The UN is celebrating International Jazz Day on Saturday. Millions of fans across the world are marking the occasion. In places like Malaysia Jazz hasn’t found a strong following. But musicians there […]
Leicester City: diversity in football

On Sunday Leicester City could win football’s Premier League. But is the club’s success being shared by everyone in its home town? .
Robots are now serving the food and mixing the cocktails in restaurants
Dishes speed to the tables of a roller-coaster restaurant. What’s unique here is that not humans but robots send the food and beverages to the guests. They even mix the cocktails!
How Thailand is falling in love with Leicester City

English football’s underdogs, Leicester City may win their first Premier League title on Sunday. DW met some of their biggest fans in Thailand.
Sepp Blatter releases new book
Disgraced former FIFA President Sepp Blatter has a new book out telling his side of the story. He took advantage of the spotlight cast on the launching to vehemently defend his innocence […]
93 year old Jun Takahasi is the oldest pilot in the world
A former Japanese military pilot who flew in World War II, and survived, is still alive and flying. In fact, he is the oldest active commercial pilot in the world.
Gus Van Sant looks back at his best films
From an Oscar nomination for “Good Will Hunting” to the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival with “Elephant”, he’s a director who’s divided critics from the start. Culture editor Eve Jackson […]
Belgian terrorist dumb as “an empty ashtray”
Paris attacker’s lawyer invokes ‘the idiot defence’. “He has the intelligence of an empty ashtray, he has a profound vacuity. He is the perfect example of the GTA (Grand Theft Auto) generation […]
Ib “Rock” Jensen live at Folkets Hus (now Vega) in 1956
Here is Ib Rock Jensen (Dennmarks first “Elvis”) in a extremely rare clip. Second clip is from the Danish movie ” Støve På Hjernen” from 1962 with Dirch Passer and Helle Virkner […]
Finland in 90 seconds
Finland is one of the most densely forested countries on earth. It’s home to 200,000 lakes, islands and reindeers. There are also 2 million saunas, for 5.5 million people. A tiny population […]