French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou will on Monday try to force through his government’s budget without a vote using a controversial parliamentary mechanism, which might lead to a no-confidence motion from the left. The National Assembly will on Monday afternoon examine a text drawn up by a committee of 14 deputies and senators from the two parliamentary chambers. Although all opposition deputies voted against the text and the government does not have a parliamentary majority, Bayrou has decided to press forward regardless. The budget had to be passed without delay, he told the Sunday newspaper La Tribune Dimanche. “A…
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With a Mediterranean coastline, natural thermal springs, clement weather and affordability, Tunisia has become the world’s second-largest destination for seawater-based treatments known as thalassotherapy. Now, it is setting its sights on overtaking France to claim the top spot. “The main advantage of Tunisia is its coast and thalassotherapy,” compared with neighbouring countries, said Mario Paolo, an Italian, at the Korbous thermal spa, perched on a hill an hour’s drive from the capital, Tunis. A 78-year-old retiree who has lived in Tunisia for the past five years, Paolo said he frequently visits Tunisian thalassotherapy centres “to get back in shape”.…
The police in Ogun have arrested a 38-year-old cleric for allegedly defiling a 12-year-old girl. The command’s spokesperson, CSP Omolola Odutola, said this in a statement in Abeokuta on Sunday. The suspect was said to be serving in a branch of the Cherubim and Seraphim Church in Ijebu Igbo. According to Odutola, the suspect committed the crime under the guise of performing spiritual cleansing for the victim. She explained that the victim’s mother, a member of the cleric ‘s congregation, reported the incident at the Ijebu Igbo Divisional Police Station. Odutola said the mother had informed the police that…
1 day ago Tragedy struck in Ibadan on Sunday as a yet-to-be-identified man was shot dead a few blocks away from a popular lounge located 1 day ago The police in Ogun have arrested a 38-year-old cleric for allegedly defiling a 12-year-old girl. The command’s spokesperson, CSP Omolola Odutola, said this in a statement in Abeokuta on Sunday. The suspect was said to be serving in a branch of the Cherubim and Seraphim Church in Ijebu Igbo. According to Odutola, the suspect committed… 1 day ago The Police in Ebonyi have confirmed 10 persons dead in an attack launched by…
Milena Bernabo, awarded one of Italy’s top civilian honours for saving three children from a Nazi-Fascist massacre during World War II, died Sunday aged 96, local authorities said. Bernabo was awarded the gold medal for civil merit for saving her young neighbours during the August 1944 massacre of Sant’Anna di Stazzema, in Tuscany, in which 560 people died. Then aged 16, Bernabo had been led together with fellow villagers into an outhouse and targeted by German machine gun fire.Bernabo was wounded, according to the citation. But she managed to escape with Mario, five, and 10-year-olds Mauro and Lina, from…
Residents of Imo and Abia, two states of the South-East, have expressed deep concern over the worsening housing deficit in different parts of the country and advocated serious state and Federal Governments’ commitment toward tackling the national challenge. A cross-section of the people, including civil servants, housing agents, consultants as well as public affairs analysts, blamed the unhealthy and embarrassing situation on the lack of continuity in the implementation of housing programmes by successive administrations in different states of the federation. In Imo, respondents in a News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) survey on the problem of housing crisis in…
Residents of Imo and Abia, two states of the South-East, have expressed deep concern over the worsening housing deficit in different parts of the country and advocated serious state and Federal Governments’ commitment toward tackling the national challenge. A cross-section of the people, including civil servants, housing agents, consultants as well as public affairs analysts, blamed the unhealthy and embarrassing situation on the lack of continuity in the implementation of housing programmes by successive administrations in different states of the federation. In Imo, respondents in a News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) survey on the problem of housing crisis in…
The Democratic Republic of Congo’s foreign minister, Therese Kayikwamba Wagner, has urged soccer clubs Arsenal, Bayern Munich, and Paris St. Germain to end their “blood-stained” sponsorship agreements with “Visit Rwanda” following the worsening humanitarian crisis in the country. In a report monitored on X, the DR Congo health ministry stated that there were almost 800 bodies in hospital morgues around Goma following an offensive by Rwanda-backed M23 rebels to seize eastern Congo’s largest city, home to lucrative gold, coltan, and tin mines. The latest escalation has worsened a long-standing humanitarian crisis, driving hundreds of thousands to seek shelter in…
Donald Trump’s Ukraine envoy said Sunday that both Kyiv and Moscow would have to make concessions if they are to successfully negotiate a solution to the ongoing war. “I think both sides will give a little bit,” Keith Kellogg, a retired lieutenant general who recently returned from a visit to Ukraine, said in a televised Fox News interview. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky “has already indicated he will soften his position on land,” said Kellogg, adding that Russian leader Vladimir Putin “is going to have to soften his positions as well.” Zelensky long rejected any territorial concessions to Russia, whose…
The European Union on Sunday blasted US President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China, and said the 27-nation bloc would hit back “firmly” if targeted. Brussels had until now indicated it hoped to avoid a trade conflict with Trump through negotiation. But on Friday the US leader doubled down by saying he “absolutely” planned to target the EU in future, as he slapped levies on his north American neighbours and China. “The European Union regrets the US decision to impose tariffs on Canada, Mexico, and China,” said a spokesman for the European Commission. “Tariffs create unnecessary…