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Deutsche Welle or DW is a German state-owned public international broadcaster. The service is available in 30 languages. DW's satellite television service consists of channels in English, German, Spanish, and Arabic. While funded by the German government, the work of DW is regulated by the Deutsche Welle Act, meaning that content is intended to be independent of government influence. DW is a member of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU).

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Lebanon's new PM aims to form government within six weeks - Deutsche Welle interview Lebanon's new prime minister designate Hassan Diab said in an interview with Deutsche Welle he will work on forming a government within six weeks to help pull the country out of a deepening economic.. Reuters - Published on December 20, 2019
Russia's foreign ministry opposes call to ban Deutsche Welle: Ifax Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday he did not support banning foreign media outlets including Germany's Deutsche Welle from working in Russia, something that had been proposed by.. Reuters - Published on November 6, 2019
Asked about Trump mediation with Kurds, Turkey says won't talk to terrorists: Deutsche Welle Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu dismissed on Saturday an offer by U.S. President Donald Trump to mediate between Ankara and Kurdish YPG forces to halt Turkey's incursion in Syria, according.. Reuters - Published on October 12, 2019

Russia's parliament accuses Deutsche Welle of political bias Russia's parliament will ask its foreign ministry to consider revoking broadcaster Deutsche Welle's right to work in the country for allegedly breaking laws on political impartiality, a senior lawmaker.. Reuters - Published on September 27, 2019
Russia's parliament finds broadcaster Deutsche Welle broke law: agencies Russia's parliament will ask the foreign ministry to consider revoking German broadcaster Deutsche Welle's right to work in the country for breaking Russian laws, Russian news agencies cited a senior.. Reuters - Published on September 27, 2019
Russia accuses Deutsche Welle of urging Russians to take part in protests Russia on Thursday accused German media outlet Deutsche Welle of calling on Russians to take part in recent anti-government protests, and it said Moscow would take action against the outlet under.. Reuters - Published on August 8, 2019

East German Refugee Ruled Eligible For Benefits For Trauma Suffered During Berlin Wall Escape A man who fled East Germany to the West in 1988 will be eligible to receive compensation for trauma he experienced as a result of the escape, Germany's highest civil court ruled on Monday, Deutsche.. WorldNews - Published on July 24, 2019
Moscow Residents Protest Highway Project They Say Could Trigger 'Second Chernobyl' Several hundred protesters gathered Monday in the south of Moscow outside residential housing blocks that overlook a nuclear waste site, Deutsche Welle reports. Their signs read "We want to live!" and.. WorldNews - Published on July 23, 2019
German Consumer Group Warns Those Bamboo Coffee Cups Aren't As Green As You'd Think Even though reusable bamboo containers for your morning coffee may seem like you're helping the environment, a new report by German researchers said even though they are replacement for the traditional.. WorldNews - Published on July 23, 2019
Milky Way Grew By A Quarter In Cosmic Collision 10 Billion Years Ago, Astronomers Say Around 10 billion years ago, the Milky Way merged with a galaxy one quarter of its mass in a major cosmic crash, according to new research published in the journal Nature Astronomy on Monday, Deutsche.. WorldNews - Published on July 23, 2019

