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Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos speaks to the media on Tuesday in Tucson, Ariz. Investigators are searching for Nancy Guthrie, the mother of journalist Savannah Guthrie. Savannah Guthrie and her siblings released a video calling for the safe return of their 84-year-old mother. Jan Sonnenmair/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Jan Sonnenmair/Getty Images Federal and

New U.S. citizens recite the Pledge of Allegiance during their naturalization ceremony in Mount Vernon, Va., in 2022. Stefani Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Stefani Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images Participants in this year's field test of the 2030 census may be asked about their U.S. citizenship status, the Trump administration revealed Thursday.

The Department of Homeland Security's push to detain and deport immigrants has led to high numbers of detainees and a need for more medical staff. Stephen Smith/AP hide caption toggle caption Stephen Smith/AP In 2025, as immigrant arrests by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement soared, so did the demand for health care providers to staff

Departures have been suspended at Berlin Brandenburg Airport  on Thursday morning because freezing rain has made it impossible to de-ice aircraft, an airport spokeswoman has said. The disruption has affected air travel in the German capital as the national weather service warns of dangerous icy conditions, although landings initially appear unaffected. What Berlin airport advised

Shakeel Sobhan Published February 5, 2026 last updated February 5, 2026 Chancellor Friedrich Merz is in Saudi Arabia, his first stop on a three-day visit to the Gulf region as Germany seeks closer partnerships in the region. DW has the latest. https://p.dw.com/p/586Dc Germany has deep ties with the Gulf, including defense exports, infrastructure projects, and

Chinese President Xi Jinping discussed Iran and other major global issues in separate calls with United States President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to Chinese and US accounts released Wednesday. The calls came as Beijing seeks to solidify relations with Moscow while managing tensions with Washington over trade, Taiwan, and international security. What

Published February 5, 2026 last updated February 5, 2026 Representatives from Ukraine, Russia, and the United States are set to begin the second day of talks in Abu Dhabi aimed at ending the nearly four-year-long war. Follow DW for the latest. https://p.dw.com/p/586DM Russia continues to strike Ukraine daily, including its capital, KyivImage: Valentyn Ogirenko/REUTERS Skip

US Vice President JD Vance announced plans to establish a critical minerals trade bloc with allies and partners, proposing coordinated price floors as Washington escalates efforts to loosen China's grip on materials crucial to advanced manufacturing. The Trump administration intends to employ tariffs to maintain minimum prices and shore up supplies of critical minerals used

The threat of a renewed global nuclear arms race came a little closer to reality as the last remaining nuclear arms control treaty between the United States and Russia expired at midnight GMT on Thursday. The New START pact and its predecessors had for decades imposed limits on the world's two largest nuclear arsenals. It lapsed

The 2026 Winter Olympics sports program opened with the first curling matches scheduled in Italy's Cortina on Wednesday night, two days before the official opening ceremony. Several hundred spectators watched as eight teams unpacked their equipment in the Cortina Curling Olympic Stadium. The matches had barely begun when a brief power outage blacked out the scoreboards