In a major breakthrough for parents, France has decided to double paid paternity from 14 to 28 days. Researchers have long documented the benefits of paternity leave and the reform is in step with French society, as...
Lebanon, Israel to hold first direct talks in decades on disputed borders
Lebanon and Israel said Thursday they will hold US-brokered negotiations on their disputed land and maritime borders, the first talks in decades between two countries technically still at war.
Navalny ‘not afraid’ to return to Russia, after suspected poison attack
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny told a German magazine that Russia’s President Vladimir Putin was behind his suspected poisoning and stressed that he was not afraid. Navalny was flown from Russia to...
Paris fashion special: Checking out the new Coco Chanel exhibition and Fashion Week
The Palais Galliera has reopened in Paris as the city’s first permanent fashion museum with a major retrospective on the life and work of Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel. Olivia Salazar-Winspear gives us a...
Who is responsible for the Amazon deforestation fires in Brazil? | DW Analysis
Deforestation fires are surging in the Amazon, eliminating more square kilometers of rainforest this year than they have since 2009. In the Brazilian Amazon, fires are a common means of clearing the land — land...
In the ‘Room Next Door’: ‘I’ve no sympathy for people in power’
Comedian and writer Michael Spicer, better known as the political adviser in the ‘Room Next Door’ says he has no sympathy for the people in power.
EU begins legal action against the UK over Brexit bill proposal
The President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen has announced that the EU will start legal action against Boris Johnson’s bid to potentially override parts of the Brexit deal.