Senegal Arrests 320+ LGBTQ+ People
Human Rights Watch reports over 320 people detained in Senegal for "acts against nature" since February, after parliament doubled the maximum sentence for same-sex relations to 10 years on 11 March.
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Human Rights Watch reports over 320 people detained in Senegal for "acts against nature" since February, after parliament doubled the maximum sentence for same-sex relations to 10 years on 11 March.
Heavy flooding in Istanbul killed at least two people and stranded hundreds, with some areas recording their highest rainfall since 1985. Education was suspended Thursday as rescuers worked overnight.
Pope Leo XIV is recovering well after a 90-minute operation at Rome's Gemelli Hospital to remove a cancerous tumour from his right lung, performed using the Spanish-developed Uniportal VATS technique.
Elon Musk said the US government and military control Starshield satellite limits for Ukraine, suggesting the Trump administration restricted usage. He also said it is "time to go" for Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Houthi missile and drone strikes on Riyadh's airport since 6 October killed at least 20 people and injured almost 400, exposing gaps in Saudi Arabia's advanced air defenses despite billions spent on Patriot and THAAD systems.
Kashmir's BJP-led Waqf Board proposed uniform Friday sermons, drawing backlash from scholars and politicians who called it interference in Muslim religious affairs. Board head Darakshan Andrabi later retracted the plan.
Alexandros Paporakis, 19, of Palatine, Illinois, was charged with making a terrorist threat and unlawful weapon possession after police said he planned a mass shooting possibly targeting a Hindu temple in Aurora.
A drone near a Ukrainian-flagged cargo plane forced German police to deploy a bomb disposal robot at Leipzig-Halle Airport, diverting numerous flights; a separate aircraft collided mid-air with an unknown object but landed safely.
A school roof collapsed in Peshawar, Pakistan on Thursday, killing a teacher and 27 pupils. More than 30 people were injured, with six in critical condition.
A school collapse in Peshawar killed four children and a teacher, injuring more than 40 people. The prime minister urged rescuers to speed up the search for survivors.
An ITV News undercover investigation alleges racist, sexist and violent language within Reform UK, prompting the party to insist there is "no room for racism." Volodymyr Zelenskyy separately accuses Donald Trump of risking lives by cutting Ukraine's Starlink access.
EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas defended Ukraine's strikes on Russian oil refineries as legitimate, while Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Kyiv will resume attacks after a three-day pause at Washington's request.
Irish author Sally Rooney and publisher Faber have withdrawn her books from UK sale after her support for banned group Palestine Action made paying royalties a potential criminal offence.
An Australian Defence Force member is a person of interest after a video recording device was found in a bathroom on HMAS Leeuwin in Cairns, which Navy chief Vice Adm Matt Buckley called an act of sexual violence.
Eritrean troops have suffered heavy losses and are retreating toward their border after entering Ethiopian territory to support Tigray rebels, as Ethiopian federal forces close in on a border town, raising fears of all-out war.
Zavodovski Island in the South Sandwich Islands has lost the world's largest penguin colony after chinstrap penguin breeding pairs fell 62.93% between 2011 and 2025, while macaroni penguins rose 28.22%, likely due to warming-driven krill declines.
The European Union and China sealed a four-year deal cutting Chinese hybrid vehicle exports to Europe by half, capping them at 350,000 units in the first year, effective December 2026.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told the Financial Times Ukraine will resume strikes on Russian oil refineries, ending a two-day pause after a Ukrainian drone attack caused a fire at a refinery in Russia's Ryazan region.
A second commercial vessel caught fire near Romania's territorial waters within 12 hours, amid a rise in suspected drone strikes in the Black Sea.
European Union leaders met in Brussels to discuss the bloc's persistent trade deficit with China, with Germany pushing for more caps on Chinese imports.
At least 27 students under the age of 13 and one teacher were killed when a school roof collapsed in Pakistan's Peshawar city.
Slovakia, under Prime Minister Fico, has quietly resumed military contacts with Russia, deepening concerns that it serves as Vladimir Putin's gateway into the European Union.
A private school roof collapsed in northwestern Pakistan, killing at least 17 children and one teacher.
With less than three weeks until the US midterm elections, President Donald Trump is making major announcements, including cash promises and presidential pardons, to win over voters as Republicans face a difficult race.
The European Council opens Thursday for a two-day summit in Brussels addressing Ukraine, the Middle East, migration and the European Union's budget for the coming years.
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said Wednesday that any restrictions on Ukraine's use of the Starshield system would be due to US government decisions, after Ukrainian officials and US lawmakers raised concerns over disrupted satellite communications affecting Kyiv's defence.
