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In an interview, recently appointed New York Times Executive Editor Joe Kahn talks about how Donald Trump's disinformation campaign is gaining steam, discusses the media outlets he considers to be his newspaper's competition – and explains why he advises journalists against battles on Twitter.

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In an interview, recently appointed New York Times Executive Editor Joe Kahn talks about how Donald Trump's disinformation campaign is gaining steam, discusses the media outlets he considers to be his newspaper's competition – and explains why he advises journalists against battles on Twitter.

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In an interview, leading German virologist Christian Drosten discusses his concerns about a major new wave of COVID-19 this winter, his own mistakes in the pandemic and the reasons he distanced himself from a government committee convened to battle the disease.

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The cafés are open, restaurants are booked up and the squares are full of people. After months of fear, residents of Kyiv are slowly resuming their old lives. But it's harder than it may seem. A walk through the traumatized Ukrainian capital.

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The regime of Bashar Assad is apparently deeply involved in the trade of synthetic drugs. German investigators have now found proof that Syria's dictator is apparently funding his rule with drug money.

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In 1994, Hutu extremists slaughtered 800,000 Tutsi using nail-spiked clubs, machetes and other weapons. A UN unit led by Chief Prosecutor Serge Brammertz is still trying to track down those responsible, but it is a race against time.

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In an interview, American diplomat Karen Donfried expresses her concern about Russia's advances in the Donbas and her approval of German Chancellor Scholz's pledges to provide more military aid to Kyiv and increase Berlin's own defense spending. She says Washington also supports EU membership for Ukraine.

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DER SPIEGEL reporters have been traveling across Ukraine for months reporting on the war, mostly by train. As they have navigated the country's vast rail network, they frequently experience stories of terror and flight, courage and defiance.

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The Russian army is suffering high casualties in the war against Ukraine and Vladimir Putin badly needs fresh troops. He wants to avoid a general mobilization, so the military is relying on other methods.

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The war in Ukraine has morphed into an artillery battle, with Kyiv even more reliant than ever on heavy weaponry from the West. The country no longer has high hopes for significant support from Germany.

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Despite the Taliban's grip on power and recently introduced requirement that women cover themselves, some refuse to be intimidated. They organize demonstrations and continue to fight for their rights. We spoke to three of them.

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The Taliban are ruling ever more harshly, oppressing women and running moral police patrols in Kabul. Now they are appealing to the world to help the country in one of its worst-ever hunger crises. Should the West work with the Islamists?

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The Ukrainians managed to stop the Russian advance on Kharkiv. The city's mayor is now dreaming of hosting the Eurovision Song Contest, but the Donbas is nearby and Kharkiv is within range of enemy artillery. A report from a city that is torn apart and far from normal.

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Nowhere in the world is the population growing as rapidly as in Africa. On top of that, rural flight has translated into burgeoning cities on the continent. It's a problem that is creating headaches for city planners and politicians as they search for solutions.

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Ukraine's seaports have been occupied, blocked or destroyed, with millions of tons of wheat and grains waiting to be shipped to Europe. In an interview, Ukrainian Agriculture Minister Mykola Solskyi describes the consequences for the global market.

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