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April 22, 2025
IMF forecasts global slowdown: 'The economy is entering a new era,' says chief economist
The International Monetary Fund has revised its global growth projections downward to 2.8% in 2025 and 3% in 2026. The main reasons are the...
Le Monde
April 22, 2025
Fabio Marchese Ragona, biographer of Pope Francis: 'He waq always outspoken, which can be irritating in certain environments'
Who was the man behind the pope? The Vatican expert, co-author of an autobiography written with Francis, describes a 'frank, direct, and app...
Le Monde
April 22, 2025
China calls on patriotism to save its exporters
COLUMN. Faced with a 145% increase in US tariffs, displays of solidarity are multiplying among small and medium-sized enterprises, as well a...
Le Monde
April 22, 2025
Over 100 US universities denounce Trump administration 'political inteference'
In a joint letter with signatories including Ivy League schools such as Yale, Princeton and Brown, the universities denounced 'political int...
Le Monde
April 22, 2025
Myanmar junta extends post-earthquake truce
The junta seized power in a 2021 coup, but said it has ceased attacking its opponents following the magnitude-7.7 earthquake which has kille...
Le Monde
April 22, 2025
Polar-orbiting planet discovered in a binary star system
For the first time, substantial evidence of a 90-degree trajectory around a pair of stars has been reported, thanks to images from the Very...
Le Monde
April 22, 2025
UC Berkeley, the US capital of free speech, stands firm against Trump
Following Harvard and Columbia, the University of California, Berkeley, is bracing for the arrival of the newly-created federal task force t...
Le Monde
April 22, 2025
Death of Pope Francis: A pope embraced by the French left
French left-wing figures, from Jean-Luc Mélenchon to François Hollande, embraced the 'progressive' pope who had increasingly gotten involved...
Le Monde
April 22, 2025
Pope Francis's death: French right and far right hold back their criticisms
Although he had been a target of far-right attacks throughout his papacy, the pope, who was committed to supporting migrants, was commemorat...
Le Monde
April 22, 2025
After Pope Francis, the Church's openness in question
EDITORIAL. The pontiff left an indelible mark by placing the poor at the center of his discourse and highlighting the cause of migrants and...
Le Monde
April 22, 2025
Gold price hits record high above $3,500 on rush to safety
The precious metal reached an all-time high of $3,500.10 an ounce before pulling back to $3,467.87.
Le Monde
April 22, 2025
Wall Street shockwaves continue after Trump's latest attacks on Fed
The president of the United States once again targeted the Federal Reserve, the American central bank. The result was investor panic, causin...
Le Monde
April 22, 2025
The key issues waiting on the next pope's desk
From sexual violence to the war in the Gaza Strip, cardinals are set to spend the next 15 days discussing hot topics Pope Francis was vocal...
Le Monde
April 22, 2025
Economist Antoine Bouët: 'Among high-income countries, the US will suffer the most from Trump's trade war'
OP-ED. Donald Trump's tariff hikes are not driven by commercial rationality, but purely by electoral motives, writes economist Antoine Bouët...
Le Monde
April 22, 2025
Cardinals prepare for Pope Francis's funeral
Cardinals have been summoned to Rome for the first of a series of 'general congregations,' during which they will decide on the details of t...
Le Monde
April 22, 2025
Global warming is a security threat and armies must adapt, experts warn
The director of the Washington-based Center for Climate & Security said militaries needed to be prepared as the world experiences an increas...
Le Monde
April 22, 2025
JD Vance meets Indian PM Modi for trade talks
The US vice president's office reported 'significant progress' in the talks and said the two men had established a roadmap for how economic...
Le Monde
April 22, 2025
Even if the ocean were to boil, climate skepticism would persist. The 'marketplace of ideas' theory is invalidated.
COLUMN. The worsening of climate change aligns with long-standing scientific predictions, yet climate-skeptical discourse and opinions persi...
Le Monde
April 22, 2025
Death of Pope Francis: Rome's farewell between the faithful's grief and Vatican protocol
Following the announcement of Pope Francis's death on Monday morning, April 21, the bells of Saint Peter's Basilica tolled and the Vatican's...
Le Monde
April 22, 2025
Emmanuel Macron vows to step up reconstruction in cyclone-hit Mayotte
The French president announced on Monday a three-billion-euro package over six years to finance a plan to 'rebuild' France's poorest departm...
Le Monde
April 22, 2025
In Austria, the president of Parliament becomes a major embarrassment
Since his election in October 2024 as the head of the National Council, Walter Rosenkranz, a senior member of the far-right FPÖ party, has m...
Le Monde
April 22, 2025