Category: Deutsche Welle
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Will Europe Ditch China for Good?
Europe says it wants “tech sovereignty,” but ripping Huawei and ZTE out of its networks could be painfully expensive, and politically messy.
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Can Portugal’s Grid Survive Its Data Center Explosion?
Portugal is racing to become a global data centre hotspot, with multibillion-euro hubs planned from the coast of Sines to inland towns like Fundão and Abrantes.
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China: The Reluctant Climate Leader
As the US retreats from climate leadership, China is quietly becoming the world’s clean-tech superpower, dominating solar, EVs and battery storage while exporting cheap renewables to the Global South.
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Why Germany’s Not Sold on Google’s Big Data Push
Google is pouring €5.5 billion into German data centres, building a huge new hub near Frankfurt and expanding sites in Berlin, Frankfurt and Munich while promising thousands of jobs and greener infrastructure.
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How AI Is Changing Education in Africa
Across Africa, governments, NGOs and educators are turning to AI to fix outdated curricula and close digital skills gaps, from Ghana’s Chorkor Digital Lab for underprivileged youth to continent-wide summits on AI in schools and universities.
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India Charts Its Own Course on AI Regulation
India has released new AI guidelines that favour flexible, light-touch regulation, using existing laws instead of strict rules, similar to those in the EU, China, or the US. The aim is to boost innovation while managing risks, although experts warn that the framework still leaves significant gaps around data quality, labour impacts, and accountability.
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Can Seoul Really Lead in a War?
Seoul wants wartime control of its forces, but the long-promised OPCON transfer hinges on meeting 2014 “conditions” around command-and-control, ISR, and credible responses to North Korea, areas critics say aren’t fully ready.
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China Wins the Science Race
China is seizing the lead in global science: in 2023, Chinese-based researchers led nearly half of US–China co-authored studies, and output now tops the G20 by a wide margin.
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Is India Finally Preparing To Give Up Russian Oil?
Fresh U.S. sanctions on Rosneft and Lukoil—complete with a wind-down window to 21 Nov 2025, are forcing Indian refiners, banks and shippers to reassess Russian crude deals and risk secondary sanctions.