Japan's first female leader is popular with voters. She has now called for early elections to leverage their approval. The move could bolster her position, but it carries risks....
In an attempt to combat certain uses of AI, Matthew McConaughey has trademarked himself, including his catchphrase, "Alright, alright, alright," to prevent anyone from stealing his likeness....
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Police say a manipulated emergency exit, that shouldn't open from the outside, gave thieves access in last month's major bank heist in Gelsenkirchen. They warned customers that investigations would li...
A record number of 11 candidates are running in Sunday's presidential elections in Portugal, with a populist leader set to bring another political breakthrough to Europe's rising far-right parties....
Less than two weeks into office, Zohran Mamdani said ”no” when questioned whether he held any crypto or planned to invest in a former New York City mayor's memecoin project....
Four years after David Barnes was charged in Russia with abusing his children in Texas despite not being charged with a crime in the U.S., he is now in a penal colony....
Germany's trade and industry lobby say Trump's Greenland demand is "blackmail" and "unacceptable" and warn that giving in will only lead to further "ludicrous" demands. Follow DW....
Economists and technologists say AI hype obscures displacement, infrastructure costs, and uneven gains....
The suspect allegedly set the fire due to the building’s “Jewish ties,” the FBI said in a charging affidavit....
Advocates for the incarcerated Samourai Wallet developers have argued that the DOJ liquidated the Bitcoin funds against the president’s wishes....
The expanded prohibition on stablecoin yield in the CLARITY Act makes the US dollar less competitive than the Digital Yuan, Scaramucci said....
The Sonderklasse 's mid-cycle refresh keeps the focus on the sedan's trademark chill....
Organizers have called on Danish and Greenlandic residents to join marches and rallies against US President Donald Trump's push to acquire Greenland....
Kyiv's attacks on Russian oil terminals and refineries damage their enemy, but impact other economies such as Kazakhstan and risk alienating allies....
Bill and Hillary Clinton have refused to comply with a Congressional subpoena to testify in a Jeffrey Epstein probe and could face contempt charges....
In recent months, the EU has suffered the most serious diplomatic defeats. This will only change in the future if the member states possess greater military power, Karl-Heinz Paqué writes in an opinio...
DW co-hosts a talk with European Film Award and Oscar nominees Jafar Panahi, Oliver Laxe, Mascha Schilinski and Joachim Trier. Watch it live here....
State Street said its new crypto platform would help clients build tokenized money market funds, exchange-traded funds, and products such as tokenized deposits and stablecoins....