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As France drifted to the right, the president has tried to make the country more business-friendly and win back voters. His strategy hasn’t worked.

Ten years ago, astronomers made an epic discovery with the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory. Cosmology hasn’t been the same since, and it might not stay that way much longer.

The military imposed order after days of unrest led to the resignation of the country’s prime minister. Organizers want a former chief justice to lead Nepal’s interim government.

Leaders of a youthful protest movement that toppled a prime minister met with the military on Wednesday to discuss a path forward for the country.

Protesters blocked roads, roundabouts and tram lines across the country as Sébastien Lecornu took office. It was a sign of the challenges ahead.

The cause of the enormous blast, which created chaos in one of the capital’s most heavily populated areas, was thought to be an accident. No deaths have yet been reported.

As France drifted to the right, the president has tried to make the country more business-friendly and win back voters. His strategy hasn’t worked.

The heads were left by two foreigners, according to prosecutors, who said the motive was to “cause unrest,” but they did not identify a group or nation behind the act.

Sébastien Lecornu had been defense minister. He is one of President Emmanuel Macron’s most loyal and enduring allies.