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A video claiming to show AfD postal ballots being destroyed has gone viral ahead of Berlin's September 20 election. DW Fact Check examines the footage, the accounts sharing it and how widely it is really being viewed.
The bank said it "assumed" there would be economic red lines, like oil at $100 a barrel, that the US would be unwilling the cross.
Magdalena Andersson will likely face several challenges as she tries to get Sweden's other left-wing parties to unite.
Zelenskyy said the summit was a "significant beginning" of a movement to strengthen ties with its neighboring countries.
Volunteers rallied through downtown Tehran to join campaign highlighting 'self-sacrifice' for Iran.
Organisers have apologised for playing the North Korean national anthem for the South Korean men's hockey team at the Asian Games in Japan.
Since taking control in 1965, Buffett grew a struggling textile mill into a global conglomerate.
O'Leary described his choice of language as "careless" and said "it won't happen again".
Critics say moves from leftwing incumbent president are electorally motivated two weeks before Brazil’s electionsBrazil’s president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has announced a 15% increase in the country’s main cash-transfer programme for poor families, as well as free weight-loss jabs, prompting criticism from…
In an interview with FRANCE 24, former Obama administration National Security Council member Charles Kupchan said the war in Iran "in many respects jeopardises the Trump presidency", calling it "yet another failed war of choice" that has driven up fuel and living costs ahead of the midterms. Trump's advisers "prize…
Confederation chiefs call on Gianni Infantino to make $2.1bn payout to all FIFA's 211 member associations.
Zinedine Zidane named his first squad since taking over from Didier Deschamps as head coach of the French man's football team Friday. His selection included five new players and but excluded former squad members Aurélien Tchouaméni and Khéphren Thuram. Kylian Mbappé has been named captain.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he will ‘change the face of the Middle East’
Another Sydney Sweeney ad goes viral – this time promoting a sports betting application almost naked. The campaign sparked fury among female athletes who said it undermines decades of progress in women's sports. Yet is the outrage itself part of the overall marketing strategy and ‘feminist-baiting’ merely a tool to…
United Nations says 22 million people need humanitarian aid as conflict intensifies.
The abrupt move by Kash Patel, the bureau’s director, came as President Trump was ramping up his attacks on the country.
Sweden's parliament speaker on Friday tasked opposition leader Magdalena Andersson with forming a government after an election gave the left-wing bloc a narrow majority, setting the stage for difficult coalition talks. Andersson, a former prime minister, must bridge deep differences between four parties, with the…
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Officials say the teenager had warned friends after lunch that he was “going to do something” and told them to go home, but they thought he was joking.
Police fire teargas as protests break out in the city of Minna after the deaths of the suspected illegal goldminersA survivor from a prison cell in Nigeria where 37 suspected illegal goldminers died while in the custody of a paramilitary group has recounted his panic and struggle for breath, as police fired teargas at…
Government has promised to fully investigate after 37 miners died while being held in police custody in Niger State.
The man detained shortly after allegedly trying to set fire to Wuppertal's synagogue made antisemitic comments to the arresting officers, prosecutors say. The 37-year-old Afghan ciitizen also had knives in his apartment.
A spate of warnings in recent days about the dangers of AI have sparked mixed reactions: from Donald Trump dismissing the fears as a hoax, to Beijing criticising calls for the US to block its advancement as fearmongering. As President Xi Jinping heads to Washington for talks, FRANCE 24's technology correspondent Peter…
Her new album ‘The Meaning of Flowers’ tackles much more than just flora, as the Danish musician and composer explores the sounds and sentiments of the very beginning of human life. She tells us about creating emotionally rich soundscapes that have often been used in film and television. We also discuss the Faustian…
