Berliner Volks-Zeitung - News from Berlin and the world for the people

Berlin -

IN THE NEWS

Israel issues 'last' warning for Gazans to flee main city

Israel issues 'last' warning for Gazans to flee main city

Israel issued a final warning Wednesday for people to flee Gaza's main city, as Hamas weighed US President Donald Trump's plan to end nearly two years of war in the Palestinian territory.

Read more
Jonathan Anderson brings new twist to Dior women with Paris debut

Jonathan Anderson brings new twist to Dior women with Paris debut

Northern Irish designer Jonathan Anderson drew a standing ovation as he launched a bold first women's ready-to-wear collection for Dior on Wednesday during Paris Fashion Week.

Read more
India 'welcome' to collect trophy from me, says Asian cricket boss

India 'welcome' to collect trophy from me, says Asian cricket boss

Asian Cricket Council chief Mohsin Naqvi, who also heads Pakistan's cricket board, said Wednesday that India are "welcome" to collect their Asia Cup trophy from his office in Dubai.

Read more
Schwarzenegger's 'action hero' pope says don't give up on climate change

Schwarzenegger's 'action hero' pope says don't give up on climate change

Pope Leo XIV urged people Wednesday not to resign themselves to the global crisis of climate change but play an active part in stopping it, at an event with "Terminator" star Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Read more
'I'm breathing again': Afghans relieved after internet restored

'I'm breathing again': Afghans relieved after internet restored

Just before nightfall on Wednesday, the near-deserted streets of Afghanistan's capital Kabul suddenly filled with people -- mobile phones everywhere had pinged back to life.

Read more
Shein picks France for its first permanent stores

Shein picks France for its first permanent stores

Asian fast-fashion giant Shein said Wednesday it had picked France to open its first permanent physical stores in November.

Read more
Five survivors pulled from Indonesia school collapse as rescuers race against time

Five survivors pulled from Indonesia school collapse as rescuers race against time

Rescuers pulled five survivors from a collapsed school in Indonesia on Wednesday as frantic parents demanded searchers speed up efforts to find dozens of children believed still trapped in the rubble two days on.

Read more
Deadly family drama in Munich briefly shuts Oktoberfest

Deadly family drama in Munich briefly shuts Oktoberfest

Germany's famed Oktoberfest was briefly shut Wednesday after threats against it by a man who had torched his parents' home with family inside, and was later found with an explosives-laden backpack.

Read more
Japanese trainer Saito hopes for better Arc experience second time round

Japanese trainer Saito hopes for better Arc experience second time round

Japanese trainer Takashi Saito hopes he has absorbed the bitter lessons of his first failed tilt at the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe when he takes another shot at Europe's most prestigious race on Sunday with Croix du Nord.

Read more
'Normal' Sinner romps to 21st title but Swiatek stunned in Beijing

'Normal' Sinner romps to 21st title but Swiatek stunned in Beijing

Jannik Sinner won the 21st title of his career by thrashing American teenager Learner Tien at the China Open on Wednesday as women's top seed Iga Swiatek was dumped out in the last 16 in a shock.

Read more