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The French president obtained commitments for around 100,000 tonnes per month from the Emirates, while an additional 100,000 tonnes monthly will be secured during a stop in Bahrain later on Tuesday, the Elysée Palace said.
There were no major incidents on Monday night as the government imposed curfews in parts of Paris and other cities, following violence and looting over the weekend.
With the planet on the brink of a mass extinction event, countries must take far stronger action to meet the targets they set in 2022 and hope to reverse the decline by 2023. COP17 in Armenia offers an opportunity to take stock of progress at the halfway point.
The major international fair opens to the public from October 23 to 25, but ongoing social tensions are reviving fears among gallery owners and collectors at this crucial art market, in an already gloomy climate.
France is not the only country where the cost of living is driving people into the streets. Images of protests, some violent, are multiplying across Europe. Italians have been called to a general strike on November 20, while similar actions are planned for November 11 in Spain and Portugal.
From inflation shocks to stagnant wages, Le Monde breaks down how the standard of living in France has changed.
Lula's campaign has alleged that the US tech giant is suppressing the incumbent president's online content. His party has filed complaints with the Organization of American States and the United Nations.
In fashion, as in life, it's important to know which lines not to cross. Or at least to cross them with open eyes.
The probe is set to land on Mars moon Phobos, where it will collect at least 10 grams of material during its mission. Scientists hope it will reveal how the planet Mars and its two moons formed.
The president began a three-day trip to Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Qatar on Monday, hoping to 'secure' France's energy supplies. But the Gulf monarchies, whose hydrocarbon exports have plummeted due to the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, have little more leverage than Paris over the confrontation…
After a weekend marked by urban violence, tourists in Paris remain cautious but are not changing their plans. Industry professionals, however, fear lasting repercussions.
Looting and clashes on Saturday were widely filmed and shared, with some even live-streamed, particularly on TikTok.
Figures from 'One Piece,' 'Naruto' and 'Dragon Ball' are regular features at protests and on social media.
The football star received minimum penalty and will also have to pay a €255 fine. The disciplinary committee took into account 'the remorse shown' in Ronaldo's October 6 statement.
After a crisis meeting, Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu said the government was ready to impose a state of emergency 'if needed.' Paris police announced a curfew from 11 pm on Monday until 6 am Tuesday in certain areas. It also announced a ban on protesting in certain areas from 8 pm to 6 am.
While they condemned looting and vandalism, high school and university students interviewed by Le Monde after Saturday's nationwide protest contrasted those acts with police brutality. They want to continue what they called a 'joyful' and 'moving' movement until their demands are heard.
The City of Paris and the building's management are charged with 'manslaughter,' 'involuntary injury' and 'destruction by explosion or fire.' The disaster on Rue de Trévise left four dead and more than 200 injured and displaced.
For two weeks, in Yerevan, Armenia, 196 delegates will try to move biodiversity protection forward. They will assess the measures that have been implemented, negotiate funding between the Global North and South, and discuss the role of Indigenous communities.
Twice a month, M magazine's editorial director, Marie-Pierre Lannelongue, fills you in on the latest about fashion, culture, travel and more.
Since early morning on Monday, October 19, the Louvre has remained closed to visitors, after students blocked access to show their support for the high school student protest movement.
At the head of the movement that bears his name, the mysterious Abdul Malik al-Houthi combines religious, political and military authority, without ever appearing in public.
One day after the beating of a 'Washington Post' photographer, settlers attacked a convoy of European diplomats, including the French and Belgian consuls general in Jerusalem and the French mayor.
In a bid to break the deadlock with neither the left nor the right blocs able to build a majority, speaker Andreas Norlen said he asked Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist to explore the conditions for a 'middle option.'
After a crisis meeting, Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu said the government was ready to impose a state of emergency 'if needed.' Paris police announced a curfew from 11 pm on Monday until 6 am Tuesday in certain areas. It also announced a ban on protesting in certain areas from 8 pm to 6 am.
Jean-Luc Mélenchon and the radical left have been accused by their rivals of encouraging the emergence of violence at protests. Brushing off criticism, they have instead attacked the government's handling of the crisis.
On Sunday evening, nearly 7,000 people gathered in Limoges to condemn the violent aftermath of the protests. The mayor blamed the 'ultra-left.' The investigation is ongoing.
The French prime minister said he had asked regional authorities to impose curfews in some cities on Monday evening. Authorities in Marseille said that public gatherings would be banned from noon to 8 pm.
