French left agrees to form new 'Popular Front' in parliamentary elections (www.lemonde.fr)
List of the coalition’s members on Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Popular_Front#Members
Thousands demonstrate against far right across France (www.lemonde.fr)
Paris police said 3,000 people gathered in Paris on Monday evening, at a demonstration against the far right, which made historic gains in the European elections on Sunday. Other gatherings took place around the country....
Israel says it will stop work of Spanish consulate for Palestinians (www.lemonde.fr)
Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz said on Friday, May 24, that he had decided to “sever the connection” between Spain’s diplomatic mission and Palestinians in the occupied West Bank over Madrid’s recognition of a Palestinian state....
Ukrainian soldiers in the Donbas are fed up waiting for Western munitions (www.lemonde.fr)
I guess nobody explained to them that the west is now deindustrialized and doesn’t have the capacity to produce munitions in the numbers this proxy war requires.
Monet painting fetches $35 million at New York auction (www.lemonde.fr)
Weaned off from Russian gas, Europe finds itself trapped in expensive energy resources (www.lemonde.fr)
The article notes that the refusal of direct purchase of Russian gas seriously hit the competitiveness of industrial enterprises in Europe due to a sharp jump in energy prices....
Iran consulate in Paris cordoned off following report someone entered with an explosive (www.lemonde.fr)
A man was arrested as a large security perimeter was deployed around the consulate of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Paris, at mid-day on Friday, April 19. Security services were alerted to the presence of a person suspected of carrying an explosive device. Paris police officials told Agence France-Presse the man was arrested....
Russia extends arrest of US journalist Evan Gershkovich to June 30 (www.lemonde.fr)
Gershkovich, a reporter at the Wall Street Journal, has already spent almost a year behind bars....
Moscow attack: How Central Asia became the Islamic State organization's new foothold (www.lemonde.fr)
The jihadist group, which claimed responsibility for Friday night’s bloody attack in Russia, has spread to countries north of Afghanistan....
Global sea level jumped due to El Niño and climate change, says NASA (www.lemonde.fr)
Canada stops arms shipments to Israel (www.lemonde.fr)
Israel has historically been a top receiver of Canadian arms exports, with CAN$21 million worth of military materiel exported to Israel in 2022, according to Radio Canada, following CAN$26 million in shipments in 2021. That places Israel among the top 10 recipients of Canadian arms exports.
Israeli attacks on aid convoy escorts in Gaza jeopardize food distribution (www.lemonde.fr)
Civil servants and volunteers, helping to secure food trucks for Gazans, have been repeatedly targeted by Israeli fire.
Paris migrant camps evacuated, organizations denounce 'social cleansing' ahead of 2024 Olympics (www.lemonde.fr)
Cubans stage rare protests demanding electricity, food (www.lemonde.fr)
France's defense minister says sending combat troops to Ukraine 'not on table' (www.lemonde.fr)
French President Macron urges Ukraine's allies not to be 'cowardly' (www.lemonde.fr)
France enshrines 'freedom' to abortion in Constitution, in world first (www.lemonde.fr)
A joint session of Parliament voted to adopt a constitutional reform to protect the ‘freedom of women to voluntarily terminate a pregnancy, which is guaranteed.’ The move was designed as a response to the US Supreme Court overturning the federal right to abortion in 2022....
Bedbug panic was stoked by Russia, says France (www.lemonde.fr)
France shut several schools in October last year over concern about bedbug infestations. France has blamed the Kremlin for spreading misinformation about the pests....
After boots on the ground comment, French PM doubles down: 'Putins troops are already in our country', pointing at Le Pen (www.lemonde.fr)
By raising for the first time the idea of sending troops to Ukraine, the French leader “has taken a further step toward belligerence,” blasted his rival Marine Le Pen, of the far-right Rassemblement National (RN) party. She accused him of “posing an existential risk to 70 million French people, and more particularly to our...
France bans 'steak' label on vegetarian products (www.lemonde.fr)
The government’s decree is a response to a long-standing complaint by the meat industry that terms like ‘vegetarian ham’ or ‘vegan sausage’ were confusing for consumers....
War in Ukraine: Not all European countries view Russia as top threat (www.lemonde.fr)
Zelensky obtains unprecedented military support from Paris and Berlin (www.lemonde.fr)
Macron says recognizing a Palestinian state 'not a taboo' for France (www.lemonde.fr)
India's stock market seizes global fourth place from Hong Kong (www.lemonde.fr)
With $4.3 trillion in total share value on Monday, January 22, India booming stock exchange is seen as emblematic of the country’s rising economic fortunes, while Hong Kong’s market has sturggled with a fourth consecutive year of losses....