Kathy Lette relives some of her failed flings
14 February 2021 • 2:00pm
When it comes to holidays, Cupid has an abundance of unsheathed arrows in his amorous quiver
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Love is such a powerful drug that it really should be classified as a Class A addiction. And research shows that one of the best places to score the love drug is on vacation. According to a recent survey by travel company Kayak, one in five Brits finds love on holiday. Is there anything more likely to make you swoon than a kiss ’neath a tropical moon?
Sadly, due to the wretched pandemic, right now Cupid has an abundance of unsheathed arrows in his amorous quiver. But, before you get the United Nations to declare your love life a disaster area, I’m here to remind you that holiday romances can also go disastrously wrong. And I speak from bitter, sunburnt experience. The trouble is that while sipping pina coladas on a sun-drenched seashore, it’s ridiculously easy to fall in love; the danger is you
2021-01-19 15:05:58 GMT2021-01-19 23:05:58(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
PARIS, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) Former French Prime Minister Edouard Balladur went on trial on Tuesday over allegations of using kickbacks from arms deals to finance his presidential campaign in the 1990s, according to local media reports.
Balladur, 91, who was prime minister between 1993 and 1995, was to face his judges and answer their questions, the French daily Le Figaro reported.
He denounced a procedure based on rumors. and will plead the acquittal, the daily added, citing his defense lawyer.
In 2017, the conservative politician was placed under formal investigation for alleged complicity in the misuse and handling of assets in the so-called Karachi affair.
authorities. the third location is a concert hall, not very far away, where similarly clad people have taken a number of hostages. how many, we don t yet know. condition of those hostages, we don t yet know. demands of the hostage-takers we don t know. hostages have been taken and are being held. if demands have been given, we don t know them. and authorities are working to coordinate all of this with the french president on hand. the french president, francois hollande was at the statum when this happened, as was the former president, jacque chirac. he was moved on to the ministry of administration and is handling the detail of the three locations, attacks in three different locations tonight in paris, and the french president himself, accord dog his office, is working to coordinate. the french president left the stadium, went directly to the staging area and is now handling information and the rest of host
contains both the french president s, francois hollande, and the former president, jacque chirac, and according to the discrimination from the police, quote, masked men emerged on all sides and began firing. quoting now from our sister sunsetwork sky news, at least four people have been killed, though the number has now been updated for us to as many as 18, and others wounded after this shooting at a restaurant in paris and an explosion at a bar nearby. witnesses are now saying, including a reuters news agency reporter, that bodies are on the ground outside the restaurant and police have cordoned off the area after the attack in this area around the stadium. this all happened sometime in the last 40 minutes, and unbelievably, the soccer match, which is a friendly between germany and france continues now with the french president and to
in society that are hoarding. the wealth and really sort of causing a catastrophe that students are facing. your friends will be happy getting to a point in their career when they can look outside and say, finally, i m able to pay 90% in tacks. obviously people in your position don t want to pay 90% i dare say, unless you re high as a kite, you wouldn t volunteer to pay 90%. right? unless you really did see a considerable bang for the buck and it was worth it. but you realize it s not worth and given the track record with government, doesn t always work. right? yeah. absolutely. but the reality is, we have to look at the injustice of the system right now. that went on for the better part of eight minutes. let me cut to the chase. talking about how really isic these goals were to have the government pick up the tab for everybody s education to forgive debts and mandate $15 minimum wage and on and on we go. it was such an unusual type of interview and exchange that