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France Unbowed Party Rejects Nomination of Sebastien Lecornu as Prime Minister
Sebastien Lecornu, 2025. X/ @lazlaz17168437 September 9, 2025 Hour: 2:57 pm On Tuesday, French President Emmanuel Macron appointed Defense Minister Sebastien Lecornu as his new prime minister. RELATED: The ‘Let’s Block Everything!’ Movement Is...

French President appoints new Prime Minister — 5th in less than 2 years
French President Emmanuel Macron appointed Armed Forces Minister Sébastian Lecornu as Prime Minister on the evening of September 9. France 24 writes about this. Lecornu (39) is the youngest head of government in French history. A former...

Macron appoints France's latest prime minister after government collapses
French President Macron late Tuesday appointed Defense Minister Sébastien Lecornu as France's new prime minister and tasked him with immediately trying to get the country's fractious political parties to agree on a budget for one of the world's...
Macron appoints centrist ally Sebastien Lecornu as PM - with defence minister becoming fourth PM in a year
Lecornu, 39, is the youngest defence minister in French history and architect of a major military build-up through to 2030, spurred on by Russia's war in Ukraine. It comes just 24 hours after politicians toppled Lecornu's predecessor Francois...

French President Macron appoints defence minister Sebastien Lecornu as country’s latest PM
Mr Lecornu, 39, is the youngest defence minister in French history and architect of a major military build-up through to 2030, spurred on by Russia’s war in Ukraine. A former conservative who joined Mr Macron’s centrist movement in 2017, he has...

Macron appoints defence minister Sebastien Lecornu as France’s latest PM
French president Emmanuel Macron has appointed defence minister Sebastien Lecornu as the country’s new prime minister, the fourth in approximately a year. Mr Lecornu, 39, is the youngest defence minister in French history and architect of a major...

Macron appoints Defense Minister Lecornu as France’s latest prime minister
PARIS (AP) — French President Macron late Tuesday appointed Defense Minister Sébastien Lecornu as France’s new prime minister, the country’s fourth in about a year. Lecornu, 39, is the youngest defense minister in French history and architect of a...

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Israeli strike in Qatar targets Hamas leaders as they weigh Gaza ceasefire proposal DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Israel launched a strike targeting Hamas’ leadership in Qatar as they considered a U.S. proposal for a ceasefire in the Gaza...

Macron names Sebastien Lecornu as new French prime minister
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From sargassum to the blue economy: a sustainable opportunity for the Greater Caribbean
As climate change warms the oceans and alters nutrient flows in rivers like the Amazon, sargassum thrives. However, when it reaches the coast and begins to decompose, it emits toxic gases, primarily hydrogen sulfide and ammonia, posing increasing...
U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services, July 2025
Explanatory Notes Goods (Census basis) Data for goods on a Census basis are compiled from the documents collected by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and reflect the movement of goods between foreign countries and the 50 states, the...

Caribbean Global Awards 2025: Top 30 People’s Choice Leaders Announced
Key personalities on the list included Kamla Persad-Bissessar (Trinidad and Tobago PM), Dickon Mitchell (Grenada PM), Mark Brantley (Nevis Premier), and more. The 2025 People Choice Leaders List has been announced by Caribbean Global Awards. The...

Free movement among four Caribbean countries begins
KINGSTOWN, St Vincent (CMC) – Free movement among nationals of St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG), Barbados, Dominica and Belize came into effect on Wednesday, two days after a law facilitating such movement was passed in the St Vincent and the...

KAMLA PERSAD-BISSESSAR CARIBBEAN’S MOST INFLUENTIAL LEADER 2025
Caribbean Global Leader (People’s Choice) Crowned as First Female Prime Minister of Trinidad & Tobago Tops Fiercely Competitive List of 30 Influential Icons In a resounding affirmation of people power across the Caribbean and its global diaspora,...

Free movement among SVG, Barbados, Belize begins
Free movement among nationals of St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG), Barbados and Belize came into effect on Wednesday, two days after a law facilitating such movement was passed in the Vincentian Parliament. Dominica is also part of the...

French tennis star Monfils says 2026 will be final year on tour
French tennis star Gael Monfils announced on Wednesday that he will quit the international circuit at the end of the 2026 season. The 39-year-old made the declaration on social media. "The opportunity to turn my passion into a profession is a...


Groundbreaking consultation to explore elevating the Creole language beyond informal use
Dominica News Online - Monday, September 29th, 2025 at 11:47 AM “Legitimizing Creole: From Vernacular to Vehicle of Identity, Education, and Development” will be the theme of the upcoming Creole Language National Consultation 2025, hosted by...

Lost in Space: The Limits of Geolocation in a Satellite-Connected World
“Where are you?” is not an easy question to answer on the Internet. The telephone system’s address plan embedded a certain amount of physical location information in the fixed-line network, and a full E.164 telephone number indicated your location...