Taiwan Government Says It Could Offer Asylum To Hong Kong Protesters While visiting the Caribbean island of Saint Lucia, Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen said her government would consider granting asylum to the Hong Kong protesters based on humanitarian grounds on.. WorldNews - Published on July 19, 2019
Greek Police Arrest Suspected Migrant Smugglers On 2 Aegean Islands Greek state officials said Thursday they had detained 15 people allegedly forming part of two migrant smuggling groups on the islands of Samos and Kos, Deutsche Welle. Six individuals, who are reported.. WorldNews - Published on July 19, 2019
Two New Zealand Penguins Break Into Sushi Shop To Create Nest Police said two "waddling vagrants" were found at a Wellington sushi shop this week after an employee heard them cooing behind kitchen equipment, according to Deutsche Welle. The worker said he heard a.. WorldNews - Published on July 18, 2019	Initial CDC Data Says Overdose Deaths Fell In 2018 For The First Time In Two Decades The provisional data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released on Wednesday revealed fatal drug overdoses fell 5.1 percent from 2017 to 2018, the first decrease since the.. WorldNews - Published on July 18, 2019
Leader Of Merkel's Political Party Tapped For German Defense Chief Officials have confirmed Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer is to be Germany's new defense minister, Deutsche Welle reports. The reports come after the current defense minister, Ursula von der Leyen, was voted.. WorldNews - Published on July 17, 2019	Merkel Blasts Social Democrats For Failing To Back Von Der Leyen For European Commission Chief German Chancellor Angela Merkel criticized the efforts by the German Social Democrats (SPD) to torpedo the nomination of Defense Minister Ursula von der leyen to lead the European Commission, Deutsche.. WorldNews - Published on July 12, 2019
Amsterdam Sex Workers Lukewarm To Plans To Reform Red Light District Sex workers’ initial reactions to plans to reform Amsterdam's Red Light District were tepid Thursday, not surprising considering their resistance to previous attempts to change the rules that govern.. WorldNews - Published on July 4, 2019	Munich Allows Topless Bathing After Police Get Pushback For Issuing Reprimands The city of Munich in southern Germany has started allowing women to bathe topless after police scolded female topless sunbathers for exposing their breasts along the Isar River, Deutsche Well.. WorldNews - Published on June 28, 2019
Putin Says Liberal Values Have Outlived Their Purpose Russian President Vladimir Putin has derided Western liberal values, saying they are "obsolete" because they have been rejected by the majority of people in Western nations, Deutsche Welle reports. In.. WorldNews - Published on June 28, 2019	[UPDATE] Germany Sweats Through Hottest June Day Ever As Heat Wave Sweeps Europe Temperatures hit 38.6 degrees Celsius (101.5 degrees Fahrenheit) on Wednesday in Coschen, Germany, near the Polish border, setting a new German high for the month of June as a searing heat wave sweeps.. WorldNews - Published on June 27, 2019
Report: German Firms Sent Weapons-Grade Chemicals To Syria Despite Sanctions A Deutsche Welle report Tuesday claims despite European Union sanctions, German companies were involved in exporting weapons-grade chemicals to Syria during the country’s civil war. A report by.. WorldNews - Published on June 26, 2019	Vandals Damage Jewish Cemetery In Estonia's Capital A Jewish cemetery in the Estonian capital of Tallinn was vandalized over the weekend, authorities confirmed on Tuesday, Germany’s Deutsche Welle news service reported. At the same time, an area near.. WorldNews - Published on June 26, 2019
Mysterious Caravaggio Painting Found In Attic Sold Privately For Possible $100 Million The French auction magazine La Gazette Drouot wrote Tuesday a Caravaggio painting famously found in a Toulouse attic had been sold to a private buyer two days before a much-anticipated auction was due.. WorldNews - Published on June 26, 2019	Lufthansa Cabin Crew Union Threatens To Strike In July The German cabin crew union UFO on Thursday called on flight attendants with the German carrier Lufthansa to go on strike in July, Germany’s Deutsche Welle news service reported. The union's acting.. WorldNews - Published on June 20, 2019
Mexico's President Faces First Major Crisis After U.S. Immigration Deal Criticism from within his own party’s ranks, resignations, a loss of foreign policy autonomy and domestic popularity mark the first serious crisis for Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador,.. WorldNews - Published on June 19, 2019	Polish Foreign Minister Accuses EU Of Double Standard Polish Foreign Minister Jacek Czaputowicz accused the European Union of maintaining a double standard in its sanctioning procedures following his Law and Justice (PiS) party's restructuring of.. WorldNews - Published on June 19, 2019
Merkel's Party Calls AfD 'Complicit' In Politician's Murder German conservatives harshly criticized the Alternative for Germany (AfD) on Wednesday, saying the far-right party bears some responsibility for the death of Kassel district president Walter Lübcke,.. WorldNews - Published on June 19, 2019	EU Delays Membership Talks With Albania, North Macedonia The European Union on Tuesday delayed the start of formal membership talks with Albania and North Macedonia until October, Germany’s Deutsche Welle news service reported. The European Commission last.. WorldNews - Published on June 18, 2019
German President Says 'Ignoring' Anti-Semitism Not An Option Addressing an audience in Heidelberg on Monday, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier said he feared anti-Semitism had become socially acceptable in mainstream German society, Germany’s Deutsche.. WorldNews - Published on June 18, 2019	Berlin Wall Remnants Divide City Council In New Zealand Two Berlin Wall slabs gifted to Christchurch, New Zealand, have sparked division, Germany’s Deutsche Welle news service reports. Some city councilors don't want them sited on Victoria Square, a.. WorldNews - Published on June 14, 2019
Former Algerian Prime Minister Detained In Corruption Case Algeria's Supreme Court has ordered the detention of former Prime Minister Ahmed Ouyahia in a corruption case, Algeria's state media reported on Wednesday, Germany’s Deutsche Welle news service.. WorldNews - Published on June 13, 2019	Trump To Send More Troops To Poland, Protect Germany With Nord Stream Sanctions U.S. President Donald Trump welcomed Polish President Andrzej Duda to the White House on Wednesday, Germany’s Deutsche Welle news service reported. The visit, Duda's second within a year, was.. WorldNews - Published on June 13, 2019
Lifeguards Say Pool Closures Turning Germany Into Nation Of 'Non-Swimmers' Germany's DLRG rescue association has renewed its petition demanding a nationwide funding plan to avoid further closures of public swimming pools so children can learn to swim safely as a basic.. WorldNews - Published on June 7, 2019	BMW Opens Plant In Mexico Despite Trump Tariff Threats German car manufacturer BMW opened a new $1 billion (€890 million) production facility in the central Mexican city of San Luis Potosi on Thursday, the company's first in the country, Germany’s.. WorldNews - Published on June 7, 2019
Germany Warms To Eastern Europe's 'Three Seas Initiative' Germany is beginning to warm up to the idea of Eastern Europe’s “Three Seas Initiative,” and is sending President Frank-Walter Steinmeier to the group’s summit in Slovenia this week, the German.. WorldNews - Published on June 6, 2019	German Interior Minister Rejects Idea Of 2016 Olympic Bid German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer on Monday rejected suggestions of a 2036 Olympic bid as "unthinkable," coming exactly 100 years after the Berlin Games of 1936, Germany’s Deutsche Welle news.. WorldNews - Published on June 4, 2019
Global Warming Prompts Swedes To Switch From Planes To Trains An increasing number of Swedes are opting to travel by train rather than by plane out of concern for the environment, Germany’s Deutsche Welle news service reports. One flight between Sweden's two.. WorldNews - Published on June 4, 2019	Why There Is So Much Fake News From North Korea One week after an article from one of South Korea's largest daily publications made headlines around the world, a report by Deutsche Welle ponders why the reclusive country of North Korea is just as.. WorldNews - Published on June 4, 2019
German Government Calls For End To Sudan Violence The German government condemned the deadly crackdown in Sudan on Monday, after Sudan's military reportedly opened fire at a peaceful sit-in and raided protesters' Khartoum camp site, Germany’s.. WorldNews - Published on June 3, 2019