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As France’s Elders Swelter in the Heat, Postal Workers Come to the Rescue

By: Ségolène Le Stradic — 3 August 2026 at 04:01

To help prevent heat-related deaths, the French government has asked postal workers to check in on older people.

Harmony Simon, a postal worker, visiting Martine Combe in Aix-les-Bains in July.

With Sébastien Lecornu’s Resignation, France Faces Increasing Turmoil

By: Roger Cohen — 7 October 2025 at 04:01

The record-fast collapse of yet another government confronts President Emmanuel Macron and his country with an intensifying crisis.

Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu of France in Paris on Monday after making the announcement that he had resigned, just a day after naming his government.