Europe Edition

Washington and Ottawa have agreed to revise a pact to reduce the surging number of asylum seekers. Biden will push for Ottawa's increased defense expenditure....

The US Federal Reserve has increased its base interest rates by 0.25%, in line with market expectations. Pressure on banks in the US and further afield had put further attention on the decision....

The motion to oust Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez was put forth by far-right party Vox with the help of an 89-year-old former communist, while traditional conservatives abstained from the vote....

Major League Baseball player Shohei Ohtani has become a transcendant star in the United States and in his home country, Japan. Moreso after leading his country to the World Baseball Classic title....

The UK government has comfortably won a parliament vote on its new Northern Ireland-EU deal. The Windsor Framework now looks set to be implemented. Most business leaders in Northern Ireland are happy about that....

The ex-UK prime minister told parliament that he did not deliberately lie about lockdown-defying parties at Downing Street during the pandemic. If found guilty of wrongdoing, Johnson could lose his parliamentary seat....

Brussels has proposed rules requiring companies to produce evidence to back up green claims about products. It also wants to give consumers more rights when it comes to having products repaired....

Tanzania confirmed its first-ever cases of Marburg virus. The illness can cause a highly fatal viral hemorrhagic fever with symptoms similar those of Ebola, according to the World Health Organization (WHO)....

French President Emmanuel Macron said he expected the pension reform bill to be enacted by the end of the year. The pension fight has brought him to the lowest point of his presidency's second term....

The Ukrainian President said he was honored to shake hands with soldiers on the front line. Meanwhile, the IMF announced a $15.6 billion loan to support post-war reconstruction. DW has the latest....

German police have conducted a series of raids in connection with an investigation into the far-right extremist Reichsbrger scene. One police officer was injured in the operation after shots were fired....

The re-establishment of diplomatic relations between Saudi Arabia and Iran in March surprised many around the world. If relations improve, the hope is that football in both countries and the wider region will benefit....

German economic experts say the economic forecast has improved, but only slightly. The situation remains strained, with inflation still taking its toll on growth predictions....

After Vladimir Putin suggested Turkey could be a hub for Russian gas deliveries, the idea ignited enthusiasm in Turkey. But technical and political challenges may undermine Erdogan's energy ambitions....

Meanwhile, Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping will hold a second day of talks, with the Russian leader expressing his willingness to discuss China's proposals on the conflict. DW has the latest....

New York Police braced for demonstrations as Donald Trump had earlier urged his supporters to protest his potential arrest. An indictment of Trump would be the first criminal case against a former US president....

A review into Britain's largest police force has found "institutional racism, sexism and homophobia" and has called for "radical reform."...

As Angola sends troops, Congo hopes new military alliances can stop violence in its eastern regions. Massacres are increasing, humanitarian aid is paralyzed and a new mass exodus seems inevitable....

Markets have opened to the news of the shotgun buyout of Credit Suisse by rival UBS on Sunday. Swiss authorities are hoping the takeover will calm investors....

Two parliamentary groups have filed no-confidence motions against the government of President Emmanuel Macron after his prime minister forced through controversial pension reforms without a vote....

Since Russia's invasion of Ukraine last year, the German arms manufacturer has seen its share price more than double....

The Russian leader wrote an article for a Chinese newspaper on the eve of Xi Jinping's visit to Moscow. Vladimir Putin said he was grateful for Beijing's "balanced" stance on the conflict....

Russian President Vladimir Putin made a surprise trip to Crimea on the anniversary of the Ukrainian peninsula's annexation, a day after the ICC issued an arrest warrant against him. DW has the latest....

Raphael Guerreiro's future at Borussia Dortmund remains open with his contract set to expire after the season. But the results since his move from defense to midfield have shown that he's a player worth the investment....

The former British prime minister rejected comparisons between Russia's war in Ukraine and the US-led invasion of Iraq. He also chimed in over Brexit and the UK Conservative government's current woes....

