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Armenia, Azerbaijan agree to exchange prisoners of war

Venezuela-Guyana crisis: Brazil's Lula alarmed by tensions

Denmark parliament adopts bill prohibiting Quran burnings

German budget chaos: No vote on 2024 spending this year

UK accuses Russia of yearslong cyberespionage campaign

Ukraine updates: Kremlin hopes US Congress will block aid

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Reports & Analysis

Africa

Jean-Pierre Lacroix, in glasses and coat and tie, sits in a chair and looks at the camera

‘The world still needs UN peacekeepers’

The UN undersecretary-general for peace operations, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, spoke with DW at recent talks in Ghana.

Asia

Exiled leader says China erases Tibetan culture

The leader of Tibet’s exiled government accuses Chinese authorities of imposing monoculturalism on Tibetans.

Germany

Scholz calls for solidarity with Jews as Hanukkah begins

Olaf Scholz became the first German chancellor to light Berlin's Hanukkah menorah, in a sign of "solidarity" with Jews.

Europe

President Joe Biden with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy

Ukraine: Signs of war fatigue among partners in the West

International attention has swung from the war in Ukraine to the conflict in the Middle East.

Middle East

Yemen: Houthis turning Red Sea into 'crucial front line'

The hijacking of a cargo ship is a further escalation yet the milita is unlikely to be a serious threat to Israel.

North America

US singer-songwriter Taylor Swift performs onstage on the first night of her "Eras Tour" at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, on March 31, 2023. She is wearing a sequined and bejeweled bodysuit. Photo by SUZANNE CORDEIRO/AFP

Taylor Swift named Time person of the year

Taylor Swift keeps breaking records, and has now been crowned by Time magazine. What's behind her global appeal?

Latin America

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Brazilian President Lula with flags behind them

Is it all over for the EU-Mercosur free trade deal?

Politicians are disappointed but NGOs relieved that a free trade deal between the EU and Mercosur seems to be failing.

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COP28: Everything you need to know

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The international community is meeting at the COP28 UN Climate Change Conference in Dubai, to seek solutions to climate change, humanity's biggest threat.

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Video news

In Guinea-Bissau, the president dissolves parliament after an alleged coup attempt, but the opposition accuses him of staging a coup of his own. And: We hear how efforts are making progress in Nigeria to help male survivors of sexual abuse. Plus: What's left of Nelson Mandela's legacy in South Africa?

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In the spotlight

Transgender persons at a beauty pageant in New Delhi

India: Transgender beauty pageant celebrates diversity

India's first international transgender beauty pageant has no age limits and is open to all body sizes and shapes.

Tribute to the teacher Samuel Paty at the highschool Theodore de Banville in 2020

Paty murder trial shines a light on France's democracy

A court case on the killing of a teacher in 2020 could provide answers to questions on freedom of expression.

How colonial Germany extended its empire in Africa

Dodgy land contracts by German merchants helped legitimize German colonial claims in Africa.

A worker sorting electronic equipment in Seelampur, New Delhi

Workers recycling India's e-waste underpaid, unprotected

Seelampur is the largest electronic waste dismantling market in India. The industry is largely unregulated.

Kenya: The graffiti girls reclaiming the streets of Nairobi

A female art collective creates murals in Kenyan towns and slums, bringing attention to a variety of social issues.

Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger alliance faces uphill task

Junta-led Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger want to form a new alliance but experts urge them to mend ties with ECOWAS.

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Migration

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Political leaders in Europe and around the world struggle to find ways to deal with people driven from their homes by conflict, poverty and climate change, and who are hoping for a better life elsewhere.