Bavarian politician Hubert Aiwanger found dead in Berlin hotel
Aiwanger was Bavaria’s economic minister and the chairman of the Free Voters Party. The circumstances surrounding his death are still unclear.
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Winners, losers, the EU: Five takeaways from the US midterms
Donald Trump’s Republicans suffered a crushing defeat in Tuesday’s midterm elections, with the Democrats wresting control of Congress. What does this mean for US politics and the world?
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36 years later: Hungary opens Communist-era secret service files
Decades after the end of Soviet rule, Hungary is releasing all its secret service files. The disclosure is sparking fresh debate about informants, guilt and responsibility.
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Fact check: Examining viral narratives after the US midterm elections
As Democrats celebrate major gains, false claims about election fraud have spread. Viral posts alleging illegal voting and election rigging are intended to fuel doubt about the integrity of the vote. DW checks the facts.
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French blood banks targeted by refrigerator cyberattack
A cyberattack had attempted to destroy blood plasma by raising the temperatures in cold storage facilities past the boiling point.
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Neo-Nazi NSU attacks exposed 15 years ago
Many questions still surround the National Socialist Underground whose existence was revealed by neo-Nazi terrorist Beate Zschäpe on November 4, 2011. How has German society reacted to its crimes? Has justice been done?
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Kosovo: Protests and outrage after a woman was killed despite repeatedly seeking assistance from the authorities
Despite reporting her husband to the police and pleading for protection, Arlinda Zekaj was brutally murdered. Now, thousands in Kosovo are protesting what they say is a dramatic failure of state institutions.
Sports
Gold for Palestine: Karate’s Mariam Bsharat a rare sporting success
The occupied West Bank is not an obvious breeding ground for sporting success. But Mariam Bsharat, 17, has beaten the odds to become a karate world champion and is making a new life in Germany.
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EU says Montenegro on track to become bloc’s next member state by 2028
Brussels says Montenegro is likely to become the EU’s 28th member state, followed by Albania and Moldova. It said Ukraine needed to speed up reforms and offered fresh hope to Serbia following elections last month.
Culture
Harry Potter films turns 25 ahead of new TV series’ release
In 2001, “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” hit cinemas and took the world by storm. Today, anticipation for the new series is high, but its creator, J.K. Rowling, remains a controversial figure.