The violence on the fringes of protests across France on Saturday is the result of the evolution of the political system during Emmanuel Macron's presidency, marked by the rise of radical parties that promote a conflict-driven vision of society and a confrontational approach.
More than 2,500 people were arrested after violence broke out amid demonstrations on that saw some half a million people turn out across France to protest against the cost of living.
Laurent Nuñez acknowledged a 'lack of anticipation' in the deployment of security forces during Saturday's nationwide demonstrations, which were marred by large crowds of rioters and looters on the fringes.
After nationwide demonstrations that descended into chaos on Saturday, the streets of the French capital still bore the marks of vandalism on Sunday night, alongside the carefree atmosphere of an ordinary weekend.
The MAGA movement and the Kremlin, along with European far-right groups, described the demonstrations in France as a consequence of immigration and the decline of 'Western civilization,' while other observers saw them as a sign of the Macron era's twilight.
In several neighborhoods, the scars left by the violence of the October 17 demonstrations were visible on many streets on Sunday. Torn between disgust and understanding, Parisians were trying to make sense of what happened. In the evening, sporadic clashes broke out once again around Place de la République.
Laurent Nuñez submitted his resignation on Sunday, the Elysée said in a statement, but the French president asked him to 'put in place new operational methods for security forces' to handle the crisis.
His role as a sensitive, tormented chef in 'The Bear' catapulted the 35-year-old New York actor into a new league. The worlds of film and fashion have been clamoring for his open masculinity. After taking on the role of Bruce Springsteen, White plays journalist Jeff Horowitz, exposing Facebook's failings in Aaron…
A week before the presidential election runoff, the two men sparred over the economy, public security, healthcare, corruption and Brazil's ties to the United States.
On September 11, French authorities charged and jailed a 25-year-old man for fraud and aggravated money laundering. Operating from Israel, the Paris native had set up a scheme combining social engineering and cybercrime in order to siphon funds from notaries' offices and companies.
The Ukrainian president spoke to Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner on Sunday as Russia and Ukraine carried out drone strikes on each other's energy sites.
The Austrian Airlines flight made an emergency landing in Sofia on Sunday, escorted by a Bulgarian MiG-29 fighter jet.
Previously unpublished texts featured in the new book 'Iran: When the Earth Trembles,' shed new light, according to Islamic studies scholar and philosopher Christian Jambet, on how Michel Foucault misjudged the Islamic Revolution.
As the world celebrates breast cancer awareness month, the physician, philosophy doctoral student, and author of 'Nos corps politiques' ('Our Political Bodies'), urges us to think of health as a common good.
'Tonight, we all feel anger and shame,' said the French president in an address to the nation on Sunday, adding that there must be a distinction between protesters with 'legitimate demands' and 'those who destroyed, smashed and looted.'
'On the Saudi Trail of the 9/11 Attacks' (2/4). Osama bin Laden may have been treated as persona non grata in Riyadh and pushed into exile, but declassified CIA documents show massive cash flows from the kingdom funded Al-Qaeda until 2003. Washington preferred to keep things quiet, so as not to offend the oil-rich…
Ahead of Israel's upcoming October 27 parliamentary elections, several NGOs describe the methods settlers use to drive Palestinians from their land and the obstacles they place in the way of local olive harvests.
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni called for a security meeting Monday to address the violence, which recalled some scenes of chaos and looting in Paris.
The former commissioner-general of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East condemned the destruction of Gaza orchestrated by Israel and its 'ratification' by the international community. In his view, salvation for the Palestinians can only come through 'external pressure.'
Kyiv says its retaliatory strikes are fair retribution for years of Russia's offensive and destruction of its energy infrastructure
Saturday saw Israeli settlers attack a convoy of European diplomats in the West Bank town of Taybeh and beat up a visiting French mayor, witnesses said.
Many Albanians said they were shocked by the conduct of law enforcement. At least 120 police officers and 32 protesters were injured over four days, according to official reports.
During the French Third Republic, the 'brutality' of law enforcement was regularly denounced without political leaders taking offense at the terms used or what they implied. Since then, it has become a 'forbidden word,' according to historian Arnaud-Dominique Houte.
Four soldiers were killed and dozens injured after a fire broke out on Saturday at Canadian Forces Base Wainwright military base in western Alberta province.
On Saturday, 800,000 people took to the streets according to organizers, while Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez put the number at 550,000. The same pattern played out in many cities: On one side, a crowd of peaceful protesters; on the other, independent groups determined to clash with the police.
