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A healthcare worker attends to a COVID patient in New Delhi

Oxygen is more important than uranium

DW's Shamil Shams says it's time that India and Pakistan end warmongering and invest in improving health infrastructure.

COVID-19 has stolen a young generation's future

Salome Gongadze

The side effects of the pandemic have been a slap in the face for young job seekers, leaving them lost and left behind.

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A week to show football needs change

Jonathan Harding

Bayern not winning the Bundesliga title the week the Super League failed to change football is why we watch sport.

Gender medicine - the expert’s opinion

Jörg Blech is a journalist and author. On in Good Shape, he explains why men come down with Covid-19 more frequently than women do and why women live longer than men.

India's COVID-19 policy was a disaster waiting to happen

Ankita Mukhopadhyay

It's about time the Indian government stops blaming others for its botched response to the pandemic.

Opinion: Putin counts on the EU to help him again

Konstantin Eggert

Putin is out to crush opponents and buy loyalty, meaning Ukraine may be off the cards, writes DW's Konstantin Eggert.

Annalena Baerbock wearing a mask, giving a toy to young children at a daycare outdoors

Is Joe Biden eyeing a deal with Russia's Putin?

Konstantin Eggert

New US sanctions against the Kremlin interests are not as harsh as one may think, writes Konstantin Eggert.

Don't let the Coinbase listing fool you

Daniel Winter

DW's Daniel Winter warns Coinbase's market listing doesn't mean that cryptocurrencies are now really for the mainstream.

PSG vs. Bayern further proof CL reforms are greed over good

Matt Pearson

It was a tie of the highest quality. PSG's win over Bayern is proof that CL reform plans are wrong, Matt Pearson writes.

AfD's German 'normal'

Hans Pfeifer

The Alternative for Germany's party program is a danger to Germany, DW's Hans Pfeifer writes.

No pandemic solidarity

Anja Brockmann

Vaccinated people in Germany may return to everyday activities, but millions of other people will have to wait.

A riot police officer in Hong Kong chases a protester during a demonstration oppose postponed elections

2020: A defining watershed for Hong Kong's future 

Female activists have also been crucial to the massive anti-government protests in Hong Kong, writes Phoebe Kong.

Opinion: Putin hedges his bets on Ukraine

Konstantin Eggert

The Russian strongman is trying to force the US and EU to pressure Ukraine's government, DW's Konstantin Eggert writes.

UEFA must bite the bullet and give Euros to England

Mark Meadows

Other Euro hosts cities have no realistic chance of having supporters, says DW's Mark Meadows.

Bernd Fabritius is Germany's Commissioner for Matters Relating to Ethnic German Resettlers and National Minorities

Opinion: No place for anti-Roma discrimination

Bernd Fabritius

Bernd Fabritius urges equality for Sinti and Roma and an end to anti-Roma discrimination.

Why Tanzania had a peaceful transition

Harrison Mwilima

Tanzania's peaceful transition of power after President Magufuli's death was due to strictly following the rule of law.

Why have we failed women so badly?

Manuela Kasper-Claridge

We've largely ignored women's plight during the coronavirus pandemic, writes DW Editor-in-Chief Manuela Kasper-Claridge.

Erdogan's confrontational approach

Bernd Riegert

Turkey must work to repair ties after EU leaders paid a visit to Ankara DW's Bernd Riegert writes.

It's time the world commit to a minimum tax

Timothy Rooks

The United States needs to put its weight behind binding global tax standards and clamp down on tax avoidance schemes.

Head shot of a man (Zoran Arbutina) with gray hair and a beard

Federalism hasn't failed

Zoran Arbutina

Germany's system has proved far from perfect, but the federal system should not be scrapped, DW's Zoran Arbutina writes.

Lithuania's challenge to China is risky, but clever

Konstantin Eggert

Lithuania's snub of China is a reminder of what trans-Atlantic solidarity means in the 21st century.

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Germany has let me down on COVID-19

Elliot Douglas

The smugness felt a year ago by some immigrants in Germany is very much a thing of the past.

Opinion: Erling Haaland has no choice but to look elsewhere

Erling Haaland's agent Mino Raiola has bee touting his man to Europe's leading clubs. It's hard to blame Haaland.

