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Sarkozy prison date to be set. Here’s why the former French president will serve time despite appeal

World News Sylvie Corbet - October 11, 2025

PARIS (AP) — The date for Nicolas Sarkozy’s imprisonment will be set Monday, after the former French president was sentenced to five years in prison for criminal conspiracy in a scheme to...

Macron appoints Defense Minister Lecornu as France’s latest prime minister

World News Sylvie Corbet - September 9, 2025

PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday appointed Defense Minister Sébastien Lecornu as new prime minister and tasked him with immediately trying to get the country’s fractious political parties to...

A Paris court is to rule in French actor Gérard Depardieu’s sexual assault case

World News Sylvie Corbet - May 12, 2025

PARIS (AP) — A Paris court on Tuesday found actor Gérard Depardieu guilty of having sexually assaulted two women on a 2021 film set, giving him an 18-month suspended prison sentence.The actor,...