Theodor Meron at a Holocaust commemoration event at United Nations headquarters in New York, January 27, 2020. SETH WENIG/AP Born in Poland in 1930, Theodor Meron is a survivor of a labor camp during World War II, he was a refugee in 1945 in Mandatory Palestine and later became an Israeli citizen when the state […]
This is the story of a compromising photograph, one that had stayed secret for half a century. It was finally published in 1994, on the cover of Une jeunesse française (“A French youth”) by Pierre Péan, a book that traced the early life and first political activities of President François Mitterrand (in office 1981-1995). In […]
The British, French and German foreign ministers, David Lammy (second from left), Jean-Noël Barrot (center, in back), and Johann Wadephul, together with Kaja Kallas, the European Union’s high representative for foreign affairs, after an Iran-EU meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, on June 20, 2025. MARTIAL TREZZINI/KEYSTONE VIA AP Nearly four hours of intense closed-door talks were […]
Major adult websites Pornhub, YouPorn and RedTube were back online in France Friday, June 20, after a court suspended a decision requiring pornographic platforms based in the EU to verify users’ ages. France has gradually introduced requirements this year for all adult websites to have users confirm their age with details such as a credit […]
Customers sit on the terrace of a bar-restaurant in Paris, May 19, 2021. BERTRAND GUAY/AFP When it comes into effect on Saturday evening, the change will likely go unnoticed amid the general hullabaloo of the Fête de la Musique, the nationwide celebration of music that takes place every year on June 21. However, from that […]
The balloon has been ready to rise for several days. Here in the Tuileries Garden, Paris, France, June 19, 2025. GONZALO FUENTES / REUTERS A giant balloon that became a popular landmark over the skies of Paris during the 2024 Olympics is set to rise again, with organizers hoping it will once again attract crowds […]
US Vice President JD Vance walks next to US Marines at the Wilshire Federal Building in Los Angeles, California, June 20, 2025. DANIEL COLE / REUTERS Vice President JD Vance on Friday, June 20, accused California Governor Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass of encouraging violent immigration protests as he used his appearance […]
In an apartment in Holon, near Tel Aviv, at the site of an Iranian strike, June 19, 2025. LAURENCE GEAI/MYOP FOR LE MONDE On Thursday, June 19, the Israeli Government Press Office – the body responsible for managing relationships between authorities and journalists working in Israel – sent an email to foreign correspondents in the […]
Mélanie Cosnier, mayor of Souvigné-sur-Sarthe and member of the Citizens’ Convention for the Climate (CCC), standing on one of the town’s lawns, where part of the grass has been left unmown to encourage biodiversity, on March 22, 2025. JULIE BALAGUE FOR LE MONDE That morning, a new speed limit sign, displaying 70 kilometers per hour, […]
The largest Lenin statue in Central Asia, in Osh, Kyrgyzstan, on October 9, 2010. VICTOR DRACHEV / AFP It had been part of the cityscape for more than 50 years, visible from afar with its 23-meter height and 7.5 metric tons. To everyone’s surprise, the largest Lenin statue in Central Asia, located in Osh – […]
