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Brazil: Amazon deforestation lowest in
According to data released by the Brazilian space research agency Inpe on Friday, between August 2025 and July 2026, 3,335 square kilometers ( 1,288 square miles) of forest were cleared, the lowest level witnessed since records began in 1988. The...
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Self- replicating AI: Is your fridge a cybersecurity risk?
In the living room, a robot vacuum cleaner moves back and forth, the lights are dimmed by voice assistants, the heating is controlled via smartphone and the TV connects to the internet to access a favorite streaming service. These are all examples of...
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Germany's far- right AfD forges a proRussia alliance with the BSW
The state parliament of the eastern state of SaxonyAnhalt is calling for an immediate end to all German financial and military aid to Ukraine. The motion was passed during a special parliamentary session with the votes of the far- right populist...
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Cornell suspends frat parties after gang rape case
Cornell University has suspended all parties at frat houses until the end of the 2026/ 27 academic year, the university announced on Tuesday. This comes after the case in which a woman alleged to have been drugged and sexually assaulted by multiple...
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Germany: Labor Minister's resignation puts a spotlight on cracks within the
The week kicked off with a bang: On Monday morning, Bärbel Bas announced her resignation as Labor Minister and as Co- Chair of the centerleft Social Democratic Party ( SPD). "Following the death of my stepdaughter, I realized that I need time to come...
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German ' lawfare': When lawsuits become a political
A verbal slip, an attempted quip, a lawsuit: Things can move fast in the rancorous atmosphere that currently rules German politics. The brief exchange happened on a political TV talk show shortly after the Berlin election on September 20, won by the...
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Trump, Putin agree on deal to release Russian diesel to US, world markets
US President Donald Trump on Friday said Russian President Vladimir Putin had agreed to release Russian diesel to US and global markets. The move, which aims to address rising fuel costs before the US midterm elections, marks a dramatic turnaround in...
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Ex- German Chancellor Schröder attends Putin's birthday bash
Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder attended Russian President Vladimir Putin's birthday party, the Kremlin said Thursday. Putin celebrated his 74th birthday in Moscow on Wednesday. The Kremlin said Putin learned that Schröder was on a business...
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German spy scandal threatens national security
The arrests of August Hanning, former president of Germany's foreign intelligence service, the Bundesnachrichtendienst ( BND), and his former chief- ofstaff, Manfred D.*, are threatening to cause a major rupture in Germany's intelligence relationships,...
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Germany shaken by espionage and treason
If the allegations are confirmed, it would be an espionage case of historic proportions for Germany: August Hanning, former head of the Federal Intelligence Service ( BND), has been arrested, with the federal prosecutor accusing him of espionage,...
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Trust in the German Constitutional Court is eroding - how can this be stopped?
The Federal Constitutional Court - Germany's equivalent of the US Supreme Court - still enjoys the most trust among the population of any branch of government, but that trust is slipping, according to recent surveys. A new survey YouGov, commissioned...
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Anthropic report: Is Russia using AI for disinformation in the Central African Republic and
In Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic, Russian agents are said to have deliberately used the AI assistant Claude to promote pro- Russian influence. A report titled "Detecting and Countering Misuse of AI," published by US- based company...
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Christa Pike unconscious after failed execution - attorneys
Christa Pike was unconscious and on a ventilator in a Nashville hospital in the hours after her bungled execution attempt in Tennessee, her attorneys said in a court filing on Friday. Pike, who was sentenced to death for the 1995 murder of 19year- old...
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Klopp wins first game as Germany coach, without ' top
After 47 days, three matches and 44 squad players, Jürgen Klopp has a first win as coach of Germany's men's fotball team. A straightforward 2- 0 victory over Serbia in the Nations League on Thursday meant the former Liverpool and Borussia Dortmund...
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France: Hundreds arrested as student protests
Security forces in France on Wednesday detained over 600 people as protests at high schools in parts of the country have intensified. Authorities said violent clashes and arson attacks have also left dozens of security personnel wounded. Interior...
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Israel bans Arab parties from election: What you need
With less than a month until the Israeli elections, a move from the country's Central Elections Committee ( CEC) to bar all Arab parties from running has ignited a debate about the relationship between security, national identity and democratic...
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SpaceX launches supersized Starship into orbit
Starship is the biggest and most powerful spacecraft ever built and it is meant to support NASA's Artemis moon program. US airspace giant SpaceX on Monday launched its Starship spacecraft into orbit. The firm hoped the Starship could complete six full...
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Why farmers are pairing crops with solar
Traditionally, solar panel farms are quiet - save for the faint hum of the inverter. But on about one in 10 of American solar farms, there's a new sound reverberating through fields: baaaa. Letting sheep roam under solar panels is just one of many...
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Why farmers are pairing crops with solar
Traditionally, solar panel farms are quiet - save for the faint hum of the inverter. But on about one in 10 of American solar farms, there's a new sound reverberating through fields: baaaa. Letting sheep roam under solar panels is just one of many...
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After several difficult years, economists now expect German economy to grow
After several difficult years, the German economy has regained its footing. Leading economic research institutes now expect the economy to grow by 1.3% in 2026 and by 1.1% next year - significantly more than was forecast back in the spring. As to the...
