Jerusalem Controversy

On June 15, the German government's worldwide travel warning for most European countries will be lifted. How are tour operators and travel agencies preparing for the new start? How willing are Germans to travel? In the last three months Heike Werner and Stefan Burkhart had plenty to do at their…

An opinion poll has shown President Bolsonaro's support lies at 33% as disgruntlement increases over his response to the pandemic. Brazil has the world's second highest number of cases. Follow DW for the latest. Unrest over President Bolsonaro's response is gathering pace in Brazil The Czech, Hungarian, Polish and Slovak…

Bhutan, a small nation in the Himalayas, has successfully averted the COVID-19 crisis — at least for now. With no reported coronavirus-related fatalities, the country contained the pandemic despite limited resources. While most of the world was in lockdown to stop the coronavirus spread, Loten Zangmo arrived at Bhutan's Paro International Airport…

Coronavirus: The consequences for tourism Semperoper in Dresden reopens On June 19, after a three-month coronavirus break, the curtain will rise again at the Semperoper: Anna Netrebko and Yusif Eyvazov will star in the concert performance of Verdi's opera "Don Carlos". The approximately 300 tickets (out a total of 1300…

Russia has ended lockdown restrictions in Moscow after two months of stay-at-home orders and has eased travel curbs. Meanwhile, Brazil now has the second-highest number of cases after the US. Follow DW for the latest. Moscow ends lockdown restrictions and travel curbs More than half the residents of the hard-hit Italian…

The Pittsburgh synagogue shooting was a mass shooting that took place on October 27, 2018, at the Tree of Life – Or L'Simcha Congregation in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The congregation, along with New Light Congregation and Congregation Dor Hadash, which also worshipped in the building, was…

Coronavirus: The consequences for tourism German government extends worldwide travel ban The beaches of the world people dream of, like here on Ko Phi Phi in Thailand, will have to do without German tourists. The German government has extended the travel warning for tourists due to the coronavirus pandemic for…

In Monty Python’s “Life of Brian,” a Jewish rebel leader sarcastically asks “what have the Romans ever done for us?” – only to be forced by his bumbling acolytes to acknowledge a laundry list of the empire’s achievements: aqueducts, sanitation, education and so on. The fictional People’s Front of Judea…

Wilson's Arch excavation area.(A) Map of the old city of Jerusalem and the location Wilson's Arch. Copyrights: Israel Antiquities Authority, 2020. (B) An artistic reconstruction of the Temple Mount in the time of Herod the Great (1st century AD). The arrow points to the arch known today as Wilson's Arch.…

In Monty Python’s “Life of Brian,” a Jewish rebel leader sarcastically asks “what have the Romans ever done for us?” – only to be forced by his bumbling acolytes to acknowledge a laundry list of the empire’s achievements: aqueducts, sanitation, education and so on. The fictional People’s Front of Judea…