French Navy Adm. Raoul Castex (1878–1968) is the greatest naval strategist you probably never heard of. He is easily at the level of French army luminaries Marshal Ferdinand Foch (1851–1929) and Gen.

France's prime minister tested positive for Covid-19 on Monday, hours after returning from a visit to neighboring Belgium and just as France is seeing a nationwide resurgence of infections, according ...

PARIS — French Prime Minister Jean Castex made a name for himself as Monsieur Déconfinement (Mister Lockdown Exit) after he drafted plans for lifting coronavirus restrictions this spring before ...

As France went into lockdown to try and stop the spread of coronavirus, Castex was in April appointed by Prime Minister Édouard Philippe to examine how the country would ease restrictions. Castex ...

PARIS — Emmanuel Macron appointed low-profile conservative Jean Castex as his prime minister on Friday, in a move that means the French president is effectively betting the house on himself. In ...

French Prime Minister Jean Castex met Pope Francis at the Vatican on Monday as the French Catholic Church battles a storm over clerical child sex abuse and the sanctity of confession. The long-planned ...

Prime Minister Jean Castex on Thursday urged more French to get their first Covid vaccine dose, acknowledging that fewer people are signing up for slots as the summer holidays approach. "We're ...