At least 17 people were killed and 12 injured when a roof collapsed in Pakistan, according to local authorities. Roof collapses have become increasingly common in the country.
Hotter-than-expected US inflation pressures the front end of the yield curve and raises the stakes for Federal Reserve chief Kevin Warsh ahead of his speech at a Bangkok conference.
AI-related spending accounted for as much as a third of United States growth in the first seven months of 2026, according to Deutsche Bank.
Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele announced a plan Tuesday to conditionally release up to half of the more than 90,000 people detained under El Salvador's state of emergency, focusing on gang collaborators.
TSMC reported a sixth straight record quarterly net profit of NT$763.1 billion (€23.6bn) for July-September 2026, beating estimates, while revenue rose 50.9% to NT$1.5 trillion (€46.4bn).
EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said Russia must end its war of aggression, not Ukraine, calling the US-brokered diesel deal and energy ceasefire a gift to Vladimir Putin.
A private school roof collapsed in Peshawar, northwestern Pakistan, on Thursday, killing at least 21 children and a teacher and injuring more than three dozen others.
Turkey, Pakistan, and Saudi Arabia signed a defence pact in Mecca on 7 August, invoking a NATO-style mutual defence clause. Saudi Arabia has already invoked it against the Houthis in Yemen.
An independent commission found Manchester City guilty of 114 charges, including disguising over £830m in funding, as foodbanks near the Etihad Stadium report receiving no help from the club's Abu Dhabi owners.
South Korea's Kospi trading was halted after falling more than 8%, while TSMC beat third quarter estimates and maintained its 2026 capex plan of $60 billion to $64 billion.
US Democrats are preparing plans for a possible congressional majority after the midterm elections, focusing on the cost of living and the Iran war.
El Salvador's government has detained 90,000 people since the 2022 state of emergency targeting gangs. Many of those detained may now be released.
Former Shin Bet chief has sued Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for defamation, accusing him of lying about their respective responsibilities for the October 7 attacks, two weeks before Israel's elections.
EU leaders met in Brussels to discuss measures curbing the bloc's large trade deficit with China and to advance agreement on the next EU budget ahead of major elections next year.
EU leaders open a two-day Brussels summit on soaring energy prices, the ballooning China trade deficit, and the next seven-year budget, as Kaja Kallas calls the US-Russia diesel deal a "gift to Putin."
The EU is weighing a European Security Council and Emergency Security Protocol to counter Russian hybrid threats, though experts say it would only partly address coordination gaps, as no formal proposal has been tabled.
UK GDP grew 0.1% in August, beating forecasts of a 0.1% contraction, ahead of Chancellor John Healey's 28 October budget amid Middle East war energy cost pressures.
An inquest hears that Kerrie Struhs believed God would heal her eight-year-old daughter Elizabeth, who died after being denied insulin for type 1 diabetes in Queensland in 2021.
G20 finance ministers and central bank governors meet in Bangkok on Thursday, with the economic fallout from the US-Israel war on Iran and crude oil prices above $100 a barrel set to dominate talks.
Hurricane Polo reached Category 5 in one day before weakening to Category 2 at landfall in Baja California Sur, Mexico, killing five people. World Weather Attribution scientists found climate change made the conditions fueling Polo roughly 23 times more likely.
The U.K. economy grew 0.1% in August, beating forecasts of a 0.1% contraction, as production rose 0.8% while services stalled and construction fell 0.2%. Annual GDP grew 2.1%, the highest since August 2022.
US Ambassador to India Sergio Gor said Thursday that the US and India are close to finalizing a trade deal, with most major issues resolved, echoing senior Indian officials earlier this week.
UK GDP grew 0.1% in August, beating forecasts of a 0.1% contraction but slowing from July's 0.4% expansion, ahead of the 28 October budget.
The European Investment Bank is expanding financing for cross-border infrastructure in Central Asia, including €900 million for the Kambar-Ata-1 hydropower plant jointly developed by Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, expected to generate 5.6 billion kWh annually by around 2035.
Jordan is seeking European investment across energy, infrastructure, technology and logistics to capitalize on its €3 billion partnership with the European Union, Investment Minister Tareq Abu Ghazaleh said.
Austria proposes granting Western Balkan EU candidate countries access to the Single Market during reforms rather than after full membership, Foreign Minister Beate Meinl-Reisinger said, calling enlargement the EU's key geostrategic tool against Russian and Chinese influence.
A 43-year-old woman in Perth has been charged with endangering life after allegedly poisoning a 58-year-old colleague's curry with snail pellets containing metaldehyde in February. She will appear in Armadale magistrates court on 5 November.