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Live updates: Trump welcomes Xi to Washington
ChinesePresident Xi Jinping's plane landed in Washington for his state visit to the US, which will include a meeting with Donald Trump on Thursday. Unlike with other leaders, Trump honored Xi by welcoming him at Joint Base Andrews outside Washington...
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Young Berliners vote overwhelmingly for socialist Left
The emphatic victory for the Left Party in last Sunday's state election in Berlin may not have been quite so emphatic if it hadn't been for a significant new rule: This was the first state election in the German capital's history where the voting age...
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German state elections deal a blow to Chancellor Friedrich Merz
Two of Germany's 16 federal states, Berlin and MecklenburgWestern Pomerania, have just elected new state legislatures. The results for Chancellor Friedrich Merz's Christian Democratic Union ( CDU) represent yet another major blow in turbulent times...
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German state elections deal a blow to Chancellor Friedrich Merz
Two of Germany's 16 federal states, Berlin and MecklenburgWestern Pomerania, have just elected new state legislatures. The results for Chancellor Friedrich Merz's Christian Democratic Union ( CDU) represent yet another major blow in turbulent times...
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Strait of Hormuz attacks spill oil into Persian Gulf
A dark, muddied patch of blue, incongruent with the rest of the ocean; a winding thread of silvery white; a reflective metallic sheen - these are some of the telltale signs on a satellite image that oil may be leaking into the water. Experts have...
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Judges: As AfD ascends, Germany must bolster justice system
The official association of German judges, the Deutscher Richterbund ( DRB), has called on the federal government to tighten up the law to stop state governments from abusing prosecution powers to potentially influence criminal cases. The prospect...
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How climate change worsened Nepal's deadly
Nearly 1,400 people have died after a mountain slope collapsed and flash floods swept through the valleys of Nepal and Tibet. More than 5,000 people remain missing. The collapse was initially thought to have been caused by an earthquake. Now,...
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High fuel prices challenge the German
Gas stations in Germany are only allowed to raise their fuel prices once a day, at 12 noon. In Berlin, on the morning of September 15, E10 gasoline cost about € 2.25 ($ 2.60) per liter and diesel about € 2.37. At noon, prices rose by about € 0.20 per...
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Kremlin- linked Russian oligarch helped fund Trump Jr.' s wedding celebration
A Russian businessman with close ties to the Kremlin paid for parts of the wedding celebrations of the US President's son, Donald Trump Jr., and his socialite wife Bettina, the couple confirmed on Monday. The ProPublica investigative website first...
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Sweden election ' very close' as left bloc claims tight
Sweden's election was too close to call after more than 86% of ballots had been counted on Sunday night. Former Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson, whose Social Democrats lead a left- wing opposition coalition and is to return to power after years,...
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9/ 11 conspiracy theories that continue to
The terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, also known as 9/ 11, were the worst such attacks in history. Twentyfive years on, they have been thoroughly investigated and analyzed - yet many people still believe the conspiracy theories that swirl around...
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Germany sets its sights on Russia's shadow fleet
On September 1, when the German government publicly blamed Russia for the failed drone attack on Leipzig Airport, it announced a series of retaliatory measures. Among them was a tougher crackdown on the so- called Russian shadow fleet. The term refers...
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Saxony- Anhalt: Small parties will be the kingmakers
It's rare that a state parliament election in Germany attracts as much media interest as this one in SaxonyAnhalt. On September 6, 2026, the 1.7 million eligible voters in the eastern German state will decide whether the far- right Alternative for...
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What to do when wildfires trigger trauma
This year, wildfires have already burned more land than the annual average from 2006 to 2025 in Germany. North Rhine- Westphalia, the country's most populous state, has just seen the largest recorded wildfire in its history. It destroyed or damaged...
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How Europe can better protect against extreme
From Spain and France to Portugal, Greece and Italy, the list of European countries affected by particularly severe wildfires is long. It even includes colder states such as the UK, Ireland and Norway. This summer, and prolonged drought have...
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Germany condemns Israeli minister's call to ' remove' Palestinians
"I think that targeted killings should be carried out in Gaza," said Itamar Ben- Gvir, Israel's national security minister, on Monday, sparking worldwide outrage. The hard- liner Minister Benjamin Cabinet also described exactly what he had in mind:...
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Designing food for a hotter world
Rows of tomato saplings stand in a room packed with cameras. Just a few weeks old, they're under constant surveillance as scientists monitor them for tiny changes in color, temperature and photosynthesis. These plants are growing in a chamber designed...
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Cooler destinations are drawing tourists - can nature cope?
A ridge with sweeping views across Jotunheimen, a mountain region in southern Norway, seemed like the perfect hiking route for tour operator Georg Sichelschmidt to bring visitors. Then locals informed him it was home to nesting eagles. The trail...
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How Germany supports recovery of Berlin Pride attack victims
On the evening of July 25, according to German authorities, Abdul Ballout, drove a white van into a crowd in Berlin's Tiergarten park near the Brandenburg Gate, where thousands were celebrating Berlin Pride. He then got out of the vehicle and began...
