French President Emmanuel Macron has taken to popular social media apps in a new push to encourage vaccinations against COVID-19, combat “false information” and reach out to younger people. Filming himself from his summer residency at Fort de Bregancon on the French Riviera wearing a casual T-shirt, Macron, 43, offered to answer people’s questions in…
International donors raise $370 million in aid for Lebanon August 5, 2021 at 12:31 am
France on Wednesday pledged to send 500,000 doses of coronavirus vaccines to Lebanon, along with €100 million ($118.9 million) in emergency aid to rebuild Beirut a year after a massive explosion tore through the capital city,
Anadolu Agency reported.
In a virtual joint conference led by French President Emmanuel Macron and UN Secretary General Antonio Guterras, international leaders from 40 different governments and institutions came together with the aim of helping the recovery of Lebanon, still reeling and grief-stricken a year after the blast in the Port of Beirut left miles of devastation and over 200 people killed.
By Fayçal Benhassain | August 4, 2021 | 6:43pm EDT
French President Emmanuel Macron. (Photo by Ludovic Marin/AFP via Getty Images)
Paris (CNSNews.com) – A series of social media posts by French President Emmanuel Macron designed to answer young people’s questions about COVID-19 vaccines have stoked debate here – along with some ridicule.
On Monday and Tuesday, Macron posted four videos on Instagram and Tik Tok, discussing vaccines and in later clips answering questions submitted by users of the platforms.
He described vaccination as “the only weapon in the face of the fourth wave of COVID-19,” saying that around 42 million people in France have received one shot and more than 35 million have received two.
Paris: Lebanon’s leaders owe their people the truth about the massive blast that claimed hundreds of lives in Beirut last year, French President Emmanuel Macron said on the anniversary of.