Israeli President Isaac Herzog flew to Baku on an Azerbaijan Airlines Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, flight J222, departing Tel Aviv at 11:35am and arriving at 3:40pm local time, to attend the seventh CICA summit and meet Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev.
The International Bureau of Weights and Measures meets Thursday in Versailles to vote on scrapping the leap second by 2027, with accepted proposals taking effect May 20, 2027.
Guinea-Bissau's military junta dismissed Lieutenant-General Sadji Fati, a close ally of ousted president Umaro Sissoco Embaló, as it continues removing Embaló loyalists from power.
Ford appointed Elena Burguete as president and CEO of Ford Iberia, succeeding Jesús Alonso, who retires on December 1 after nearly 40 years. The handover coincides with Ford's joint venture with China's Geely at Almussafes.
An elevator collapsed at a care home in Vélez-Málaga, Spain, killing two people, including an 82-year-old woman, and injuring four others who remain in intensive care.
Spain's Economy Minister Carlos Cuerpo said the government may approve the 2027 pension increase while in caretaker status after the November 29 elections, with the decree validated by the Permanent Deputation of Congress.
Former Barcelona mayor Ada Colau urged ERC to join a broad left coalition before the Friday deadline for registering alliances ahead of Spain's general elections, saying she will defend the coalition "until the last minute" to stop fascism.
Ukrainian troops rely on Starlink satellite internet at the front line amid Russia's attack, as a 47th brigade serviceman prepares a system near Avdiivka in Donetsk region, recently captured by Russian troops.
An international time-keeping body in France is expected to abolish leap seconds on Thursday after more than 50 years, letting clocks drift out of alignment by a full hour over centuries or millennia.
RN lawmaker Jean-Philippe Tanguy accused Bank of France Governor Emmanuel Moulin of acting like a Macronist and doing too much politics, saying his party may seek Moulin's and Constitutional Council head Richard Ferrand's departure.
Gabriel Attal, the Renaissance candidate in France's 2027 presidential election, said the left has always refused and voted against sanctions on the Kremlin regime, speaking Thursday on franceinfo.
Michel Foucault's previously unpublished 1966-1967 lectures at the University of Tunis, examining man's central place in his project, are being released, alongside 'La Croisade des enfants' on the anti-masturbation campaign of the 18th and 19th centuries.
Two men were shot dead Monday, October 12, in a Marseille shisha bar. A 29-year-old Marseille woman is suspected of being the shooter and is in custody at Paris's criminal brigade.
French filmmakers warn that the draft 2027 finance bill could eliminate 400 films over five years, citing a 47-million-euro cut to France Télévisions and a proposed 35-million-euro CNC levy.
A California couple faces felony child neglect charges after their 8-year-old daughter died from a severe asthma attack in a squalid San Jose home. Prosecutors say Gabrielle Hanson, 32, and Jacob Randolph, 39, waited eight hours to seek help.
African governments are weighing how Israel's October 27 election could reshape ties, as the Gaza war exposes divisions between critics like South Africa and partners such as Morocco and the DRC.
Vinicius Júnior has scored just one goal this season, was sent off against Villarreal and banned for four matches, ruling him out of the Clásico as Real Madrid fans whistle his form.
Ethical banking in Spain reached nearly 200,000 clients at the close of 2025, up 3.6% year-on-year, with housing accounting for 28.1% of credit, according to the Ethical Finance Barometer.
Six families in Barcelona's Eixample district launched a rent strike after nearly three years resisting investment fund New Amsterdam Developers, which bought their building to convert flats into colivings.
Podemos leader Ione Belarra has limited unity talks to deals with Izquierda Unida in territories outside Madrid and Catalonia, accusing Frente Amplio of being a 'trilero' and lacking credibility.
Spain's government published a royal decree creating a chief economist role at the CNMC, effective Friday, the regulator's first statutory change since 2013, alongside a new Subdirectorate of Economic Intelligence.
Two people died and four were injured when an elevator collapsed Wednesday night at a care home in Vélez-Málaga, Spain. An 82-year-old woman and a 91-year-old man died after rescue.
Spanish left parties including Podemos, Izquierda Unida and Compromís are finalizing unity candidacy deals in Aragón, Baleares, Canarias, Valencia, Andalucía and Murcia ahead of the 29-N general election deadline.
Australia's consumer watchdog has sued Kmart, alleging it breached Australian consumer law by selling millions of bottles of nail glue that caused burns.
Labor is considering a Greens push to allow Australians to sue online platforms for harm, while the Coalition maintains opposition to new digital safety laws.
