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This spring was one of the driest on record in Germany. Agriculture, groundwater, and even retail prices are suffering. Plants and ecosystems are already in drought stress. What can be done?
German police have arrested a 72-year-old man over a fire which killed at least three at the Marien Hospital in Hamburg overnight.
Severe weather has caused chaos across several parts of Germany. Meanwhile, three adult patients were killed in a fire at a hospital in Hamburg. Follow DW for more.
The plane crashed into a residential building in the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. One of the dead is presumed to be the pilot.
One year after a fatal stabbing in Mannheim, authorities have commemorated the slain police officer. Meanwhile, a record number of foreigners were naturalized in Germany last year. Follow DW for more.
The radical right in Germany, Europe and the US portrays itself as the defender of the Christian West against Islam. But religion is not really at the heart of this conflict.
The car manufacturer Ford is in crisis. More than 10,000 workers in Cologne officially went on strike this month for the first time in the plant's 100-year history. Recent changes mean thousands of jobs are at risk.
Muhammad al-Muhammad is the Syrian teenager who helped stop last Friday's knife attack in Hamburg. But reports of his heroism were soon called into question as conflicting accounts flooded social media.
Initiated 200 years ago, Museum Island was in ruins after World War II. The UNESCO World Heritage site was reborn thanks to a master plan.
A new study confirms what many parents already knew: children give life meaning. The price that parents pay is lower life satisfaction, especially for mothers — but some countries fare better than others.
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