Author: DW

Jobseekers around the world are using artificial intelligence (AI) to write their CVs. All they have to do is copy and paste the job description and ChatGPT will spit out a standard, if dull, resume that includes all the jargon a firm is looking for. Other candidates are using AI tools to scan the internet for the right jobs. Some companies are using similar technology to screen applications, schedule meetings, do rudimentary interviews and rank candidates. Yet, it is unlikely that the top-tier AI talent now moving from startups to more established tech giants like Meta, Apple, Microsoft, Amazon or…

As far back as the 1960s, archaeologists had a feeling that Catalhoyuk was something special. And not just because the Neolithic settlement was one of the oldest continually inhabited places in the world. Researchers believed that women had an elevated societal position in Catalhoyuk, now a UNESCO World Heritage Site in contemporary Turkey. But that hunch was only based on figurines they had found and believed to represent Anatolian mother goddesses. Only with the methods of modern archaeology were researchers able to turn their feelings into fact: Society in the Catalhoyuk of 9,000 years ago was centered around women. An international research…

Imagine wearing a virtual reality headset and being shown moving avatars of human-looking faces, some of which appear to be sick with an infection. Would you expect your immune system to kick into action? About 250 people apparently did just that during a study conducted by scientists at the University of Lausanne and University of Geneva in Switzerland. And it appears their immune systems reacted to the mere sight of an infection. The participants were shown artificial images — avatars — some of which had rashes, others had a cough. Some looked healthy. Bear in mind, the participants were not presented with…

Tadej Pogacar entered serenely into Paris on Sunday to wrap up his fourth Tour de France title, while Wout van Aert celebrated a famous final stage win as three circuits of the hill of Montmartre were added to the traditional finish on the Champs-Elysées for the first time. Slovenian star Pogacar entered this year’s Tour as clear favorite and lived up to expectations from start to finish, ultimately finishing with a comfortable lead of four minutes and 24 seconds over Denmark’s Jonas Vingegaard. Germany’s Florian Lipowitz finished third, some 11 minutes behind Pogacar, riding for team Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe and marking a successful Tour entry…

March 12: Trump imposes sweeping 25% steel and aluminum tariffs The announcement echoes US President Donald Trump’s previous moves from his first time in office. The European Union (EU) immediately starts preparing countermeasures on US imports. They specifically target staple American products like bourbon and motorbikes, and were originally planned to target € 26 billion worth of American goods. The EU keeps insisting that the US tariffs are unjustified. In a statement on March 12, Trade Commissioner Maros Sefcovic said: “EU-US trade relations are currently well balanced, as well as hugely profitable to both sides”. Trump seems particularly triggered by what he calls “a nasty…

At least 30 people have died in the outskirts of Beijing after intense rainstorms battered China’s north, state media reported on Tuesday. “The latest round of heavy rainstorms has left 30 people dead in Beijing as of midnight Monday,” state news agency Xinhua said. Over 80,000 people have been evacuated from the Chinese capital, according to state broadcaster CCTV. 28 deaths were reported in the hilly district of Miyun and two in Yanqing, both of which are on the outskirts of the sprawling city, far from the downtown. Torrential rain causes floods and landslides in northern China Intense rainfall lashed northern China over the weekend, including in the provinces of Hebei,…

European governments and firms breathed a collective sigh of relief after the US-EU trade deal was sealed on Sunday, following nearly four months of tariff uncertainty. Markets reacted positively: shares in European automakers jumped as much as 3% at Monday’s opening, while broader EU stock indices reached four-month highs. European bond yields fell, signaling investor optimism that transatlantic trade tensions may be easing. Under the agreement, a 15% US tariff will be levied on most exports from the European Union, and the bloc will commit €514 billion ($600 billion) in investment to the US — its largest trading partner. Tariffs on some sectors…

1. From provincial festival to international affair The Wacken Open Air festival, also known as W:O:A, began in 1990 as a small festival with just 800 rock fans and a few local metal bands. The initial venue was a former gravel pit on the outskirts of the village of Wacken northwest of Hamburg. Today, the four-day event is one of the biggest and best-known metal festivals in the world, attended by around 185,000 fans from over 80 countries. The festival usually sells out within hours, although tickets are getting more expensive — €333 this year — and the event is…

Somehow it all felt familiar. Spain were in control, England chasing shadows. Just as it had been for the country’s men at Euro 2024 and women in the World Cup the year before that. But it turned out it was another old tale that was to be repeated, Chloe Kelly coming off the bench to win the Euros for England. Just as she had in Euro 2022, when she broke German hearts by scoring in extra time at Wembley, so it was in Switzerland, as Kelly hammered home the penalty that retained the trophy for her country. Earlier the two…

The confessions of a man who spent decades working at Dharmasthala, a famous pilgrimage center in India’s southern state of Karnataka, have unveiled a scandal involving allegations of hundreds of murders and rapes. On July 3, the former sanitation worker made a statement to police.  “I am filing this complaint with an extremely heavy heart and to recover from an insurmountable sense of guilt … I can no longer bear the burden of memories of the murders I witnessed, the continuous death threats to bury the corpses I received, and the pain of beatings — that if I did not bury those…