Category: Deutsche Welle
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AI Meets the Front Line
Germany’s Helsing is sending AI-powered HX-2 drones to Ukraine, promising speed, autonomy and sharper battlefield targeting.
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Crypto’s Backdoor to Politics
Crypto’s political muscle is no longer theoretical: Trump’s billion-dollar haul, Farage’s donor row and scandals across Europe show digital money entering power circles.
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Beijing Is Winning the Science Race
China’s rise is moving from research rankings to orbit, with Tiangong, lunar ambitions and scientific dominance challenging U.S. leadership.
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Can Drones Force Peace?
China’s Taklimakan Desert green belt is no longer just holding back sand; it is turning desert edges into profitable farmland.
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Are Germans Paying Too Little?
Washington’s drug-price fight with Germany has turned healthcare maths into trade warfare: lower German medicine prices are now being framed as a burden on US patients.
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Europe’s Dangerous New Normal
Europe’s brutal heatwave is not just summer being summer; climate change has made it up to 4°C hotter.
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The Age-Defying Athletes
The Williams sisters’ return captures a bigger shift: elite athletes are lasting longer, from tennis to football and basketball. Sports science, better recovery and healthier ageing are extending careers, but studies show power fades early, making 40-plus champions rare, remarkable and increasingly fascinating.
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Russia Is Running Dry
Ukrainian drones are turning Russia’s oil strength into a domestic headache.
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America’s Hormuz Humbling
America may still command unmatched military power, but Iran’s Hormuz blockade has exposed a harder truth.