19 injured in Düsseldorf fair fireworks – DW – 07/19/2025

Skip next section Most Germans oppose far-right AfD ban, poll finds 07/19/2025July 19, 2025 Most Germans oppose far-right AfD ban, poll finds A majority of Germans have opposed banning the far-right Alternative... Read more »

Dresdner Lyrikpreis 2026: Nominierte stehen fest

Die Jury besteht aus Uwe Kolbe (D), Radek Malý (CZ), Katharina Schultens (D), Jitka Bret Srbová (CZ), Alžbìta Stanèáková (CZ) und Jan Wagner (D). Maßgeblich für ihre Entscheidung waren die literarische Exzellenz... Read more »

Holocaust survivor Anita Lasker-Wallfisch turns 100 – DW – 07/16/2025

Anita Lasker-Wallfisch has spent an entire century on this earth, and does not fear death. After all, she’d often looked it in the eye when she was deported to Auschwitz simply for being a... Read more »

Hilfe für wohnungslose Menschen an heißen Tagen

Im Notfall: Ruf 112 Wer eine Person in der Stadt entdeckt, die sich augenscheinlich in einer gesundheitlichen Notlage befindet, desorientiert wirkt oder reglos in der Sonne liegt und nicht ansprechbar ist, sollte... Read more »

ArcelorMittal’s pullout plunges German green steel in doubt – DW – 07/17/2025

Steel is the backbone of German industry — but it’s also a major source of greenhouse gas emissions, accounting for nearly 7% of Germany’s CO2 emissions. As Germany has pledged to become carbon-neutral... Read more »

Merz defends top court nominee from ‘unacceptable’ attack – DW – 07/18/2025

Conservative Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Friday defended Constitutional Court nominee Frauke Brosius-Gersdorf against fierce criticism from the political right. A dispute over the nomination has deepened discord within Merz’s coalition, with center-left Social... Read more »

Will Imran Khan’s sons join nationwide protests? – DW – 07/19/2025

Jemima Goldsmith, the former wife of Pakistan’s ex-Prime Minister Imran Khan, has accused the Pakistani government of obstructing her children from communicating with their father.    The 72-year-old cricketer-turned-politician Khan has been behind... Read more »

New EU sanctions on Russia ‘unprecedented’

The European Union has adopted a new set of sanctions against Russia in the hopes of restricting its ability to wage war in Ukraine.  The EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said... Read more »

A brief history of queerness – DW – 07/18/2025

In 1476, a young Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) was investigated by the Florentine moral authorities. Someone had anonymously accused him of fornicating with a 17-year-old sex worker. But the charges were dropped because... Read more »

How far-right social media impacted Germany’s highest court – DW – 07/18/2025

Whenever there’s talk of a crisis of democracy in Germany, leading politicians proudly point to the well-established independence of the “judges from Karlsruhe” — that is, the judges who sit on the... Read more »