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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/76758673_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5C5oE Lieutenant General Susan Coyle will take up the role at the head of the army in July this yearImage: Mick Tsikas/AAP Image/REUTERS Australia‘s government on Monday announced a reshuffle in its military leadership, including appointing the first woman to the chief of army position in the country’s history.  Lieutenant General Susan…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/73570132_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5C5p6 Poland, Turkey, Ukraine, Russia and Syria were the five most common countries of origin for the cohortImage: Michael Gstettenbauer/IMAGO More than a quarter of people in Germany have an “‘immigration history,” according to new official data. The Federal Statistical Office of Germany (known as Destatis in German) said 21.8 million people —…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/68003401_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5C5uR Shortly before the outbreak of the Syrian Civil War, Lafarge had invested a significant amount into a factory there [File: February 19, 2018]Image: Delil Souleiman/AFP/Getty Images A Paris court on Monday found the former CEO of Lafarge, Bruno Lafont, and eight other former employees guilty of financing terrorism in Syria. Lafont…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/70099525_6.jpg”] Gas crunch pushes India to dirtier cooking fuels https://p.dw.com/p/5Bx7j Many low-income families in Delhi are facing an acute shortage of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), forcing them to cook with firewood and other polluting alternatives. Chandni, a day laborer, says LPG cylinders are hard to find or cost around three times the usual…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/76761105_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5C50s Many Lufthansa flights, excluding those headed to much of the Middle East amid the existing flight problems caused by the conflict in Iran and the wider region, were canceled on Monday morningImage: Revierfoto/dpa/picture alliance Pilots with Germany’s flagship carrier Lufthansa, Lufthansa Cargo and subsidiary Eurowings began a 48-hour strike on Monday morning. The…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/76761105_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5C50s Many Lufthansa flights, excluding those headed to much of the Middle East amid the existing flight problems caused by the conflict in Iran and the wider region, were canceled on Monday morningImage: Revierfoto/dpa/picture alliance Pilots with Germany’s flagship carrier Lufthansa, Lufthansa Cargo and subsidiary Eurowings began a 48-hour strike on Monday morning.  Hundreds…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/76761915_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5C4oN When you are a 69-year-old gorilla you get vegetables as a birthday giftImage: Markus Schreiber/AP Photo/picture alliance At 69 years old, Lady Fatou on Monday became not only the Berlin Zoo‘s longest-residing tenant but also maintained her title as the oldest gorilla in the world. Born somewhere in West Africa in…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/76757796_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5C4Qb Peter Magyar (C) has won a landslide victory in Hungarian electionsImage: Denes Erdos/AP Photo/picture alliance Hungarian voters turned out in force on Sunday to deliver a landslide victory to pro-European candidate Peter Magyar, who has pledged to turn the country away from its far-right, authoritarian course under Prime Minister Viktor Orban.…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/76756460_6.jpg”] Hungary’s Magyar ‘optimistic but cautious’ as votes counted https://p.dw.com/p/5C3ue Early results in Hungary’s parliamentary election indicate opposition leader Peter Magyar is on track to unseat Viktor Orban as prime minister. Magyar has said he is cautiously optimistic about getting the most seats in parliament. But votes are still being counted, and Orban…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/76755267_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5C3mc Peruvians will elect a new president from a record field of 35 candidatesImage: Luis Robayo/AFP Voters in Peru headed to the polls on Sunday to elect a new president and members of Congress. Sunday’s election is taking place amid a spike in violent crime and corruption, and there is currently no clear…