After the arson attack on Rouen's synagogue, shock and support for France's Jewish community

The man who set fire to the building on Friday morning was killed by police. He was an undocumented Algerian whose application for a residency permit in France for health treatment had been rejected. Rallies were held in Rouen and Paris.

Ships near a temporary floating jetty built to receive humanitarian aid, at Gaza Beach, May 18.

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Delivery of aid to Gaza by sea is a 'smokescreen' given the scale of the needs

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New Caledonia: Partial calm but gunfire in French territory under state of emergency

Mikheil Saakashvili's handwritten answers to Le Monde's questions, written from his prison cell in Georgia, May 16.

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Former Georgian president Saakashvili: 'The Russians want to take revenge'

The imprisoned former president and opposition leader writes to Le Monde about Georgia's controversial 'foreign influence' law.

Rugby player Antoine Dupont lit up the cauldron in Toulouse on Friday May 17.

VALENTINE CHAPUIS / AFP

Paris 2024: 55,000 spectators turned out to cheer the Olympic torch in Toulouse

The Olympic torch relay in Toulouse on Friday came to a climactic close in an enthusiastic Stade Ernest-Wallon.

The steps of the Palais des Festivals, during the Cannes Film Festival, May 16, 2024.

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'Cannes has always been composed of two sides – one aesthetic and the other political'

Faced with the #MeToo movement and accusations against French film industry figures, the Festival is seeking to both champion the voices of women and continue to presume accused men are innocent, writes Le Monde culture columnist Michel Guerrin.

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More than 3,000 museums will open their doors to the public free of charge on May 18. Here are our picks for how to make the most of the night in Paris and the surrounding region.

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Olympic rings in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France, September 16, 2017.

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Félix Pommier, Diana Liu and Marion Huysman

What was promised for the Paris Olympics and what will actually be ready?

In 2016, Paris' bid for the 2024 Olympics boasted lofty ambitions. But as the city counts down the days until the opening ceremony on July 26, some of these promises have fallen through.

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Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, on May 7, 2024, along the border with the Gaza Strip near Rafah (photo courtesy of the army).

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Louis Imbert

Israel's army and Netanyahu are at odds over war in Gaza

Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant has openly criticized the prime minister's refusal to establish a Palestinian political authority in Gaza, thus paving the way for the establishment of Israeli military rule.

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#MeToo: 100 faces from the movement in France pose in historic photo

One hundred public figures who have spoken out about sexual and gender-based violence have come together to pose for a historic photograph in Le Monde and co-sign an open letter calling for 'an all-encompassing law' on sexual violence.

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