For the third consecutive day, the DWD German Weather Service has reported a record temperature measurement. The worst of the heat is moving east and it should start cooling soon. DW has more.
A quarter of German youth spend too much time on social media, with 350,000 considered to have an addiction problem. Education Minister Karin Prien is advocating for a legal minimum age of 13.
Days ahead of the launch of the North-South Commission, development aid organizations have urged the German government to reverse billions in cuts to development aid.
The German government will buy a 40% stake in tankmaker KNDS. The deal is as much about control in the critical defense sector as it is about the Franco-German relationship.
Delayed, unreliable and forced into long detours due to construction: Germany no longer sets the pace when it comes to rail travel — and this is unlikely to change anytime soon. The company is mired in a deep crisis.
A new report by legal experts has found that efforts to ban Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) could be successful — but there would be political dangers to such a move.
Germany is one of few European countries that still has an exclusively “opt-in” choice for organ donation — despite long waiting lists for organs. Now, parliament is debating a change.
Insults, discrimination, violence, deaths: Experts warn of growing anti-Muslim racism in Germany — and criticize policymakers.
Technology companies are shaping how news is presented and digested, leaving media outlets little option but to comply. At DW’s Global Media Forum in Bonn, participants discussed how to resist and adapt.
Never before has a June been as hot in Germany as in 2026. This has consequences not only for people and nature, but also for businesses. Heat reduces productivity and causes illness, while cooling is expensive.