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November 22, 2024
Gaetz withdraws his nomination for US attorney general in first political setback for Trump
The president-elect subsequently announced his new choice for this strategic position: former Florida attorney general Pam Bondi, who previo...
Le Monde
November 22, 2024
The ICC's arrest warrants are a stand against Israel's impunity
EDITORIAL. The International Criminal Court's decision to prosecute Benjamin Netanyahu and his former defense minister for war crimes and cr...
Le Monde
November 22, 2024
Israel's united front against ICC decision
Leaders across Israel's political spectrum have condemned the International Criminal Court's decision to issue arrest warrants for Israeli P...
Le Monde
November 22, 2024
US rejects legitimacy of ICC arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant
Mike Waltz, set to become Donald Trump's national security adviser, said a 'strong response to the anti-Semitic bias of the ICC' was to be e...
Le Monde
November 22, 2024
Russia fires medium-range ballistic missile at Ukraine in warning to West
The projectile fell on a factory in the eastern city of Dnipro. Until now, Moscow has not officially had this type of weapon in its arsenal.
Le Monde
November 22, 2024
ICC arrest warrant for Netanyahu is a turning point for international justice
The decision by the judges of the International Criminal Court is a game-changer for a justice system that has hitherto focused on 'the vanq...
Le Monde
November 22, 2024
'The regional conflict in Ukraine provoked by the West has assumed elements of a global nature.' The full transcript of Vladimir Putin's speech
"We consider it our right to use our weapons against the military facilities of countries that allow their weapons to be used against our fa...
Le Monde
November 22, 2024
Japan government to approve $140-bn stimulus
Japan's PM Shigeru Ishiba set to announce massive stimulus package to address inflation and wage growth and attempt to mollify the populatio...
Le Monde
November 22, 2024
'French-German dialogue is more needed than ever'
OP-ED. Joachim Nagel, president of the German Central Bank, and François Villeroy de Galhau, governor of the Banque de France, call for a de...
Le Monde
November 22, 2024
In Istanbul, a piece of sidewalk 'where Turkish democracy is at stake'
Citizens of the Esenyurt district gather in front of the town hall to protest against the dismissal of the mayor and the appointment of a 'k...
Le Monde
November 22, 2024
French PM Barnier faces no-confidence threat from far right
The far-right Rassemblement National party could join the left in backing a motion of no confidence if Michel Barnier uses Article 49.3 to p...
Le Monde
November 22, 2024
Sex, fairies and videos: The intoxicating cocktail of the romantasy
'On the feed.' Every month, Laure Coromines deciphers online trends. Focus on 'fairy porn,' where encounters taking place in enchanted fores...
Le Monde
November 22, 2024
War in Ukraine: In the Donbas, a regiment pioneers new forms of drone warfare
Ukraine's 'Madyar Birds' regiment is tasked with using drones to locate and destroy Russian invaders and their equipment.
Le Monde
November 22, 2024
The implications of the ICC arrest warrant for Benjamin Netanyahu for crimes against humanity
On Thursday, November 21, the judges of the International Criminal Court issued the arrest warrants requested in May by prosecutor Karim Kha...
Le Monde
November 22, 2024
Trump taps loyalist Pam Bondi for US attorney general in the wake of Gaetz's withdrawal
Trump announced the nomination of the former Florida attorney general on his Truth Social network following US politician Matt Gaetz's withd...
Le Monde
November 22, 2024
Bitcoin near $100,000, boosted by Trump momentum
The leading cryptocurrency has gained over 30% since the US presidential election on November 5. An easing of regulations should boost insti...
Le Monde
November 21, 2024
In the EU, the debate on financing the defense effort is back on the agenda
Poland and Italy are calling for European bonds to finance defense needs but Germany remains reluctant.
Le Monde
November 21, 2024
The full transcript of Putin's speech: 'The regional conflict in Ukraine provoked by the West took on elements of a global character'
The Russian president addressed the nation from the Kremlin on Thursday evening, warning that 'we consider ourselves entitled to use our wea...
Le Monde
November 21, 2024
Zelensky calls for 'strong reaction' to Russian hypersonic missile strike, says 'true peace' is 'possible only through force'
Putin cast the strike as a response to Kyiv firing Western-supplied rockets at its territory and hinted the new weapon could be equipped wit...
Le Monde
November 21, 2024
Constitutional expert: 'If a no-confidence motion passes, Macron's last card would be a technical government'
If Prime Minister Michel Barnier's government were to be toppled, he would be forced to resign immediately. The current parliamentary config...
Le Monde
November 21, 2024
Brazilian police accuse former president Bolsonaro of plotting coup
Brazil's police said Thursday they indicted former President Jair Bolsonaro for allegedly planning a 'violent overthrow of the democratic st...
Le Monde
November 21, 2024
Damage to Baltic Sea submarine cables: Why suspicion is focusing on a Chinese vessel
Le Monde has reconstructed the itinerary of the Yi-Peng 3, revealing why this merchant ship, currently immobilized between Sweden and Denmar...
Le Monde
November 21, 2024
The EU's precarious plan ahead of Trump's return to the White House
The 27 member states are not all approaching the new American situation with the same concerns, and their ability to put up a united front,...
Le Monde
November 21, 2024
Putin says Russia has right to strike countries supplying weapons used against it
The Russian president, in a televised address, also confirmed that Russian forces had hit Ukraine with a new mid-range ballistic missile and...
