#MeToo in the French military: Female soldiers speak out

French female soldiers are speaking out about the sexual violence they have suffered in the course of their duties, and the armed forces are struggling to stay on top of a growing movement. Le Monde found that women are being penalized, while their alleged attackers remain in post.

Nickel extraction equipment as the mothballing phase of the Vavouto site is launched, near Koné in New Caledonia, on February 28, 2024.

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New Caledonia's nickel: Key resource for archipelago and pro-independence movement

María Medem

Parents' climate guilt: 'I can't explain my inconsistencies to myself nor to my children'

The 'peace conference' is scheduled to take place at the Bürgenstock resort, perched high above Lake Lucerne in Switzerland.

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A Swiss summit for an unlikely peace in Ukraine

Swiss diplomacy is trying to convince as many countries as possible to take part in a 'peace conference' on June 15 and 16. Although the meeting is unlikely to result in any concrete progress, it will be an opportunity for Bern to improve its image.

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UN says 800,000 people displaced since start of Israel's Rafah incursion

Philippe Lazzarini, head of the UN Agency for Palestinian Refugees, said that people have been 'forced to flee' to areas without water supplies or adequate sanitation.

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The Quentin Dupieux method: Anything but absurd

In almost 20 years and with 13 feature-length films, Quentin Dupieux has become a heavyweight in French cinema, thanks to an effective formula: short, inexpensive films shot at breakneck speed with a dream cast. His latest, 'Le Deuxième Acte' ('The Second Act'), which stars Léa Seydoux, Louis Garrel, Raphaël Quenard and Vincent Lindon, opened the Cannes Film Festival on May 14.

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Pierre Barthélémy

Archaeologists uncover the lives of WWII refugees in an underground quarry in northwestern France

During the Allied bombings from June 6 to late July 1944, hundreds of Caen residents took refuge in the Saingt quarry. Now abandoned and largely intact, it is a playground for archeologists, who have turned it into a conservation space and a laboratory for their methods.

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For Palestinian citizens of Israel, commemorations of 1948 Nakba come with stigma

Decathlete Kevin Mayer carries the flame in Montpellier on Monday May 13.

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Ukraine's post-25 enlistment policy aims to 'protect the country's future'

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New Caledonia removed from Olympic torch's route following unrest

Xi and Putin: A far from self-evident friendship

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

New Caledonia: Why are there so many guns in the French Pacific territory?

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

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

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Six questions to understand the crisis in New Caledonia

Tensions in the French overseas territory exploded on May 13, leaving 5 people dead and dozens injured four days later. The government declared a state of emergency on May 15.

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At the Incarville toll booth (Eure), after the attack on a prison van, May 14, 2024.

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Who is Mohamed Amra, who escaped from a prison van leaving two officers dead?

The drug trafficker's spectacular escape also left three people seriously injured. Prison labor unions have called for blocking prisons on Wednesday.

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Gilles Paris

How Le Monde has covered the Israeli-Palestinian conflict since 1945

Since the founding of Le Monde in late 1944, the newspaper's coverage and editorial position have continuously fueled suspicions among readers: Pro-Israeli? Pro-Palestinian? Every article is dissected and discussed with a zeal not seen with any other international issue.

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

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