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Unconvincing France Come From Behind to Edge Iceland in World Cup Qualifying

This is Beirut, 13:55 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

A disjointed France recovered from a Michael Olise gaffe to beat Iceland 2-1 in World Cup qualifying on Tuesday, holding on for a second straight win after Aurelien Tchouameni was sent off and a late equalizer was disallowed. Olise inexplicably gifted the opening goal to Iceland's Andri Gudjohnsen at the Parc des Princes, leaving France in danger ...

France Set for Disruption as New PM Takes Office

This is Beirut, 09:15 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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France's new Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu takes office on Wednesday facing a day of protests that are expected to see transport, education and other services suffer disruptions in a show of grassroots anger against President Emmanuel Macron. The protests, led by a loose left-wing collective called "Block Everything", could be a baptism of ...

Lecornu: Macron's Discreet 'Loyal Soldier'

This is Beirut, 09/09 22:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Sebastien Lecornu, named Tuesday as France's new prime minister, has served as defense minister for over three years during much of Russia's invasion of Ukraine and is seen as a deeply loyal, if discreet, ally of President Emmanuel Macron. Still just 39, Lecornu has been one of the few faces of continuity in the French cabinet at a time of ...

Macron Names Defense Minister Sebastien Lecornu New Prime Minister

This is Beirut, 09/09 22:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday named defence minister and his close ally Sebastien Lecornu as the new prime minister to resolve a deepening political crisis as protests loom in the next days. In choosing Lecornu, 39, to replace Francois Bayrou as the seventh premier of his mandate, Macron has plumped for one of his closest allies ...

Macron Scrambles to Find New French PM After Bayrou Ousted

This is Beirut, 09/09 09:20 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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President Emmanuel Macron will accept the resignation of Prime Minister Francois Bayrou on Tuesday after his government was ejected in a confidence vote, with the French leader rushing to find a successor and stave off a new political crisis. On Monday, Bayrou suffered a crushing loss in a confidence vote he had himself called, plunging France ...

Macron Scrambles to Find New French PM after Bayrou Ousted

This is Beirut, 08/09 23:18 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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France Coach Deschamps Plays Down Rift with PSG Over Dembele, Doue Injuries

This is Beirut, 08/09 16:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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France coach Didier Deschamps calmed suggestions of a rift between the national team and Paris Saint-Germain after the European champions were left fuming after Ousmane Dembele and Desire Doue picked up injuries on international duty. Dembele, PSG's leading scorer last season and one of the favourites to win the Ballon d'Or, has been ruled out ...

French Parliament Set to Eject PM in Blow to Macron

This is Beirut, 08/09 09:05 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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France's parliament is expected to oust Prime Minister François Bayrou on Monday after just nine months in office, plunging the key EU member into new political uncertainty and creating a painful dilemma for President Emmanuel Macron. Bayrou blind sided even his allies by calling a confidence vote to end a months-long standoff over his austerity ...

Lebanon and France Discuss Military Support and Reconstruction Initiatives

This is Beirut, 07/09 14:40 - Reading : less than a minute

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Foreign Minister Youssef Raggi held a phone conversation with his French counterpart, Jean-Noël Barrot, on Sunday, expressing gratitude for France’s pivotal role in renewing the UNIFIL mandate under optimal terms. Barrot welcomed Lebanon’s adoption of the army’s plan to reassert state control over all weapons nationwide and reaffirmed ...

France Welcomes Lebanon’s Endorsement of Army Plan on Weapons

This is Beirut, 06/09 15:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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The French Ministry of Foreign Affairs welcomed on Saturday the Lebanese government’s plan proposed by the army to restore the state’s monopoly on arms across all of its territory. French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot held talks a day earlier with his Lebanese counterpart, Youssef Raggi, to reaffirm France’s support for the disarmament ...

From Montpellier to Beirut: Sharing Medical Innovation

Makram Haddad, 06/09 09:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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The conference hall of the Hôpital Français du Levant buzzed on Friday with unusual excitement. Impeccable white coats, understated suits, attentive gazes: doctors, researchers, diplomats and institutional representatives gathered for a rare moment in the recent history of Lebanese medicine. Beneath the large bay windows flooding the room with ...

The Guardianship Syndrome

Johnny Kortbawi, 05/09 15:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Lebanon’s modern history has been shaped by successive forms of foreign tutelage, beginning with the proclamation of Greater Lebanon 105 years ago. Over the course of half a century, the country experienced various mandates and occupations: 23 years under the French Mandate, 30 years under Syrian domination, alongside repeated Israeli invasions ...

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