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Paris Metro in Concerning Decline ahead of Olympics

This Is Beirut, 2023-12-05 21:28 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

2024 Paris Olympics Anne Hidalgo France Ile-de-France International Olympic Committee Olympic Games paris Paris Metro Public Transportation RATP RER Valérie Pécresse

The metro and suburban train system in Paris are experiencing a concerning new decline, as reported by the transport authority of the French capital region on Tuesday. This comes with only eight months remaining before the city hosts the Olympic Games. Paris' metro and suburban train system are suffering "a worrying new deterioration," the French ...

Tourist Killed in a Knife Attack in Paris

This Is Beirut, 2023-12-03 10:24 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Emmanuel Macron France Germany Investigation paris attack

On Saturday, December 2nd, a man wielding a knife attacked a couple of foreign tourists in Paris, resulting in the death of a German tourist and injuries to two others, prompting French President Macron to express condolences, while the suspected attacker was swiftly apprehended.  The man who stabbed a tourist to death near the Eiffel Tower in ...

France Is Developing a Mechanism to Enforce Resolution 1701

2023-12-02 17:35 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Amos Hochstein France

In the aftermath of the July 2006 war, the United Nations Security Council issued Resolution 1701, establishing a south zone of the Litani River free from weapons and illegitimate armed elements. In exchange, Israel was expected to cease its violations of Lebanon's airspace, territory and waters. Nonetheless, this resolution has not been ...

Le Drian to LBCI: 'It Is Necessary to Extend Army Chief's Mandate'

This Is Beirut, 2023-12-01 22:01 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

France Jean-Yves Le Drian Joseph Aoun

Special Envoy of French President Emmanuel Macron to Lebanon Jean-Yves Le Drian has expressed support for extending the mandate of Army Commander-in-Chief General Joseph Aoun, who reaches retirement age on January 10. “I support the extension of the army commander’s term in office because the Lebanese need security, and since the army ...

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