Paris and many other French cities on Saturday experienced clashes between police and protesters, multiple street blazes and widespread looting. The principal grievance was the cost of living.
According Le Monde's information, a 13-year-old was charged as an accomplice to the attempted murders, as he had discussed attack plans with the school shooting's perpetrator since August. The attack was characteristic of the True Crime Community, a group that idolizes mass killers.
The 39-year-old French-American Berkeley professor is campaigning to have voters approve, in a November 3 referendum, a measure that would temporarily impose a 5% tax on the wealth of billionaires living in the state. Some of his colleagues consider that his activism has begun to overshadow his scientific approach.
Pope Leo XIV's discharge on Saturday, four days after undergoing lung cancer surgery, ended a stretch of uncertainty that shook the Vatican and the world's 1.4 billion Catholics, less than two years into the Chicago-born pope's papacy.
Heidi Levine had been covering Palestinians' annual harvest of olives, which has been repeatedly disrupted by Israeli settlers. Settlers beat her and stole her passport, telephone, wallet and equipment, according to witnesses. She was taken to the hospital with broken vertebrae, and is now in moderate condition.
Alejandro González Iñárritu's apocalyptic thriller starring Cruise has suffered a disastrous opening, with the film on track to lose $245 million.
After failing to win any of their first three domestic league matches this season, Paris Saint-Germain is up to 14 points from seven games and is therefore top of the standings on goals scored from Monaco, before the team visits Lorient on Sunday.
In eastern Afghanistan, a Pakistani airstrike killed a shepherd and five of his family members. Islamabad has sought to pressure the Afghan Taliban into acting against armed groups attacking Pakistan, but the bombings and diplomatic deadlock have raised fears of a protracted conflict.
The drones were shot down by F-16 fighter jets some 20 kilometers southeast of the town of Sulina.
Thirty-two ministers were sworn in before King Mohammed VI on Friday, October 16, but 40% of them were already in office. Women, meanwhile, lost ground in the government hierarchy.
High school students have staged protests in recent weeks against higher university registration fees, but Interior Minister Bernard Quintin blamed the troubles on 'organized violence.'
Cars from the French, Belgian and Polish missions had brought diplomats to visit Taybeh, a largely Christian village in the occupied West Bank, when settlers descended to stop Palestinians from gathering olives, witnesses said.
Abhijeet Dipke, 31, was detained on Friday in New Delhi as he headed to join a rally that the CJP protest movement had called in the capital's central Connaught Place district.
Following weeks of student protests, the country's Yellow Vest movement called for nationwide protests. According to the CGT union, 800,000 people turned out at 1,750 demonstrations across the country to protest the rising cost of living.
A cyberattack that overheated refrigeration systems in over 700 stores revealed the vulnerability of many, often innocuous, internet-connected devices. It also highlighted how France has fallen behind in implementing two key EU cybersecurity directives.
With banners featuring 'One Piece' characters, memes and inventive slogans, Generation Z's protest toolkit draws heavily from internet culture. These joyful forms of expression help strengthen their sense of community and assert collective political identity.
The dancer, who chose 'L'Histoire de Manon,' created in 1974 by Kenneth MacMillan, for her final ballet at the Palais Garnier, received a standing ovation that lasted nearly 35 minutes.
To mark the bicentenary of the invention of photography, Paris is paying tribute to the shoe shiner and his customer, who were inadvertently immortalized by Louis Daguerre in the spring of 1838.
Anti-government protests, held daily for four and a half months, have taken a new turn with demonstrators demanding the resignation of Edi Rama. This is unprecedented in Albania since the fall of the communist dictatorship in 1991.
Several Western media outlets have reported that their correspondents or special envoys have been denied entry into the country. Some, such as photographer Heidi Levine, have been assaulted by settlers in the occupied West Bank.
The lives of the Vuillaumes, a blended family of four, have been shaped by the Yellow Vest movement. While two of them hope for a 'convergence of struggles' with young people during the planned October 17 protest, the other two don't really believe anymore.
Since Yemen's civil war flared back to life in July, the pro-Iran Houthis have repeatedly struck Saudi targets including Red Sea tankers, oil facilities and Riyadh's international airport, where 13 people were killed in a single attack last week.
To qualify for subsidies, vehicles must be produced in EU countries with at least 70% European components – a lower threshold than before, but one that could disadvantage the Renault brand.
