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September 18, 2024
Scientists discover over 3,000 chemicals enter our bodies from food packaging or kitchen utensils
Scientists have discovered that food contact chemicals are more prevalent in our bodies than previously estimated.
Le Monde
September 18, 2024
Taiwan and Hungary both deny manufacturing Hezbollah pagers
Hundreds of pagers used by Hezbollah members exploded across Lebanon on Tuesday, killing at least 12 people and wounding around 2,800.
Le Monde
September 18, 2024
French mass rape victim 'humiliated' by claims of complicity
In her testimony on Wednesday, Gisèle Pelicot reacted to defense lawyer remarks that she said gave the impression that she was 'the guilty p...
Le Monde
September 18, 2024
Three dead, scores wounded after further electronic devices explode in Lebanon
After Tuesday's deadly pager blasts, new explosions on other communication devices were reported on Wednesday.
Le Monde
September 18, 2024
Dominique Pelicot copycat says he deserves to be punished
Pelicot, 71, admitted slipping his then-wife Gisèle Pelicot sedatives to render her unconscious so that he and dozens of strangers could rap...
Le Monde
September 18, 2024
Taylor Swift's cat, a political figure in his own right
The 34-year-old American pop star posed with her cat Benjamin Button on social media when she announced her support for Kamala Harris on Sep...
Le Monde
September 18, 2024
Lebanon doctors tell of horror after pager blasts
Hundreds of wireless paging devices belonging to members of Hezbollah exploded simultaneously on Tuesday, leaving Beirut's hospitals overwhe...
Le Monde
September 18, 2024
Two dead in botched takeover bid of Russian retailer's office
Two security guards at Wildberries main Moscow office were shot dead on Wednesday after armed men accompanying the estranged husband of the...
Le Monde
September 18, 2024
Hezbollah pager blasts most likely caused by inserted explosive
Tuesday's attack left more than 2,800 people injured and at least 12 dead, mainly in Lebanon.
Le Monde
September 18, 2024
War in Ukraine exposes ambiguities of Swiss neutrality
NEWS ANALYSIS. Ever since Russia's invasion in February 2022 unsettled Europe's security framework, Switzerland has questioned its own ident...
Le Monde
September 18, 2024
Mali's capital hit by first major jihadist attack since junta came to power
The Jama'a Nusrat ul-Islam wa al-Muslimin claimed responsibility for attacks on a gendarmerie training center and parts of the Modibo Keita...
Le Monde
September 18, 2024
The three challenges facing the new European Commission
EDITORIAL. The team unveiled by Commission president Ursula von der Leyen on Tuesday reflects the shifting balance of power between member s...
Le Monde
September 18, 2024
Video. Pager explosions targeting Hezbollah members injure thousands in Lebanon
Video - Hezbollah confirmed that beepers belonging to its members were detonated on Tuesday.
Le Monde
September 18, 2024
Lebanon rocked by Hezbollah pager attack
Nine people were killed in the explosions and some 2,800 were wounded, most of them Shiite fighters.
Le Monde
September 18, 2024
EU court annuls €1.49 billion fine against Google
Google won a court challenge on Wednesday against a European Union antitrust fine imposed five years ago that targeted its online advertisin...
Le Monde
September 18, 2024
In first court testimony, Dominique Pelicot says 50 men he invited to rape his wife 'knew everything'
The main defendant in a French mass rape trial spoke on the stand for the first time on Tuesday, admitting to being a 'rapist, like the othe...
Le Monde
September 18, 2024
EU foreign policy chief urges Georgia to retract bill restricting LGBTQ+ rights
The EU has already warned Georgia's government that its membership bid has been 'de facto halted' as it advances a string of measures that r...
Le Monde
September 18, 2024
French PM says country's budgetary situation is 'very serious'
Michel Barnier, who is to present a 2025 budget to parliament next month, said that the budgetary situation 'requires more than just pretty...
Le Monde
September 18, 2024
'Zelensky hopes to get an invitation for Ukraine to join NATO out of Biden before he leaves the White House'
COLUMN. The Ukrainian president, hoping to hasten the end of the war, seeks to persuade the US president to take decisive action and enable...
Le Monde
September 18, 2024
'Anti-LGBTQ+ laws passed in Europe must be seen as a Kremlin subversive venture'
OP-ED. Political scientist Maxime Forest argues that recent anti-LGBTQ+ laws passed in several EU member states represent victories for Russ...
Le Monde
September 18, 2024
Anarchy reigns in Sweida, Syria's main Druze city
'Syrian Diaries (4/7).' Abandoned by the central authorities, the city near the Jordanian border is plagued by racketeering, trafficking of...
Le Monde
September 18, 2024
India's Modi exhibits poor record in the first 100 days of his third mandate
The half-victory in the June elections of the prime minister's Bharatiya Janata Party reduced the head of government's room for maneuver, fo...
Le Monde
September 18, 2024
Movement for release of Israeli hostages joins anti-Netanyahu protests
Large-scale demonstrations against the prime minister are unlikely to overshadow his popularity.
Le Monde
September 18, 2024
For the UN, Venezuela's post-election crisis 'marked a new milestone in the deterioration of the rule of law'
Since the presidential elections in Venezuela on July 28, the authorities have stepped up their repressive actions against the opposition, a...
