India’s informal workers often lose income when extreme heat makes it impossible to work. A new insurance scheme is offering automatic payouts when temperatures cross dangerous thresholds. Can it help millions...
Low-level agents – the new face of sabotage? | DW News
They aren’t trained spies, just ordinary people: low-level agents are recruited to do small acts of sabotage for small amounts of money. Those may include damaging cars, transporting packages or trailing people. The...
Nepal floods: Full communities levelled, with hundreds killed and missing
Hundreds of people have died and are missing after an avalanche sparked flash flooding in Nepal. Sky’s Cordelia Lynch is in Dhunge, where an entire community has has been "obliterated" by the floods...
Germany’s second richest man died – what happens to the money? | DW News
When Klaus-Michael Kühne died without heirs, he left behind one of Europe’s biggest fortunes. So where is that money going, and why might Germany see little of it? For more news go to: Follow DW on social media:...
Footage shows devastating scale of Nepal floods as death toll rises past 300
Eyewitness footage shows the devastating scale of the massive flash flooding that swept through villages in Nepal’s Himalayan region on August 26, carrying mud, rocks and debris down mountainsides and destroying homes...
Tunisia mourns deceased migrants after small boat tragedy • FRANCE 24 English
Residents of a remote Tunisian city near the Libyan border attended the funeral of eight local youths who died in the Mediterranean. The tragedy took place late last week when a small boat carrying 15 people capsized...
Norway holds its breath as King Harald’s health deteriorates • FRANCE 24 English
Norway’s King Harald was in a "very serious" condition in hospital on Thursday, the royal court said, and family members gathered at his bedside. Hundreds of people gathered outside the Royal Palace in...