The Rugby League World Cup opens with a blockbuster match between powerhouse nations Australia and New Zealand.
Intense fires in Indonesia have sent haze drifting into neighbouring Singapore, Malaysia and East Timor.
A 13-year-old boy has been charged in connection with a school stabbing in Aubagne, France. Investigators suspect he was in contact with the stabbed student via TikTok.
Gabriel Attal, secretary general of the Renaissance party and presidential candidate, appeared as the guest on franceinfo's 8h30 interview program on October 15, 2026.
Renaissance presidential candidate warns that without a budget, France faces increased problems and a heightened risk of a debt crisis.
Renaissance presidential candidate Gabriel Attal blamed France's declining math results on two factors: educational "orientation" and pressure created by continuous assessment (contrôle continu), speaking Thursday on franceinfo.
A French group is barred from spreading anti-vaccine messaging to health professionals in France and Germany that criticizes, questions or contradicts health authority vaccination recommendations.
Malaysia's central bank governor said the bank has greater room to adjust interest rates after changing policy guidance in September 2026, and stands ready to act if Middle East conflict-driven energy prices intensify inflation.
Manchester City lost 3-0 to PSG at the Etihad in their first home game since the verdict dropped, in a six-goal Champions League spectacle marked by fan defiance.
British animation studio Aardman narrowed its annual loss to £1.1m on revenues up 8% to £20.4m, after production delays and a challenging children's content market prevented a return to profit.
Senior European football figures want Arsene Wenger, Fifa's global development chief since 2019, to challenge President Gianni Infantino for the presidency, with a declaration deadline of 18 November.
Thailand's flood defences protect Bangkok and industrial hubs but leave Ayutthaya residents flooded for a sixth consecutive year, with homes submerged and families facing rising costs. A €700-million diversion canal is due by 2030.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani faces hostility from within the pro-Palestinian movement, highlighting the wider left's struggle to control its insurgent factions.
The Bundestag is reorganizing emergency care, introducing digital initial assessment to better direct patients. Questions remain unresolved regarding staffing and financing.
SPD leader Lars Klingbeil defended his criticism of the CDU/Union in a ZDF interview following Bärbel Bas's resignation, urging the government to implement its reform plans, especially on pensions.
French journalist Alban Mikoczy examines why medical appointment platform Doctolib is partnering with technology giant Nvidia and what data risks patients may face.
French party figures including Gabriel Attal, Bruno Retailleau and Edouard Philippe presented press support proposals in Paris on Wednesday, October 14, 2026, covering neighbouring rights, newspaper subsidies and media concentration.
Ivory Coast intelligence chief Vassiriki Traoré visited Bamako on 15 October 2026 for security talks with Malian counterpart Modibo Koné, focusing on counterterrorism. The visit may revive cooperation after years of political tensions.
A seven-second McLaren pit stop at the 2001 Spanish Grand Prix inspired Great Ormond Street Hospital doctors to adopt F1-style handover procedures, reducing medical errors. The model later spread to neonatal care and air-ambulance response.
Protesters from across Thailand marched against the IMF and World Bank, accusing the institutions of making decisions that affect local communities without giving residents a meaningful say. Police blocked the march near the meeting venue, and brief scuffles broke out.
Lamine Yamal, 19, has scored eight goals and provided nine assists in 10 matches for Barcelona this season, totaling 17 goal contributions, ahead of Lionel Messi's 14 at the same stage in 2008-09.
Archaeologists discovered previously hidden stone circles beneath cultivated soil at Hunn, an ancient burial site in eastern Norway, where one circle shows traces of 15 removed stones.
An international team identified Invictibellatrix amberina, a new megaraptor dinosaur species from the Early Cretaceous, based on a skull fossil found on the Isle of Wight and stored at London's Natural History Museum since 1924.
Five years after the Tajogaite volcano erupted on 19 September 2021, 110 families on La Palma remain in temporary containers. Lava destroyed 1,600 homes and the Todoque and El Paraíso neighborhoods, while bureaucratic hurdles block reconstruction aid.
Spain's Supreme Court upheld its suspension of voting rights for 163,020 people naturalized under the grandchildren law ahead of the November 29 general election, giving affected individuals five days to appeal.
Rwandan President Paul Kagame announced a 10-year agreement for Rwanda to host a Formula 1 African Grand Prix starting in early 2030, on a circuit to be built in Bugesera, 40 km south of Kigali.
The UK economy grew 0.1% in August, beating analyst expectations, with 0.7% growth over the three months to August. Chancellor John Healey faces pressure to deliver a balanced Budget later this month.
US Ambassador to India Sergio Gor said India remains a trusted partner to the United States, with closer trade and business ties a top priority in the relationship.