Le Monde
September 18, 2024
The extremely vulnerable position France's PM finds himself in
COLUMN. Michel Barnier must quickly build up his own legitimacy and avoid becoming dependent on a vengeful right-wing, writes Le Monde's pol...
Le Monde
September 18, 2024
In Hong Kong, a young man sentenced for wearing a 'Liberate Hong Kong' T-shirt
Chu Kai-pong, 27, a victim of the new security law passed earlier this year under pressure from Beijing, faces up to seven years in prison.
Le Monde
September 18, 2024
European Commission: Ursula von der Leyen presents a right-wing-dominated team
The weakening of the French and German governments at home, and a College of Commissioners without a dominant figure, reinforces the German...
Le Monde
September 18, 2024
California governor signs laws to crack down on election deepfakes created by AI
The new bill, set to take effect immediately, makes it illegal to create and publish deepfakes related to elections 120 days before Election...
Le Monde
September 18, 2024
North Korea fires multiple short-range ballistic missiles
Pyongyang fired the missiles early Wednesday, Seoul's military said. Kim Jong Un's regime has staged dozens of launches this year, part of a...
Le Monde
September 17, 2024
French Renaissance poet Joachim Du Bellay identified in coffin found at Notre-Dame
The resolution of this cold case is the most spectacular aspect of the assessment of the archaeological excavations carried out under the ca...
Le Monde
September 17, 2024
Lack of citizenship documents might keep many from voting in Arizona state and local races
Nearly 100,000 voters who haven't submitted the documents might be prevented from participating in the elections. The announcement Tuesday o...
Le Monde
September 17, 2024
The 23rd Hermès factory, a symbol of the brand's commitment to France
The luxury group is preparing to open its 23rd leather goods workshop in the country, employing 280 people in the former tobacco factory of...
Le Monde
September 17, 2024
German tourist dies after losing leg in shark attack off Canary Islands
The 30-year-old woman lost a leg in the attack and died of a heart attack while being transported in a Spanish rescue helicopter on Monday.
Le Monde
September 17, 2024
After prisoner exchange with the West, Russians keep writing to dissidents still in prison
Sending letters to imprisoned dissidents is one of the last legal ways for Russians to show their opposition to the Kremlin and its 'special...
Le Monde
September 17, 2024
Jean-Luc Mélenchon in leather and a rosette. Does anyone care?
COLUMN. The day after Michel Barnier was appointed French prime minister on September 6, the leader of the radical-left party La France Inso...
Le Monde
September 17, 2024
Georgia passes controversial bill restricting LGBTQ+ rights
Georgia's parliament on Tuesday approved legislation that 'concerns restricting, in educational institutions and TV broadcasts, the propagan...
Le Monde
September 17, 2024
Hundreds wounded as pagers explode across Lebanon
According to Lebanon's Health Minister Firass Abiad, Tuesday's explosions wounded hundreds of people across the country, in particular in He...
Le Monde
September 17, 2024
Ryan Imperio's captivating image of Baily's beads wins astronomical photo of the year
The American photographer was presented with the prize, awarded annually by the Royal Observatory at Greenwich, on September 12.
Le Monde
September 17, 2024
Radical left's impeachment effort against Macron passes first hurdle but is unlikely to succeed
The bureau of the Assemblée Nationale validated the admissibility of the procedure initiated by the radical left on Tuesday. However, the hi...
Le Monde
September 17, 2024
Jordan Chiles' lawyers file Swiss appeal in bid to get Olympic bronze medal restored
The American gymnast was stripped of the medal she won in the individual floor exercise at the Paris Olympics after Romania's Ana Barbosu ap...
Le Monde
September 17, 2024
Poland, Europe's new key player
Threatened by Moscow, buoyed by its economic growth and disappointed by Berlin's attitude, Warsaw intends to play a major role within the EU...
Le Monde
September 17, 2024
Video. Storm Boris floods central Europe, causing major damage
Video - Severe rainfall is causing deadly flooding in several Central European countries.
Le Monde
September 17, 2024
Meta launches 'teen accounts' for minors on Instagram
Users aged between 13 and 17 will automatically be subject to certain restrictions designed to protect them, the platform announced on Tuesd...
Le Monde
September 17, 2024
One month after revolution, Bangladesh turns to US to 'rebuild the country'
A delegation from the US Treasury visited Dhaka. Hitherto very close to India, the country is now turning toward Washington.
Le Monde
September 17, 2024
The risk of going back on environmental planning in France
EDITORIAL. The General Secretariat for Ecological Planning, established under the prime minister's authority to transform France into a 'gre...
Le Monde
September 17, 2024
Von der Leyen unveils new EU leadership team
Key appointments include French candidate Stéphane Séjourné for industrial strategy, former Lithuanian prime minister Andrius Kubilius as de...
Le Monde
September 17, 2024
Stéphane Séjourné, from foreign minister to EU commissioner
The Macron loyalist was confirmed as executive vice president in charge of industrial strategy in the next European Commission by Ursula von...
Le Monde
September 17, 2024
Gunmen attack police base in Mali capital
Bamako's airport was temporarily closed after gunmen attacked a military base in the capital on Tuesday.
Le Monde
September 17, 2024
Starmer interested in Italy's far-right 'solutions' on immigration
The Labour prime minister, who visited Rome on Monday, praised several aspects of Giorgia Meloni's 'plan' to tackle immigration. For now, St...
Le Monde
September 17, 2024