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Apr 26, 2024

Flooding in Tanzania and Kenya claims scores of lives

“More than 51,000 households and 200,000 people were affected, with 155 fatalities; approximately 236 individuals were injured, and over 10,000 houses were affected to varying degrees”.

Technology

DW
Apr 25, 2024

TikTok vows legal fight after Biden signs sell-or-ban bill

“Make no mistake, this is a ban. A ban on TikTok and a ban on you and your voice,” the CEO said

World

DW
Apr 24, 2024

EU expansion: Can the bloc afford new members in the east?

For more than a decade, the EU seemed like a closed club with several countries lining up to get in. But Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has fundamentally changed this.

World

DW
Apr 23, 2024

China: At least 4 dead, thousands evacuated in severe storms

More than 110,000 people have been evacuated, with four killed and 10 more missing, amid ongoing heavy rainfall in southern China, state media reported Monday.

Technology

DW
Apr 23, 2024

EU sets TikTok ultimatum over ‘addictive’ new app feature

The European Commission on Monday gave TikTok a 24-hour deadline to submit an assessment of potential health risks related to its new app TikTok Lite or face daily fines.

World

DW
Apr 21, 2024

High times: Thousands light up for 420 cannabis celebration in Berlin

Although it is now legal to consume weed in Germany, Deutsche Bahn (DB) – national railway company of Germany – on Saturday announced that the smoking of hashish and cannabis would be prohibited at train stations across the country.

Pakistan

DW
Apr 21, 2024

Why did the Afghan Taliban sour on Pakistan?

“Islamabad expected the Afghan Taliban to move against the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan and other militant groups, and disrupt their sanctuaries on Afghan soil.”

Latest

DW
Apr 21, 2024

Nigerian chess champion breaks record in 60-hour marathon

Nigerian chess champion Tunde Onakoya appears to have broken the world record for the longest chess marathon, managing to play unbeaten for 60 hours on New York City’s Times Square.

Fact-check

DW
Apr 20, 2024

Fact check: Did cloud seeding cause the Dubai floods?

Most climate scientists do see a link between climate change and heavy rainfall. “In many cases, global warming does play a role in extreme weather patterns,” Friederike Otto, a climatologist at Imperial College London, told DW a while back.