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North Korea announces 'satellite' launch, Japan on alert

Biden, McCarthy seek Congress approval of debt ceiling deal

Spain: Conservatives secure gains in key regional elections

Sudan crisis: Darfur governor issues call to arms

Indian forces kill dozens of insurgents in Manipur

Somalia moves to one-person, one-vote elections

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Africa

A restaurant in Cape Town is lit up by candles during power cuts

South Africa braces for winter with severe power outages

The country’s power provider can’t keep up with demand. Mafias, corruption and theft make the problem a complex one.

Asia

Japan: Animal rights campaigners condemn 680-year-old religious ritual that harms horses

Japan: Animal rights activists condemn centuries-old ritual

A shrine in Japan is defending a popular ritual that often sees the horses taking part mistreated or injured.

Germany

Six people were killed in the attack in Solingen

Far-right terror arson attack in Solingen: 30 years later

Relatives remember the five people killed by far-right terrorists in Solingen in 1993.

Europe

A still from the documentary 'White Balls on Walls': Stedelijk Museum director Rein Wolfs stands at a rounded, lozenge-shaped window set into a while wall.

Museums struggle to embrace diversity in new documentary

The film “White Balls on Walls” documents a faltering effort to diversify away from the white male-dominated art world.

Middle East

Saudi astronaut and cancer researcher Rayyanah Barnawi forming a heart with her hands

Saudi women break the glass ceiling

Accelerated by Vision 2030, Saudi businesswomen have been thriving despite the clampdown on dissent.

North America

U.S. President Joe Biden and Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy talk as they depart the US Capitol

Biden, McCarthy reach tentative debt ceiling deal

The agreement between the White House and Republicans would avoid a default ahead of an estimated deadline of June 5.

Latin America

Nurses treating a patient in a hospital in Brazil

Germany recruits care aides from Latin America

Germany aims to recruit care workers and nurses when officials tour Latin America.

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Russia's war in Ukraine

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Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022. Millions of people have fled Ukraine; others have stayed to fight.

A firefighter works at a site of a tobacco factory damaged during a Russian attack on Kyiv, on May 28

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Activists are finding new ways to draw attention to the devastating effects of climate change. In Germany, and the rest of Europe, discussion about whether such protests are criminal or not has been heating up.

Firefighter looks over section of Venice Grand Canal near Rialto Bridge after the waters have turned fluorescent green

Italy: Water in Venice's Grand Canal goes bright green

The mysterious green liquid does not pose a health threat to people in Venice, local police were quoted as saying.

Last Generation activists block a road in Berlin's Steglitz district

SPD chief: Climate protests need 'proportionate' response

Saskia Esken from Germany's ruling SPD party said a clampdown on climate protesters could radicalize them even further.

Europe grapples with Last Generation climate protests

Authorities must weigh public opinion along with criminal law in response to increasingly visible climate protests.

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Brain implants make disabled walk but can't read thoughts

Brain implant devices could transform human health. But what about their boasted sci-fi capabilities?

A view of the Rehden Geest Moor, a swampy piece of land covered with vegetation, with an orange sun low on the horizon

EU and farmers at odds over law to stop ecosystem collapse

New green EU proposals would see the restoration of CO2-storing peatlands, but critics fear farmers will lose out.

Two girls stand next to a makeshift shelter. Behind them are other shelters made out of pieces of material and branches; the earth is bare and sandy.

Refugees from Sudan in Chad face desperation

DW's Shola Lawal visited a refugee camp on Chad's border with Sudan to see what the conditions are.

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Decades after fleeing Rwanda, Iris Mukeshimana founded a dance school where wheelchair users can express themselves.

Belgium: Breaking barriers through 'cyclodance'

Decades after fleeing Rwanda, Iris Mukeshimana founded a dance school where wheelchair users can express themselves.

Clothing knows no gender

For Rwandan designer Elodie Fromenteau, clothes are genderless.

How Molefi Letsiki is changing the diamond industry

Molefi Letsiki counters the history of exploitation and inequality associated with the diamond trade.

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