Loneliness is becoming a more serious problem in Germany, according to a new survey carried out by one of the country’s leading public health insurers. Around 60% of Germans suffer from loneliness either often, sometimes or rarely, according to the survey, which was presented in Berlin on Wednesday by the Technician health insurance (TK). The … Read more
A world-renowned news photographer has spoken to FRANCE 24 about her efforts to document the conflict in Yemen. Asmaa Waguih has been to numerous countries, including Afghanistan and Libya – and won last year the Reuters Photographer of the Year for her coverage of the Arab Spring. Her latest book of pictures from Yemen, called … Read more
Since the October 7 Hamas attack last year, some 350,000 Israeli reservists have been called up to fight. The ongoing fighting, now entering its 14-month mark, has left its mark on Israeli troops as more and more suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder. Struggling to cope with the horrors of war, some soldiers are seeking out … Read more
“It breaks my heart! You can’t treat people this way. We’ve worked so hard for Thyssenkrupp,” said Helmut Renk, the 62-year-old works council chairman of the steelmaker’s facility in Kreuztal-Eichen, Germany. Venting his anger and frustration about the plant’s likely closure, he adds that he’s been working there for 40 years — just like his … Read more
PRESS REVIEW – Friday, December 6: Emmanuel Macron is “alone”, “solitary” in the face of an unprecedented political crisis. The press has few words of comfort for Macron as France’s political chaos ensues. Also, EU commissioner Ursula von der Leyen flies to Uruguay to seal the Mercosur deal – despite France and Italy’s opposition. Scientists … Read more
Washington: Date – December 10. Today – Tuesday. Time – About 10:45 p.m. The sky over Guam, the US military base in the Pacific, lit up with a loud noise. The sound was so loud that the windows of people’s homes broke. At first, people thought this was the sonic boom of a fighter plane, … Read more
A survey on the outlook of French businesses released by the Bank of France shows that the country’s industrial and construction sectors have reached levels of uncertainty last seen during the 2022 energy crunch. This comes as Emmanuel Macron is expected to name a prime minister who will be tasked with forming a new government, … Read more
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is seeking a vote of confidence in the lower house of Parliament, the Bundestag, which he is expected to lose, triggering an early general election. Scholz’s three-way center-left government broke apart on November 6, paving the way for an early federal election expected on February 23, 2025. Early elections have been … Read more
According to the Federal Association of E-Commerce and Mail Order Germany eV, the Christmas business for online retail was disappointing. Online sales of goods to end customers fell by 4.2% in the middle of the Christmas business, including the Black Friday discount campaigns. This is based on current BEVH surveys compared to the previous year. … Read more
