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  • Why soccer is hiding an uncomfortable truth

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/76519643_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5B40d Christian Dobrick said gay men in professional football are ‘still treated like extraterrestrials’Image: FC St. Pauli/dpa/picture alliance An under-19 football coach at German Bundesliga club FC St. Pauli publicly came out as gay this week and used the opportunity to criticize attitudes towards homosexuality in the game. Christian Dobrick, 29, told…

  • How Iran responded to Donald Trump’s claims of US-Iran talks

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/76493366_6.jpg”] How Iran responded to Donald Trump’s claims of US-Iran talks https://p.dw.com/p/5B2BH Tensions rise as Donald Trump claims he’s had “very strong talks” with Iran amid the ongoing US‑Israel war with Tehran. He touts major points of agreement, but won’t name Iran’s negotiators. Iran denies any talks have taken place, calling Trump’s remarks market‑manipulating…

  • Germany news: Race against time for stranded humpback whale

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/76517823_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5B3h2 Rescue efforts are still underway after dredging efforts proved insufficientImage: Ulrich Perrey/dpa/picture alliance Skip next section What you need to know What you need to know A humpback whale has  been stranded on a sandbank in Lübeck Bay since Monday New equipment is on the way to help with dredging efforts…

  • Energy crisis hits US farmers

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/76511554_6.jpg”] Energy crisis hits US farmers https://p.dw.com/p/5B01o Farmers across the US Midwest are preparing for spring planting while facing sharply rising fuel and fertilizer costs linked to the conflict in the Middle East.The closure of the Strait of Hormuz and attacks on energy infrastructure in the region have pushed up global diesel and fertilizer…

  • Japan’s front line: Okinawa and the China threat

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/76516829_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5B3Xq The suspect reportedly wanted to tell the Chinese ambassador to refrain from making hardline comments about JapanImage: Kazuhiro Nogi/AFP/Getty Images Japan on Wednesday said that it was “regrettable” that a member of the Japanese military was arrested over the suspicion of breaking into the Chinese Embassy in Tokyo, as relations between the…

  • Should kids be banned from social media?

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/76425149_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5B3AU Meta owns several social media platforms including Facebook, Instagram and ThreadsImage: Tim Wegner/epd-bild/picture alliance A New Mexico jury on Tuesday found Meta Platforms liable in a child safety lawsuit, saying it knowingly harmed children’s mental health and concealed its knowledge of child sexual exploitation on its social media platforms. Meta owns…

  • Russia launches nearly 1,000 drones across Ukraine

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/76498198_6.jpg”] Russia launches nearly 1,000 drones across Ukraine https://p.dw.com/p/5B33l Russian strikes are shaking Ukraine from Kyiv to Zaporizhzhia, with overnight drone and missile barrages leaving civilians scrambling for safety. As attacks intensify and critical infrastructure is hit, humanitarian officials warn that millions are being pushed to the brink.  Are these new strikes hinting…

  • German president: Iran war violates international law

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/76514193_6.jpg”] German president: Iran war violates international law https://p.dw.com/p/5B2gh German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has now spoken of a “deep rift” with the United States. In unusually strong comments, he said that “there will be no going back to before January 20, 2025,” when Donald Trump began his second presidential term. President Steimeier also slammed…

  • Artemis II: Humans fly to the moon after more than 50 years

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/76510586_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5B1oZ NASA plans to reorganize its Artemis II moon mission amid delays and concerns about inefficiency and costsImage: Joe Marino/UPI Photo/Newscom/picture alliance NASA will cancel plans to deploy a space station in lunar orbit, instead focusing on the construction of a roughly $20 billion (about €17.25 billion) base on the moon‘s surface…

  • Germany detains two of suspected spying for Russia

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/75798691_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5B292 The suspects were arrested in Germany and SpainImage: Katharina Kausche/dpa/picture alliance Germany’s Federal Public Prosecutor’s Office said on Tuesday that two people have been accused of spying for Russia. The two suspects were a 45-year-old Romanian woman, who was detained in the northwestern German city of Rheine, and a 43-year-old Ukrainian…