French President Emmanuel Macron and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman have discussed strengthening their countries’ cooperation in the defense and energy fields, reiterating their determination to “work together” for helping Lebanon.

The caretaker Cabinet on Monday reversed a controversial decision on postponing the country’s observation of daylight saving time by one month, caretaker PM Najib Mikati said.

Free Patriotic Movement chief Jebran Bassil on Sunday called for a new president who would “implement reform, build the state and preserve the resistance.”

Free Patriotic Movement chief Jebran Bassil has said that the FPM wants “a president who would confront the establishment to stop its crimes, not one who would be part of it and a continuation of its course.”

Lebanon’s Audit Bureau on Friday sent a memo to caretaker Public Works and Transport Minister Ali Hamieh, asking him for information about a project to construct a new terminal at the Rafik Hariri International Airport, following an uproar in the country over the issue.

United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon Joanna Wronecka said Friday that three years after Lebanon announced its first ever sovereign default, Lebanese are still waiting for their leaders to act to rescue the country.

"People are desperate to see their salaries severely diminished by currency depreciation and inflation," Wronecka said in a tweet.

A decision by caretaker PM Najib Mikati to postpone the start of Lebanon’s daylight saving time has stirred controversy with sectarian undertones in the country, especially after a leaked video of a conversation between Mikati and Speaker Nabih Berri.

U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Barbara Leaf met Friday with Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, following talks with Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblat.

Leaf had arrived in Lebanon on Thursday night, as part of a regional tour, after she visited Jordan, Egypt, Libya, and Tunisia.

Depositors and activists protested Friday in front of the Central Bank in Beirut's Hamra street. They burned tires and tried to smash the windows of some banks in the area.

This week has been one of the craziest in Lebanon after the black market dollar exchange rate hit the LBP 143,000 mark at the beginning of the week prompting protests that did not stop even after the pound regained some of its value after a Central Bank statement.

The Community Support Program (CSP), funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), has recognized the efforts of a third cohort of 76 university students and recent graduates from 11 universities who completed internships in support of USAID-funded projects in Lebanon.

U.S. Embassy Deputy Chief of Mission Richard Michaels, USAID Lebanon Acting Mission Director Nicholas Vivio, and representatives from municipalities, local communities, and 11 USAID-assisted universities attended the ceremony.