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Island
An island or isle is any piece of sub-continental land that is surrounded by water.
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Russia urges Japan to 'accept result' of WW II
Russia's foreign minister has called on Tokyo to accept the results to advance discussions about a territorial dispute.
Sir David Chipperfield
David Chipperfield is a brilliant architect famous for his work on Berlin’s Museum Island.
Visit Berlin's Museum Island
Berlin's Museum Island is a UNESCO World Heritage site. It draws over two million visitors annually.
Russia and Japan negotiate World War II peace plan
Russia and Japan never signed a peace treaty, and disputed islands may prevent them from doing so now.
Greece praised by Merkel for handling migration
Chancellor Angela Merkel has ended her Greece visit with praise for its handling of migration.
Denmark targets tech with 9 artificial islands
The head of the country's employers' association says the islands could help create a "European Silicon Valley."
Between a rock and a hard place
Democracy at work in war-torn Syria, a Senegalese chef in New York and Ireland's literary heritage off its wild coast.
Ireland's literary legacy
The now-uninhabited Blasket Islands off of Ireland's west coast were once a haven for local writers.
Looking for whales, finding dolphins
Hardly anywhere else on Earth is as good for whale watching as the Canary Islands in the Atlantic.
Dutch islanders take to the beach as container cargo washes ashore
Residents of the Dutch islands in the North Sea have flocked to beaches, including volunteers and treasure hunters.
Cargo ship loses 270 containers off Dutch coast
Authorities are warning people to beware of the cargo washing ashore as some of them contained hazardous goods.
Denmark to house foreign criminals on tiny island
Denmark has approved funding to transform a remote island from a contagious diseases laboratory into a detention center.
Christmas Island discovered 375 years ago
On December 25, 1643 Dutch seafarers sighted an island in the Indian Ocean and found Christmas Island.
Greek island refugee camps just get more packed
Several measures could improve conditions in overcrowded migrant centers on Greek islands. But they don't seem to take.
David Chipperfield on what makes Berlin special
The award-winning British architect, now 65, told DW what has changed in Berlin and how he feels about Brexit.
A new addition to Berlin's Museum Island
As of 2019, visitors to Berlin's Museum Island complex will enter via a new building, the James Simon Gallery.
Tangier Island in Virginia threatened by climate change
Tangier’s residents could become the first climate refugees in the US, but many of them don’t believe in climate change.
India's disappearing island
Rising sea levels and erosion are causing the island of Ghoramara in eastern India to disappear.
Permaculture: Key to a better life in Kenya?
On Mfangano Island, a group is teaching locals to use nature to build sustainable food systems and landscapes.
Tangier, a sinking island
Tangier Island in Chesapeake Bay is slipping into the very waters that surround it. Pictures of a drowning island.
Giant waves hit tourist island Tenerife
Heavy storms with giant waves caused devastation at the weekend on the Canary Islands.
Museum Island
Renewable energy in the Cape Verde islands
The Cape Verde islands are looking to wind and solar power to bring down high energy bills.
Pergamon - images of an ancient city
Berlin's multimedia exhibition "Pergamon Museum. The Panorama" invites you to travel back in time to ancient Pergamum
China tells US to stop South China Sea exercises
The US does not want a "Cold War" policy towards China, US top diplomat Mike Pompeo said at a high-level summit.
The Netherlands' recycled island
Rotterdam's old port is now home to the world's first floating park of recycled plastic.
Australia to spend billions to counter China
Canberra is ready to invest billions in Pacific nations to counter China's perceived influence.
Eco India - The Environment Magazine
This week’s Eco India: Bengaluru’s floating islands, German climate activists and Mumbai’s leopards.
Mysterious uprising in the Comoros Islands
After days of fighting between rebels and government troops, residents are wondering who was behind the unrest.
Can China and Japan bury the hatchet?
It is not easy for China and Japan to bury the hatchet, as the two need to overcome a number of disputes.
Hong Kong protests over artificial islands
Thousands of people turn out against a plan to build up to 400,000 homes on reclaimed land off the island of Lantau.
World Bank offers loans to disaster-hit Indonesia
The World Bank loan would be used to help some 150,000 families affected by the earthquakes and tsunami.
An island goes plastic-free
A local initiative sought to tackle the plastic problem on the island nation of Sao Tomé and Principe. Now that the program is coming to an end, DW revisits how it worked.
Indonesia tsunami and earthquake devastate Sulawesi island
Authorities have called off a search for more than 5,000 people still missing, leaving their whereabouts a mystery.
A visit to the Swedish island of Öland
Even in the off-season, its palaces, windmills and regional specialties make Öland worth a visit.
Overnight stays banned on Thailand's famed Similan islands
Overnight tourist stays on Thailand's popular Similan islands were banned starting Tuesday.
The Dominican Republic battles its trash
The Dominican Republic is getting a modern garbage disposal system to keep the island's trash off the streets.
A visit to the Swedish island of Öland
Even in the off-season, its palace, windmills and regional specialties make Öland worth a visit.
Baby tortoises stolen in Galapagos Islands
More than 100 giant tortoise babies have been stolen from a breeding facility in the Galapagos Islands.
Island dreams in Germany
The long sandy beaches of the East Frisian islands of Norderney, Borkum and Juist are captivating.
Cook's HMS Endeavour found at last?
Archaeologists have planned a major excavation for the HMS Endeavour, used by Captain Cook to travel to Australia.
Euromaxx - Lifestyle Europe 17.09.2018
Fashion designer Victoria Beckham, the Greek island of Crete and Berlin's The Gate museum.
Lighting-fast robbery in Germany's Sylt
Masked robbers took two minutes to make off with half a million euros on the German island of Sylt.
Putin offers Kuril Islands peace deal to Japan
A dispute over islands in the Kuril archipelago has strained Japanese-Russian ties since the World War II.
Our beautiful planet: March of Christmas Island's red crabs
During the wet season, Christmas Island gets covered in millions of red crabs in one of the world's greatest migrations.
Quake cuts power to Hokkaido, Japan
A magnitude 6.6 earthquake has paralyzed Hokkaido, Japan's northern island. Power cuts are widespread.
Saudi canal could turn Qatar into an island
A senior Saudi official has appeared to confirm Riyadh's plans to dig a canal separating Qatar from the mainland.
WorldLink
This week on the program: An in-depth look at the eruption of far-right, anti-immigrant protests in the German city of Chemnitz, a largely forgotten US scheme to deport Mexicans during the depression, and how the inhabitants of Easter Island are keeping their Polynesian culture alive.
Berlin and Beyond: North Sea love
The North Sea is cold and unpredictable. That, says Tamsin Walker, is just part of its charm.
Easter Island looks to the future
Easter Island is famous for its giant stone head statues, known as the Moai. Today the island bares few traces of the Polynesian society that built them, but locals are determined to keep the legends and language of their ancestors alive.
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