If Tareq Alaows can't be a candidate, we are all the losers

Luisa von Richthofen

Tareq Alaows, a Syrian refugee, is withdrawing his candidature for the Bundestag, to all of our detriment.

Naive optimism threatens Myanmar protest movement

Rodion Ebbighausen

The violence in Myanmar shows that pro-democracy protesters need to work on a new strategy, says Rodion Ebbighausen.

Bolsonaro's unpredictability is more of a threat than ever

Philipp Lichterbeck

Brazil is sliding deeper into crisis but Bolsonaro's moves follow a different logic, says Philipp Lichterbeck.

Bayern Munich and Germany's Thomas Müller

Opinion: Müller is Löw's last throw of the dice

With Euro 2020 a little over two months away, Joachim Löw must reinstate Thomas Müller to the Germany team.

Erdogan's disreputable coup against women

Alexander Görlach

Turkey has shown itself to be regressive with regard not only to women's rights, but also those of the LGBT+ community.

Syrian donor conferences are not enough for peace

Lina Khatib

Donor conferences for Syria risk becoming a mere band-aid to cover a wound, writes Lina Khatib.

COVID lessons from the US

Ines Pohl

Roll up your sleeves and get to work — this pragmatic US mentality under a new president is a sharp contrast to Germany.

Suez blockage reveals globalization bottlenecks

Henrik Böhme

The dayslong blockage of the crucial Suez Canal waterway will have a long-lasting impact on global trade.

Pinchas Goldschmidt Rabbi Rabbinerkonferenz

Are Jews unwelcome?

Pinchas Goldschmidt

A mass exodus from the EU could ensue, writes Pinchas Goldschmidt, the president of the Conference of European Rabbis.

End row on Tanzania's President Samia's titles

Grace Kabogo

Addressing Tanzania's new president as "mama" does not reduce or belittle her presidential powers, says Grace Kabogo.

Extending Germany's Afghanistan mission a mistake

Christoph Hasselbach

German lawmakers have extended the Bundeswehr mandate in Afghanistan. But they no longer seem interested in why.

Magufuli hid his tyranny behind a blame game

Bouba Jalloh

It's tempting to blame the West for Africa's problems. But African dictators often use it to cover autocratic impulses.

Opinion: Germany's COVID-19 misstep

Jonathan Harding

Germany played Iceland just hours after the team had a positive coronavirus case. DW's Jonathan Harding is concerned.

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The EU-US partnership comes at a cost

Barbara Wesel

The US has promised NATO a new start — but this will involve new commitments and high costs, writes DW's Barbara Wesel.

German government is in free fall

Jens Thurau

After Angela Merkel announced a U-turn on the Easter shutdown, Jens Thurau warns the chancellor has lost her way.

Republic of Congo President Denis Sassou Nguesso

Opinion: The vicious cycle of Congolese power

Citizens of the Republic of Congo went to the polls on March 21. The results won't be a surprise, says DW's Eric Topona.

Opinion: It's time to drop colonial water treaties in Africa

Harrison Mwilima

African countries need to focus on sustainable water management to mitigate conflict and the impacts of climate change.

Women in sport deserve better

Jonathan Harding

As female athletes continue to be reminded of the sexism they face, teams and organizations must make genuine change.

Kommentarbild PROVISORISCH Dunja Mijatovic

Europe must wake up to racism, Afrophobia

Dunja Mijatovic

Dunja Mijatovic says it is high time that Europe honor its principles of equality — and racial equality in particular.

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Biden’s migration dilemma reminiscent of Merkel's

Carolina Chimoy

The migrants on the southern US border need help. So do the countries they come from.

No time for caution

Dissatisfaction and impatience are growing in Germany as the vaccination drive stagnates.

Tanzania's Magufuli was both revered and reviled

Mohammed Khelef

Tanzanian President John Pombe Magufuli will we be remembered for reasons both good and bad, says DW's Mohammed Khelef.

Alienating the faithful

Alexander Görlach

The once-powerful Roman Catholic Church is fast on its way to self-destruction, DW's Alexander Görlach writes.