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An alarming number of people across Africa may be taking cancer drugs that don’t contain the vital ingredients needed to contain or reduce their disease. It’s a concerning finding with roots in a complex problem — how to regulate a range of therapeutics across the continent. An American and pan-African research group published the findings this week in The Lancet Global Health. The researchers had collected dosage information, sometimes covertly,  from a dozen hospitals and 25 pharmacies across Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi and Cameroon. They tested nearly 200 unique products across several brands. Around 17% — roughly one in six —…

Sixteen of Europe’s premier women’s national teams are set to compete for continental supremacy. DW has you covered on the key facts as the tournament opens in Switzerland.

Amazon tycoon Jeff Bezos married Lauren Sanchez in a lavish ceremony on Friday in Venice’s San Giorgio Maggiore island. Sanchez first stepped out from the luxury Aman hotel the couple were staying at, wearing a skirt suit, and Bezos followed some two hours later.   Sanchez’s wedding dress was still kept under wraps at the time she hopped onto a motorboat from her hotel, but she later revealed the dress on her newly branded Instagram page with the name: Lauren Sanchez Bezos. The former journalist reportedly has 27 outfits prepared for festivities over three days, with Dolce & Gabbana having been the fashion house behind her wedding gown. Bezos wore a black tuxedo and…

The eldest son of Norway’s crown princess was charged with multiple counts of rape, sexual assault and bodily harm, on Friday, after ten months of investigation. Marius Borg Hoiby is the 28-year-old son of Crown Princess Mette-Marit and stepson of the heir to the throne — Crown Prince Haakon. He was arrested several times in 2024 amid allegations of rape and preliminary charges of bodily harm. Police dealing with ‘double-digit’ allegations Hoiby has faced scrutiny since and has been at the center of an investigation involving a “double-digit” number of victims. “I cannot go into further detail about the number of victims…

“Even if we only walk, we are faster than others,” says Sun as he laughs mischievously. He is using the run-walk imagery to describe the state of the Chinese economy compared to its competitors. The businessman had been doing well selling real estate in China. Still, he doesn’t want to see his full name published because his business is currently not doing well. There are vacant properties all over, and many apartments are just too expensive. What about the future, what’s next? Sun shrugs, suggesting that everything will turn out fine. The salesman in his fifties is hoping for some…

A woman with a bob cut wearing oversized sunglasses sits in the front row of nearly every major fashion show. She is of course the iconic Anna Wintour, editor-in-chief of Vogue magazine. For nearly four decades, Wintour has been at the helm of US Vogue. On Thursday, she announced that she would no longer run the day-to-day editing of the fashion bible. But this does not mean retirement for the 75-year-old British style mogul. Conde Nast, the magazine group owner, confirmed that she would continue to hold senior roles at the group and remain Vogue’s global editorial director. Wintour has not only influenced how people dress…

What you need to know The US was the biggest funder of global HIV initiatives until the start of Donald Trump’s second term as president Experts told DW cuts to domestic health institutions and foreign aid are likely to jeopardize efforts to stop an increase in HIV infections They said the risk was real despite lencapavir, a highly promising, preventative drug that’s now approved in the US for HIV prevention The battle against HIV has been dealt repeated blows in 2025 with cuts to funding for major global aid programs by the United States. There have also been budget cuts…

FIFA is “not taking the dangers of extreme heat seriously enough” and is on course for a “perfect storm” of unsafe conditions at major events like the 2026 World Cup, according to Peter Crisp from environmental advocacy group Fossil Free Football. Speaking after Bayern Munich lost to Benfica in temperatures of 36 degrees Celsius (97 Fahrenheit) at the Club World Cup in the US city of Charlotte on Tuesday, Crisp told DW that such an outcome, which has become commonplace in recent days at the Club World Cup, should have been entirely predictable to football’s global governors. “This was a very obvious risk. It only…

Japan has executed a man convicted of murdering and dismembering nine people, in the country’s first use of the death penalty since 2022. Takahiro Shiraishi — dubbed the “Twitter killer” — strangled eight women and one man to death in 2017 after contacting them on social media platform X, formerly Twitter. The victims — aged between 15 and 26 — had posted about having suicidal thoughts. Shiraishi told them he could aid them in their plans or even die alongside them. He was also convicted of sexually abusing female victims. Shiraishi was sentenced to death in 2020.  No prior notice ahead of…

In the wake of a damning EU review of Israel’s human rights record in Gaza, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez slammed his colleagues for not moving to suspend a trade deal with Israel despite what he called “the catastrophic situation of genocide.” More than 55,000 Palestinians have been killed in the enclave over more than 18 months of Israeli bombardment, according to Hamas-run Gazan authorities. Israel vehemently denies accusations of genocide, maintaining that it is at war with the ruling militant Islamist group Hamas following a massive terror attack on Israeli territory in 2023. In a report distributed to the…