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October 9, 2025
Robert Badinter's secret face-to-face with the guillotine, in four unseen pictures
Ahead of Robert Badinter's induction into France's Panthéon, one of his former aides decided to reveal photos he took in 1981. They show the...
Le Monde
October 9, 2025
Macron looks for new prime minister, again
The Elysée Palace said a successor to Sébastien Lecornu would be appointed by Friday. Talks continued throughout Wednesday on finding a budg...
Le Monde
October 9, 2025
Hungarian author Laszlo Krasznahorkai awarded 2025 Nobel Prize in literature
Regarded as a 'master of the apocalypse,' the Hungarian writer, born in 1954, receives the honor 23 years after his compatriot Imre Kertesz.
Le Monde
October 9, 2025
France hosts Arab, Europe ministers for talks on helping Palestinians after Gaza war
The Paris meeting on Thursday will focus on security, governance and reconstruction of the Palestinian territories after the war, according...
Le Monde
October 9, 2025
French prosecutors seek 12-year term in Gisèle Pelicot rape appeal trial
Gisèle Pelicot told the court in the southern city of Nîmes on Wednesday that Husamettin Dogan had raped her and must 'take responsibility'...
Le Monde
October 9, 2025
Meet the man bringing Shein's fast fashion into major French department stores
Frédéric Merlin, owner of the BHV and several Galeries Lafayette department stores, sparked a controversy after announcing that the Chinese...
Le Monde
October 9, 2025
Trump casts himself as 'peace president' after Israel and Hamas agree on first steps of his Gaza plan
The US president said Israel would pull back its troops along a negotiated line. The release of the 20 hostages still believed to be alive i...
Le Monde
October 9, 2025
Rare Earths: China curbs exports of key processing technologies
Beijing is the world's leading producer of minerals essential for digital technology, automobiles, energy, and weapons.
Le Monde
October 9, 2025
'Europe is punching well below its weight'
OP-ED. Six defense industry specialists, including Manfred Bischoff and Louis Gallois, two former chairmen of EADS-Airbus, call for the crea...
Le Monde
October 9, 2025
A spa day at home, an erotic utopia to explore
COLUMN. What if sex could be as soothing and wellness-oriented as a day at the spa? Maïa Mazaurette, a columnist for Le Monde, explores this...
Le Monde
October 9, 2025
Pierre Serna, historian: 'Macron is in complete denial of his responsibility'
The historian analyzes the current crisis in French politics through the lens of an oxymoron he coined: the 'extreme center,' where moderati...
Le Monde
October 9, 2025
'Robert Badinter's induction into the Panthéon runs counter to a global trend against civil liberties'
Ahead of the ceremony honoring the former justice minister, who abolished the death penalty, law professor Paul Cassia and historian Michell...
Le Monde
October 9, 2025
During the Vendée Globe, sailor Charlie Dalin 'didn't think much' about his cancer: '[I]was happy at sea'
In 'La Force du destin' ('The Force of Destiny'), released on Thursday, the skipper − who won January's solo, nonstop, round-the-world race...
Le Monde
October 9, 2025
Emmanuel Macron described by the foreign press as a 'lame duck'
The French president has been labeled a 'lame duck' by the foreign press. In the United States, the expression is used to describe an electe...
Le Monde
October 8, 2025
Trump says Israel, Hamas agree to first phase of peace plan
'I am very proud to announce that Israel and Hamas have both signed off on the first Phase of our Peace Plan," Trump said Wednesday on his T...
Le Monde
October 8, 2025
In Grenoble, Shein's arrival splits local retailers: 'It could bring more people into the city, which is always welcome'
The Chinese ultra-low-cost fashion brand announced it would set up shop at BHV Marais in Paris as well as in Galeries Lafayette in six other...
Le Monde
October 8, 2025
In Seine-Saint-Denis, the first residents move into the Paris 2024 Athletes' Village
This new neighborhood straddles the cities of Saint-Denis, Saint-Ouen and L'Ile-Saint-Denis, and is set to welcome 6,000 residents and 6,000...
Le Monde
October 8, 2025
Authorities charge man with sparking deadly January wildfire that leveled Los Angeles neighborhoods
Jonathan Rinderknecht was arrested on October 7, and faces a minimum sentence of five years in prison for charges including malicious destru...
Le Monde
October 8, 2025
Spanish parliament approves Israel arms embargo
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, one of the most vocal critics among world leaders of 'the genocide in Gaza,' introduced the decree on...
Le Monde
October 8, 2025
War in Gaza: Paris Air Show faces lawsuit for complicity in war crimes and genocide
When the Paris Air Show hosted Israeli military companies' booths in June, only to ultimately hide them from public view, the move sparked c...
Le Monde
October 8, 2025
Outgoing French PM Lecornu says new premier to be named in the next 48 hours
PM Sébastien Lecornu, who resigned on Monday, said he would stay on as the outgoing prime minister, now only handling day-to-day affairs, un...
Le Monde
October 8, 2025
At Cédric Jubillar's trial, mother's guilt turns into damning testimony
Testifying at her son's murder trial, the mother of Cédric Jubillar said he had confided weeks before his wife's disappearance that he plann...
Le Monde
October 8, 2025
EU Parliament votes to restrict 'steak' and 'burger' labels to meat only
Lawmakers approved the exclusion of plant-based products from certain labels, with strong support from France's livestock and meat industry.
Le Monde
October 8, 2025
Afghan b-girl who was disqualified at Paris Olympics wants to 'claim her rights'
Manizha Talash was excluded from the Olympic breakdance competition for wearing a cape reading 'Free Afghan Women.' The International Olympi...
