A French court on Wednesday delivered a dramatic verdict against Airbus and Air France over France's worst air disaster, ruling that both companies were guilty of corporate manslaughter in the 2009 Rio-Paris plane crash off Brazil. Both companies have been ordered to pay the maximum fine of €225,000 ($260,971) each.
The father of Hussein Jaber, who was killed in an Israeli strike on Nabatieh, in southern Lebanon, on May 12, cries during the funeral ceremony in Sidon the following day.
These women are trying to change Chinese smoking culture Despite public smoking bans in a number of Chinese cities, smoking is still a big thing — mainly among men. Johannes Eisele/AFP/via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Johannes Eisele/AFP/via Getty Images Hilda Wang scolds smokers and posts videos of the encounters.
Several countries have condemned on Wednesday Israel's treatment of detained activists from the intercepted Gaza aid flotilla, as seen in a video shared by Israel's far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir. He posted a video showing detained activists kneeling with their hands tied behind their backs and their foreheads on the ground.
The US has indicted former Cuban President Raul Castro, the US Department of Justice has announced. The indictment stems from the downing of two civilian US planes by Cuban Air Force fighter jets, with four members of a Miami-based anti-Castro humanitarian group known as Brothers to the Rescue being killed.
On May 21, Montenegro will mark two decades since the historic referendum that paved the way for its secession from its state union with Serbia. The anniversary celebrations will take place in an atmosphere shaped by the country's reputation as the Western Balkans' "high achiever" in the EU accession process.
Saleh Mamman, a former Nigerian minister of power was arrested on Tuesday, days after he was sentenced in absentia to 75 years in prison for laundering 33.8 billion naira ($24.6 million), in what was widely described as a rare high-profile conviction.
In a touching image, posted by influencers on the social media platform Instagram, a baby lies on its stomach, sleeping, arms and legs stretched out, relaxed. Parents publicly share photos like these along with emotional and intimate moments of their children, garnering significant attention, likes and followers. But are such photos actually good for the child?
Investigators on Wednesday arrested two Munich residents on suspicion of spying for China, the Office of the Federal Prosecutor (Generalbundesanwaltschaft) said . The suspects are a married couple with German citizenship, identified as Xuejun C. and Hua S.. What are the couple accused of?
DW correspondent Alican Uludag, accused of publicly insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, spreading misleading information and disparaging state institutions in a total of 22 social media posts, will appear in court for the first time on Thursday. Uludag was arrested at his apartment in Ankara on February 19 and transferred to Istanbul, where he was placed in pre-trial detention.
For decades, the steady flow of Tibetans escaping across the Himalayas into India and Nepal served as a barometer of conditions inside Tibet. From the late 1990s through the mid‑2000s, several thousand Tibetans sought exile every year, bringing firsthand accounts of political restrictions, cultural pressures and daily life under Chinese rule.
Two humpback whales have been sighted in separate breeding grounds off Australia and Brazil, the first time scientists have seen the species travel such vast distances across the Southern Ocean during their lifetimes.