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Embellished with a gilded iguana and a bouquet of fruits topped with a pineapple, an ostentatious piece of queer history  was sold on April 24 for €300,000 ($350,000) at the Berlin branch of Germany's Lempertz auction house. The just over 116-centimeter-tall porcelain vase is thought to have been made as a gift from Kaiser Wilhelm II

Skip next section What you need to know What you need to know Modi holds rallies in West Bengal to gather support for BJP candidates ahead of phase 2 of polling Modi condemns political violence after shooting at White House Correspondents' Dinner Fresh clashes have erupted in India's northeastern state of Manipur Veteran photojournalist Raghu

Pensions have been a hot-button issue in Germany for many years, but this week, Chancellor Friedrich Merz himself reignited the controversy. "Statutory pension insurance alone will, at best, still provide only basic coverage for old age. It will no longer be sufficient to secure one's standard of living in the long term," Merz said at

Live Published April 26, 2026 last updated April 26, 2026 No direct talks took place between US and Iranian negotiators in Islamabad. A ceasefire in the Iran war continues to exist, but a roadmap to lasting peace remains elusive. DW has the latest. https://p.dw.com/p/5CpTE Though a ceasefire is still in place, people in Tehran, and

A bomb attack on a highway in southwestern Colombia has left 14 people dead, with the authorities blaming a drug lord who was once part of the FARC guerilla group for the attack. At least 38 people — including five children — were injured in the attack on Saturday, which comes a month before the country's

Skip next section What we know about the shooting at the White House Correspondents' Dinner April 26, 2026 What we know about the shooting at the White House Correspondents' Dinner Thank you for joining our coverage of last night's shooting at the White House Correspondents' Dinner in Washington, DC. As we wrap up our live

Skip next section Iran's FM to return to Pakistan for talks April 25, 2026 Iran's FM to return to Pakistan for talks Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi is expected to fly to Russia after meeting with Pakistani officials (FILE: March 16, 2026)Image: Sha Dati/Xinhua/IMAGO Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi is expected to return to Pakistan after

Abandoned vehicles rot by the side of the road. Children's toys, the remnants of domestic appliances, crockery, and faded signs in Russian warning about the level of radioactivity lie scattered in front of the apartment blocks. The buildings are empty, the windows broken, the doors wrenched open. Forty years ago, the Ukrainian city of Pripyat, also called

Mexico's government said on Saturday that two individuals from the United States who were operating in its territory as intelligence agents were not authorized to carry out their activities. The two men were killed last weekend in connection with a drug raid and they are believed to have been members of the US Central Intelligence Agency

The "special relationship" between the United States and the United Kingdom has survived a revolution. Now the British government is working to ensure it can withstand Donald Trump.  Despite deep economic and social ties and unparalleled intelligence sharing, the US president has chosen to repeatedly attack the UK and its Prime Minister Keir Starmer. The trigger: London's