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France Launches Appeal to Acquire Proust’s ‘Madeleine’ Writings

This is Beirut, 17/09 18:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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France's National Library launched a public appeal for donations on Wednesday to acquire hundreds of unpublished documents belonging to Marcel Proust, including some showing how the famed writer settled on one of his most famous lines. Some of the roughly 900 documents were put up for show by the auction house Sotheby's on Wednesday morning and ...

Boualem Sansal Rejects Far-Right Nomination for Sakharov Prize

This is Beirut, 16/09 11:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Franco-Algerian author Boualem Sansal has opposed his nomination for the 2025 Sakharov Prize by the far-right group in the European Parliament led by Jordan Bardella (RN), his publisher Gallimard confirmed on Monday. The group Patriots for Europe (PfE), which has 85 members of the European Parliament, put forward Sansal’s name for the annual ...

Ex-France Defender Umtiti Calls Time on Club Career

This is Beirut, 16/09 11:10 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Former France international defender Samuel Umtiti, a World Cup winner in 2018, announced his retirement on Monday. The 31-year-old former Barcelona and Lyon player left Ligue 1 club Lille at the end of last season. "After an intense career with ups and downs, the time has come to say goodbye... I gave EVERYTHING with passion, and I regret ...

Germany, France, Argentina and Austria on Brink of Davis Cup Finals

This is Beirut, 13/09 09:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Germany, France, Argentina and Austria all edged closer to the Davis Cup finals on Friday taking 2-0 leads in their second round qualifiers. The seven winners of the best-of-five matches in this weekend's qualifiers advance to November's 'Final 8' hosted by defending champions Italy in Bologna. In Tokyo, Jan-Lennard Struff and Yannick Hanfmann ...

France Summons Russian Envoy to Protest 'Unacceptable' Poland Drone Raid

This is Beirut, 12/09 10:25 - Reading : less than a minute

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Russia's firing of drones over Poland is "absolutely unacceptable", the French foreign minister said Friday, adding that the Russian ambassador would be summoned over the incident. "He (the ambassador) will be summoned this morning," French Foreign Jean-Noel Barrot told France Inter radio. "We will tell him that we will not be intimidated... ...

Le Drian in Beirut: Priority Given to Supporting the Lebanese Army

This is Beirut, 11/09 14:50 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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French President Emmanuel Macron’s special envoy for Lebanon, Jean-Yves Le Drian, visited Beirut to discuss international coordination, particularly between Paris, Washington and Riyadh, as well as preparations for two major conferences on Lebanon. Support for the Lebanese Army was one of the central issues on the agenda. “This visit ...

French Commission Recommends Banning Social Media for Children Under 15

This is Beirut, 11/09 09:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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A French parliamentary commission probing the psychological effects of TikTok recommends banning social media for children under 15 and adopting a "digital curfew" for 15- to 18-year-olds, according to a report released Thursday. Such a ban would "send a signal to both children and parents that before the age of 15," social media "is not ...

400-Year-Old Rubens Found in Paris Mansion

This is Beirut, 10/09 20:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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A long-lost painting by 17th-century Flemish master Peter Paul Rubens has been found in a Paris mansion, a French auctioneer said on Wednesday. "It is a masterpiece," said Jean-Pierre Osenat, who had made the discovery, referring to the sketch of Jesus Christ on the cross painted in 1613. "It was painted by Rubens at the height of his talent," ...

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

This is Beirut, 10/09 13:55 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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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, 10/09 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 ...

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