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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/78284700_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5JQzi As temperatures climbed past 40 degrees Celsius across southern Europe this summer, scientists say such extreme heat is increasing due to human-caused climate changeImage: Tiziana Fabi/AFP As a summer of European extreme heat draws to a close, politicians are looking back at the toll. Germany recordedaround 14,000 heat-related deaths, almost two-thirds in…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/78514912_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5JRK5 Tim Curry had a stroke around 10 years ago and suffered severe health issues ever since [FILE: August 2016]Image: Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP Photo/picture alliance Actor Tim Curry died at the age of 80, Variety, TMZ and other celebrity news outlets reported on Wednesday.  A cause of death was not immediately given but…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/61134520_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5JIuC Magdeburg is the state capital of Saxony-AnhaltImage: Heiko Kueverling/Zoonar/picture alliance Saxony-Anhalt, one of Germany’s 16 federal states, boasts a rich cultural and historical heritage: Many of the world-famous architects associated with the Bauhaus in Dessau lived and worked here. The towns of Eisleben and, above all, Wittenberg preserve the memory of the great…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/78399283_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5JQZU Anopheles mosquitoes are most active between dusk and dawn, which can make bites easy to missImage: Roger Eritja/Visually/picture alliance At least one Frankfurt Airport employee has died after contracting malaria in an outbreak believed to have been caused by an infected mosquito brought into Germany on an aircraft. Germany’s DPA news agency…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/78509208_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5JPgT Ratcliffe had also served as national intelligence chief during Trump’s first administration [FILE: April 2026]Image: Bonnie Cash/UPI Photo/Newscom/picture alliance The Kremlin confirmed on Wednesday that US foreign intelligence chief John Ratcliffe had held a series of high-level talks the previous day in Moscow, but denied reports that he had spoken with…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/78508615_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5JOsy Dozens of people were left missing after the incidentImage: Prabin Ranabhat/AFP Several people were confirmed dead and hundreds more are missing after a flash flood swept through remote valleys in Nepal and Tibet on Wedensday. The floodwaters washed away villages, damaged bridges and destroyed electrical infrastructure on both sides of the…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/78504996_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5JOgw People were brought down with the help of rescue laddersImage: Bodo Marks/dpa/picture alliance Nearly two dozen carnivalgoers were rescued after a 90 minute ordeal in central Hamburg late on Tuesday, having been stuck 25 meters (82 feet) in the air on a swing carousel ride. The Hamburger Dom carnival is held in…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/78503088_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5JOB0 Mayor Mamdani is the son of acclaimed Indian filmmaker, Mira Nair [FILE: August 12, 2026]Image: David Dee Delgado/REUTERS New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said Tuesday he does not support an upcoming event featuring Mohan Bhagwat, chief of the Hindu nationalist group Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), though he acknowledged the city…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/78502943_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5JOEK The fire was believed to have been caused by a malfunctioning air conditioning unitImage: Akhtar Soomro/REUTERS A least 15 infants were killed after a fire broke out at the maternity ward of a hospital in Islamabad, Pakistan, on Wednesday. “A fire broke out on the third floor of the MCH Ward at…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/78495166_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5JNsU A quarter of Ukraine is affected by landmines Image: Viacheslav Madiievskyi/Ukrinform/abaca/picture alliance Raheela Bibi was outside playing with her siblings when a landmine exploded. It was August 2020 and she was 12, living in Pakistan. Both her hands were amputated after the incident. Her sister suffered a serious leg injury, while…