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May 19, 2026
French government encourages women to report rape in singer Patrick Bruel's assault probes
Patrick Bruel faces several probes in France and Belgium and more are expected to be announced. He denies all the accusations.
Le Monde
May 19, 2026
Trump administration increases pressure on Cuba for regime change
The Cuban president warned on Monday that a US attack would lead to a 'bloodbath,' while Washington is expanding the list of government enti...
Le Monde
May 19, 2026
France's justice minister visits Algeria to help restore relations
Justice Minister Gérald Darmanin met Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune on Monday, May 18, as both countries begin rebuilding ties afte...
Le Monde
May 19, 2026
Canal+ controversy undermines French cinema
EDITORIAL. The standoff between Canal+, the industry's leading financial backer, and part of the industry – directors, actors and crew alike...
Le Monde
May 19, 2026
Canal+ 'blacklist' threat fuels tensions in the French film industry
The number of signatories to the anti-Bolloré open letter continues to grow as the CNC, France's national film board, tries to ease tensions...
Le Monde
May 19, 2026
Michelin transforms itself to become global benchmark for the art of living
In response to competition from digital platforms, the restaurant guide has begun a major shift, expanding both its scope of expertise and i...
Le Monde
May 19, 2026
Paris after-school staff strike to denounce climate of suspicion amid abuse scandal
The French capital has been shaken for more than a year by a series of sexual abuse cases involving after-school staff. Professionals in the...
Le Monde
May 19, 2026
Greenland remains under US pressure
The American president's envoy, Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry, has embarked on a three-day visit to Nuuk, as the United States seeks to exp...
Le Monde
May 19, 2026
Ofer Bronchtein, 'Israeli dreamer' of peace who had a Palestinian passport, has died
The French-Israeli dual citizen, who had the ear of President Emmanuel Macron, died on Monday. He spent much of his life fighting for the co...
Le Monde
May 19, 2026
Putin meets with Xi to strengthen deeply unbalanced relations
During his visit to China on Tuesday and Wednesday, the Russian president hopes to make use of the war in Iran to advance a gas pipeline pro...
Le Monde
May 19, 2026
France and Turkey have most overcrowded jails in Europe, report reveals
A specially commissioned report on prison conditions among Council of Europe member states showed that France and Turkey both have 131 inmat...
Le Monde
May 19, 2026
Sweden confirms purchase of four frigates from France's Naval Group
Announcing the deal on Tuesday, Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kirstersson said, 'It is a tripling of Sweden's air defense capability compared w...
Le Monde
May 19, 2026
As Israeli legislative elections approach, the opposition focuses on rejecting Netanyahu rather than the peace process
NEWS ANALYSIS. Even as the current prime minister's coalition appears to be in deep trouble, most of his rivals have not dared to break with...
Le Monde
May 19, 2026
Cannes 2026: In 'L'Inconnue,' Niels Schneider and Léa Seydoux dive into a dizzying game of doubles and doppelgängers
Director Arthur Harari uses body-swapping to create a poisonous modern fairy tale.
Le Monde
May 19, 2026
As the world gets taller, Indians shrink
Contrary to global trends, the average height of both men and women in the Indian subcontinent is decreasing. The reasons are manifold.
Le Monde
May 19, 2026
How Le Pen's party has shifted its economic platform over 15 years
Ever since Marine Le Pen took control of the far-right Rassemblement National in 2011, it has struggled to present a clear economic platform...
Le Monde
May 19, 2026
Exploring aquifers to counter drought: 'The water chooses its path'
In an area of the eastern Pyrénées mountains that has been greatly affected by climate change, underground aquifers have proven invaluable....
Le Monde
May 19, 2026
Are hailstones getting bigger due to climate change?
Scientific studies suggest that a warmer climate does not necessarily lead to more frequent hail, but rather to more severe hailstorms with...
Le Monde
May 19, 2026
Trump says held off on new Iran attack, upbeat for agreement
Trump, speaking at a White House event on Monday, added he had instructed the US military to be 'prepared to go forward with a full, large-s...
Le Monde
May 18, 2026
Why the Ebola surge in the Democratic Republic of Congo alarms international health authorities
The Central African country faces a new outbreak of the Ebola virus, which causes a deadly hemorrhagic fever. More than 100 deaths have alre...
Le Monde
May 18, 2026
Three killed at San Diego mosque and both suspects are dead, police say
A mosque security guard was among the dead in what is being described as a hate crime at the Islamic Center of San Diego, San Diego Police C...
Le Monde
May 18, 2026
US announces airport screenings for Ebola virus
Air travelers from outbreak-hit areas will undergo screening to help prevent the spread of Ebola. The US also announced it would temporarily...
Le Monde
May 18, 2026
Trump administration creates $1.7bn fund to compensate political allies prosecuted under Biden
Watchdog groups and Democrats were swift to attack the plan as a brazen, corrupt 'slush fund' to reward Trump loyalists with taxpayer money.
Le Monde
May 18, 2026
Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI dismissed due to statute of limitations
The Tesla CEO accused Sam Altman, head of OpenAI, and its partner Microsoft of diverting the non-profit foundation to turn it into a commerc...
Le Monde
May 18, 2026
Gaza's vanished past lives on through photographs accidentally rediscovered in Marseille
Kegham Djeghalian, a photographer and Armenian genocide survivor, settled in Gaza in 1944. He documented the Palestinian territory through p...