Le Monde
November 21, 2024
French defense firm Thales being investigated by French and UK authorities
In a statement Thursday, Britain's Serious Fraud Office said it opened a joint probe with France's Parquet National Financier into 'suspecte...
Le Monde
November 21, 2024
Who is Jay Graber, the CEO of Bluesky?
A 33-year-old American woman is the discreet CEO of the social media platform that, following the American presidential election, is seen as...
Le Monde
November 21, 2024
Matt Gaetz withdraws from consideration as Trump's attorney general
The Florida Republican, who was nominated by President-elect Donald Trump to be US attorney general, pulled out of the selection process ami...
Le Monde
November 21, 2024
'Trump is just the latest gravedigger for the liberal international order'
COLUMN. Donald Trump's regressive foreign policy has multiple origins and external causes are mixed with developments on the domestic scene,...
Le Monde
November 21, 2024
US isolated after vetoing UN resolution in favor of Gaza ceasefire
On Wednesday November 20, Washington prevented the Security Council from calling for an 'immediate, unconditional and permanent' ceasefire i...
Le Monde
November 21, 2024
Macron calls Haitian officials 'complete morons' for dismissing country's PM
According to a video taken at this week's G20 summit in Brazil, the French president described the decision by Haiti's transitional council...
Le Monde
November 21, 2024
Snow in the city: Parisians wrap up as winter arrives in French capital
The greater Paris region was put under an orange weather alert for snow and ice on Thursday as the first flakes fell in the morning.
Le Monde
November 21, 2024
Jacques Labro, architect of Avoriaz ski resort, has died
In the early 1960s, the young architect imagined a new kind of car-free resort, a far cry from the 'ski factories' that were springing up in...
Le Monde
November 21, 2024
Mali junta appoints general to replace sacked civilian prime minister
Choguel Kokalla Maiga lost the job a day earlier following his criticism of the military leaders. New PM General Abdoulaye Maiga had until n...
Le Monde
November 21, 2024
ICC issues arrest warrants for Netanyahu, Israeli defense minister and Hamas official
The arrests target Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, as well as Hamas's military chief, Mohammed...
Le Monde
November 21, 2024
Musée d'Orsay signs partnership with Louis Vuitton
Le Monde has learned the flagship of the LVMH group is set to donate €20 million to the Parisian establishment.
Le Monde
November 21, 2024
Video. Electoral College, winner-takes-all: How do the US elections actually work?
Video - There isn't just one American presidential election, there are 51: One for each state, plus the District of Columbia. Le Monde expla...
Le Monde
November 21, 2024
Ukraine fires its first British Storm Shadow missiles into Russian territory
The strike, using at least 12 missiles, targeted the Russian village of Marino on Wednesday afternoon.
Le Monde
November 21, 2024
In closing arguments, Gisèle Pelicot's lawyers plea for end to 'rape culture'
On Wednesday, Antoine Camus and Stéphane Babonneau somberly and with great sensitivity denounced the flaws in the defendants' arguments.
Le Monde
November 21, 2024
French lawmakers approve creation of France-Palestine friendship group
The Assemblée Nationale's bureau, which is dominated by the left, approved the move. The aim of friendship groups is to participate in the d...
Le Monde
November 21, 2024
A G20 in Rio for nothing, except for China
EDITORIAL. Presided over by Lula with neither a ruckus nor any notable results, the summit held in Brazil above all enabled Chinese Presiden...
Le Monde
November 21, 2024
War in Ukraine: US criticized for authorizing supply of antipersonnel mines to Kyiv
Washington justified its decision by citing a change of tactics on the part of the Russians. Volodymyr Zelensky considers these controversia...
Le Monde
November 21, 2024
Musk plans to slash US federal spending, possibly including from defense budget
The Tesla CEO and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, appointed together by Trump to head a 'Department of Government Efficiency,' are taking aim...
Le Monde
November 21, 2024
Philippe Jordan, the Orchestre National de France's new director: 'I'm particularly happy to return to Paris'
The 50-year-old Swiss maestro has just been appointed to head the Parisian ensemble. The former music director of the Opéra National de Pari...
Le Monde
November 21, 2024
Confessions of a repentant Wagner disinformation agent from the Central African Republic
For eight months, Le Monde and nine international media partners, coordinated by Forbidden Stories, investigated the story of journalist Eph...
Le Monde
November 21, 2024
Five Parisian addresses with a Mexican twist
In Paris, a selection of five restaurants will take you on a gastronomic flight to Mexico, where you can enjoy octopus with burnt chili in a...
Le Monde
November 21, 2024
'We'll get that Hillsborough Law!': 35 years after disaster, wounds remain raw in Liverpool
On April 15, 1989, Hillsborough Stadium became the scene of the deadliest disaster in British sporting history, with 96 Liverpool football f...
Le Monde
November 21, 2024
Will France have a government at Christmas?
COLUMN. As Prime Minister Michel Barnier prepares to activate Article 49.3 to pass his budget bill without a vote, eyes are turning to the f...
Le Monde
November 21, 2024
'Now that Donald Trump is back in power, let us plan the Europeanization of NATO'
OP-ED. In an op-ed for 'Le Monde,' researcher Rachel Rizzo and Michael Benhamou, director of a think tank dedicated to European security, ca...
Le Monde
November 21, 2024
Mali junta chief sacks PM and government
Prime Minister Choguel Kokalla Maiga, 66, previously served as a minister on several occasions and ran three times as a presidential candida...
Le Monde
November 21, 2024