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 Written by Alasdair Sandford Italy declares a state of emergency for energy amid concern in Europe that winter gas supplies may be disrupted. Gas and power prices across Europe soared on Tuesday following an explosion and fire...

The research grant winners were announced ahead of a “One Planet” summit in Paris to encourage investment to counter global warming. Germany’s environment minister called on the world’s finance sector to do more. France has announced...

This year’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry honors a process that allows researchers to study the 3-D structures of vital proteins in living organisms. It’s leading to new drugs. But it’s shocking… and cold. The Nobel Prize...

Contemporary science finds its roots in the work of ancient Jewish, Christian and Muslim scholars. In the Middle Ages they translated the texts of ancient researchers. An exhibition in Berlin is dedicated to that era. For...

Egyptian authorities have unearthed two ancient tombs in the southern city of Luxor. Wall inscriptions suggest the tombs belong to two notable figures from Egypt’s 18th dynasty pharaohs, who ruled some 3,500 years ago. Egypt’s Antiquities...

The results of the first trial are “a triumph” for Huntington’s patients and their families since existing medications only help to manage the symptoms of the disease, one of the researchers told DW. Scientists at the University...

An explosion at an Austrian gas import hub is adding to European supply woes after a North Sea pipeline shutdown, causing energy prices to soar on markets across the continent and Italy to declare a state...

Lyon’s Fête des Lumières is the world’s largest visual arts festival. It takes place every year around 8 December for four nights. The festival attracts millions of visitors from all over the world to see the visual creations...

When Carla Bruni, the Italian-born, French-raised heiress and supermodel quit the catwalk to reinvent herself as a singer-songwriter 20 years ago, many thought it would be short-lived dilettantism. Yet Bruni surprised her detractors, showing herself to...

At what point does corporate America start disinvesting in the Republican party? Not any time soon seems to be the answer. Having rushed a tax bill through the Senate that will deliver tens of billions in tax cuts to...