15 June 2019; DW: Berlin's Jewish Museum said its director, Peter Schäfer, had resigned Friday to "prevent further damage" to the city's drawcard that attracts 700,000 visitors annually and describes itself as a "place for reflection" on Jewish history and culture, migration and diversity in Germany.

by Oliver Ristau

14 June 2019; DW: The fuel pump display stops at 3.8 kilograms, that's all the tank can accommodate on top of what was left inside. There's a batch of fuel cells under the hood. A tank filled with the maximum capacity of some 6 kilograms of hydrogen will take you about 600 kilometers (370 miles) in a Nexo car from South Korean automaker Hyundai.

By PAUL WISEMAN and JOYCE M. ROSENBERG

WASHINGTON (AP) — Ten billion here, ten billion there: President Donald Trump’s escalating tariffs on imports to the United States have begun to amount to serious money — and potentially to imperil one of the most resilient economies in American history.

A non-profit news organization and investigative bureau recently confirmed the killing of 11 Afghan children from the same family. The Bureau of Investigative Journalism just published the story, explaining how they came to this conclusion and presenting their procedure. In addition, they also exposed how the US/NATO-led occupational forces denied, lied, and changed their story to cover up this killing. Today the father of the massacred kids, Masih, still has no way of holding anyone accountable or finding justice.

by Dennis Presiloski

Sep 15, 2017: After years of planning, China is threatening to launch a crude oil futures contract priced in Yuan later this year. The contract would allow traders in China, and other countries, to bypass the U.S. dollar when purchasing oil.

To allay investor concerns over the trustworthiness of the Chinese currency, the contract is to be directly convertible into gold.

by Colin Todhunter

The father of modern public relations and spin, Edward Bernays was a cynical manipulator of mass perception. He knew that by shaping people’s desires in a certain way, governments and corporations could sell just about any notion to the masses and manipulate them at will. Whether it was whipping up fear about the bogeyman of communism or selling the ‘American Dream’ of happiness through consuming goods, Bernays and the public relations/advertising industry, which took its cue from him, did exactly that.

By PAUL WISEMAN and CHRISTOPHER RUGABER

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has once again turned to tariffs to try to get his way with a U.S. trading partner.

This time, the target is Mexico: Trump plans to impose 5% tariffs on Mexican imports starting June 10 and to ratchet them up to 25% by Oct. 1 if the Mexicans don’t do more to stop the surge of Central American migrants across the southern U.S. border.

by Eric Zuesse

On May 13th, Tim Hayward of the Working Group on Syria made public on his website an utterly damning document that had been suspiciously excluded from the final investigative report by the Organization for Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) regarding the U.S.-and-allied allegation that on 7 April 2018 the Syrian Government had sarin-attacked residents in its town of Douma and had killed a large number of non-combatants.

Seven days after that alleged incident, the U.S.

by Stasa Salacanin

31 May 2019; MEMO: Ever since US President Donald Trump unilaterally pulled out from the nuclear deal with Tehran and reinstated the most draconian sanctions ever imposed, many have wondered whether Iran can withstand the pressure aiming to bring it to its knees.

Although Iranian leaders are assured that they will resist stubbornly, and have vowed to beat the sanctions, their country faces an uncertain future as it slides into a deep recession.

by Shamil Shams

30 May 2019; DW: With journalists and media organizations losing some of their credibility, authorities are finding it easier to curtail freedoms. Asian journalists explored ways to deal with the situation at DW's Global Media Forum.

25 May 2019; MEMO: The voice is clear, a slight Hebrew accent can be detected when Gideon Levy speaks English. He is precise and concise, showing off maybe some “chutzpah”, but his way of saying things is direct. Does this make Gideon Levy annoying? Certainly not. On the contrary, kindly and patiently he explains what is at stake here.

by Ian P. Johnson

25 May 2019; DW: They pay taxes in the European Union, call it home — some for decades. But they cannot vote in the European Parliament election. Some 17.5 million non-EU residents of voting age are sidelined, DW has calculated.

Some 400 million voting-age citizens of EU member states have begun electing their next European Parliament. Many of their non-EU neighbors, adults residing legally and often long-term in the EU, cannot.