Le Monde
May 18, 2026
Musk loses blockbuster OpenAI suit as jury says too late
Musk sued OpenAI over its transformation from a scrappy nonprofit into a $850 billion juggernaut, claiming its CEO and president improperly...
Le Monde
May 18, 2026
Deaths in the Mediterranean: An ongoing tragedy met with widespread indifference
'Migrants in the Mediterranean: The mechanics of silence' (1/4). The first quarter of 2026 was one of the deadliest since 2014 for migrants...
Le Monde
May 18, 2026
2027 presidential election: 'How far can a nation fund its past while also safeguarding its future?'
COLUMN. Deficit spending on pensions and healthcare: Central bank head François Villeroy de Galhau has warned about the consequences of the...
Le Monde
May 18, 2026
Manhattan rent hits record high above $5,000 per month
With median rent up 6% from a year ago, the borough is experiencing 'a sharp rise in demand collid[ing] with increasingly constrained supply...
Le Monde
May 18, 2026
2028 Tour de France will start in Champagne city of Reims
The Grand Départ will return to France after starts in Barcelona and Edinburgh, this year and next.
Le Monde
May 18, 2026
In wartime Iran, the Asiatic cheetah – a critically endangered species – faces an uncertain fate
The cheetah, a national symbol with fewer than 25 left in the wild, is the focus of a conservation program now threatened by the conflict wi...
Le Monde
May 18, 2026
'France has six months to catch the next industrial wave of agentic AI'
OP-ED. Online transactions carried out by AI agents are soaring, and most are settled in stablecoins. By maintaining a tax system that even...
Le Monde
May 18, 2026
Work once again becomes central theme of 2027 French presidential election
Candidates from the center to the right are advocating for the French to work more, while unions and the left struggle to put working condit...
Le Monde
May 18, 2026
Signatories of anti-Bolloré letter divided between shock and anger after Canal+ announces boycott
After the head of Canal+ said the channel would no longer work with supporters of an opinion piece critical of the conservative billionaire,...
Le Monde
May 18, 2026
Dame Felicity Lott, the most Francophile of British sopranos, dies at 79
Renowned for her performances in Mozart and Richard Strauss, the soprano who adored French mélodie leaves behind moving and witty interpreta...
Le Monde
May 18, 2026
French cinema faces funding crisis: 'There will inevitably be fewer films in the future'
The entire French film industry is under strain, affecting producers, distributors and cinema operators alike. This is likely to lead to a d...
Le Monde
May 18, 2026
Over 50 Michelin-starred chefs demand change: 'Competitiveness only delivers soulless volume, sustainable agriculture creates real wealth'
OP-ED. 51 Michelin-starred chefs urge an urgent shift toward a less intensive, less harmful agricultural model that prioritizes sustainable,...
Le Monde
May 18, 2026
Trump falls for China's bluff over arms sales to Taiwan
By suggesting that arms sales to Taipei could be used as a bargaining chip in US-China relations, the US president has crossed a foreign-pol...
Le Monde
May 18, 2026
French film industry in uproar after Canal+ says it will blacklist professionals over anti-Bolloré petition
At the Cannes Film Festival, the head of Canal+ − which is French cinema's main financial backer − focused his anger on the 600 signatories...
Le Monde
May 18, 2026
With 366,999 articles and 48.8 million words, the number of French regulations reaches a record high
France's central administrative office released its latest annual snapshot of regulatory activity on May 15, and the trend is clear: The pro...
Le Monde
May 18, 2026
Cruise ship at center of hantavirus outbreak docks in Rotterdam
Twenty-five crew and two medical staff remained on board as the MV Hontius arrived in the Netherlands port on Monday. Some of them will stay...
Le Monde
May 18, 2026
Russia increasingly vulnerable to deep-strike attacks by Ukrainian drones
NEWS ANALYSIS. Territories up to 2,000 kilometers from the Ukrainian border, previously considered untouchable due to their remoteness, are...
Le Monde
May 18, 2026
Macron couple was rocked by two presidential terms, new book reveals
Between a president plagued by doubt and a first lady asserting herself, journalist Florian Tardif paints a striking portrait of the couple.
Le Monde
May 18, 2026
'Patriarchy is based on the idea that women's and children's bodies are at men's disposal'
OP-ED. Historian Anne-Claude Ambroise-Rendu calls for a cultural revolution to confront sexual violence directly and stop seeing it as inevi...
Le Monde
May 18, 2026
G7 finance ministers meet in Paris to overcome their differences
The G7 Finance Summit convenes in France on Monday and Tuesday, as US President Donald Trump shatters the founding principles of multilatera...
Le Monde
May 18, 2026
'Trash!': New book by Canadian garbage collector-anthropologist has become a social phenomenon
The author and garbage collector juggled waste collection work with higher education studies and has written a book about his experience.
Le Monde
May 18, 2026
Captured, imprisoned and tortured: Russia 'ignores all laws and does whatever it wants' to Ukrainian civilians
Since the 2022 invasion, Moscow has been arresting citizens from the occupied territories en masse in an effort to crush all resistance. Mor...
Le Monde
May 18, 2026
'Staggering' Iran toll drives up global executions to their highest since 1981, says Amnesty International
In 2025, at least 2,707 people were executed globally, and of these cases, 2,159 were in Iran, Amnesty International said on Sunday. The UK-...
Le Monde
May 18, 2026
WHO keeps evaluation of hantavirus as 'low risk'
The MV Hondius cruise ship, where the outbreak originated, is expected to dock in the Dutch port of Rotterdam on Monday morning, according t...
Le Monde
May 18, 2026