French PM Lecornu names new government before looming budget deadline
• Oct 12, 2025, 7:17 PM
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Reinstated French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu named a new government Sunday after a meeting with President Emmanuel Macron, as he faces pressure to urgently produce a budget and quell the political turmoil engulfing France. It is unclear how long this new team, which includes several old faces and some new, will last.
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France’s Sarkozy to learn prison date after five-year sentence over Libya campaign funds
• 1:14 AM
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A Paris court will set on Monday the date for Nicolas Sarkozy’s imprisonment after sentencing the former French president to five years for conspiring to finance his 2007 campaign with Libyan funds. Sarkozy, 70, denies wrongdoing, calling the verdict “a
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Venezuela's Maduro calls Nobel Peace laureate Machado a 'demonic witch'
• 12:30 AM
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Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Sunday called opposition leader Maria Corina Machado a “demonic witch,” two days after she won the Nobel Peace Prize for promoting democracy. The Nobel Committee praised Machado’s “tireless work” for human rights in
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