This is Beirut, 22/02 20:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
One person died and two police officers were seriously injured Saturday in a knife attack in eastern France that President Emmanuel Macron said was an "Islamist terror act". Prosecutors said three more officers were lightly wounded in the attack in the city of Mulhouse, carried out by a 37-year-old suspect who is on a terror prevention watchlist, ...
This is Beirut, 20/02 22:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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President Emmanuel Macron said Thursday that France was entering a "new era" and that he planned to tell US President Donald Trump he could not "be weak" with Vladimir Putin. Macron spoke to the French ahead of a planned visit to the White House to meet Trump next week, as Europe scrambles to respond to his Ukraine war ...
This is Beirut, 19/02 21:40 - Reading : less than a minute
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French President Emmanuel Macron is set to meet Donald Trump at the White House next week, a US official said Wednesday, as Europe scrambles to respond to the US president's shift on the war in Ukraine. "President Macron is expected at the White House early next week," a White House official told AFP on condition of anonymity. With AFPe
This is Beirut, 19/02 18:04 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday held a new meeting on Ukraine in a bid to coordinate a European response to what he called an "existential threat" from Russia after a shock policy shift in Washington. Macron was speaking to leaders of 19 countries including Canada, with most taking part by video link, according to the ...
Marie-Christine Tayah, 18/02 14:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Recognized for its linguistic and cultural diversity, the Kingdom of Morocco will be in the spotlight at the 2025 edition of the Paris Book Festival. Moroccan literature, spanning Arabic, Amazigh, French, English, and Spanish, reflects a unique cultural mosaic. Morocco’s Ambassador to France, Samira Sitaïl, highlighted the pride associated with ...
This is Beirut, 13/02 19:25 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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France's Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said Thursday that the European Union was working toward swiftly easing Syria sanctions as Paris hosted a conference on the transition in the war-torn country after president Bashar al-Assad's fall. Islamist-led rebels toppled Assad in December after a lightning offensive. The new authorities, headed by ...
This is Beirut, 13/02 09:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Syria's Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani is to attend an international conference in Paris on Thursday on the political transition after Islamist-led rebels seized power from president Bashar al-Assad in December. The trip will be the first such official visit to Europe for talks by the top diplomat of post-Assad Syria after he attended the ...
This is Beirut, 12/02 14:55 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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French President Emmanuel Macron and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited southern France with a packed schedule on Wednesday, fostering a relationship that Paris sees as an alternative to great power rivalries. Macron took Modi for dinner in the picturesque southern town of Cassis on Tuesday, before Wednesday's visit to the Mediterranean ...
This is Beirut, 11/02 09:05 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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US President Donald Trump signed executive orders to impose 25 percent tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from March 12, ramping up a long-promised trade war despite warnings from Europe and China. "Today I'm simplifying our tariffs on steel and aluminum," Trump said Monday in the Oval Office. "It's 25 percent without exceptions or ...
This is Beirut, 10/02 09:35 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Political and tech industry leaders were set to descend on Paris Monday for a two-day summit on artificial intelligence, hoping to find common ground on a technology with the potential to upset global business and society. Co-hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the gathering's stated aims include ...
Michel Touma, 27/01 08:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Civilians who headed to the border villages of southern Lebanon on Sunday, seemingly spurred on by Hezbollah, demonstrated remarkable audacity. The standard-bearers of the “resistance” will likely frame this as yet another “victory,” merely because residents sought to return to certain localities despite repeated warnings from the Israeli ...
This is Beirut, 27/01 04:25 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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The ceasefire agreement in Lebanon has been extended until 18 February, the United States announced, after hundreds of inhabitants of southern Lebanon tried to return to their villages on Sunday, some of which were still occupied by Israeli forces who fired in their direction, killing 22 people according to the Lebanese authorities. AFP ...