German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and his deputy, Economic Affairs and Climate Action Minister Robert Habeck, kicked off a three-day trip to Canada on Monday, seeking to arrange short-term gas-based energy solutions and to explore longer-term, cleaner options...

Russia’s attack on Ukraine has upended the lives of people throughout the region, driving a wedge between neighbors, friends and families.

Some call it a second front in the Ukrainian war — the fight to control the narrative. While Zelenskyy has reached audiences around the world with his nightly speeches, Russia is also vying for attention with a well-funded propaganda campaign. DW's head o...

China is suffering a severe water shortage after its hottest and driest summer since the government began recording rainfall 61 years ago. Authorities try to protect this year's harvest from intense drought by using chemicals to generate rain and people a...

A Russian strike on a Ukrainian railway station killed 15 people and wounded 50 others, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a speech to the UN Security Council, meant to mark Ukraine's Independence Day and six months since the invasion began. "I have ju...

Ukraine has denied any involvement in a car bombing near Moscow that killed the daughter of a prominent Russian nationalist. Daria Dugina died in the blast. Both she and her father Alexander Dugin have publicly supported Russia's war on Ukraine. Russia's...

Germany is prepared to ship in 2023 more than €500 million ($499.3 million) in weapons to help Ukraine fend off the ongoing Russian invasion, Chancellor Olaf Scholz has announced. Among other things, Germany will send to Ukraine three more Iris-T air defe...

Air taxi developers present their electrically powered mini airplanes as a new, sustainable form of air transportation. But there is still a long way to go f...

Moscow's invasion of Ukraine has sparked discussions on whether there should be broader consequences for all Russian citizens. Some EU countries want to bar them from traveling into the bloc for shopping and holidays. From September, Finland plans to sign...

Much of Europe has suffered through repeated heat-waves in recent weeks. And that's hit economies hard, whether through reduced river-traffic, dried-up farm fields or destructive wildfires. It's a taste of what warming temperatures could bring the contine...

The daughter of the man described as Russian President Putin's brain has been killed in a suspected car bomb attack near Moscow. Video appears to show a distraught Alexander Dugin at the site of the explosion that killed his daughter Daria Dugina. She wa...

Russia has threatened to annex occupied areas in the south of Ukraine. The Ukrainian army has now launched a counter-offensive with the help of Western long-range weapons. Much of the local population has already fled.

Russian officials in occupied Crimea say they've shot down a drone, headed for a key military base. It was targeting the headquarters of Russia's Black Sea Fleet in Sevastopol. It was the second assault of its kind against the naval command in Crimea in l...

ix months into Russia’s attack on Ukraine, both sides are suffering heavy casualties yet seem unable to gain the advantage. At least until you look behind the front lines. Ukraine is increasingly striking Russian targets deep in Russian-occupied territory...

The Yangtze, the Thames, the Rhine – all are nearing historic low water levels as drought bears down on Europe and China. Now the pressure is on industries and shipping firms to find alternatives. They won’t be cheap.