Chancellor Olaf Scholz is in Tokyo this weekend for German-Japanese intergovernmental consultations. The two countries have recognized that they share economic and strategic interests. DW's Nina Haase reports from Tokyo....

Berlin plans to reduce labor shortages by granting more work visas to people from the Western Balkan states. But unions worry that this could lead to lower wages and worse conditions for unskilled workers....

Former Prime Minister Imran Khan has managed to avoid a hearing into charges he unlawfully sold state gifts after clashes between his supporters and police....

Two nights of violence in central Paris spurred the protest ban. Workers are incensed after President Macron dodged a parliamentary vote on raising the retirement age to 64....

Former President Donald Trump posted on his Truth Social media platform that he was expecting to be arrested on Tuesday. He called for supporters to protest....

Russia and Ukraine had been at odds over an extension of the grain export deal that has helped contain the global food crisis. The UN did not specify the length of the renewal....

The activist and blogger is Egypt's most prominent political prisoner. Despite a dramatic hunger strike late last year, he remains behind bars. Now, his sister Sanaa Seif is calling on Europe and the UN for help....

Environmental authorities blamed the mass deaths on low levels of oxygen in Australia's second-largest river amid elevated temperatures. This is the third mass die-off in the area since 2018....

Japan and Germany pledged closer defense ties and cooperation on diversifying supply chains, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said during his visit to Tokyo....

Turkey and Egypt's top diplomats met in Cairo for the first time in a decade. The two countries have had strained relations since Abdel Fattah al-Sisi took power in 2013....

The Croatian author and essayist left her country in 1993 as Yugoslavia fractured into open conflict. The author of "Ministry of Pain," Ugresic wrote lyrically of the exile experience....

European shares logged their steepest weekly drop in five months amid continued turbulence in the global banking sector. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz doesn't think Europe is heading for a new financial crisis....

Blake Johnston has smashed the world record for the longest recorded surfing session in Sydney, spending 40 hours catching waves. He raised hundreds of thousands for a children's mental health charity in the process....

A day after President Emmanuel Macron forced the pension reform plan through parliament without a final vote in the lower house, the French opposition group tabled a motion of no-confidence against the government....

Leaked plans for the world's first octopus farm detail how the eight-legged creatures would be slaughtered: by hypothermia. Experts say it's inhumane....

Police in Germany have detained dozens of suspects as part of a cross-state swoop on gangs suspected of blowing up ATMs to steal cash. The phenomenon is on the rise and poses a threat to passers-by as well as property....

The ruling means Khan can now travel to Islamabad without being detained to face corruption charges. The former cricketer-turned-politician has been holed up in Lahore as his supporters clashed with police....

The editor-in-chief Marina Zolotova and the general director Lyudmila Chekina received 12 years. Both were detained and saw their homes raided in 2021 along with 13 colleagues....

With only 9% of annual plastic waste recycled, the myth that we can recycle our way out of a mounting plastic pollution crisis doesn't add up....

The Hague-based ICC accused the Russian president of responsibility for war crimes committed in Ukraine. How to successfully extradite Putin to face trial could prove a far greater challenge....

In "The Natural History of Destruction," Ukrainian film director Sergei Loznitsa focuses on the bombing of German cities during World War II. He says he also expected Russia's invasion of Ukraine....

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said he will support Finland's bid to join NATO and ask parliament to vote on ratifying its accession, which should prove a formality. He's still holding out on Sweden, though....

People residing in and around the Sundarbans — the world's largest mangrove forest — are being forced to spend their meager incomes on buying drinking water as climate change and local policies exhaust their options....

Bettina Stark-Watzinger is set to be the first German Cabinet minister to visit Taiwan since 1997, a trip likely to irk Beijing. Her meetings with Taiwanese officials are expected to focus on semiconductors....

Sales of electric vehicles are expected to surge in India by the end of the decade as the government pledges to slash carbon emissions....