The French president presented Ali Akbar with one of the French government's highest honors on Wednesday evening. Akbar has sold Le Monde for decades in the Saint-Germain-des-Prés neighborhood of Paris.

Ali Akbar, 73, honoured by Emmanuel Macron with National Order of Merit for dedication he pours into work

PARIS: Ali Akbar has been homeless, experienced extreme poverty and had been attacked. On Wednesday, President Emmanuel Macron made Pakistan-born Akbar, believed to be the last…