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In Germany record heat meets climate action fatigue
When Lars Werner of the "Last Generation" glued himself to the road four years ago to protest for greater climate action, Germany had not yet seen 12,500 heat- related deaths ( Germany's number for 2026 so far), or record temperatures across western...
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How Germany's drone defense fails
How could a drone laden with explosives fly unhindered into Leipzig/ Halle airport, where it remained apparently unnoticed for several hours? After last week's incident, German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt spoke of a "hybrid attack scenario"...
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Unconstitutional? German intelligence to receive more powers
The Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution ( Bundesverfassungsschutz, BfV) and the Federal Intelligence Service ( Bundesnachrichtendienst, BND) are secret services. Both operate covertly - the former domestically, the latter abroad. They...
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UNESCO: 2.4 million girls barred from school in
Around 2.4 million girls in Afghanistan have been denied access to secondary education since the Taliban returned to power in 2021, UNESCO said Tuesday. The figure has risen by about 200,000 since last year and could reach nearly four million by 2030...
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Russia: Top court bans opposition anti- war party from vote
The Supreme Court of Russia on Monday ruled in favor of the nationalist pro- Kremlin Rodina ( Motherland) party and barred Yabloko ( Apple) - Russia's only antiwar party - from participating in September parliamentary elections. Rodina accuses Yabloko...
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Alleged Irish crime boss Kinahan charged with directing criminal organisation
Suspected international crime boss Daniel Kinahan landed in Ireland on Sunday after being extradited from the United Arab Emirates. Following his arrival in Ireland, prosecutors charged Kinahan with directing a criminal organization during a special...
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Eco wins: Hungary goes solar, marmots go viral and Rome gets an upgrade
Hungary's former leader Viktor Orban called European Union climate policy a "utopian fantasy" and effectively banned wind turbines. And yet the country has quietly become Europe's solar leader, with 25% of its electricity now being being generated from...
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Trump signs new orders restricting birthright citizenship
US President Donald Trump dismissed a previous Supreme Court decision on citizenship as "very unfortunate" while signing two new executive orders restricting birthright citizenship on Thursday. "It was close, but a very, very unfortunate decision,"...
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Germany: Court jails far- right youth terror cell
The seven members and one supporter of the "Last Wave of Defense" ( Letzte Verteidigungswelle) group were found guilty of crimes with the aim of bringing about the collapse of Germany's political system through attacks on migrants and "political...
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Who is responsible for the Ceuta border surge?
For a long time, the Moroccan government chose not to comment on the Ceuta border crisisthat saw tens of thousands of migrants surging into the Spanish exclave on the African continent. It was not until Sunday that Moroccan interior ministry...
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Growing impact of extreme heat on informal workers in Asia's cities
Brijpal Singh spends long hours working construction under the blazing sun in Noida, a sprawling industrial satellite city in India's National Capital Region. Even as temperatures soar past 45 degrees Celsius ( 113 Fahrenheit), work on the building...
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Germany: Islamism and right- wing extremism - a
from a biologicalracist perspective that it lowers the birthrate and weakens the health of the nation." In Germany, security authorities have for years observed the formation of a new generation of young, violenceprone, far- right extremists who are...
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Why Europe's wildfires are getting harder
Wildfires almost always need a spark to ignite, whether it's lightning, arson, or a car's hot exhaust pipe touching dry vegetation. historic summer authorities blamed a brush- clearing machine being operated around a high- voltage power line. Spanish...
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Berlin Pride attack: Are German juvenile courts too
Could the terrorist attack on Berlin's Pride celebrations, allegedly by a 21- year- old Islamist, have been prevented? This question has been the subject of debate driven largely by the fact that the young German man - born in Germany in 2005 to...
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German Muslims are alarmed by the Islamist terror attack in Berlin
The terrorist attack that struck Berlin's Pride celebration, or Christopher Street Day ( CSD), late on Saturday evening has heightened fears and concerns about further Islamist attacks. Until Sunday evening, when security forces confronted 21year- old...
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Fact check: Berlin Pride attack claims debunked
In the aftermath of Saturday's attack at Berlin's Christopher Street Day, which is how the city's LGBTQ+ Pride celebrations are known, more and more details have emerged about the alleged perpetrator and the attack itself. But as it is often the case...
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German Chancellor Merz
On Monday, Chancellor Friedrich Merz ( CDU) was finally able to announce the name of the new Federal Minister of Transport in Berlin, following a weekend of speculation and debate. Steffen Bilger ( CDU), aged 47 - who previously served as a state...
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Berlin Pride ramming: Police shoot suspect dead
Police said the suspect was shot dead in an operation, after the incident was classified as an "Islamist terrorist" attack. One person was killed and several others injured in the attack. Follow DW. Skip next section What you need to know Suspect shot...
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Germany news: Top court rules out mass admission revocations
An Afghan woman has won victory over Germany's Interior Ministry after it cancelled her admission. Elsewhere, consumer confidence and VW profits are down, while violent extremist crime is up. Follow DW for the latest. Skip next section What you need...
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