The action comes days after a U.S.-led coalition accused Riad Salameh of decades of corruption to enrich himself at the expense of his country.

Reporters and editors at a leading newspaper, Le Journal du Dimanche, ended a 40-day walkout, but many were expected resign.

Wheat futures rose more than 4 percent, raising fears of an increase in global food inflation.

Journalists at a leading newspaper, Le Journal du Dimanche, have walked out over fears that Geoffroy Lejeune will turn it into a ring-wing platform.

A weak recovery has been underway since then, but growth is expected to remain tepid for the remainder of the year.

S&P Global restated a negative outlook for France’s ability to repay mounting debt. Two other ratings agencies have lowered their views in recent weeks.

The rate of price increases slowed to an annual rate of 6.1 percent in May, but food costs continued to keep inflation uncomfortably high.

The countries that use the euro recorded economic expansion of 0.1 percent in the first quarter, a slight improvement over the previous quarter’s flat output.

The French plane maker’s deal comes despite pressure on Europe from the Biden administration to isolate Beijing.

Two French business titans, Bernard Arnault of the LVMH empire and Françoise Bettencourt-Meyers of L’Oréal, are named the world’s wealthiest man and woman.