Sebastien Lecornu, the loyal Macron ally set to become PM at 39
• Sep 10, 2025, 11:25 AM
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Sebastien Lecornu, named Tuesday as France's new prime minister, has served as defence 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 multiple changes of government.
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Cuba suffers fifth nationwide blackout this year as crisis deepens
• 3:01 AM
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Cubans were left in the dark Wednesday after the island endured its fifth nationwide power outage in a year, the latest blow in the country’s worst economic crisis in decades, triggered by the shutdown of its largest thermoelectric plant.
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Ghana agrees to take in West Africans deported by United States
• 2:36 AM
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Ghanaian President John Mahama said Wednesday his country has begun accepting West Africans expelled from the United States under Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown, part of a controversial policy that sends deportees to third countries where many have
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Investigation underway after shooting of far-right activist Charlie Kirk
• 1:53 AM
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Investigators are still looking for a suspect in the deadly shooting Wednesday of conservative figure and far-right activist Charlie Kirk. The shooting has drawn swift and bipartisan condemnation, with the governor of Utah calling it a "political assassi
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Nepal deploys army as protesters look for interim leader
• 1:30 AM
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Troops patrolled Kathmandu on Wednesday, ordering residents to stay home after two days of violent protests over a social media ban forced Nepal’s prime minister to resign, left 25 people dead, and pushed demonstrators to press the military for a transit
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