This is Beirut, 18/12 18:50 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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French authorities Wednesday searched for survivors and raced to supply aid as they sought to work out the full scale of the devastation wrought by Cyclone Chido on the Indian Ocean archipelago of Mayotte. France's President Emmanuel Macron will be in Mayotte on Thursday, his office announced, with officials warning of a death toll reaching ...
This is Beirut, 18/12 18:45 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky meets NATO chief Mark Rutte and key European leaders in Brussels Wednesday to strategise over Russia's war ahead of Donald Trump's return to power in the United States. This evening's gathering was due to involve leaders from Germany, Poland, Italy, Denmark, The Netherlands and the European Union's main ...
This is Beirut, 18/12 14:15 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan welcomed France's decision to send diplomats to Damascus after the fall of Syria's Bashar al-Assad, in a phone call with President Emmanuel Macron, the presidency said Wednesday. A French delegation arrived Tuesday at the country's embassy in Damascus, the first visit of diplomats from France since ...
This is Beirut, 18/12 10:50 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Rescuers searched desperately for survivors as they sought to assess the full scale of devastation wrought by Cyclone Chido on the French overseas territory of Mayotte, which emerged on Wednesday from a first night spent under curfew. French President Emmanuel Macron "will be in Mayotte on Thursday", his office announced late on Tuesday, as ...
This is Beirut, 13/12 14:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
French President Emmanuel Macron appointed his centrist ally François Bayrou as Prime Minister on Friday, the French presidency announced. This followed tortuous consultations to find a successor to Michel Barnier, who was ousted by a historic no-confidence vote last week. "The President of the Republic has appointed Mr. ...
This is Beirut, 11/12 10:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Donald Trump has reaffirmed that solving the Ukraine crisis would be his top priority once he assumes office next month, describing the Middle East as a "less difficult situation." "I think we have to solve the Ukraine problem with Russia," the US president-elect told French magazine Paris Match in an interview recorded on Saturday and released ...
This is Beirut, 10/12 18:28 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
French President Emmanuel Macron aims to name a new Prime Minister for France "within 48 hours", party chiefs who met him Tuesday told AFP in a bid to end the political deadlock following the ouster of Michel Barnier. The president invited leaders from across the political spectrum, leaving out the far-right National Rally (RN) and hard-left ...
This is Beirut, 09/12 15:45 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
French President Emmanuel Macron has called for a "meeting of different political forces" to hammer out a programme for a new government, the Greens party leader said on Monday amid a political crisis triggered by Prime Minister Michel Barnier's ouster. Macron had suggested a "new method" to put together an executive, Greens chief Marine ...
Ali A. Hamadé, 06/12 18:20 - Reading : 8 minute(s)
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Since Wednesday, France has been experiencing its most severe political and institutional crisis in over six decades. For the first time since 1962, a motion of censure passed in the National Assembly resulted in the resignation of Prime Minister Michel Barnier. President Emmanuel Macron, who “acknowledged” the gravity of the ...
This is Beirut, 05/12 09:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday will seek ways out of France's political crisis, after Michel Barnier became the first prime minister to be ousted by parliament in over six decades. Lawmakers voted on Wednesday to oust Barnier's government after just three months in office, approving a no-confidence motion proposed by the hard left ...
This is Beirut, 04/12 17:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
President Emmanuel Macron completed his state visit to Saudi Arabia on Wednesday as France's government faced being ousted in a no-confidence vote. Macron flew out after viewing the ancient AlUla heritage site, a cornerstone of the conservative country's nascent tourism industry, at the end of his three-day tour. The first French state visit to ...
This is Beirut, 03/12 21:58 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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French President Emmanuel Macron announced on Tuesday that he and Saudi Arabia's de facto ruler, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, would co-chair a conference on the establishment of a Palestinian state in June. "We have decided to co-chair a conference for the two states in June next year," Macron said, referring to Israel and a ...