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A German lesson is starting in a public-school classroom in the Philippines, and it opens with a greeting: "Guten Morgen," the teacher says. Students respond carefully, shaping unfamiliar sounds before moving on to short dialogues about directions, food, family and eventually, culture. German has a reputation of being a difficult language to learn, but this also

Thailand heads to the polls on February 8 amid a prolonged period of political instability. Since the last election some three years ago, the winning party has been dissolved and two prime ministers have been removed from office. The snap election was called in December, with the interim Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul facing a no-confidence vote

TikTok's "addictive design" is in breach of European Union law, according to preliminary findings published by the European Commission on Friday. It said addictive features included infinite scroll, autoplay, push notifications and TikTok's own "highly personalized" content recommendation system. The European Commission also alleged TikTok failed in adequately assessing "how these addictive features could harm the physical and

Shimaa Mahmoud puts on a face mask. Before pulling on latex gloves, she turns up the music on her computer. Gentle melodies blend with Quranic verses in Arabic. Then the 29-year-old dentist opens the waiting room door to welcome the next patient. Abdalla Ibrahim Mohammed, an older Sudanese man with a swollen cheek, enters and lies

The planned joint venture between a new women's league association 'Frauen-Bundesliga FBL e.V.' (FBL) and the German Football Association (DFB) has fallen through. The news was announced by the 14 clubs in the Women’s Bundesliga after their first general meeting in Frankfurt this week. In a statement, the DFB said they "regretted" the clubs' decision. DW answers the most important

Economic data released by Germany's statistical office on Friday showed a plunge in exports to the United States in 2025, as US President Donald Trump's tariffs upend trade with Europe's largest economy and top exporter. "As a result of the US government's customs policy, German-American trade relations weakened significantly in 2025," said a Destatis press

When the European Union adopted a regulation in late January that stipulates that all natural gas imports to the bloc from Russia will cease by the end of 2027, Hungary and Slovakia were the only two member states to vote against it, which meant the ban was adopted. Hungary still gets the vast majority of its

Young, tech-savvy, and future-focused — Philipe Andrade, 23, and Carlos Alberto Andrade, 26, embody a new generation of Brazil's automotive elite. They are the heirs to the Brazilian auto group CAOA. Founded in 1979 by their father, Carlos Alberto de Oliveira Andrade, CAOA stands for his name and a long tradition of manufacturing, importing and selling vehicles

There's a body of research going back at least 40 years, with scientists asking whether hormonal shifts in women influence strength, fatigue and recovery.  Over time, that research has filtered into gyms and social media, often simplified into rules like "take it easy during your period" or "push hard mid-cycle." The menstrual cycle is a

Slight losses for Chancellor Friedrich Merz's conservative bloc of Christian Democratic Union and Christian Social Union(CDU/CSU), and slight gains for their coalition partner, the center-left Social Democrats (SPD). These are the key findings of the ARD-Deutschlandtrend opinion poll conducted by the infratest-dimap institute, which surveyed around 1,300 representative voters between February 2 and 4. The