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A student has been killed and three others were injured in a stabbing at a French private school.A 15-year-old boy, said to be a fellow pupil, was arrested in connection with the attack after being overpowered by teachers at the scene before officers arrived, police said. The suspect reportedly entered the grounds of Notre-Dame-de-Toutes-Aides, in Nantes, western France, armed with at least one knife at around 12.30pm local time (11.30am UK time) on Thursday.He then went to the second floor of the high school, where he attacked a teenage girl. She later died of her injuries, French television network BFMTV…

When walking through the Boedo neighborhood in Argentina’s capital Buenos Aires you get to hear entirely different opinions about the country’s president Javier Milei. One is marked by optimism, the other comes from people who remain largely skeptic. Signs of disapproval are hard to miss. At a local store, a poster is hung up reading “No entry” and showing the pictures of President Milei and Security Minister Patricia Bullrich, who are clearly not welcome here.Not everyone in Argentina welcomes Milei’s radical reformsImage: Tobias Käufer/DW Yet just around the corner, construction workers hammer and lay bricks on a new apartment building — revealing…

His portrait adorns the United Kingdom’s 20 pound bill. The country’s most important prize for modern art also bears the name of Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775-1851). The artist was firstly renowned for works spanning glowing sunsets, dark cloud towers and foaming spray. Turner mastered the interplay of light, color and atmosphere like no other. He found much artistic inspiration during forays through nature, but also while traveling. During his life, Turner traveled beyond the UK to the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Italy, and Germany, where he was fascinated by the mighty Rhine river. The landscapes he painted there also awakened the Briton’s desire to travel and made the Rhineland a popular travel destination. Today, Turner…

“We are dealing with it, of course. I have personally sent two employees to Rwanda to monitor the situation. Our colleagues will return this week and report back.” Those were the words of Bayern Munich CEO Jan-Christian Dreesen to DW at the beginning of February. There has been no word since. Dreesen was responding to comments from DR Congo’s (DRC) Foreign Minister, Therese Kayikwamba Wagner, who had called on clubs who deal with Rwanda to end their agreements. “Countless lives have been lost; rape, murder and theft prevail. Your sponsor is directly responsible for this misery,” she wrote at the time. Rwanda has…

Catholics around the world have gathered to mourn the passing of Pope Francis. The head of the Catholic Church, who had died in Rome on Easter Monday aged 88, was widely known as “the people’s pope” during his 12-year papacy. Many Catholics in Africa in particular have said that they felt a kinship with the late Argentinian-born pontiff, who preferred to lead a simple life rather than focusing on dramatic displays of the church’s global influence. Across much of Nigeria, which has one of the highest Catholic populations on the continent, there appears to be a cloak of sadness and grief hanging over churches and cathedrals following joyful Easter celebrations on the…

Over the weekend, Chaima Issa, a Tunisian writer and human rights activist, was sentenced to 18 years in prison. The daughter of a former political prisoner, Issa has been imprisoned in Tunisia since 2023 and is accused of “conspiracy against state security.” She was not alone. Her sentencing came as part of a mass trial of prominent opposition figures in Tunisia last Friday, including politicians, diplomats, lawyers and civil society activists. All had spoken out against Tunisian President Kais Saied and were sentenced to between 13 and 66 years in prison. Some, like Issa, are in jail in Tunisia, while others have…

More than 150 people have been injured after a powerful 6.2 magnitude earthquake shook Istanbul, one of the strongest to strike the city in recent years, Turkish officials have said.There were no immediate reports of serious damage in the city, where 16 million people live. Residents were seen running out of buildings as the quake shook the area, and 151 people were admitted to hospital after suffering injuries while “jumping from heights”, the Istanbul governor’s office said in a statement, blaming “panic”. Image: People outside with their pets. Pic: AP No one is in a life-threatening condition, the office said.The…

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank rarely capture headlines outside periods of significant upheaval. A Google search for debt-laden Argentina, for instance, is as likely to bring up articles about IMF loans as it is to celebrate Lionel Messi’s latest football triumph. The IMF’s latest $20 billion (€17.4 billion) debt relief for Argentina, its largest debtor nation, was announced last week to help libertarian President Javier Milei continue reforming the South American country’s economy after decades of wasteful spending. However, the World Bank’s work tends to fly under the radar. During the COVID-19 pandemic, it quietly delivered $170 billion in…

Its name alone has become a verb: Missed the latest viral phenomenon? Just YouTube it. Somehow, 21st-century life without YouTube seems unthinkable. And yet it began as a quirky idea by three former PayPal employees — Jawed Karim, Chad Hurley and Steve Chen — who activated their domain on Valentine’s Day 2005, unsure of its direction. At his University of Illinois commencement speech back in 2007, German-born Karim explained: “We didn’t even know how to describe our new product. To generate interest, we just said it was a new kind of dating site. We even had a slogan for it: ‘Tune in, Hook…

Russian hackers targeted a Dutch public facility last year, the Dutch Military Intelligence Agency and security service MIVD reported on Tuesday.  The target was the digital control system of an undisclosed Dutch public facility in the first known Russian attack on the Netherlands’ critical infrastructure, the MIVD said in its annual report. The report reviewed other cyber attacks against European allies of Ukraine amid the ongoing war. Why was the Netherlands targeted?  The Netherlands is an “interesting target country” for Moscow due to its continued support for Ukraine, the MIVD said. Last week, Dutch Defense Minister Ruben Brekelmans announced €150 million ($172…