The Republican president signed an order in March seeking to restrict mail-in voting ahead of the November midterm elections. A district court blocked its implementation but the Supreme Court on Monday lifted the judge's stay, allowing parts of Trump's directive to go ahead for now.

Starting Monday, August 24, advertisers can pay to have their brands appear next to responses from OpenAI's AI assistant, as the company aims to diversify its revenue streams.

The agreement was signed during a two-day visit to France by Riyadh's de facto ruler, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. The project grew out of a 2024 meeting with Macron in Saudi Arabia where the two discovered their 'shared passion' for manga, 'and in particular Dragon Ball Z,' the Elysée said.

Trump's latest threat comes after the North American neighbors failed Friday to reach a deal to avert new 50% tariffs imposed by the Trump administration on select Canadian goods.

A ban on mobile phones in high schools could take effect as early as the start of the school year next week, government spokesperson Maud Bregeon announced.

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, writing in the Financial Times, warned that an 'economic D-Day' against Iran would begin on Monday. Iran dismissed the threat, saying that 'the narrative doesn’t add up.'

The founder of the center-left Place Publique party announced he would take part in a primary organized in October by the Parti Socialiste.

SOS Méditerranée said Monday that Libyan groups have become bolder in their attempts to thwart sea crossings to Europe, targeting both migrants and rescue ships. The United Nations migration agency said the number of deaths at sea has grown, even as fewer attempts to cross are being made.

Following the lead of Marine Le Pen, who has long promised to organize referendums, several candidates seem to see direct democracy as a fix for the presidential legitimacy crisis and the political system's deadlock.

Polls give Glucksmann, who's popular among young people in what some term "Glucksmania," 10-12 percent of the vote.

From the future of Gaza to developments in Syria, there is no shortage of friction between the two military powers of the eastern Mediterranean. Over the past three years, their relations have steadily deteriorated on several fronts.

Scientific data and field observations confirm the harmful effects of addictive digital platforms on the physical and mental health of young people, write Amine Benyamina and Servane Mouton, co-chairs of the Commission on Children and Screens.

To combat traffic jams, the Saudi Arabian capital has built the world’s largest automated metro network. The colossal project brought in many of the world’s leading experts, including several major French companies such as RATP, Alstom and Systra.

Hotels, restaurants and businesses have increasingly become targets of deliberate destruction, such as the fire that gutted a beach bar overnight between August 10 and 11 in Ajaccio. Prosecutors have tried to curb the phenomenon, but identifying those behind the attacks has proved difficult.

In the former villages of Wola Ostrowiecka and Ostrowki in western Ukraine, archaeologists and historians have been exhuming the bodies of Polish civilians massacred by Ukrainian nationalists in 1943. More than 80 years later, this painful past still weighs on diplomatic relations between Kyiv and Warsaw.

As Arsenal and Inter Milan begin their campaigns to defend their titles in England and Italy, Spain's Real Madrid and Barcelona also return to the pitch this weekend. In Germany, fans will have to wait another week for the Bundesliga to resume.

According to the local weather service, some areas in the Catalonia region recorded more than 100 liters of rain per square meter overnight from Friday to Saturday.

As negotiations broke down on Friday, the US is putting new 50% tariffs on a range of Canadian products, starting Saturday. Ottawa has vowed to respond with tariffs of equal scope.

The paleoclimatologist and former vice president of the IPCC's scientific panel worries that climate issues will be pushed aside once temperatures drop. In an interview, he urges presidential candidates to 'recognize the scale of this global challenge.'

Discovered ten years ago with her soulful single 'Blue Lights,' on August 21 the singer unveils an album with electronic sounds, produced by Anglo-Nigerian P2J.

A recent executive order from the US president ends the right to American citizenship for children born via surrogacy when the intended parents are foreign nationals. Washington's main targets are Chinese nationals, the largest group using US surrogacy services, followed by the French.

95% of the hospitals in the Palestinian enclave have been destroyed or damaged, leaving them desperately short of everything. There are no MRI machines left and only two CT scanners remain. Around 20,000 patients are on the evacuation list.

Around 15 African countries that produce cobalt, manganese or lithium have imposed embargoes or quotas since 2023, forcing foreign operators to invest locally in the processing of these minerals.

After refusing to sign a deal with the United States, Ottawa has responded to new US tariffs with retaliatory measures. The escalation has bolstered national unity around defending Canadian sovereignty.

On a visit to Kyiv Monday, the UK prime minister assured his country's support for Ukraine, despite 'Russia's outrageous threats.'

The company is set to go public on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on September 1. The platform is courting international investors despite a slowdown in its growth, while taking advantage of China's completely controlled media environment.

An Iranian foreign ministry said Monday that France was harming bilateral relations in expelling two Iranian diplomats, which Paris had announced in retaliation to Tehran's arrest of two French diplomats last month. Iran claimed France's move was illegal whereas its own was legal.

This year has brought unprecedented volumes of brown algae to the beaches of the Yucatán Peninsula, four times higher than in 2025. The country is turning to science and technology to better predict and counter these invasions.

As Russian strikes increase and become more deadly, Ukraine's major cities are racing to modernize their alert systems. Yet, a growing number of overwhelmed civilians no longer respond to the warnings.

The official agenda for the visit ranges from esports to the war in the Middle East, but three journalists' unions on Sunday protested against France hosting the Saudi strongman.

