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A local walks past a mural featuring oil pumps and wells in Caracas, Venezuela

Venezuela: Trump's $3 billion oil windfall — why it matters

United States of AmericaJanuary 7, 2026
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Reports & Analysis

A man stands in front of a Deutsche Welle microphone answering a question from a journalist on the streets of New Delhi in India

India-Germany ties: What New Delhi expects from Berlin

India-Germany ties: What New Delhi expects from Berlin

As Chancellor Friedrich Merz visits India, New Delhi's agenda includes trade, defense and tech ties.
IndiaJanuary 11, 202603:34 min
A gray Volkswagen Vento parked outside the company's showroom in Mumbai

As China sales slow, Germany's carmakers look to India

As China sales slow, Germany's carmakers look to India

Sales are down for German carmakers as China goes electric. India could fill some of the gap. But will it be enough?
GermanyJanuary 11, 2026
Mercosur-logo is seen beside flags of member states

EU advances Mercosur South America trade deal despite strife

EU advances Mercosur South America trade deal despite strife

The deal will link Europe with Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay for one of the world's largest free-trade zones.
EuropeJanuary 9, 202603:13 min
A split picture of left, Donald Trump pointing during a speech, and, right, snow-covered houses on the coastline of Greenland

Greenland minister rejects US overtures to buy the territory

Greenland minister rejects US overtures to buy the territory

The mining minister says Greenland must be treated as a partner — and the people will decide the fate of their island.
EuropeJanuary 9, 2026
The port and the mountain behind are reflected in a window in Nuuk, Greenland

Trump's Greenland ambitions puts its mineral riches in focus

Trump's Greenland ambitions puts its mineral riches in focus

After Maduro's fall, Trump has turned focus to acquiring Greenland, citing security interests and its mineral resources.
DenmarkJanuary 9, 202601:47 min
Oilfield workers hold a flag with the corporate logo of Venezuela's state oil company PDVSA on a drilling rig at an oil well operated by them

Is Venezuelan oil United States' main interest?

Is Venezuelan oil United States' main interest?

Venezuela has the world's largest proven oil reserves. Many think Trump's main interest in Venezuela is access to oil.
VenezuelaJanuary 8, 202602:39 min
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Specials & Events

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Delayland – Germany and the missing magic

Why don’t things run like they used to anymore in Germany? And how are other places getting things right?
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In the spotlight

Overlapping Czech one- and two-thousand-crown banknotes

Unpacking Czechia's devotion to cash and its currency

The Czech government wants to change the constitution to anchor the Czech crown as the country's legal tender.
Czech RepublicJanuary 6, 2026
A delivery worker of Zomato, an Indian food-delivery company, rides a bike in Mumbai, India

India's gig economy: Workers demand better conditions, wages

The gig economy in India relies on millions of informal workers whose livelihoods depend on app-based platforms.
IndiaJanuary 5, 2026
An overhead view of a small stream surrounded by dried up riverbanks

Kashmir communities unite to fight water crisis

Villages are battling climate change and neglect by reviving dried springs — restoring water, heritage and hope.
IndiaJanuary 5, 202607:03 min
Euro and Bulgarian Lev currency notes lined up next to each other

Bulgaria joining eurozone is big deal

Becoming a euro area member signals how the Bulgarian economy has improved over the past decade. But challenges remain.
BulgariaDecember 29, 2025
Oil spraying from a well at Tuba oil field, west of Basra, Iraq, on February 19, 2015

Peak oil: Why the world can't break its fossil fuel habit

If countries don't deliver on pledges, one expert says, production may peak within two years, forcing a chaotic decline.
Global issuesDecember 27, 2025
Indian Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar handing over a symbolic key after making a gift of ambulances to Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi in New Delhi, India, September 10, 2025

India seizes Afghanistan trade opening amid Pakistan rift

India is capitalizing on the Pakistan-Afghanistan dispute by deepening economic ties and boosting engagement with Kabul
AfghanistanDecember 17, 2025
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A young woman in Beijing, China displays two gold bars

Gold rush tourism revives China's mines

Record gold prices have drawn tourists to China's mining towns, where they can experience prospecting for themselves.
ChinaJanuary 2, 202603:06 min
Three women sitting at a bar counter

'Sober bars' on the rise as US alcohol consumption falls

Sober bars are reshaping nightlife in NYC as alcohol consumption in the U.S. hits a 90-year low. Can they be profitable?
United States of AmericaDecember 22, 202502:54 min
A tempera-on-canvas picture of Jakob Fugger

How the world's first global trader, Jakob Fugger, got rich

Jakob Fugger once financed emperors, and reshaped global trade and banking, to set the economic course of modernity.
Global issuesDecember 14, 2025