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Mélenchon sparks debate with proposal to cancel part of national debt: MSMN News — image from Le Monde English

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Mélenchon sparks debate with proposal to cancel part of national debt: MSMN News

The radical-left presidential candidate has proposed to freeze the part of the French debt payable to the European Central Bank. Attacked by business leaders and debated by politicians and experts, Jean-Luc Mélenchon has

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Seven dead in ferry capsize off Northern Cyprus: MSMN News — image from Le Monde English

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Seven dead in ferry capsize off Northern Cyprus: MSMN News

The cause of the capsize was not immediately clear. It occurred shortly after the ferry departed from the port of Kyrenia headed for the Turkish port of Tasucu.

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In Lyon and Saint-Etienne, the many benefits of Food Social Security: MSMN News — image from Le Monde English

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In Lyon and Saint-Etienne, the many benefits of Food Social Security: MSMN News

'Room for Hope' (4/6). At the foot of social housing buildings, community canteens and solidarity grocery stores are experimenting with a food security program modeled after France's Sécurité sociale, an innovation that

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'Solitude has become a resource deliberately sought out and exploited by tech companies': MSMN News — image from Le Monde English

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'Solitude has become a resource deliberately sought out and exploited by tech companies': MSMN News

Essayist Paul Klotz, an expert with the Fondation Jean Jaurès think tank, tells Le Monde how digital platforms maintain and profit from a 'capitalism of solitude.'

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Rennes's aquatic cathedral awaits major renovation: MSMN News — image from Le Monde English

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Rennes's aquatic cathedral awaits major renovation: MSMN News

'Aquatic Monuments' (6/6). The Saint-Georges pool, located just steps from Rennes' city center, opened in 1926 on the site of a former church. Listed as a historic monument since 2016, this Art Deco building adorned with

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More than 60 years after it was redone, the feud over the Paris Opera's ceiling isn't over: MSMN News — image from Le Monde English

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More than 60 years after it was redone, the feud over the Paris Opera's ceiling isn't over: MSMN News

In 1960, French Culture Minister André Malraux commissioned a painting from artist Marc Chagall to modernize the ceiling of the Opéra Garnier, thereby concealing the 19th-century work of Jules-Eugène Lenepveu. The contro

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Niger junta led by General Tiani faces attempted coup: MSMN News — image from Le Monde English

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Niger junta led by General Tiani faces attempted coup: MSMN News

Gunfire has been heard since last night around the presidential palace in Niamey and an air base located within the grounds of the capital's airport.