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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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Mangrove bean dish from the Solomon Islands
Sisikolo soup is an authentic Solomon Islands dish, made with locally sourced mangrove beans.
Global 3000 - The Globalization Program
Is the end of globalization nigh? Plus: Lesotho is hoping to do big business with cannabis.
Recalling unforgettable journeys during COVID-19
DW's travel editors have leafed through their photo albums and compiled their most beautiful experiences.
Rohingya refugees sent to Bangladesh island
Turned away by Malaysia, at least 500 Rohingya refugees facing persecution in Myanmar have spent two months at sea.
Strong earthquake strikes Greek island
A 6.0 magnitude earthquake has hit the island of Crete with a strong aftershock reported several minutes later.
Deserted island or phone booth: Films with a claustrophobic bent
What happens when people are confined to a very defined, perhaps small, space? Movie fans know.
Germany accepts unaccompanied refugee children
Germany has taken in 47 unaccompanied refugee children from Greece after months of EU wrangling.
Control your tour guide from your sofa
The Faroe Islands are putting cameras on tour guides and letting internet tourists control where they go.
Six museums to explore virtually during lockdown
Many of the world's great cultural institutions can still be discovered online during coronavirus isolation.
Monster cyclone in Vanuatu threatens disaster
A massive cyclone has prompted red alerts across the Pacific nation of Vanuatu
Quake prompts tsunami warning in Russian Far East
A magnitude 7.5 earthquake has hit off the coast of the Kuril Islands, in the Russian Far East.
Strike shuts down Greek islands over migrant camp protests
Lesbos has launched a one-day labor stoppage following "extremely aggressive" clashes between police and protesters.
Canaries suspend flights due to Saharan sand storms
Red desert sand have blanketed the touristic Spanish archipelago while heavy winds rip through the islands.
Two German tourists killed in Arctic avalanche
The pair were part of a snowmobile tour of an island, organized by a Russian travel company.
Fire Festival "Up Helly Aa" on the Shetland Islands
The Shetland Islands' annual red-letter date is "Up Helly Aa", the world's largest fire festival.
Euromaxx - Lifestyle in Europe
The "Up Helly Aa" fire festival, the world's biggest cuckoo clock and insect artist Cedric Laquieze.
Philippines: Preparing for the rise of sea levels
As sea levels rise, people living near the coast will see floods. In Asia, nearly 700 million people will be affected.
Lesbos: 'We want our island back'
Local residents on Greek islands feel that the large number of refugees housed there has a negative impact.
Lesbos wants to get back to normal
The inhabitants of Lesbos are fed up with being left alone with Europe’s refugee crisis.
Greek islanders strike against migrant camps
Greek residents on Lesbos, Samos and Chios have run out of patience with the overflowing migrant camps on their islands.
The women saving sea turtles on the Solomon Islands
Solomon Island women join forces to protect critically endangered sea turtles from rats and poachers.
Majorca, Ibiza crack down on party tourism
Under a set of new ordinances, Spain's Balearic Islands have banned happy hours and pub crawls in three party spots.
Croatia – Partner country at Berlin’s Green Week
Croatia gets show off its regional delicacies, like cheese made from the milk of a very special breed of sheep.
Australia urges tourists not to cancel holidays
Australia wants tourists to know that they are still safe. Here is what you need to know.
Will Germany's tiny vanishing islands survive rising seas?
Regular flooding could help Germany's tiny Hallig islands to survive rising sea levels.
Twelve migrants killed as boat sinks off Greece
A migrant boat has sunk off Greece, possibly en route to Italy, leaving at least 12 dead.
No bushfire respite for scorched Australia
More bushfire evacuations have been urged across Australia's southeastern rim.
Australian bushfires forecast to reach Sydney suburbs
Fire authorities have warned wildfires might bring flames to the suburbs of the country's most populous city.
Living with North Sea floods
What is it like to watch the sea swamp your island several times a year?
Tax haven Jersey: Offshoring in Europe
Apple saved billions of euros in taxes in Jersey. Good for companies, bad for the local residents.
Galapagos wildlife spared in oil spill
Authorities remain 'very concerned' about recovering the vessel that sank.
New Zealand suspends search for missing volcano victims
The two-week search for the bodies of two remaining victims of the White Island volcano eruption has been discontinued.
Ecuador takes emergency steps to contain Galapagos oil spill
Officials say they have taken urgent measures to stem the impact of a diesel spill that occurred when an oil barge sank.
CDU rejects calls to take in child refugees from Greece
Two political parties in Germany are at loggerheads over how to deal with overcrowded migrant camps in Greece.
New Zealand volcano: Police scale down search
Police believe that the victims' bodies "were washed out to sea."
Minute's silence for New Zealand volcano victims
Safety and liability questions have emerged as New Zealand recalls last week's volcanic disaster victims.
New Zealand's eruption toll rises
Ongoing rescue searches have battled toxic waters but failed to locate the last two missing.
Divers search for last missing bodies afte volcano eruption
Rescuers at White Island believe they know the location of one of the bodies, while the other is still missing.
Risky body retrieval operation at White Island, NZ
Six bodies were recovered from the volcanic island during a risky military operation.
Training girls to swim in Zanzibar
Although they live on an island, up to 98 percent of all girls in Zanzibar can't swim. But things are finally changing.
More deaths at 'highly volatile' NZ volcano
The official death toll from the White Island eruption rose to eight after two Sydney schoolboys died in hospital.
The quest for national sovereignty
Oceania regions seeking independence are bound by a common history of colonialism and a geopolitical tug-of-war.
Fresh tremors delay recovery of volcano victims
New Zealand geologists say there is at least a 40% chance of an eruption in the next 24 hours.
Eight still missing after NZ volcano eruption
New Zealand's prime minister says overnight reconnaissance flights have failed to find signs of life on White Island.
Cyclone alert lifted for French island of Mayotte
The government had evacuated some of the island's quarter-of-a-million inhabitants and told locals to stock up on water.
Berlin's Museum Island celebrates 20 years of UNESCO status
With its five museums, Berlin’s Museum Island is one of the most important museum complexes in the world.
Bougainville votes on independence
The former German colony could become the world's newest nation.
Chagos islands: The fight over Africa’s last British colony
The UK has missed a deadline to return the Chagos Islands to Mauritius despite calls for a handover.
Plastic treasure island
An entrepreneur has built an island resort off the Ivory Coast using 700,000 pieces of plastic waste
Man-made islands for seabirds
In the US in 1957, the state of Virginia finished an ambitious project – a series of roads, bridges and tunnels connecting cities and America’s largest naval base along its coast. Today it’s often clogged with traffic, so plans are underway to widen the roads and add new tunnels. But with thousands of seabirds nesting in the path of the project, it is not without controversy.
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