The notable absence of former cricketer and ex-PM Imran Khan in a video chronicling the achievements of Pakistan’s Cricket Board on the country’s 76th independence day has drawn strong reactions from his...
German Cabinet approves bill to liberalize cannabis use | DW News
A controversial draft bill on legalizing the recreational use of the drug cannabis was unveiled on Wednesday by German Health Minister Karl Lauterbach after it was approved by the German Cabinet. The draft law would...
Russian attack damages grain silos at Ukraine’s Danube port
Russia launched fresh attacks against Ukrainian grain supplies early on Wednesday, damaging a number of silos along the River Danube. Meanwhile a container ship which has been stuck in the port of Odessa since Russia’s...
Hawaii power company draws criticism for ignoring warnings I DW News
Officials in Hawaii are working to identify the victims known to have been killed in wildfires on the island of Maui. The governor has confirmed that children are among the dead. Relief efforts are underway: Donations...
Grain facilities damaged in Russian attacks on Ukraine’s Danube port • FRANCE 24 English
Ukraine said Wednesday that Russian attack drones had damaged a port on the Danube river in the southern Odesa region, the latest attack on export facilities since Moscow scrapped a deal allowing Black Sea exports...
Can ECOWAS sanctions on Niger succeed? I DW News
The West African regional bloc ECOWAS is preparing to meet again Thursday to review its response to the coup in Niger. ECOWAS member countries have so far avoided a military response, and are instead using sanctions to...
Niger junta-ECOWAS standoff: ‘Resistance against intervention within ECOWAS & int’l partners’
Nigeriens are preparing for war against regional countries threatening to invade, three weeks after mutinous soldiers ousted the nation’s democratically elected president. Residents in the capital, Niamey, are...