Lors de son discours au congrès des maires de France ce mardi 18 novembre, le chef d'état-major des armées françaises, le général Fabien Mandon a alerté sur la menace russe au-delà de la guerre en Ukraine. "La Russie se prépare à une confrontation à l'horizon 2030 avec nos pays". Comment comprendre une telle déclaration?

La Drôme, c’est un département du sud de la France mais aussi le nom d’une rivière. Une des dernières du pays qui court naturellement et qui, d’une source de conflits, est devenue une source de dialogue.

Thirteen people were hospitalized and two are in critical condition, the department said. It originally misreported that 15 had been sickened at Tyler Farms, which doesn't exist.

Face au risque de cyberguerre, le patron de l’Agence nationale de la sécurité des systèmes d’information (Anssi), Vincent Strubel, appelle entreprises et collectivités à renforcer leurs défenses numériques. Il était de passage à Rennes cette semaine, à l’occasion de la 10e European Cyber Week.

More than 100,000 people disappeared during the 13-year civil war. To bring closure to some of their families, the new government faces the challenging task of exhuming remains from scores of burial sites.

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As some lawmakers press U.S. universities to curtail ties with China, a postdoctoral student’s prosecution raises questions about how big the danger actually is.

Vingt-sept ans après sa sortie sur Nintendo 64, Ocarina of Time conserve un statut d'autorité presque agaçant : celui d’un jeu qui a tout réinventé et redéfini les codes du jeu d'aventure 3D avec un humilité rare. Et si on peut contester le mythe, difficile de trouver un héritier à sa hauteur. Plus qu’un classique, c’est un pivot. Un point fixe. Une démonstration qu’un monde minuscule peut pourtant contenir toute une grammaire nouvelle.

Guillaumes, un village de montagne du haut pays niçois a réussi à maintenir ses commerces et services publics. Sa population rajeunit. Quelle est sa recette ?

« La vie cachée des plantes ». Avant que l’hiver n’arrive, il est encore temps de bouturer des rameaux (secs) d’arbres et d’arbustes pour qu’ils s’épanouissent au printemps et développent leurs stratégies pour grandir.

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Dans une tribune au « Monde », le député européen (Renew Europe) considère que la crise profonde du secteur vient de la hausse des prix des véhicules et de la perte du marché chinois. Selon lui, rebâtir l’automobile européenne passe par des voitures abordables, la reconquête de marchés-clés et l’électrification de l’économie.

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Qui en veut à Jean-Pierre Latour, le représentant du pays de l’océan Indien en Suisse ? En octobre 2021, des cambrioleurs ont dérobé pour près de 1 million d’euros de biens dans sa résidence près de Zurich. Parmi les suspects, le fils aîné du diplomate, Boris Latour, un séduisant golden boy sur le point d’être nommé ambassadeur en France, avant d’être rattrapé par cette histoire. Une instruction est en cours.

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It was just not the Bills' night.

I guessed it would be worth a couple of hundred pounds at most, but it was a preparatory print for his famous 1639 etching The Goldweigher

My father died 20 years ago, when I was 26, and my mother died 10 years later. I’ve always felt grateful that one of the things they passed on to me was a love of art. My dad, Alan Barlow, was a stage designer, a Benedictine monk and then, after marrying my mother, Grace – who was a GP – he became a full-time artist.

In his studio in Norfolk, there were two big Victorian plan chests, where he stored paper and sketches he had created. He was also an art collector and some of the drawers contained artworks he had bought but didn’t have wall space for. For a long time, I didn’t feel ready to go through everything in his studio. I always felt connected to him when I went in there.

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Milan allegations link Aleksandar Vučić to 1990s shootings of civilians in Bosnian capital by Italians and others

• In the snipers’ sights: life under fire during siege of Sarajevo – in pictures

A Croatian investigative reporter has filed a complaint with Milan prosecutors against the Serbian president, Aleksandar Vučić, for his alleged involvement in the “Sarajevo safari” affair, in which snipers from Italy and other countries allegedly travelled to the Bosnian capital to kill civilians during the four-year siege of the city in the 1990s.

Last week, Milan prosecutors launched an investigation aimed at identifying the Italians allegedly involved on charges of voluntary murder aggravated by cruelty and abject motives.

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Little is taught about the murderous, incompetent dictatorship – and now almost one in five young people say Franco was good for the country

At first sight, few suspected that Francisco Franco might become a strongman capable of imposing a brutal dictatorship across four decades. He was a short, squeaky voiced army officer with a shaky grasp on non-military matters and zero charisma. Yet he did exactly that, before dying of natural causes in a Madrid hospital, 50 years ago this week.

Even today, Franco serves as a warning that outward mediocrity is no barrier to the ruthlessly ambitious. Behind the dull facade lay a slippery, clever operator. Franco’s ambition was underpinned by an iron will, a glib indifference to violence and unbounded self-esteem.

Giles Tremlett is the author of El Generalisimo and Ghosts of Spain

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Après un coup de gueule sur les réseaux sociaux, Gwenaelle Chauvin a été propulsée sur la scène médiatique pour incarner la voix des quinquagénaires et sexagénaires naufragés du marché du travail. Rencontre avec cette Bretonne, devenue, un peu malgré elle, porte-drapeau des « NER », ces personnes « ni en emploi ni en retraite ».

Les Nations unies se disent « profondément préoccupées par les frappes aériennes israéliennes » qui continuent dans la bande de Gaza

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St. John’s showed more of an edge Thursday night, especially on the glass. Rick Pitino has wanted to see more physicality from what he has called his “finesse” team, and saw some of that in the 14th-ranked Johnnies’ 97-49 rout of Bucknell at Carnesecca Arena. St. John’s was plus-22 in rebounding, had 44 points in...

Users noted that in a raft of now-deleted posts, the chatbot would frequently rank Musk top in any given field

Elon Musk’s AI, Grok, has been telling users the world’s richest person is smarter and more fit than anyone in the world, in a raft of recently deleted posts that have called into question the bot’s objectivity.

Users on X using the artificial intelligence chatbot in the past week have noted that whatever the comparison – from questions of athleticism to intelligence and even divinity – Musk would frequently come out on top.

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NFL referee Adrian Hill was carted off the field after suffering a non-contact injury during Thursday night's game between the Bills and Cardinals. 

Brian Cashman said it before Trent Grisham accepted the qualifying offer, and he doubled down on it two days after.

A l’instar d’autres médias sociaux, Twitch aura l’obligation de se rendre inaccessible à ses plus jeunes utilisateurs, sous peine de lourdes amendes prévues par une nouvelle législation parmi les plus restrictives au monde.

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It’s an exciting Conference IV showdown for the Nassau title as Seaford seeks a “revenge tour” against the group that handed the team its only 2025 loss and eliminated it in last year’s semifinals.

A 28-point peace plan floated by U.S. and Russian envoys would force Ukraine to cede large chunks of territory taken by Russia, cap the size of its military and lift sanctions on Moscow over time, acceding to many of President Vladimir Putin’s wartime demands. Read More