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Iran's regime crushing protests in bloody crackdown

Protesters are putting their lives on the line in Iran as the state mounts a coordinated and brutal response to the unrest. As death toll grows, hopes of outside help seem faint....

1dDeutsche WellePoliticsImpact

Ukraine updates: Zelenskyy in Cyprus as EU presidency begins

Volodymyr Zelenskyy is in Nicosia, while Ukrainian and US negotiators remain in Paris, looking to iron out more details of Tuesday's "robust" security guarantees agreement. Meanwhile, the fighting con...

Jan 7Deutsche WellePolitics

Greenland updates: US lawmakers arrive in Copenhagen

A delegation of mostly Democratic Senators is in the Danish capital to push back on Trump's threats to seize the Arctic island. Meanwhile, European soldiers have started arriving in Greenland. DW has ...

23hDeutsche WellePoliticsImpact

Seoul, Tokyo watch US foreign policy twists with rising fear

Donald Trump's hostile signals over Greenland and the aftermath of the Venezuela attack have raised fears in Japan and South Korea that Washington is no longer committed to its allies in East Asia....

1dDeutsche WellePoliticsImpact

Ukraine: Zelenskyy declares energy emergency in cold snap

Ukraine's president declared an emergency in the energy sector amid freezing weather and Russian strikes on infrastructure. Meanwhile, Donald Trump blamed Kyiv for the lack of peace talk progress. Fol...

1dDeutsche WellePoliticsImpact

Clintons refuse to testify in Epstein probe as Republicans threaten contempt charges

Bill and Hillary Clinton have refused to testify in a Republican-controlled congressional committee's investigation into convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, accusing Republican chair James Comer...

3dFrance 24Politics

Australia: Writers' festival called off amid boycott

The Adelaide Writers' Week retracted an invitation to an Australian-Palestinian author, citing the the Bondi Beach attack. Dozens, including the event's director and the former PM of New Zealand, with...

3dDeutsche Welleculture

How business leaders are responding to Trump's plan to cap credit card interest rates, from JPMorgan to SoFi

Business leaders like Klarna's CEO support Trump's credit card cap proposal, while major banks and investors warn of risks. BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images Donald Trump proposes a 10% cap on c...

2dBusiness InsiderPoliticsImpact

India: Security, terrorism laws used to silence dissent

Under UAPA, India's controversial anti-terror law, a suspect can spend years in jail without trial if the accusations against them seem true at first glance. Meanwhile, courts are expanding the defini...

22hDeutsche WellePoliticsImpact

Serbia student protests: Vucic has reason to fear elections

After more than a year of protests, Serbia's students have shifted their focus to preparing for a parliamentary election. President Aleksander Vucic, however, is waiting for a date that will benefit h...

1dDeutsche WellePolitics

Ukraine: Zelensky declares energy emergency after Russian strikes

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Wednesday a "state of emergency" will be declared in the energy sector, after relentless Russian strikes on heat and electricity supplies during freezing wi...

1dFrance 24PoliticsImpact

DHS: ICE officers in Minneapolis shoot Venezuelan man in the leg

The Department of Homeland Security says the shooting happened after the agent came under attack. Protestors have taken to the streets in Minneapolis, clashing with federal agents, after Renee Macklin...

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WeatherTech founder might be the newest US consumer protection official

President Donald Trump made an unconventional pick for his nomination to the Federal Trade Commission: WeatherTech founder and CEO David MacNeil. MacNeil founded the company, which makes weather-resis...

3dThe VergePoliticsImpact

Verizon gets FCC permission to end 60-day phone unlocking rule

Verizon can keep phones locked to its network for longer after the Federal Communications Commission agreed to waive the carrier's 60-day unlocking requirement, as reported by Ars Technica . Following...

3dThe VergeTechnologyImpact

Can South Korea turn the page with Yoon Suk Yeol in prison?

Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has been sentenced to five years in the first criminal case linked to his shock declaration of martial law. Many Koreans seem eager to put the crisis behind...

20hDeutsche WellePolitics

Iran's foreign minister speaks to Donald Trump through Fox News

US president Donald Trump appears to have dialed back threats of an imminent strike on Iran. Despite the shift in rhetoric, the airspace over the Islamic Republic has closed to commercial flights. Sto...

1dFrance 24PoliticsImpact

Hong Kong: Life sentence looms for media tycoon Jimmy Lai

With the last stage of Jimmy Lai's national security trial drawing to a close, Hong Kong's High Court is set to decide on the sentence for the pro-democracy tycoon. Will Lai get life in prison?...

1dDeutsche WellePoliticsImpact

How Iran jammed Starlink (and how Iranians are trying to get around it)

After shutting down the internet, the Iranian government is now attempting to jam the Starlink satellite service made free to Iranians by the company. Iranians are now seeking ways to circumvent this ...

2dFrance 24TechnologyImpact

Corsica: Former nationalist leader shot dead at his mother’s funeral

Alain Orsoni, who led the separatist Corsican Movement for Self-Determination before becoming the president of Corsican football club ‍AC Ajaccio, was killed by a long-range shot at his mother's funer...

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Torture, false arrests: Ukrainian women in Russian prisons

Some 20,000 Ukrainian civilians are in Russian prisons and rights activists say more than 2,000 are female. Some of the women who have managed to get out jail are now speaking out about what they expe...

21hDeutsche WellePoliticsImpact
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