Germany's foreign minister is in Ukraine ahead of the winter as allies grow concerned by the presence of North Korean troops in the region. She pledged additional assistance for the coming winter. DW has the latest.
Chancellor Olaf Scholz is trying to hold his coalition government together. But the three partners, his own SPD, the Greens and the FDP, seem unable to stop fighting although they depend on each other to stay in power.
The winner of the 2024 US election will likely be determined by voters in a few key"swing states." Voters in Arizona, Wisconsin, North Carolina, Nevada, Michigan, Georgia and Pennsylvania are the country's most coveted.
It is Mark Rutte's first official visit to Germany since becoming head of the trans-Atlantic defense alliance. He praised the country's efforts to boost defense spending in recent years, saying he knew this was not easy.
Red alerts have been issued for the cities of Barcelona and Tarragona, with local transport suspended in many areas. In Valencia, thousands of troops were deployed following deadly flash floods last week.
Analysed by AFP over several days, the large-scale operation, powered by artificial intelligence, points to a sophisticated, coordinated influence campaign not unlike those carried out by Russia in recent years -- though its instigator...
The Portuguese title holders face City in the Champions League on Tuesday in Amorim's penultimate match in charge of Sporting. "(City have) the best team in the world and the best coach in the world," Amorim told Sport TV on Monday....
The seventh-seeded Zheng rebounded from her opening round-robin defeat by Aryna Sabalenka by claiming her first win from three meetings with Rybakina. Meanwhile, Rybakina suffered a second defeat in as many matches this week in Saudi...
The European Space Deep-Tech Innovation Centre (ESDI), created in collaboration with the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), is to be located in the immediate vicinity of the PSI in northern Switzerland. The European Space Agency and the PSI...
A young woman stripped to her underwear at an Iranian university on Saturday in an apparent protest against the country's strict Islamic dress code, according to online videos and media reports. A video posted on social media showed...
The US election comes amid record and unseasonal heat across much of the United States. It also follows hurricanes Helene and Milton caused widespread destruction in southeastern states last month. FRANCE 24’s Environment Editor Valerie...
US Vice President Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump are hurtling toward their November 5 election showdown, one of the closest contests in modern American history. As a mere seven swing states are set to decide the US...
A presidential campaign that has careened through a felony trial, an incumbent president being pushed off the ticket and multiple assassination attempts comes down to a final push across a handful of states on the eve of Election Day....
Israeli airstrikes killed at least 10 Palestinians in Gaza on Monday, with seven dead in an attack on two houses in the north Gaza town of Beit Lahiya and three fatalities in a strike on a house in Nuseirat camp in the enclave's centre,...
As the new Executive Vice-President in charge of digital, Henna Virkunnen will soon take office, FFTélécoms emphasizes the critical importance of proposing an ambitious Digital Network Act, increasing investment support, fairness, and...
As well as voting in the presidential election this year, in the state of Arizona abortion is also on the ballot – in a separate referendum. A win for the “yes” camp would enshrine abortion as a fundamental right in the state. FRANCE...
Many young American Democrats want Kamala Harris to be more committed to resolving the conflict in the Middle East. This sentiment could cost the presidential candidate precious votes in certain swing states like Pennsylvania.
"There is a ‘Kazakhstan moment,' which France has been quick to seize,” Catherine Poujol, a regional expert at French university Inalco, told Euractiv.
Vietnam has endured months of political turbulence, but the appointment of a new president is expected to bring calm and restore the nation's implicit power-sharing arrangement.
Hogg, 32, had been due to stand trial at Selkirk Sheriff Court in southeastern Scotland on Monday but pleaded guilty to a single charge when he appeared at the court. The father-of-four arrived accompanied by his parents and admitted a...
Not everyone saw it that way -- considering that Democrat Clinton had received nearly three million more votes nationally than her Republican rival. Non-Americans were particularly perplexed that the second-highest vote-getter would be...
Two Several independents ran -- and at least one, Robert F. Kennedy Jr, stumbled into a number of eyebrow-raising headlines. But in the end, the presidential race comes down to a binary choice, with the two candidates from the major...
And in the handful of critical states framing the 2024 race, there is little daylight between the rivals with barely a week before Election Day. Under the US Constitution, America's founding fathers established that each of the 50 states...
Furious locals hurled mud and insults at Spain's king, queen and prime minister on Sunday in a startling show of anger in the worst hit town in the flood disaster that has killed more than 210 people. More heavy rain fell on the Valencia...
As Indonesia's new president, Prabowo Subianto, seeks to deepen ties with Russia, the Indonesian and Russian navies began five days of joint exercises in the Java Sea.
The Swiss Federal Railways is launching a campaign for greater respect and safety on public transport. Starting next week, posters and screens in stations and on trains will feature a message that aims to prevent assaults. The campaign...
MeteoSwiss and the Swiss Data Science Center (SDSC) want to make greater use of artificial intelligence (AI) in meteorology and climatology in the future. A corresponding framework agreement for the next four years has been signed. + Get...
Prevention has demonstrated significant value for public health and the economy. There is now an opportunity to prioritise investment in prevention, including immunisation, to help address the healthcare challenges we face today by...
Prices of owner-occupied homes rose in the third quarter of 2024 by 0.5%, with inflation affecting both apartments and single-family houses, the Federal Statistical Office reported on Monday. The Swiss residential property price index...
Maia Sandu will continue as president in Moldova. In the run-off election the pro-Western leader was around ten percentage points ahead of her pro-Russian challenger Alexandr Stoianoglo. In a referendum held parallel to the first round...
Residents of Paiporta, one of the municipalities hit hardest by the recent flash floods, hurled mud and insults at King Felipe VI of Spain, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and Carlos Mazón, President of the Valencian Regional Government,...