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Japan’s parliament has passed a bill imposing tougher penalties for online insults. The amendment of the penal code will take effect in late 2022, with offenders subject to prison time of up to a year, or a 300,000 yen (US$2,228) fine.

The impressive desert and mountainous areas of Iran and Uzbekistan are a traveler’s dream destination. In the desert city of Yazd we encounter places and traditions of the Persian Zoroastrian religion. In Kerman we get intimate impressions of a family’s p...

Join me on a full tour (in 4K) of Anantara Kihavah Maldives Villas, one of the most beautiful private island resorts in the Maldives.

India is under massive pressure to break relations with Russia over the war in Ukraine. But can it afford to do so – and does it even want to? In Part 1 of “India’s Choice,” a special series on India’s geopolitical dilemmas, DW’s Richard Walker explain...

Sanctions against Russia are already having an effect. Prices are already rising, companies are closing and unemployment is rising. Especially in Russian aviation. What is the impact Russia's war against Ukraine is having on the country's industry?

FDA allows safe import of Mead Johnson Nutrition/Reckitt infant formula from Singapore

Porsche 992 Turbo S Specter with TopCar Design Stinger GTR 3.0 tuning package Engine: 3.8 L, 850 Hp, 960 Nm 0-100 (km/h): 2.2 s Top Speed: 350 km/h

Chinese authorities are putting packages through an extensive cleansing process as a part of the country’s zero-Covid regime.

Why Sri Lanka is Collapsing: the Coming Global Food Crisis

The restaurant that launched McDonald's in Russia in 1990, heralding Moscow's opening after decades of Soviet rule, reopened Sunday with a new name and logo in a potent reminder of the upheaval sparked by the conflict in Ukraine.

The World Health Organisation puts the number of deaths from climate change at 250,000 by 2050. A combination of bad policies and political apathy is speeding up climate change. Have we reached the tipping point? Can it be reversed? Pakistan takes a bold...

The Race to Build the World’s Tallest Building

In the future, the Sahara Desert will turn green. Due to the Earth’s slightly elliptical shape and the gravitational pull of other planets in our solar system, the Earth’s orbit, tilt and wobble gradually fluctuate over time in a process called the Milank...

What Turkey's New Gas Discovery Really Means

With Russia poised to encircle the strategically significant city of Severodonetsk in Ukraine's eastern Donbas region within days, CNN's Matthew Chance reports on the state of Russia's invasion

In China, residents must scan a QR code to enter the Shanghai metro. A PCR test of less than 72 hours is mandatory to maintain your green QR code and to be authorized to access all public places or use transport. You are not watching a science fiction mov...