Le Monde
October 8, 2025
Chanel's new face, Matthieu Blazy: 'Just because Karl was a legend does not mean that everyone who designs for Chanel has to be one too'
The anticipation was overwhelming. But on Monday, the first show by Chanel's new artistic director under the glass roof of the Grand Palais...
Le Monde
October 8, 2025
Honoring Robert Badinter's legacy
EDITORIAL. That the far right is at the peak of its popularity as former justice minister Robert Badinter, one of the fiercest opponents of...
Le Monde
October 8, 2025
Michel Devoret, 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics laureate: 'I thought it was a prank. The quantum computer is not here yet'
Physicist Michel Devoret reflects on the skepticism that surrounded the early days of research on macroscopic quantum tunneling. This phenom...
Le Monde
October 8, 2025
French PM ready to compromise on deficit reduction target
Sébastien Lecornu suggested he is willing to reduce the public deficit by half as much as what his predecessor had planned for 2026, if it h...
Le Monde
October 8, 2025
At the Jubillar trial, a gendarme admits to a 'copy-paste mistake'
An investigator admitted Tuesday to a 'copy-paste mistake' in phone records after the defense challenged data central to the case of Delphin...
Le Monde
October 8, 2025
Gisèle Pelicot says she 'never' gave consent to accused rapist at appeal trial
'Take responsibility for your actions and stop hiding behind your cowardice,' Pelicot told Husamettin Dogan, the only man to have appealed h...
Le Monde
October 8, 2025
Le Pen threatens to block any government, calls for elections
The leader of the French far right said her party would 'vote against everything' until new elections are called.
Le Monde
October 8, 2025
Chemistry Nobel awarded to trio for new form of molecular architecture
Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M. Yaghi were rewarded for developing so-called metal-organic frameworks.
Le Monde
October 8, 2025
'In Gaza, death is everywhere,' says head of Doctors Without Borders
After spending a week in the Palestianian enclave, Claire Magone, the director of the NGO, fears that Donald Trump's ceasefire plan won't st...
Le Monde
October 8, 2025
Morocco's youth spotlight Agadir hospital as emblem of healthcare collapse
At the heart of protests following the death in August of eight women after failed c-sections, the Hassan-II facility embodies all the weakn...
Le Monde
October 8, 2025
Macron's allies fracture over possible outcomes of political crisis
Edouard Philippe called for the president to resign in a shock announcement, while Elisabeth Borne suggested suspending the contested 2023 p...
Le Monde
October 8, 2025
EU 'must respond' to Russia's 'hybrid warfare,' says von der Leyen
The president of the European Commission delivered a speech to the EU's Parliament on how to respond to air incursions, cyber attacks and da...
Le Monde
October 8, 2025
French PM says risk of snap elections 'pushed back'
Sébastien Lecornu, who is holding last-ditch talks with parties, said there was consensus on 'a desire to have a budget for France before De...
Le Monde
October 8, 2025
Dominique Pelicot, a useless witness at the appeal trial
The orchestrator of Gisèle Pelicot's rapes testified Tuesday against the sole defendant to have appealed, Husamettin Dogan. But how much sig...
Le Monde
October 8, 2025
Poland hit by unprecedented disinformation attack following Russian drone incursion
The provocation on September 10 triggered a wave of social media messages in Poland, originating from Russian and Belarusian accounts, in pa...
Le Monde
October 8, 2025
MMA star Conor McGregor suspended for 18 months for missing drug tests
The 37-year-old Irish fighter will be able to return to competition in March 2026, giving him the opportunity to fulfill his dream of fighti...
Le Monde
October 8, 2025
Europe faces new challenge as Russian drones breach its airspace
Despite repeated drone overflights, few European countries have dared to call Russia's hybrid attacks an act of war, wary of alarming the pu...
Le Monde
October 8, 2025
In China, reform aims to improve social protection for employees
Since a new judicial interpretation by the Supreme People's Court came into effect on September 1, employers have been required to pay socia...
Le Monde
October 8, 2025
France, in political crisis, risks having no budget
With no government and a hard deadline on October 13 for submitting the budget bill to Parliament, every passing day makes it more likely Fr...
Le Monde
October 8, 2025
In Germany, Turkish community in the Ruhr tempted by far-right AfD party
While Turkish immigrants in the Marxloh neighborhood of Duisburg had until now mostly voted for the Social Democratic party (SPD, center-lef...
Le Monde
October 8, 2025
In the United States, AI is already upending the job market as predictions of a 'jobs apocalypse' multiply
From PwC to Walmart and Accenture, more and more American companies are citing artificial intelligence to explain hiring slowdowns, targeted...
Le Monde
October 7, 2025
Ecuador president unharmed after shots fired at motorcade
Daniel Noboa was inaugurating a water treatment plant in central Ecuador on Tuesday when his motorcade was set on by a large group protestin...
Le Monde
October 7, 2025
In Argentina, triple 'narco-femicide' sparks outrage
The particularly violent murder of two young women and a teenage girl in late September triggered widespread reactions in the country and ra...
Le Monde
October 7, 2025
Madrid building collapse leaves two dead and two missing
Emergency services said on X that firefighters were working at the scene near the Plaza Mayor, which is popular with tourists, 'after the co...
Le Monde
October 7, 2025
On Trump's orders, 200 National Guard members from Texas arrive in Illinois
The planned deployment of these forces has infuriated Democratic Governor JB Pritzker, who said that any deployment against his state govern...
Le Monde
October 7, 2025