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Asia Sierens China: rural migration in the year of the monkey More and more Chinese are moving into the home back. Reason alone is not the faltering economy in China, but also the longing for more quality of life, says DW columnist Frank Umbrella. Although the year of the monkey until Monday of next week…

Shipping Containerriese is in the Elbsand fixed Eleven meters of depth were too much: Outside of the fairway in the river Elbe near Hamburg is one of the largest freighters in the world, got stuck. Now help only Spülbagger and the next high tide. Failure of the steering gear: At ton of 116 ended the…

Free trade agreements TTIP reading room: “How in the high-security wing” In the new reading room in the Ministry of economy can members of Parliament TTIP-Verhandlungstexte view. Some criticize the conditions. In a DW Interview, said Klaus Ernst from the Left-hand of his experiences. DW: Since the 1. February can the members of the German…

Journey Schokoladenmesse starts in Belgium At the Salon du Chocolat in Brussels rotates from 5. to 7. February is all about chocolate. Here present national and international Schokoladenexperten your sweet creations. Chocolatiers, Pastry chefs, Food designers, as well as numerous representatives of confectionary businesses will meet for the third Time in the Belgian capital for…

Germany The protection of the Constitution: No reference to short-term Anschlagsplan After the RAID against alleged Islamists in Germany includes Verfassungsschutzpräsident Maaßen, that with the refugees, terrorists may be introduced. The IS is not to be underestimated. The editorial recommends Berlin was apparently Anschlagsziel “Radikalisierungsprävention is pretty much at the beginning” How can young men…

Corruption DFB goes against Beckenbauer and FIFA The DFB runs a procedure against the person responsible for the WM-OKs 2006 and against FIFA. It’s about the controversial circumstances at the world Cup award and to claims for damages in the millions. It is a for this industry to be an unusual process, but it is…

Rwanda Trained Rwanda Burundi rebels? A UN report makes for excitement: Rwandan soldiers, refugees from Burundi to Rebellenkämpfern have trained. The strained relationship between Rwanda and Burundi complicates the Situation further. The confidential expert report cited 18 Burundian refugees who have specified that the Rwandan military had been trained to be. Their goal: the overthrow…

Justice Balcony scene with Julian Assange Julian Assange celebrates the UN-expert opinion as a victory: It assesses the handling of the Wikileaks founder as arbitrary detention. But Britain and Sweden to accept the verdict not. Barbara Wesel from London. About thirty young and old supporters have, at the Embassy of Ecuador in the elegant district…

Extremism From the verbal to the real violence In many Internet forums dominated by a rude, often aggressive language. A dangerous group dynamic develops, the conspiracy theories making the round – an ideal breeding ground for real violence. The Chancellor is likely to your Facebook presence is no real joy anymore. For months, hailing it…

North Korea USA and China warn North Korea ahead of ballistic missile test A month after his alleged Test a hydrogen bomb provoked North Korea, the international community again. The country is planning to Test a ballistic missile. Washington and Beijing are demanding sharp measures. Watch South Koreans archival footage of a previous North Korean…

Biathlon German Biathletinnen miss podium Successful Comeback: season-world champion Franziska Preuss is running in her first race this year in canadian Canmore on rank six. A strong storm makes for unequal conditions. The German Biathletinnen have at the start of the world Cup in canadian Canmore the podiums just missed. Returnee Franziska Preuß was in…

Internet Twitter locks accounts with Terror content The US online service Twitter has according to own data since mid-2015 to approximately 125,000 accounts due to “terrorist content” will be blocked. On the accounts was with “terrorist acts threatened” or for that has been advertised. In the majority of cases would have been the Terror-Propaganda in…

Vatican Historic meeting: Pope meets Russian Patriarch It is the first meeting between the heads of the Roman Catholic Church and the Russian Orthodoxy at all. Pope Francis and the Russian Patriarch Kirill I. in the Cuba meeting. It is a historic Meeting: For the first Time ever, wants Pope Francis in the next week…

“Islamic State” EU and NATO: IS gaining ground in Libya to stop The IS focused now on Libya. In order to prevent, prepare for EU and NATO to the North African country military support. Also the army could be. Supporters of the IS in Libya (file picture) “NATO stands ready, a new unity government in…

Thoughts for the week How does God see? God, you can not always see. But this is not because that he is so removed from us, but rather that we don’t really look. Lucie Panzer tells of a possibility of God to make visible. Audio listen to 04:03 Thought for the week: How does God…

Whistleblower Assange sees himself as the winner Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has the UN-legal opinion is that his many years of Botschaftszuflucht as a deprivation of liberty, classifies as a “victory”. Sweden and the UK should have the “judgement”. Initially said Assange via video link at a press conference his lawyers of a “significant decision”…

Company VW group moves Bilanzvorlage and annual General meeting The exhaust gas scandal forces the Volkswagen group is to Move its annual statement of accounts and the annual Aktionärstreffens. The new appointments were essential because of the “open questions”, it said. The editorial recommends For VW begins the year of the truth The German inventor…

Advertising Money Machine Super Bowl The American Football final is the most watched sporting event in the world and the largest Marketingbühne in the United States. Who in the framework of his commercials wants to show, needs to be deeply in pockets. Watch Video 01:17 Share Super Bowl as a Mega-advertising platform (business 5.2.2016) Send…

Pop The ten most successful German rock bands Whether hard rock, Hair Metal or Crossover – the ten most successful rock bands from Germany are as varied as the genre itself. The Chart rankings prove: Hard sounds from Germany to delight Fans around the globe. Here’s the Countdown to the show! We represent the ten…

Islamism Terror threat – but not concrete After the arrests of several Terrorverdächtigen turns out that their plans of attack don’t seem to have progressed very far. The threat situation in Germany, but remained high. The Alexanderplatz has been in the media as Anschlagsziel called. A confirmation of this, there are not. “Confused beats”, “Postverteilerkasten…

Somalia Terrormiliz Al-Shabaab conquered the port city of Merka in Somalia Apparently without resistance fighters of the Islamist Shabaab militia which control of the Somali port of Merka taken. There stationed soldiers of the African Union had previously withdrawn. Troops of the African Union in the area of Merka Masked fighters of the Sunni Terrormiliz…

Christianity Comment: In Havana, Church history written The message came even for experts, surprisingly. The first Meeting between the Pope and the Patriarch of Moscow since the Kirchenspaltung of 1054 is far more than a courtesy visit, says Christoph Strack. A piece of Church history, as a Surprise announced. It is not often that the…