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FRANCE

Cabinet reshuffled as presidential poll nears

The French presidency has announced a minor cabinet reshuffle, with Jacqueline Gourault stepping down and being replaced in her role as Minister for Territorial Cohesion and Relations with Local Government by Joel Giraud. Nathalie Elimas, who was a junior minister in the Ministry for Education, will also leave the government, the French presidency said. The government reshuffle comes just a month before the presidential election in April, with opinion polls pointing to President Emmanuel Macron being reelected.

DPRK

Test of satellite system conducted

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea conducted a "reconnaissance satellite" development test on Saturday, the official Korean Central News Agency reported on Sunday. The test, carried out by the National Aerospace Development Administration and the Academy of Defense Science, confirmed the reliability of the satellite's data transmission and reception system, its control command system and various ground-based control systems, the report said. It was the second such test in less than a week.

Agencies - Xinhua