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April 8, 2025
Marguerite Matisse, a model daughter essential to her father
An exhibition at Paris's Musée d'Art Moderne showcases the many portraits the painter made of his daughter. With her as a model, he experime...
Le Monde
April 8, 2025
Europe's disorganized and disunited response to Trump's DEI ban
After US embassies sent letters to companies banning DEI policies, many have stayed discreet, or even made concessions to the US administrat...
Le Monde
April 8, 2025
On Gaza, Macron seeks to strengthen ties with Arab countries to counter Trump and Netanyahu
Alongside Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi and King Abdullah II of Jordan, the French president called for the immediate restoration...
Le Monde
April 8, 2025
Attempted explosives attack thwarted in northern France as terrorist threat remains 'very pervasive'
Three young men have been charged. The main suspect, arrested on Sunday, planned to carry out an explosives attack in a public area.
Le Monde
April 8, 2025
Tariffs: A high-stakes standoff between Trump and the financial markets
While the risk of a crash appears to have been avoided, confidence in Wall Street seems undermined.
Le Monde
April 8, 2025
The Tibetan children taken to boarding schools to sever their roots
China is increasingly creating boarding schools for Tibetan children, who are often separated from their families as young as 4 years old. T...
Le Monde
April 8, 2025
When Napoléon wanted to invade Brazil
Since the invasion plans by the emperor's entourage, relations between France and Brazil have gone through several upheavals that still reso...
Le Monde
April 8, 2025
China vows to fight Trump's tariffs 'to the end'
'If the US escalates its tariff measures, China will resolutely take countermeasures to safeguard its own rights and interests,' Beijing's c...
Le Monde
April 8, 2025
The final days of Buchenwald
A groundbreaking study has traced the final moments of the German concentration camp that was liberated on April 11, 1945. Based mainly on A...
Le Monde
April 8, 2025
World Food program calls US ending life-saving food aid for millions a 'death sentence'
The Trump administration has ended funding to UN World Food Program emergency programs in Afghanistan, Syria, Yemen and 11 other impoverishe...
Le Monde
April 7, 2025
Supreme Court allows Trump to deport Venezuelans under wartime law but only after court hearing
In a bitterly divided decision, the court said the administration must give Venezuelans who it claims are gang members 'reasonable time' to...
Le Monde
April 7, 2025
In Tunisia, authorities dismantle migrant camps in Sfax: 'They took everything down, then burned it all'
According to estimates by the Tunisian government, nearly 20,000 people are living undocumented around the port city.
Le Monde
April 7, 2025
Ex-FDA vaccine chief says he was forced out after trying to protect vaccine safety data from RFK Jr.
In an interview with The Associated Press, Dr. Peter Marks discussed his efforts to address Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s longsta...
Le Monde
April 7, 2025
In South Korea, the political crisis highlights the lack of judicial independence
NEWS ANALYSIS. The political crisis in South Korea, sparked by President Yoon Suk Yeol's declaration of martial law, underscores the politic...
Le Monde
April 7, 2025
Zelensky confirms Ukrainian troops active in Russia's Belgorod region
It is the first time in the more than three years since Russia's invasion that Kyiv has explicitly mentioned a Ukrainian presence in the reg...
Le Monde
April 7, 2025
Pinar Selek: 'We must act to prevent the murder of three Iranian feminists'
OP-ED. The Turkish sociologist highlights the plight of three activists sentenced to death by the Tehran regime.
Le Monde
April 7, 2025
In Paris, 200 firefighters battle major fire
Paris fire brigade talked about a 'major fire' and called on the public to 'stay away from the area and let emergency services work.'
Le Monde
April 7, 2025
France, Egypt and Jordan say Palestinian Authority must govern post-war Gaza
'Governance, law and order, and security in Gaza must be the sole responsibility of a strengthened Palestinian Authority,' French President...
Le Monde
April 7, 2025
Trump hosts Netanyahu for tariff and Gaza talks
The US president warmly greeted the Israeli prime minister at the White House on Monday. A scheduled joint press conference was canceled at...
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April 7, 2025
Trump Tariffs: Four charts to understand their anticipated effects on the US economy
The US president's bombshell announcement on Wednesday of increased tariffs on imports to the US mainly suggests that he intends to bring gl...
Le Monde
April 7, 2025
Fendi's 100 years of fashioning a Roman mythology
The Italian luxury house led by Silvia Venturini Fendi is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year. With a history shaped by the central...
Le Monde
April 7, 2025
Blondie drummer Clem Burke dies aged 70
Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame alongside his bandmates in 2006, Burke had performed with many other artists including Bob Dyla...
Le Monde
April 7, 2025
Tariffs: Copper, aluminum, nickel among raw materials caught in trade war turmoil
After a surge in the early months of the year, the price of copper, a benchmark of the global economy's health, has plummeted since early Ap...
Le Monde
April 7, 2025
Man sentenced to life over 2019 Lyon terrorist attack that injured 15
Hours before the verdict was handed down, on Monday, Mohamed Medjdoub, a 29-year-old Algerian man, told the court that his terrorist attack...
Le Monde
April 7, 2025
'Trump and Vance are giving us a chance to create a new multilateralism'
OP-ED. The fracturing of the transatlantic alliance presents an opportunity for international leaders to build new forms of cooperation and...