Lanier beat Japan's Kodai Naraoka to claim gold in New Delhi. Moments earlier, French pair Thom Gicquel and Delphine Delrue won mixed doubles, also winning France's first-ever world championship title in the sport.

An average of 55 kilograms of edible food is reportedly wasted by each person in France per year. Here are some tips to help you preserve fruits and vegetables and reduce waste.

Canadian Prime Minister accuses President Trump of launching a trade 'war,' citing unacceptable conditions. On Saturday, August 22, Carney says, 'We've been under no illusions... America has changed.'

'It is crucial to provide Ukraine with all the necessary means to... thwart this aggression,' said Marcron on Saturday, August 22, ahead of the Coalition of the Willing's Monday meeting to ramp up pressure on Moscow.

For many people in France, the goal is to hear only the sounds of nature and to avoid being caught up in a tide of tourists. The good news is that in most areas where peace and quiet can still be found, real estate prices remain low.

The silence from decision-makers regarding the consequences of the unprecedented heatwave in the summer of 2026 and the solutions that need to be implemented could only be interpreted as either an inability to act, or worse, a lack of will to do so.

The heatwave caused a surge in farm animal deaths, leading to processing bottlenecks at carcass rendering plants. Noxious odors exasperated local residents and public authorities.

In response to Israel's policy of occupation and destruction, around one hundred former representatives of France and the United Kingdom urge their governments to act through a series of sanctions aimed at safeguarding the rule of law.

The two major summer hits have each already drawn over 6 million moviegoers, lifting forecasts for annual attendance.

Lebanese people, both individually and through non-profit organizations, have sought to collect footage and testimonies in order to preserve the memory of the region, which is partially occupied by Israel, and to showcase its historical richness.

French authorities had placed swathes of the country's southwest on orange alert for storms. Meteo-France said winds had reached up to 117 kilometers (73 miles) per hour.

The move rescinds a decades-old designation that came with severe economic restrictions. The governor of Syria's central bank hailed the decision, calling it a 'historic step.'

The divisive radical left 75-year-old leader of La France Insoumise (LFI) would advance to the second round against far-right Marine Le Pen in three of five possible first-round scenarios, a poll has found.

President Volodymyr Zelensky said Saturday that holding elections at the present time would fracture the country. His remarks came in response to Mykhailo Fedorov's call the previous week for a vote despite the ongoing war.

Eight of the nine defendants were charged with breach of trust and forging documents to smuggle 74 servers containing Nvidia chips to China, the Keelung District Prosecutors Office said in a statement. One of the defendants is a Nvidia employee.

Jean-Luc Mélenchon courted the Greens in a speech on environmental planning at the summer conference of his party, radical left La France Insoumise, on Sunday. Meanwhile, rival Raphaël Glucksmann announced his candidacy.

'With 376 missile strikes recorded in July alone, reinforcing Ukraine's defenses has become increasingly urgent,' the EU Commission said in a statement.

'Youth in hostile environments' (5/7). After fleeing crisis-stricken Venezuela, Silvana Trevale has regularly returned to photograph the country's youth – capturing the carefree moments of boys and girls who, despite a lack of prospects, embody the vital spirit of Venezuelan society.

Canberra aims to play a key role in establishing more diversified and reliable global rare earth supply chains that depend less on Beijing.

The northern African country, whose coast is some 145 kilometers from the Italian island of Lampedusa, is a key departure point for migrants seeking better lives in Europe.

President Volodymyr Zelensky described the process of holding elections during the war as 'a tsunami' for Ukraine, pushing back on a call by his ousted former defense minister to organize a vote.

Around 15 higher education institutions closed in 2025 due to debt, and about 40 closed in 2024. In addition to cuts in government funding, academia faced a decline in enrollment as many young people questioned the value of the skills taught.

'Growing up in hostile environments' (4/7). Based in the Netherlands, Palestinian photographer and filmmaker Sakir Khader has regularly traveled to the Nablus and Jenin regions, which are under Israeli occupation. For several years, he has documented the living conditions of the youngest in this context of ongoing violence.

Like thousands of other Spanish Republicans, José Molina Lopez was cast into an anonymous mass grave and had his memory erased by the narrative imposed by the dictator Franco. Journalist Garance Muñoz retraced her great-grandfather's story, a reparative journey enabled by laws passed since 2007.

Over the past decade, the South African national team has managed to unite a broad audience, realizing the dream Nelson Mandela championed in 1995. On Saturday, the Springboks will face the New Zealand All Blacks at home in the first of three matchups.

Donald Trump's immigration policy suffers another blow, as the measure targeting countries including Somalia, Russia and Iran, is struck down by the courts.

Chief Nice prosecutor Damien Martinelli discusses drug-related violence in his city in an interview with Le Monde and provides an overview of how criminal networks and the fight against drug trafficking have evolved.

While the intertwining of wealth, art and power dates back to antiquity, the rise of patronage and major private foundations now raises the question of how economic capital is converted into cultural capital.

The dismissal happened after the staff spoke publicly against interference by the Defense Department in the military news outlet that has a long history of editorial independence. The publisher, who announced his retirement days ago, was also let go.

On the anniversary of the 2013 chemical attack on a suburb of Damascus, Syria announced it had requested to join the International Partnership Against Impunity for the Use of Chemical Weapons.