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  • Germany: Lufthansa pilots’ union call for two-day strike

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/76744098_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5C1oB The strike announcement comes after a Lufthansa cabin crew walkout on Friday that delayed thousands of passengers nationwideImage: Frank Hoermann/SvenSimon/picture alliance Lufthansa pilots are set to strike next week on Monday and Tuesday, the pilot’s trade union announced on Saturday. Lufthansa Cargo, Lufthansa Cityline and Eurowings are all included in the call to down…

  • German foreign medical worker program mired in bureaucracy

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/63108434_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5C1ea Nearly a third of managers surveyed say bureaucracy has stayed the sameImage: Shotshop/IMAGO A survey published Saturday said two-thirds of Germans believe unnecessary bureaucracy has remained the same since the current government took office.  Some said administrative burdens were even worse, despite a promise made last year by Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s incoming government to slash red tape. The coalition…

  • UK: Sudanese man held over migrant drownings in Channel

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/76747882_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5C1du Smugglers have developed a new tactic to avoid French authorities, picking up migrants in the water, not on landImage: Jamie Wiseman/Daily Mail/dmg media Licensing/picture alliance Authorities at the UK‘s National Crime Agency (NCA) on Saturday announced that a 27-year-old Sudanese man had been arrested in connection with the Thursday drowning deaths…

  • Russia and Ukraine agree to Orthodox Easter truce

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/76746303_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5C1Ir Russian attacks killed three civilians and injured dozens more across Ukraine overnightImage: Oleksandr Gimanov/AFP Moscow and Kyiv continued to engage in hostilities ahead of a planned Easter ceasefire set to take hold on Saturday afternoon. Russia’s war of aggression against  Ukraine has dragged on into its fifth year, while US efforts to halt the conflict have…

  • Why NOS is no laughing matter

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/76752399_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5C1IB Traffic was seen as a major source of conflict, with the road seem it as a place of noticeable rudenessImage: Andrea Warnecke/dpa/picture alliance Skip next section What you need to know What you need to know A sizeable minority of Germans believe that people’s manners in public have declined over the…

  • Trump says plans filed for huge triumphal arch in Washington

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/76037973_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5C1A1 Trump has repeatedly floated the idea of building the world’s biggest triumphal archImage: RS/MPI/picture alliance After teasing the idea in recent months, US President Donald Trump has now confirmed that the plans for the 76-meter (250‑foot) triumphal arch in Washington D.C. have been filed with the US Commission of Fine Arts. Trump hailed…

  • US says warships passed Hormuz amid ongoing talks with Iran

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/76750044_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5C0td US VP JD Vance is representing the US in talks with Iran in IslamabadImage: Jacquelyn Martin/AP Photo/picture alliance Skip next section What you need to know What you need to know Two US warships have reportedly passed through the Strait of Hormuz for the first time since the war began Iran…

  • Can Hezbollah be disarmed? Israel and Lebanon to hold talks

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/76553622_6.jpg”] Can Hezbollah be disarmed? Israel and Lebanon to hold talks https://p.dw.com/p/5C0ga A fragile ceasefire between United States and Iranis under strain as violence escalates between Israel and Lebanon. New US-brokered talks focus on disarming Hezbollah, but ongoing strikes and political deadlocks are undermining progress. The outcome could reshape regional security — yet demobilizing…

  • ‘No strategy, just panic,’ Bolton says of Trump’s Iran war

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/76744535_6.jpg”] ‘No strategy, just panic,’ Bolton says of Trump’s Iran war https://p.dw.com/p/5C0lY Former US National Security Adviser John Bolton criticizes US President Donald Trump‘s Iran strategy, saying that the US president “simply doesn’t understand much about the wider world.” As US-Iran relations remains exgtremely tense and Vice President JD Vance heads into high-stakes talks,…

  • AI and privacy: ChatGPT conversations found on Google

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/76037237_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5C0gd Sam Altman is the head of OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPTImage: AP Photo/picture alliance OpenAI said a man was arrested Friday over a Molotov cocktail attack on Sam Altman’s San Francisco home.  Altman is the CEO of OpenAI, which is known for its popular AI tool ChatGPT. OpenAI said threats were…