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British Foreign Secretary David Lammy is heading to China on Friday for his first official visit since Labour won the general election.During the two-day trip – confirmed by Beijing’s foreign affairs ministry – Mr Lammy will meet his Chinese counterpart, foreign minister Wang Yi. The British government’s relationship with China has deteriorated over the last few years, while its policy towards the country has been marked by ambiguity.This trip may be an attempt by the foreign secretary to both reset the relationship and come up with a coherent approach to dealing with the world’s second-largest economy.But there are complicated and…

Buenos Aires police on Wednesday said former One Direction singer Liam Payne was found dead outside a hotel after falling from his balcony. Police discovered the body upon arrival at the hotel where they were answering a prior call about an “aggressive man who could be under the effects of drugs and alcohol.” Former One Direction singer Liam Payne dies in Buenos AiresTo view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Police release 911 transcript Police later released a transcript of the 911 call for help, where the caller from the…

In August, a US federal court ruled that Google holds a monopoly in internet search and defends it against competitors through unfair means. “This is truly a historic ruling,” says Ulrich Müller, who founded the Cologne, Germany-based nonprofit Rebalance Now, which advocates for limiting the power of large corporations. The ruling, he told DW, would show that “the extensive antitrust tools in the US are now being used more forcefully, even against domestic tech companies.”  According to a court filing last week (October 7), the US Department of Justice (DoJ) is considering asking a federal judge to break up the Big Tech…

German tactician Thomas Tuchel is the new head coach of England’s men’s football team. But how and why did this happen, what has the reaction been, and is he the right man?

With only a few months left in office, US President Joe Biden is going on a farewell tour. Having postponed his original visit because of Hurricane Milton, he will be in Germany on October 18. Biden is to become the first US president since George H. W. Bush to be awarded the Federal Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier will present the award to honor the US president’s “services to the German-US friendship and the transatlantic alliance, which Biden has shaped … and strengthened over five decades,” Germany’s Presidential Office had said in a statement…

North Korean state news agency KCNA on Thursday reported for the first time that the country had revised its constitution to define South Korea as a “hostile state.”  The change took place last week at a meeting of the country’s rubber-stamp legislature, following a proposal from Kim Jong Un in January, but past propaganda on revisions to the constitution had offered few details.  KCNA say blowing border links was ‘inevitable and legitimate measure’ given new status The new status was mentioned in a KCNA report on North Korea detonating symbolic roads and railways still linking it to the South two days earlier. …

Thomas Tuchel has told a press conference he has not decided yet whether he will sing the national anthem before England games.The 51-year-old German made the admission as he was quizzed by journalists after being officially unveiled as the men’s team’s new head coach. It comes following a row over current interim manager Lee Carsley, who represented Ireland as a player, after he announced he would not sing God Save The King before Three Lions matches.Tuchel described the song as “very moving” but said: “I have not made my decision yet, I want to be very honest with you.”I will…

Italian best-selling author, journalist and outspoken government critic Roberto Saviano is attending this year’s Frankfurt Book Fair —  but only because he received a special invitation from the German organizers following a controversy in his home country. Saviano has built his reputation on exposing and criticizing the Mafia in books such as  “Gomorrah”(2006), as well as his latest novel, “Falcone” — centered on the life and death of Italy’s most famous anti-Mafia crusader, judge Giovanni Falcone. In recent years, however, Saviano has also drawn media attention for his harsh criticism of Italy’s far-right government led by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. The author was forced to pay…

Ukraine has become the most mine-contaminated country since World War II, casting a shadow over global food security, according to a study by the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change in London conducted jointly with Ukraine’s economic ministry.  A Ukrainian farmer recently said in an interview for Radio Donbas Realii — a regional news outlet of Radio Free Europe’s Ukrainian Service — that he had  to “pull the mines out with my bare hands,” and that he “risked his life to clear mines” from his fields after Russian troops had occupied the area. Farmers are unable to use significant portions of land, reducing the country’s agricultural output…

Scientists talk about a supermoon when the moon is closest to the Earth on its orbit and appears as a full moon.   The moon looks much bigger and brighter — perhaps because it appears closer to features on the horizon like mountains or trees. Full moons happen when the side of the moon that faces Earth is fully lit by the sun. And a supermoon is first-and-foremost a full moon. So, some people refer to full supermoons. The opposite of a supermoon occurs when a full moon is at its farthest point from Earth. Then it’s called a micromoon.…