member of the "frugal four" to discuss the financial aspects of the EU recovery package.
The money would be used to protect member states from the unforeseen consequences of the UK's EU departure. The two sides are currently negotiating post-Brexit trade relations, with little progress having been made.
New York prosecutors can now access Trump's returns, but a congressional request for them was sent back to the lower courts. Both rulings ensure that his records will remain private past the November poll.
More than $25 million in ad revenues could be directed to sites spreading fake news by the end of this year, according to researchers. Advertisements for brands including L’Oreal and Microsoft have also been featured.
Pressure is growing on Germany to take a tougher stance towards China over human rights abuse. For a long time, business interests have stood in the way. But a united European stance is increasingly imperative.
In the latest of a series profiling Black entrepreneurs in Berlin, DW talks to Kwame "Juice" Owusu, a Ghanaian who moved to Germany as a child and who now runs an event management company.
The German Guinean owns the firm Motivation Bros and tries to develop entrepreneurship and startups in Africa.
The Ghanaian German woman builds her career in beauty and tech, while speaking out against racism.
The effective cancellation of this year's hajj pilgrimage due to COVID-19 has sparked grief among pilgrims, upending lifelong dreams. But it is also a blow to Saudis dependent on the trade it brings.
Elevator maker Ascensores is part of a growing industrial sector in southern Spain's Andalusia, where industry accounts for just 12% of output. The region wants to become less dependent on tourism and agriculture.
The move is part of a restructuring plan to cope with the economic fallout of the coronavirus crisis. The airline said it would halve its investment in new aircraft.
Despite knowing Epstein's "terrible criminal history," the bank allowed many "suspicious" transactions, New York authorities found. They cited payments that "at the very least, should have prompted additional scrutiny."
During the coronavirus pandemic, you can admire the latest models of Chanel and Dior from the sofa. But is this the future of haute couture? The industry is skeptical.
The coronavirus crisis will push Europe into a deeper recession than originally thought, the European Commission has said. But some economies are expected to fare better than others.
Poland's Masuria region is popular among city dwellers who want to become farmers. Its fertile land is perfect for the production of artisanal cheese, which has found an increasing number of dairy enthusiasts abroad.
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Humans lost some hearing privileges to evolution. We can’t hear frequencies as low as elephants or as high as bats, and we can’t move our ears like cats. However, we learned to enhance our hearing abilities.
Russia is pushing nuclear technology to African nations to both turn a profit and expand its political might on the continent.
Pompeii, the Roman city buried in volcanic ash 2,000 years ago, retains its universal allure. At a new Paris exhibition, visitors can experience the city up close thanks to the latest 3D technology.
On this week's Eco Africa, we check out the revolution in urban agriculture in Nigeria, the city dwellers turning to artisanal cheese making in Poland, and how herders in South Africa are boosting biodiversity.
As part of its climate change reforms, the German government is set to alter road tax to increase costs for more pollutant cars. But environmental groups and Greens said the financial penalty was not high enough.
The country that was once governed by auto-industry-friendly chancellors is witnessing an end to bonuses for buyers of all new cars — except for the electric ones. DW's Henrik Böhme says that's quite a shift of paradigm.
The COVID-19 pandemic is coming to be the biggest challenge to the British auto industry ever. If a no-deal Brexit comes on top of this, car factories across the country will have to close, experts warn.
Chancellor Merkel’s coalition has refused to provide incentives for the purchase of conventional cars, leaving carmakers disappointed. Car sales have taken a battering due to COVID-19, but there is a silver lining.
Donohoe will seek to help guide the eurozone through what is predicted to be the bloc's deepest recession in almost a century. As the pandemic ravages economies worldwide, he has vowed to promote sustainable growth.
Wolfgang Schäuble has called for improved integration in the eurozone. He said the bloc would be "significantly further ahead today" if the EU had established a "prevailing" monetary fund in the 2010 Greece crisis.
The European Central Bank said mounting public debt, as countries dole out coronavirus assistance, could put further strain on the eurozone's more indebted members. The twin threats of rising debt and falling GDP loom.
