International news in seven languages
Topic
Scientists found that five seemingly unrelated conditions, including long Covid, ME/CFS, and PTSD, may disrupt many of the same biological networks involved in immunity, metabolism, and cellular energy. The findings could help explain their shared symptoms and may open the door to new blood tests and treatments.
Benjamin Williams from Malvern has worked on Apple TV's Slow Horses for its upcoming season.
The French government will sell a record amount of bonds to investors next year as it faces a surge in Covid-era debt due for redemption and needing to be refinanced, the public debt management office said on Tuesday amid mounting concern about France's surging public deficit and borrowing rates.
COVID-19 vaccine maker BioNTech is to close three sites in Germany after efforts to find buyers failed. Meanwhile, Rhine water levels have fallen to record lows after an unusually dry September. DW has more.
Almost seven years after the pandemic, the coronavirus maintains an irregular pattern that moves it away from the forecasts that it would be a more winter disease
Shin Ohashi, 17, claims his second gold medal of the Asian Games with a world record in the 200m breaststroke.
An acclaimed American author has spoken to FRANCE 24 about his theories on how American society's opinion and ideas of social justice have changed since the presidency of Barack Obama. Thomas Chatterton Williams says the left became disillusioned during Obama's second term, and in later years amid the George Floyd protests and Covid-19 pandemic the discourse shifted – initially for the left, but this also impacted the right. The ripples of those times are still resonating today. His latest book is entitled "Summer of Our Discontent: The Age of Certainty and the Demise of Discourse".
Switzerland captain Granit Xhaka is being investigated over an issue with his Covid-19 vaccination certificate.
A one-time $250 million boost from Congress let Brand USA operate with a nearly fully funded budget after a dramatic cut to federal funding — but that extra funding is about to run dry.
Healthcare staff were unable to properly protect themselves, or those in their care, from dangerous infections, says the latest inquiry report.
What went wrong with the government's planning and buying of vital items like gloves and gowns that cost taxpayers billions of pounds.
