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Women from Eastern Europe and Latin America are sexy and love to date, as Google image search results imply. A DW analysis reveals how the search engine propagates sexist clichés. Go to article
A series of explosions has injured hundreds of people in the city of Bata in Equatorial Guinea. Many more are feared to be trapped under the rubble, with officials blaming the blasts on "negligence."
People seeking to find work in oil-rich Gulf states have been killed in a devastating fire at a Yemeni migrant detention center.
The referendum was held despite it being extremely rare to see women in Islamic full-face veils on Swiss streets. Provisional results have shown a slight majority in favor.
On a historic trip, the pontiff urged Christians to stay in Iraq, and prayed for "victims of war." Both Muslims and Christians told the pope of their lives under a violent "Islamic State" rule.
Police hit demonstrators with rubber bullets and tear gas, after multiple opposition members were reported held in Yangon raids. Meanwhile, China said it hopes to engage with "all parties" to ease the political crisis.
The conflict in Tigray, the northern region of Ethiopia, has mostly been unfolding under a media blackout since early November. Thousands of civilians have likely died as a result of the crisis.
Lockdown — a time without parties and drug use? Not quite. Despite COVID, tons of cocaine is ending up in Germany. The stimulant is crossing the Atlantic in record quantities, hidden in shipping containers.
A German immunology expert has put forward a radically different vaccination plan amid complaints over Germany's slow vaccination strategy.
Coronavirus vaccines are rare and many citizens are waiting for a shot. FDP leader Christian Lindner claims doses are being discarded due to poor logistics planning. Are they?
Residents of New Zealand's biggest city ventured out Sunday after restrictions were lifted. No new local COVID-19 cases were recorded throughout the day.
The renewed fighting could hamper US President Joe Biden's efforts to broker an end to the six-year conflict that has killed more than 130,000 people and created what the UN calls the world's biggest humanitarian crisis.
French MP Olivier Dassault has died in a helicopter crash. The 69-year-old Dassault was the son of the late Serge Dassault, a French industralist who led one of the county's biggest defense companies.
Nikolas Löbel is bowing to pressure following revelations his company earned hundreds of thousands of euros on deals to procure masks to tackle the coronavirus pandemic.
Zaghari-Ratcliffe was detained in 2016 and later convicted of plotting to topple the government and sentenced to five years in jail. A British lawmaker said she was, however, summoned again to court.
Why did George Floyd's death unleash a global movement unlike any other before?
A Brazilian mother on a mission: After her 5-year-old son died, Mirtes Renata de Souza became an activist and fighting racism.
A number Belarus nationals who were injured during peaceful anti-government marches in the summer 2020 are now in Germany receiving medical treatment. DW spoke to two of them. This is their story.
The Grand Ayatollah is not only the spiritual leader of Iraqi Shiites, but also an important political figure. Here is a portrait of the man who will receive a visit from Pope Francis in the Iraqi city of Najaf.
March 8 is International Women's Day — an occasion that should be celebrated. Not so much in Africa, writes Mimi Mefo.
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It was billed as the battle of the strikers and Robert Lewandowski and Erling Haaland ensured it lived up to that.
The German chancellor has warned that the coronavirus pandemic threatens to roll back advances in women's rights.
Find out more about the Golden and Silver Bear winners of the Berlin Internationl Film Festival's competition.
The COVID-19 lockdown across the UK has thrown up yet another challenge: How to cope with the infestation of rats.
Although the German luxury carmaker is making huge investments in electromobility, Porsche says its cleaner synthetic fuel will allow older models of its performance car range to stay on the road for longer.
The Golden Globes have named an Asian woman as best director for the first time ever.
China set an ambitious 2060 carbon neutrality target, but its new five year plan is a tentative roadmap.
How did Merkel go from Europe's leadership champion in the COVID-19 fight to lagging behind on vaccines and testing?
Lombardy in Italy was the first place the horrors of COVID-19 were felt outside of China.
