NewsNews overview: Trump's trillion-dollar plan, EU tariff clash, more news
News overview: Trump's trillion-dollar plan, EU tariff clash, more news
It happened while you were sleeping. Here's what global agencies reported overnight from Wednesday to Thursday.
- President Donald Trump and his advisor, Elon Musk, announced on Wednesday more mass layoffs of federal officials and expressed confidence in finding a trillion dollars in savings. Trump suggested that an additional trillion could come from the sale of the right to permanent residency in the USA, referred to as golden cards.
- The European Commission announced on Wednesday evening that it would respond to Donald Trump's announcement of imposing 25% tariffs on goods imported from the European Union, including cars. The statement stated, "The EU will always protect European businesses, workers, and consumers from unjustified tariffs."
- Tunisian citizen Brahim Aouissaoui was sentenced on Wednesday by a Paris court to life imprisonment for killing three people during a terrorist attack at the basilica in Nice in October 2020. Aouissaoui will not be eligible for parole. This is the highest possible sentence in the French justice system. The prosecution had sought such a sentence.
- Friedrich Merz, the leader of the German Christian Democrats and most likely the future Chancellor of Germany, met with French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday evening in Paris. German media announced their talks and reported a private dinner at the French president's invitation.
- On Wednesday, the Parliament of the Republic of Srpska (RS) rejected Milorad Dodik's conviction as president of this autonomous part of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Parliament also called on the government to prepare regulations prohibiting the operation of selected central institutions of BiH in RS territory.
- Montenegro's President, Jakov Milatović, submitted a bill to parliament on Wednesday to compensate former inmates of the infamous political prison Goli Otok from the communist Yugoslavia era. RTCG television reported that Milatovi called the bill a matter of "truth and justice."
- About 40% of Albania's workforce has emigrated from the country, seeking a better future outside its borders, reported Euronews on Wednesday, citing the latest data from the International Organization for Migration (IOM).
- The Portuguese police dismantled a Romanian criminal group that had been operating in the country for several years, enslaving children. By Wednesday, over 30 minors of Romanian origin, who were forced to beg, had been freed.
- The Nigerian Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) demanded the death penalty or life imprisonment for those caught trading counterfeit medicines and severe sentences for sellers of unhealthy processed food.
- New York State Governor Kathy Hochul criticized prison service officers across the state for striking on Wednesday. She warned that they could be arrested, as public sector strikes are prohibited by law.
