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Myanmar's junta strongman Min Aung Hlaing took a step closer to becoming the country's civilian president on Monday after lawmakers nominated him for a three-way runoff largely seen as a formality. The 69-year-old general has ruled Myanmar since a 2021 coup that toppled the democratically elected government of Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi. Amid a period

The leader of Taiwan's largest opposition party is set to visit China in April after accepting an invite from Chinese President Xi Jinping. In a statement on Monday, Kuomintang (KMT) said its chairperson, Cheng Li-wun, was "grateful" for the invitation and had "gladly" accepted it. Cheng "expressed hope that the two parties (the KMT and China's Communist

Thieves have made off with several paintings worth millions of euros from the Magnani Rocca Foundation museum in Mamiano di Traversetolo, near the city of Parma in northern Italy, police confirmed on Sunday. The heist took place in under three minutes on the night of March 22-23. They stole "Fish", by Auguste Renoir, "Still Life with Cherries"

Talks between trade representatives and high-level officials from some 166 countries ended with no major deals signed early Monday. The World Trade Organization (WTO) had been meeting in the Cameroonian capital of Yaounde for four tense days of negotiations, hoping to finalize an agreement on e-commerce that was blocked by Brazil at the last minute. "We

On April 2, 2025, Donald Trump shocked the world by announcing "economic independence" for the US, imposing sweeping tariffs on every country in the world. The US Supreme Court has since ruled against the unprecedented move, but the US president seems keen to double down.  DW analyzed trade data on the origin of US imports over the

The United States has allowed a Russian tanker loaded with crude oil to sail for Cuba despite a de facto American oil blockade on the energy-starved Caribbean island, the New York Times reported Sunday. The Anatoly Kolodkin — which is reportedly carrying 730,000 barrels of crude oil —  was just off the eastern tip of Cuba and sailing

A man believed to have gunned down two police officers in a remote town in Australia's Victoria state was shot dead by police on Monday. Victorian Chief Commissioner of Police Mike Bush said "there was an opportunity for him to surrender peacefully, which he did not." While the man is yet to be formally identified, police

A report released by human rights group Amnesty International this Monday warns that the  FIFA World Cup 2026 to be hosted by the United States, Canada and Mexico this summer poses "significant risks and impacts for fans, players, journalists, workers and local communities alike." The report, entitled "Humanity Must Win: Defending Rights, Tackling Repression at the 2026

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The Israeli police prevented Catholic leaders from marking Palm Sunday at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre "for the first time in centuries," church officials there said, with Israel citing security concerns amid the war with Iran. Two of the church's top religious leaders, including Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa and the head of the Custos in the