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Today — 5 May 2025Le Monde.fr - Actualités et Infos en France et dans le monde

'It is pointless to imagine a significant wave of American academics leaving'

Despite Donald Trump's threats, science is thriving in the US, with federal research and development spending standing at $150 billion, and strong private universities, writes Philippe Askenazy in his column.

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The Stanford University campus, in California, US, on March 14, 2019.

France and EU host 'Choose Europe for science' conference to lure US scientists

The 'Choose Europe for science' conference is taking place in Paris on Monday in an effort to offer an alternative to US researchers disenfranchised by Donald Trump's policies.

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France's Minister of Education Elisabeth Borne delivers a speech during the "Choose Europe for Science" conference in the amphitheatre of the Sorbonne University in Paris, on May 5, 2025.

Israeli cabinet approves expanded military plan including occupying Gaza

An Israeli campaign group said that the plan would mean 'sacrificing' hostages held in the Palestinian territory.

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This picture taken from Israel's southern border with the Gaza Strip shows buring fields in front of destroyed houses in northern Gaza on May 4, 2025.

Pakistan conducts second missile test since renewed India tensions over Kashmir

The Pakistan military said on Monday it had conducted a missile test with a range of 120 kilometers, two days after it tested a surface-to-surface missile with a range of 450 kilometers. It did not say where either of the tests took place.

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People chant slogans next to burning tires during an anti-India demonstration, in Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistan administered Kashmir, Monday, May 5, 2025.

Lucetta Scaraffia, Vatican expert: 'During the preparatory meetings for the conclave, no one invited the nuns to speak, no one wanted to listen to them'

The Italian journalist and historian was long dubbed 'the Vatican feminist' because she headed the women's supplement for 'L'Osservatore Romano,' the evening daily of the Holy See, before resigning. She regrets that no representatives of the nuns were invited to the meetings preceding the election of the next pope.

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Cardinals and bishops at a mass in Saint Peter's Basilica, Rome, on April 28, 2025.

'In his farewell adress, Warren Buffett highlighted how dangerous it can be to try to crush other countries'

The American investor, who announced on Saturday his intention to leave the company he has led for 60 years by the end of 2025, reiterated his opposition to the Trump-initiated trade war, notes Le Monde columnist Isabelle Chaperon.

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Broadcast of Warren Buffett's speech at the annual shareholders' meeting of his conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway in Omaha, Nebraska, on May 3, 2025.
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