Invited to the European leaders' summit in Brussels on Friday, Volodymyr Zelensky, weakened by what he called the 'betrayal' of Donald Trump, asked his allies for an additional €70 billion in aid for the year 2027.
The seizures were carried out in several operations across the Caribbean and the Atlantic this month, authorities said Friday. In a joint statement, the French military and a senior local official said the biggest bust resulted in five arrests in Martinique, a French overseas territory.
During an exchange at the summit, Poland, Italy, and Denmark pushed for the adoption of a text that characterized irregular migration as a 'challenge' to societies. The proposed text also criticized initiatives that 'encourage' migrants to travel to Europe, a thinly veiled jab at Spain. The text failed to secure the…
Without naming her directly, the French president criticized the far-right leader, who is the frontrunner in the upcoming presidential election. Le Pen laid out plans to cut France's aid to Ukraine and its contribution to the EU during a visit to Brussels on the eve of an EU leaders summit.
One month after the start of the high school student movement, signs condemning police violence are now omnipresent in protest marches, as increasingly brutal law enforcement tactics leave a lasting impression on a generation of young people.
Katie Zacharia's gaffe-filled stint came as US President Donald Trump flies around the country trying to boost Republican candidates ahead of midterm elections.
Heidi Levine, a veteran photographer, was hospitalized, with doctors saying she had suffered from 'lacerations.' The Israeli police said it opened an investigation into the incident.
Marine Le Pen and her Rassemblement National have launched a series of attacks against the heads of independent bodies nominated by President Emmanuel Macron.
The cost of living has remained high for a large portion of Americans, a situation that could have been avoided if the president had not ventured into disastrous economic and international policies, explains Nicolas Chapuis, Le Monde's New York correspondent, in his column.
France's benchmark 10-year bond is nearing 5%, a level not seen since 2002, as doubts about the French government's ability to rein in spending grow.
The debate has intensified between countries pushing to reduce the budget envelope and those determined to preserve EU resources. French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz have agreed on the need to reach a deal before the end of the year.
A planned data center near Châteauroux faces mounting local opposition, with concerns over environmental impact and a lack of transparency surrounding this massive infrastructure. A protest is set to take place on Saturday, October 17.
In his first performance in France in 12 years, the Motown veteran performed one of his masterpieces, the double-sided album 'Songs in the Key of Life', to mark the 50th anniversary of its release.
Several social media posts have fueled hopes of an alliance between the youth-led protests and the Yellow Vest movement, which began in 2018 in reaction to rising fuel prices.
The end of the truce called for by the US president marks an escalation in tensions between Zelensky and Trump, following a deal between Washington and Moscow on the delivery of Russian diesel fuel.
European leaders meeting in Brussels on October 15 and 16 remain divided over how to tackle soaring energy prices, as the European Union, still purchasing Russian gas, finds itself weakened by a new deal between Trump and Putin over diesel supplies.
Class sizes, teacher numbers, heavy timetables: Public statistics shed light on the main demands driving the current high school student movement.
Zelensky said Ukraine was no longer pausing strikes on Russian refineries as Moscow was not abiding by a ceasefire on hitting energy infrastructure that had been announced by the US president.
Police said the suspect, identified as 16-year-old Griffin John II, opened fire in a classroom at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, killing 5-year-old Rhoam Summer; two boys, 8 and 11; and teacher Megan Lambert, 25, then was shot dead by an armed bystander.
A minibus was carrying truck drivers of various nationalities were heading to travel on a LeShuttle train, which carries vehicles and their passengers through the tunnel.
'On the Saudi Trail of 9/11' (1/4). Omar al-Bayoumi denied being an extremist and a spy. Yet the jovial Saudi civil servant, who lived in the US before the attacks, was ever-present in the American journey of two of the terrorists. He even sometimes played paintball with a future leader of Al-Qaeda.
Since returning to the White House in January 2025, Trump's administration has fired dozens of FBI and other law enforcement personnel associated with the investigations, which the president has denounced as 'political witch hunts.'
The US National Weather Service issued a Red Flag Warning for the area through Saturday evening, indicating weather conditions such as high winds and low humidity could increase the risk of high wildfire activity.
In an interview with Newsmax on Thursday, Donald Trump discussed the war in Ukraine and weighed in on Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. 'I think they actually both would like to see it end,' Trump said. 'But I think I find Zelensky to be more difficult to deal with than…
In the Breton capital, chefs, bakers, market gardeners and caterers cultivate mutual support and creativity, all while following environmentally conscious practices.