Space & Connectivity: Amazon is set to launch 36 broadband satellites from French Guiana on Ariane 6 on June 17, using upgraded P160C boosters to lift more payload per flight—another step in its push to close global internet gaps. Energy & Local Economy: France’s energy regulator CRE has picked five electricity storage projects in Corsica totaling about 48 MW (pumped hydro plus batteries), with contracts running into the 2040s/2050s—useful context for how storage procurement could shape future overseas energy planning. Environment & Land Use: France added protections for 157,000 hectares of forest by creating seven new biological reserves and expanding two, with nearly all new area in French Guiana—highlighting how biodiversity policy is increasingly concentrated locally. Hydrocarbons Debate: Two French Guiana MPs, Jean-Victor Castor and Davy Rimane, broke with the French left after a committee rejection of a bill to allow oil exploration in overseas territories, arguing against “green colonialism” and for local economic realities. Justice & Trade Risks: A Cayenne court sentenced Dane Langhorne to 30 years for the 2021 murder of Alicia Faye, tied to a cocaine trafficking operation between France and French overseas territories. Health & Agriculture: A New World screwworm case has been detected in Texas, with researchers linking the resurgence to illegal cattle smuggling—an organized-crime angle that can affect regional livestock markets and biosecurity.