One of the DW Global Media Forum highlights not cause I happened to be sitting in "a seat with a history" but cause of #NRW’s Armin Laschet’s precious comment: “This was a place for Chancellor Helmut Kohl. Now this is where blogger sits. Wonderful change in this building.”

Outrageous, irresponsible, disrespectful #BoycottSpotify ===> DELETED! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 #NeilYoung Spotify theguardian.com/technology/202…

"I want to be on the right side of history." Pop artists who publicly opposed Russia's invasion of Ukraine stay defiant as they face backlash from Moscow for their anti-war stance.

Our #GMF23 team, moderators and other staff worked all weekend to prepare for tomorrow. 🔨 Doors open at 8 am for registration. At 10 am, Director-General @DW_Limbourg opens the 16th DW Global Media Forum. 🤩 Here's the program again: gmf-event.com/files/gmf_prog… See you tomorrow!

‼️ This is scary and not a single news outlet in #Germany reports about it 🤔 #AirPollution in Köln, NRW. tagesschau @radiokoeln DER SPIEGEL

Looks scary #HoustonFloods and worse is apparently yet to come☹️DW News

#HoustonFlooding is a wake-up call for politicians -- especially for Donald J. Trump p.dw.com/p/2jA8A Sonya Angelica Diehn DW News