Le Monde
April 7, 2025
Macron, in Egypt, rejects any role for Hamas in post-war Gaza and supports Arab League plan
Speaking alongside Egyptian and Jordanian leaders, French President Emmanuel Macron backed the Arab League's Gaza reconstruction plan over a...
Le Monde
April 7, 2025
'It is Europe that holds the key to the sanctions mechanism against Russia, not the US'
COLUMN. As ceasefire negotiations with Ukraine ramp up, the future of Western sanctions against Putin's regime is in question. Washington ca...
Le Monde
April 7, 2025
'The international pandemic agreement must make prevention a concrete priority'
OP-ED. A group of researchers, policymakers, and stakeholders involved in the negotiations on the International Agreement on Pandemic Preven...
Le Monde
April 7, 2025
Marine Le Pen's Trumpian temptation
EDITORIAL. Following the far-right party leader's conviction, a whole narrative that her party had carefully shelved has resurfaced, one aim...
Le Monde
April 7, 2025
Gabriel Attal takes 'first step' toward race for French presidency
The former prime minister, now the head of Emmanuel Macron's centrist Renaissance party, set up a duel with Marine Le Pen in his speech at a...
Le Monde
April 7, 2025
How bats avoid collisions during rush hour
Bats adapt their echolocation system when they emerge en masse from caves at dusk, according to a study in which they were equipped with por...
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April 7, 2025
French government sounds alarm on trade war's economic and budgetary effects
Prime Minister François Bayrou estimated that tariffs could cost France 0.5 points in growth. The figure, which might seem alarmist, sets th...
Le Monde
April 7, 2025
Switzerland won't retaliate to Trump's tariffs, despite being hit hard
Switzerland, which received a 32% tariff increase on its exports to the US, is the European country most affected by Donald Trump's trade me...
Le Monde
April 7, 2025
Two men suspected of plotting an attack arrested in Paris
A third man was arrested for failing to report a terrorist crime and placed under judicial supervision, the French National Anti-Terrorism P...
Le Monde
April 7, 2025
Asian markets plunge after China's retaliation to Trump's tariffs'
Hong Kong shed more than 10%, Tokyo dived 8% and Taipei lost more than 9% on Monday, after China hammered the United States with its own hef...
Le Monde
April 7, 2025
Amadou Bagayoko, guitarist and singer of Malian duo Amadou et Mariam, dies at 70
The duo he formed with his wife gained recognition notably through their album Dimanche à Bamako ('Sunday in Bamako'), which won a Victoire...
Le Monde
April 7, 2025
War in Ukraine: In Sumy, near the front, residents keep faith in their army
The front line is slowly but steadily approaching this city, shaken by explosions and incessant air raid alerts. Yet, the majority of its 25...
Le Monde
April 7, 2025
The unspoken trauma of Ukrainian men the Russian army's sexual crimes on
Sexual violence is being used by the Russians as a form of torture in nearly all detention centers, both in Russia and in occupied areas. Ov...
Le Monde
April 7, 2025
Will French companies resist Trump's anti-diversity crusade?
While some French companies assert they will maintain their inclusive policies, others have already reversed course.
Le Monde
April 7, 2025
Microplastics: The invisible but massive pollution flowing through every major European river
Scientific studies on nine major waterways reveal an 'alarming' pollution by small particles. For the first time, a bacterium virulent to hu...
Le Monde
April 6, 2025
Gaza rescuers say Israeli strikes kill 44
AFP footage captured thick plumes of smoke rising from central and northern Gaza on Sunday as Israeli forces bombarded areas of the besieged...
Le Monde
April 6, 2025
Palestinian official says Israeli forces killed West Bank teen with US citizenship
The 14-year-old boy died in Turmus Ayya, northeast of the main West Bank city of Ramallah, according to the town's mayor. The city is known...
Le Monde
April 6, 2025
French left protests against far right but remains divided
Some left-wing parties had called for a protest against the far right and to defend the judiciary from Marine Le Pen's attacks. But the ques...
Le Monde
April 6, 2025
French Foreign Minister Barrot proclaims 'new phase' in Algeria ties
After a two-and-a-half-hour meeting with Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, aimed at mending a major diplomatic rift, the diplomat sai...
Le Monde
April 6, 2025
At Paris rally, Le Pen struggles to capitalize on supporters' anger
In front of a sparse crowd, far-right leader Marine Le Pen and her allies railed against the sentence banning her from running in elections....
Le Monde
April 6, 2025
Second child dies of measles in Texas outbreak
More than 600 cases have been reported in 21 US states, with health officials urging vaccination amid growing concern over anti-vaccine rhet...
Le Monde
April 6, 2025
In Gaza, an Orwellian inversion of language and meaning
COLUMN. In the Palestinian enclave, where Israel is waging a devastating war, many words now mean their opposite, such as 'victory,' 'humani...
Le Monde
April 6, 2025
Le Pen says she is target of 'witch hunt,' as left and center condemn 'attack' on judges
Marine Le Pen, who was convicted of embezzlement and banned from running in elections, on Sunday held a rally and compared herself to Martin...
Le Monde
April 6, 2025
'Fen,' a Chinese mercenary fighting in Putin's war in Ukraine
The mercenary and former truck driver saw himself as an adventurer, but after falling victim to a suicide drone, he spent most of his tour i...
Le Monde
April 6, 2025