Bethany Bell

Austria

Foreign Correspondent at BBC

Senior Producer and Editor at Awake At Night

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Pope Francis to be discharged from hospital on Sunday

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Bethany Bell |Zahra Fatima

Pope Francis will be discharged from Rome's Gemelli hospital on Sunday and will need at least two months of rest at the Vatican, doctors treating him have said. The 88-year-old was admitted to the hospital on 14 February with a severe respiratory infection that resulted in double pneumonia. During the past five weeks, he presented "two very critical episodes" where his "life was in danger", Dr Sergio Alfieri, one of the doctors treating the Pope, said.
EU braces for higher prices as US trade war ramps up

1 month ago | bbc.com | Paul Kirby |Bethany Bell |Adam Easton

For consumers, higher prices loom on supermarket shelves, but for businesses and industry the risks are higher.
EU braces for higher prices as US trade war ramps up

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Paul Kirby |Bethany Bell |Adam Easton

In Brussels, it was just after 06:00 on Wednesday. But it was midnight in Washington DC when President Donald Trump's 25% tariffs on steel and aluminium took effect on major US trading partners. It took less than 10 minutes for the European Union to respond. "Tariffs are taxes. They are bad for business, and worse for consumers," said European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.
Austrian centrists agree government deal sidelining far right

1 month ago | msn.com | Bethany Bell

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Austrian centrists agree government deal sidelining far right

1 month ago | bbc.com | Bethany Bell

Austrian centrists agree government deal sidelining far rightBethany BellReutersChristian Stocker of the conservatives (L) poses with the head of the SPÖ Andreas Babler and the Neos party head Beate Meinl-ReisingerFive months after the far-right Freedom Party won Austria's general election, a three-way coalition looks set to exclude it from power.
Digno de um pontífice: o hospital romano que cuida do Papa Francisco

2 months ago | g1.globo.com | Bethany Bell

Do lado de fora do Hospital Gemelli, em Roma, há uma grande estátua de um de seus pacientes mais famosos, o Papa João Paulo II. Feita de mármore branco Carrara, a escultura retrata o pontífice em seus últimos anos, curvado, segurando um crucifixo, com a testa franzida em sinal de dor. Médicos do Hospital Gemelli ajudaram a salvar a vida de João Paulo II após ele ser baleado em uma tentativa de assassinato frustrada na Praça de São Pedro, em maio de 1981.
Digno de um pontífice: o hospital romano que cuida do Papa Francisco

2 months ago | flipboard.com | Bethany Bell

Do lado de fora do Hospital Gemelli, em Roma, há uma grande estátua de um de seus pacientes mais famosos, o Papa João Paulo 2º. Feita de mármore branco Carrara, a escultura retrata o pontífice em seus últimos anos, curvado, segurando um crucifixo, com a testa franzida em sinal de dor. Médicos do …
El hospital que "salvó pontífices": cómo es el sanatorio de Roma donde están tratando al papa Francisco

2 months ago | es-us.noticias.yahoo.com | Bethany Bell

Bethany Bell - BBC News22 de febrero de 2025, 5:49 a.m.·4 min de lecturaEn el exterior del hospital Gemelli de Roma se alza una gran estatua de uno de sus pacientes más famosos, el Papa Juan Pablo II. Realizada en mármol blanco de Carrara, representa al pontífice en sus últimos años, encorvado y agarrado a un crucifijo, con el ceño fruncido por el dolor.
The facility treating Pope Francis

2 months ago | bbc.com | Bethany Bell

Fit for a pontiff: Inside the Roman hospital caring for Pope FrancisBethany BellReutersA statue of late Pope John Paul II stands outside the Gemelli Hospital where Pope Francis is receiving medical treatmentOutside the Gemelli Hospital in Rome stands a large statue of one of its most famous patients, Pope John Paul II. Made of white Carrara marble, it depicts the pontiff in his later years, stooping and clutching a crucifix, his brow furrowed in pain.
Pope's health a 'complex clinical situation', Vatican says

2 months ago | flipboard.com | Bethany Bell

14 hours agoATLANTA (AP) — Natasha Nelson, a 35-year old entrepreneur in Stone Mountain, Georgia, didn’t have an innate sense of social norms. She didn’t know why people meeting for the first time would choose to engage in small talk instead of deep conversations, or why people like to make their beds. Then, a …