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Macron: Iran 'Main Strategic and Security Challenge' in Middle East

This is Beirut, 06/01 16:35 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday said Iran was the main strategic and security challenge in the Middle East, citing the acceleration of its nuclear programme and support for Russia's war against Ukraine. "Iran is the main strategic and security challenge for France, the Europeans, the entire region and beyond," Macron said in a speech ...

Magro Hopes January 9 Will Be the Start of a New Era for Lebanon

This is Beirut, 02/01 21:44 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Hervé Magro, the French Ambassador to Lebanon, reiterated that France would “not relax its efforts to work together (with the Lebanese) so that Lebanon and its people regain the future they deserve” during his New Year’s greetings for 2025. After two years and two months of presidential vacancy, Magro said in a press release from the ...

Global markets rode AI, interest rate roller coaster in 2024

This is Beirut, 01/01 10:45 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Despite political upheavals, stock markets and bitcoin smashed records in 2024, fuelled by investor enthusiasm for Artificial Intelligence (AI), falling interest rates, and hopes of tax cuts. Here are five of the most remarkable aspects of 2024 for financial markets: Stock records fall like dominoes Wall Street's three main stock indices blew ...

Joseph Aoun in Riyadh: From Yarzeh to Baabda?

This is Beirut, 2024-12-27 13:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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All eyes are on Riyadh, awaiting the outcome of discussions between the Lebanese Army Commander-in-Chief, General Joseph Aoun, and Saudi officials. On Thursday, Joseph Aoun met the Saudi Minister of Defense in the presence of the new man in charge of the Lebanese dossier, Prince Yazid ben Farhane. While the Lebanese are closely scrutinizing the ...

The ministers in the Bayrou government take up their duties

This is Beirut, 2024-12-24 05:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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The ministers in François Bayrou's government will take up their duties on Tuesday, on the eve of Christmas, as they hand over power to the Prime Minister, who is confident in his ability to avoid censure. ‘I am convinced that the action I am defining before you and the government team will ensure that we will not be ...

France's Macron Announces Fourth Government Of The Year

This is Beirut, 2024-12-23 20:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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French President Emmanuel Macron named a new government Monday evening, putting together a team under Francois Bayrou, his fourth prime minister of the year, to drag the second-largest EU economy out of political crisis. Macron named former prime minister Elisabeth Borne education minister in a new cabinet under centrist Bayrou, the presidency ...

France Counts Cyclone Cost as Aid Reaches Mayotte

This is Beirut, 2024-12-18 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 ...

Zelensky Huddles With European Leaders as Trump Looms

This is Beirut, 2024-12-18 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 ...

Erdogan Praises France’s Diplomatic Reengagement in Post-Assad Syria

This is Beirut, 2024-12-18 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 ...

Cyclone Chido Ravages Mayotte, Rescue Efforts Intensify

This is Beirut, 2024-12-18 10:50 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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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 ...

France: François Bayrou Named Prime Minister

This is Beirut, 2024-12-13 14:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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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. ...

Trump Reaffirms Solving Ukraine Crisis his Top Priority

This is Beirut, 2024-12-11 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 ...