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  • Why Germany’s Volkswagen could cut 100,000 jobs

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/77888402_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5JJCN VW’s management is meeting workers at the carmaker’s headquarters in Wolfsburg where they could announce big changes for the companyImage: Moritz Frankenberg/dpa/picture alliance 1. Why is Volkswagen holding crunch talks with workers? Volkswagen’s management is holding extraordinary meetings with workers this week amid an unprecedented cost-cutting drive, including reports of up to 100,000 job losses and the…

  • Burundi’s vanishing lakes and the fight to bring them back

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/78416094_6.jpg”] Burundi’s vanishing lakes and the fight to bring them back https://p.dw.com/p/5JAFQ To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video [analyse_source url=”https://www.dw.com/en/burundis-vanishing-lakes-and-the-fight-to-bring-them-back/video-78449308″]

  • How deep can a relationship with AI get?

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/76149231_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5JMlQ Everyday leisure is increasingly dominated by internet use, AI, television, music and smartphones [FILE: Apr 1, 2015]Image: Eugenio Marongiu/picture alliance Germans are spending less of their free time socializing with friends and more on individually planned and digital activities, according to a survey published on Tuesday. Meeting friends remains the most…

  • US troops feel strain of Iran war deployment

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/78485712_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5JM2Q Women shop for produce at a market in Tehran in August 2026Image: AFP US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has unveiled a new phase of Washington’s economic campaign against Iran, this time aimed not only at sanctioned Iranian institutions but at the international networks Tehran has used to keep money and goods…

  • US-Canada trade war: The cost of fighting back

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/78473189_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5JLJ5 Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney called the earlier proposed agreement ‘a bad deal’Image: Chris Tanouye/REUTERS Canada is set to announce retaliatory tariffs against the United States on Tuesday, as relations between the neighbors nosedived following failed trade talks last week.  Here’s what you need to know: Washington ‌and ​Ottawa were racing…

  • India: Why Ladakh’s ghost villages could have a future again

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/78460291_6.jpg”] India: Why Ladakh’s ghost villages could have a future again https://p.dw.com/p/5JAM4 To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video [analyse_source url=”https://www.dw.com/en/india-why-ladakhs-ghost-villages-could-have-a-future-again/video-78449720″]

  • Europe tries to sway Trump on vehicle tariffs

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/78258709_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5JLJ0 Initially, an explosives-laden ​drone was discovered near a Ukrainian cargo ​aircraft used for ‌military suppliesImage: Hendrik Schmidt/dpa/picture alliance Skip next section What you need to know What you need to know Here is a roundup of top stories from and about Germany on Tuesday, August 25, 2026: German media say investigators…

  • Folk singer fights back against AI-generated fake album

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/73232877_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5JLHr The changes distinguish between music fully generated by artificial intelligence and recordings where AI is used only as a supporting creative toolImage: Vitalik Radko/Depositphotos/IMAGO Australia‘s official music charts will no longer allow wholly AI-generated tracks to qualify, under new rules announced by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). The changes take effect with…

  • Fact check: How AI is selling you weight loss

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/78488956_6.jpg”] Fact check: How AI is selling you weight loss https://p.dw.com/p/5JKaR A weight-loss transformation on TikTok looks like a real personal journey. But when DW Fact Check compared the footage, the same body and movement appeared on several accounts – with different faces. We documented at least 11 TikTok accounts pointing to the…

  • Trump’s America: End to the American dream for immigrants?

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/78491515_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5JLAi The new rules could impact up to 200,000 peopleImage: Annabelle Gordon/REUTERS United States President Donald Trump’s administration is preparing to revoke the business and tourism visas of foreigners who applied for or are currently seeking asylum in the country, the State Department said in a statement on Monday.  It didn’t say…