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Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has called for "all infrastructure" to be checked after the collapse of the Morandi Bridge in Genoa. The cause is still unclear but a number of possibilities have been flagged. Go to article
Lightning, engineering failure or aging infrastructure? Whatever the cause, Italy's government seeks to launch infrastructure projects that could bring it up against EU budget rules.
A two-year investigation found that more than 1,000 children were abused by clergy in Pennsylvania. The report said church authorities showed "complete disdain" for victims and protected the abusers.
A 2004 report describing how Serb forces killed thousands of Bosniaks in Srebrenica in 1995 is "untrue" and "biased" according to the Serb-dominated entity in Bosnia, Milorad Dodik. Local lawmakers voted to revoke it.
Premier Narendra Modi touted his government's progress and announced a raft of plans to mark Independence Day. The conservative prime minister is seeking a new term in elections early next year.
Vladimir Putin is coming to Germany on Saturday to discuss Syria, Ukraine and the Nord Stream 2 pipeline with Angela Merkel. But what can the two long-serving leaders hope to say that they haven't said before?
After more than a decade of belt-tightening in the wake of the financial crisis, experts are demanding higher public spending on Germany's infrastructure. But although crumbling, a collapse is nowhere near in sight.
Denmark is set to build a fence along the German border in an attempt to keep out swine flu. Critics say it won't work, harms wildlife and may only be a symbolic gesture to cater to farmers and anti-immigrant sentiment.
The Turkish lira crash is threatening to turn into a debt and liquidity crisis. DW explains how the lira got to this point.
Turkey has hiked tariffs on US products ranging from cars to tobacco. The move came amid an unresolved diplomatic and trade spat with the United States, which had contributed to a full-blown currency crisis.
Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi has backed equal inheritance rights for men and women and is also pushing for other reforms such as decriminalizing homosexuality. Religious conservatives are far from happy.
The opposition figure was arrested after violent clashes during a campaign rally at a by-election. The musician-turned-lawmaker is viewed by many as a potential political threat to longtime President Yoweri Museveni.
In an attempt to curb growing house prices, New Zealand has banned most foreigners from buying certain properties. Statistics show China and Australia are the biggest buyers, but Australia won't be subject to the ban.
Jair Messias Bolsonaro, a far-right candidate and congressman, has launched an improbable campaign to win Brazil's presidency. He served in the military under the dictatorship and has hounded left-wing lawmakers since.
Omarosa Manigault Newman said she "would not be silenced" by the US president's threats or legal action. The White House did not deny the existence of a tape of Trump using the 'n-word,' as Manigault claimed.
Germany's most valuable financial services provider is probably not one you have heard of. But it just overtook Deutsche Bank and looks set to relegate Commerzbank from the DAX.
Brexit is once again on the agenda in Brussels and the UK is staggering aimlessly toward the day it will leave the EU.
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Bridges and buildings can be architectural marvels, but also lead to deadly disasters. These dilapidated or botched constructions turned out to be fatal.
DW spokesman Christoph Jumpelt has called on Romania to bring the perpetrators to justice. Several journalists, including a DW correspondent, were attacked by police during anti-corruption protests in Bucharest.
Vienna has been ranked as the most livable city in the world for the first time, according to the latest Economist Intelligence Unit global survey. Five German cities, including Frankfurt, have ranked in the top 30.
While an extreme heat wave sweeps the globe this summer, a forecast by researchers brings little hope for cooling in the near future. There's a high chance it will be "anomalously warm" until at least 2022, they say.
Illegally displaying Nazi symbols in Germany can be punished by three years in jail. The ban broadly exempts art, but which works are allowed to show swastikas, SS sig runes and such is often more a matter of the medium.
A global campaign to boycott goods and services from Israel is hitting the arts scene. Six artists due to appear at Berlin's Pop-Kultur festival this week have canceled.
Two men were driving along a German highway when their windscreen suddenly shattered and the passenger slumped over. The case has drawn attention to the dangers of one particular kind of hunting.
Scientists have discovered the presence of several giant, tropical ticks with striped legs in Germany. They can carry some nasty diseases and researchers worry they are here to stay.
