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03/01/2026

US President Donald Trump and a top Iranian security official have traded threats as protests spread across parts of Iran. But what do activists think about the exchange? Where do they think Iran's biggest protests since 2022 are headed?

South Korean boy band BTS announced their comeback for March, after a nearly four-year hiatus. All seven members have ...
03/01/2026

South Korean boy band BTS announced their comeback for March, after a nearly four-year hiatus.

All seven members have now completed their mandatory military service.

02/01/2026

Tesla is showcasing its humanoid Optimus at the Mall of Berlin. DW went on site to see what it can actually do, how autonomous it really looks, and what spectators think.

Elon Musk's Tesla has had a tough year, facing intensifying competition from Chinese and European rivals. Annual sales f...
02/01/2026

Elon Musk's Tesla has had a tough year, facing intensifying competition from Chinese and European rivals. Annual sales figures for 2025 show the company has lost its crown as the world's top electric vehicle seller to Chinese rival BYD.

02/01/2026

Amsterdam's Vondel Church, near one of the city's most popular parks, was largely destroyed in a fire as New Year celebrations were in full swing. The former Catholic church's roughly 50-metre-high tower and roof collapsed in the blaze.

02/01/2026

38-year-old Artem Korchak is one of Ukraine's many veterans who have been seriously injured during almost 4 years of war with Russia.

Facial injuries create a whole new set of challenges — both medical and social. Doctors from the Face the Future mission perform complex facial reconstruction surgeries on veterans like Artem to give them another chance to return to their lives before their injuries.

02/01/2026

"It was a nightmare."

Eyewitnesses recounted scenes of chaos in a fire that tore through a crowded bar in an Alpine resort in Switzerland. Around 40 people have been killed and over a 100 people injured.

02/01/2026

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has been sent back to prison after he underwent several surgeries. He was recently sentenced to 27 years in prison for plotting a coup. The Supreme Court denied a request to convert his sentence to house arrest on health grounds.

President Donald Trump has warned Iran that the US is ready to "rescue" protesters if security forces fire on them and k...
02/01/2026

President Donald Trump has warned Iran that the US is ready to "rescue" protesters if security forces fire on them and kill them.

His comments, made on his Truth Social platform, follow days of protests in Iran that have left several people dead.

"We are locked and loaded and ready to go," Trump also said.

In response, the secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, Ali Larijani, said interference in domestic Iranian affairs would equal the destabilization of the whole region. He also accused the US and Israel of fueling the demonstrations.

"The people of the US should know that Trump began the adventurism. They should take care of their own soldiers," he wrote on social media platform X.

Six people, including a paramilitary officer, have reportedly been killed, according to state-affiliated media.

Meanwhile, the country's elected President Masoud Pezeshkian pledged dialogue with protest leaders over Iran's cost-of-living crisis, while rights groups reported that security forces had fired on demonstrators.

The protests, initially led by traders in Tehran, were first sparked by a fall in the value of the local currency against the US dollar amid Iran's already struggling economy.

The unrest soon spread to other locations and has widened into demands for wider change within the country.

China has started collecting a 13% value-added tax on contraceptive drugs and products in a move to boost the country's ...
02/01/2026

China has started collecting a 13% value-added tax on contraceptive drugs and products in a move to boost the country's fertility rate as it grapples with an ageing population.

Such products had been exempted from tax for over three decades. Contraception has been actively encouraged and easily accessible, even for free.

But as China's population began to peak and then fell, the birth limit was raised from two children in 2015 to three in 2021. In 2024, 9.5 million babies were born in China, one-third fewer than the 14.7 million born in 2019.

The effect of the tax on boosting fertility "will be very limited" amidst the higher costs of raising a child compared to contraceptive products, Qian Cai, director of the Demographics Research Group at the University of Virginia, told AP.

Some also feel offended by the authorities' invasive approach to their personal lives and bodies. "It is a disciplinary tactic, a management of women's bodies and my sexual desire," Zou Xuan, a 32-year-old teacher in the Jiangxi province, told AP.

Experts also expressed concerns that reduced condom use could lead to more unintended pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections, which could drive abortions and higher health-care costs.

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Mourners in Switzerland held a vigil at the ski resort of Crans-Montana, less than 24 hours after dozens were killed whe...
02/01/2026

Mourners in Switzerland held a vigil at the ski resort of Crans-Montana, less than 24 hours after dozens were killed when a fire ripped through a crowded bar during a New Year's Eve party.

Around 40 people were killed and at least 115 others were injured in the fire at the 'Le Constellation' bar.

Hundreds of people stood in silence near the scene as they came to pay their respects to the victims.

"You think you're safe here, but this can happen anywhere. They were people like us," said 18-year-old Piermarco Pani.

Flags have been lowered to half-mast on public buildings across the country, and the government has announced five days of national mourning for the victims.

Investigators are now working to identify the bodies, with authorities saying it could take days to name all the victims due to the severity of burns.

Families of missing loved ones have been waiting for news, and foreign embassies have been scrambling to work out if their nationals were caught up in one of the worst tragedies Switzerland has seen in years.

Mathias Reynard, head of government of the canton of Valais, said experts were using dental and DNA samples for the task.

"All this work needs to be done because the information is so terrible and sensitive that nothing can be told to the families unless we are 100 percent sure," he said.

The cause of the fire is not yet known, but authorities believe the tragedy was an accident rather than an attack.

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02/01/2026

On the fourth day of protests in Iran, demonstrators clashed with security forces in Fasa as footage showed armed men firing on the streets. The unrest — sparked by a falling currency and worsening economy — began in Tehran and has spread to other cities.

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