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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/78538166_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5JXKN The Bronze age collection’s historical value is incalculable, but even the gold is worth a pretty penny if melted down and therefore lost forever [FILE: Nov 10, 2016]Image: Lanmas/Visually/picture alliance Thieves on Thursday raided one of the world’s greatest Bronze Age gold collections in the latest of a series of high-profile…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/70945737_6.jpg”] Saxony-Anhalt: An election that could change Germany? | Berlin Briefing Podcast https://p.dw.com/p/5JXQQ You can listen to DW Berlin Briefing on  Apple Podcasts: DW Berlin Briefing – Inside German politics  Spotify: DW Berlin Briefing – Inside German politics  Subscribe to the Berlin Briefing newsletter: Newsletter Registration  For more news go to: News and current affairs from Germany…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/78538248_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5JXHK Trump called Canadian officials ‘nasty people’ as he unilaterally replaced a lake name from the Indigenous Huron languageImage: Al Drago/ABACA/picture alliance US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday that attempts to rename Lake Ontario as “Lake America,” as his rift with Canada and its prime minister grows. Lake…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/78536603_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5JTaa The blast killed a man and injured his wifeImage: REUTERS A lieutenant colonel was killed in a car explosion in Russia’s second-largest city, St. Petersburg, on Thursday. Russia’s Investigative Committee said the blast occurred in Pushkinsky on the southern outskirts of the city. Neighborhoods in the area are known to house Russian…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/78507042_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5JVaU Mundubile is accused of insurgency and inciting violence; he in turn said he wanted to challenge this month’s election results in courtImage: Kathy Short/DW Zambia‘s opposition leader and presidential election runner-up Brian Mundubile was in police custody and being questioned, state broadcaster ZNBC reported on Thursday.  This comes two weeks after a…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/78513048_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5JWuh Infantino is under pressure from UEFA once againImage: Ulmer/Pressefoto Ulmer/picture alliance Just a day after UEFA reportedly agreed to remove their threat of boycotting FIFA tournaments, European football’s governing body has launched a new wave of pressure on FIFA President Gianni Infantino to resign. UEFA has asked a US federal court for…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/78505517_605.webp”] Is Germany’s weak economy boosting support for the AfD? https://p.dw.com/p/5JTfL As Saxony-Anhalt heads toward a pivotal state election, economic anxiety is at the center of the campaign. Rising energy prices, pressures on Germany’s chemical industry, uncertainty in the automotive supply chain and a growing shortage of skilled workers have become key issues…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/76965583_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5JVaF Mladic was dubbed the ‘Butcher of Bosnia’ for his role in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre [FILE: June 8, 2021]Image: Jerry Lampen/REUTERS Bosnian Serb general Ratko Mladic, who was serving a life sentence for war crimes committed during Bosnia’s 1992-95 war has died, a United Nations official said.  Serbian state broadcaster RTS reported…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/78155253_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5JOcT The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) is leading strongly in the polls and hopes to form a state government for the first timeImage: M. Gränzdörfer/Agentur Matthias Wehnert/IMAGO The Saxony-Anhalt state election on September 6 could make history. For the first time, the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) could become the strongest party…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/63323822_6.jpg”] Will Elon Musk give Ukraine Starlink’s eyes over Russia? https://p.dw.com/p/5JThE Despite Elon Musk‘s polarizing reputation and controversial involvement in US politics, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy awarded him the Order of Freedom, one of Ukraine’s highest honors. The reason is Starlink, Musk’s satellite internetnetwork, which has become vital to Ukraine’s defense against Russia.…