Italian village offers $1 homes to Americans disillusioned by US election results
Italian village offers $1 homes to Americans disillusioned by US election results

As the world grapples with the prospect of Donald Trumps presidential re-election, a village on the Italian island of Sardinia has seen an opportunity. Ollolai, like many rural areas in Italy, has been struggling with decades of depopulation and has been actively trying to attract outsiders to...

Commonwealth wants free, fair and transparent polls in Bangladesh
Commonwealth wants free, fair and transparent polls in Bangladesh

Assistant Secretary-General of the Commonwealth, Professor Luis Gabriel Franceschi, said the organisation wants free, fair and transparent 13th parliamentary elections in Bangladesh. It (Commonwealth) has also shown keen interest in providing necessary assistance to hold the national election....

Commonwealth to work with interim govt to build ‘inclusive, prosperous’ Bangladesh: ASG
Commonwealth to work with interim govt to build ‘inclusive, prosperous’ Bangladesh: ASG

Commonwealth Assistant Secretary-General Prof Luis Gabriel Franceschi has underscored the Commonwealths commitment to working with the interim government to build a discrimination-free, inclusive, and prosperous Bangladesh. A high-level Commonwealth delegation, led by Franceschi, called on...

France coach Didier Deschamps is fed up with questions about Mbappé's absence from his team
France coach Didier Deschamps is fed up with questions about Mbappé's absence from his team

Even when he is not there for France, the focus remains on Kylian Mbappé. On the eve of a high-risk Nations League match against Israel in Paris, France coach Didier Deschamps was asked Wednesday if he had spoken with Mbappé about his decision to leave the Real Madrid forward out of his squad....

ECB's Villeroy warns Trump's economic agenda could threaten global economy and trigger inflation
ECB's Villeroy warns Trump's economic agenda could threaten global economy and trigger inflation

Francois Villeroy de Galhau, the head of the Bank of France and a member of the European Central Bank (ECB), warned on Wednesday that U.S. President-elect Donald Trumps economic agenda could reignite inflation in the United States and negatively impact global economic growth. The programme risks...

Israel urges fans to avoid France-Israel match
Israel urges fans to avoid France-Israel match

Israel has urged its football fans to avoid Thursdays France-Israel football match following the Amsterdam clashes before and after, reports AFP. The National Security Council of Israel on Sunday asked its fan to avoid attending sports games or cultural events involving Israelis, with an...

50 countries warn UN of ransomware attacks on hospitals
50 countries warn UN of ransomware attacks on hospitals

The World Health Organization (WHO) and some 50 countries have issued a warning at the United Nations about the rise of ransomware attacks against hospitals, reports AFP. Countries and WHO issued the warning on Friday, where the United States specifically blamed Russia for the potential attack....

France condemns Israel heavily after gendarmes detained Jerusalem
France condemns Israel heavily after gendarmes detained Jerusalem

France has accused Israel of harming bilateral ties afterIsraeli forcesentered a holy site under French administration in occupied East Jerusalem and briefly detained two gendarmes with diplomatic status. The incident took place on Thursday as French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot was due to...

France conducts trial for beheading of a teacher who displayed cartoons of the Prophet to his students
France conducts trial for beheading of a teacher who displayed cartoons of the Prophet to his students

Eight individuals are set to stand trial in Paris on terrorism charges starting Monday in connection with the beheading of teacher Samuel Paty. He was murdered by an Islamic extremist after he showed caricatures of Islams prophet to his middle school students during a lesson on freedom of...

Floods hit Saint-Tropez as rains lash south of France
Floods hit Saint-Tropez as rains lash south of France

Floodwaters inundated the shopfronts of the upscale French resort of Saint-Tropez, as torrential rains led to the closure of roads and train lines across the southern region of the country on Saturday. Firefighters were called out at least 10 times to help people trapped in their homes and cars...

G7 finalize $50bn Ukraine loan backed by Russian assets
G7 finalize $50bn Ukraine loan backed by Russian assets

G7 leaders have finalized details surrounding a US $50 billion loan to aid Kyiv, backed by profits from Russian sovereign assets frozen after its invasion of Ukraine, according to a statement released Friday, reports BSS. Leaders of the Group of Seven United States, United Kingdom, Canada,...

France first to welcome Russian army deserters
France first to welcome Russian army deserters

Six Russian soldiers who fled the Ukraine conflict have sought safety in France and are applying for asylum. This is a key case of Russian deserters being welcomed as a group by an EU nation. The deserters, who came to France through Kazakhstan, told AFP in interviews that they hope their choice...