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The carrot, or the stick? The European Commission no longer wants to put up with economic blackmail such as that exerted...

The EU approach to tackling the COVID-19 pandemic is disjointed, the vaccination rate too low. Two worlds are set to collide when Germany's new health minister, Karl Lauterbach takes on Brussels, writes Bernd Riegert.

Wie die Niederlande Überschwemmungen verhindern dw.com vor 2 Std. Bernd Riegert Die heftigen Regenfälle und Überschwemmungen, die in Deutschland und Belgien viele Todesopfer gefordert haben, haben die Niederlande glimpflich überstanden. Warum? Bernd Riegert berichtet aus der Maas-Region. © Bernd Riegert/DW Jos Teeuwen, Wassermanager in den Niederlanden, am neuen Schutzwall in Neer "Wir haben wirklich Glück gehabt", sagt Jan Heymans aus dem Dorf Neer an der Maas in den Niederlanden. "Die neue Flutmauer ist erst vor ein paar Monaten fertig geworden. Ohne die wäre hier...

Vietnam has detected a new variant of the coronavirus, which has characteristics of both the Indian and UK variants. Meanwhile, Germany has pledged investments to help Africa get more vaccines. Follow DW for the latest.

Lukashenko orders kidnapping: Is Putin pulling the strings? He said that the "sectoral sanctions" being discussed on Thursday could "really hurt Belarus." He suggested the EU could target the country's wood or cement industry. Yet he stressed that "the EU is not there yet," adding that "not all foreign ministers are sure this is the right path." What's the row with Belarus? On Sunday, authorities in Belarus forced a Ryanair plane to land in the capital, Minsk, citing a bomb threat. They scrambled a fighter jet to ensure that the passenger plane, which was flying from Athens in Greece to Viln...