With only three sitting weeks of parliament remaining, the government is negotiating numerous political roadblocks from all sides to advance its legislative agenda.
Australia's international trade monitor found Chinese aluminium windows and doors were dumped in Australia, heavily undercutting local prices and damaging the domestic industry.
The Idefix rover, built in Germany and France, is set to land on Mars' moon Phobos to explore it and help bring the first soil samples from the Mars system to Earth.
The AfD's election victory in Saxony-Anhalt threatens funding for research institutions including Bauhaus and Leopoldina. Federal Research Minister Bär has pledged assistance.
A 14-year-old student accused of shooting and wounding a school principal and a teacher in Aubagne, southern France, was placed in pretrial detention on Wednesday, October 14, 2026, after being charged.
MoDem vice-president called Thursday for a 'grand primary' to unite centrists against the far right and far left, as the central bloc still lacks a presidential candidate.
French Communist Senator Ian Brossat and Paris deputy mayors Jacques Baudrier and Barbara Gomes warn in a Le Monde op-ed that a new European Commission regulation strongly favors Airbnb and real estate speculation.
Researchers at the Institut des politiques publiques reported on October 15, 2026 that scholarship candidates are disadvantaged in French admissions, losing places to lower-ranked applicants. They propose a mechanism to improve quota management on the platform.
FW Murnau's 1926 silent film Faust, adapted from Goethe's tale of a scholar who sells his soul to the devil, marks its centenary and arrives on Mubi from 14 October.
Alex Gibney's nearly four-hour documentary Musk, profiling tech oligarch and world's richest man Elon Musk, is described as one of the most depressing and terrifying pieces of public media since An Inconvenient Truth.
Canada's gas prices are expected to rise again this summer, according to a report, with a photo showing a person fueling a car in Montreal on March 5, 2026.
A Victorian man has been jailed for at least five years after causing a drug-fuelled crash that killed a much-loved mother.
A prominent domestic and family violence service warns that electronic monitoring may only provide an illusion of safety, questioning its effectiveness in protecting victims.
An egg farm on the NSW Central Coast is under investigation over animal cruelty claims, with chickens at the facility being euthanased.
Fifty years ago, buying a television required 26 workdays of wages; today it takes just 3, reflecting how prices and incomes have shifted over time.
An analysis argues that Vladimir Putin's tactics mirror historical precedents, suggesting that understanding these past models helps explain his current actions.
Telecom services account for more than 2.4% of total household spending in France, despite the country having some of Europe's cheapest telecom subscriptions.
Former White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, 29, praised President Donald Trump as "the best boss" in an Instagram Q&A and confirmed she joins Fox News as a TV contributor on November 1st.
Germany censored Casablanca for over two decades, releasing a distorted 1952 version that cut 20 minutes and erased Nazi references. West German viewers only saw the intact film in 1975.
Spain's Official State Gazette published a Royal Decree creating a Chief Economist role and an Economic Intelligence Subdirectorate at the CNMC, effective Friday, to handle expanded regulatory duties and AI-driven data analysis.
Ugly nail art emerges as a fall 2026 trend, rejecting clean, nude and kawaii manicures in favor of muted colors, abstract designs and deliberately unpleasant aesthetics, as seen at New York Fashion Week.
Comedian Marc Giró urged Spain's left-wing parties to unite for the November 29 elections, joking they should emulate Oasis brothers. He also advised male candidates to step aside.
Alejandro Davidovich advanced to his first Shanghai Masters semifinal on Thursday after French opponent Arthur Gea retired with a psoas injury at 4-1 down after 19 minutes.
Winnie-the-Pooh stories, inspired by Canadian WWI vet Lt. Harry Colebourn, were first published 100 years ago today, as his great-granddaughter Lindsay Mattick recounts the story.
A 21-year-old medical student pleaded not guilty to driving a luxury car at over 250 kilometres per hour on a Western Australian highway.
Auckland FC's Sam Cosgrove reacted angrily when a reporter asked about the club using a loophole to let him play the A-League opener despite a two-game suspension.
The Robert Koch Institute is tracking Germany's flu season with current data and graphics showing how many people are ill and how severely they are affected as autumn begins.
Student protests disrupted classes at many French high schools on Thursday, October 15, 2026, though lessons continued normally at the public Louis-Bascan high school in Rambouillet.
French MEP Marion Maréchal, aligned with the Rassemblement National, claims only a minority of students and high schoolers have mobilized since late September 2026, though her calculation is disputed.
Iniciativa's National Board unanimously proposed Congressman Alberto Ibáñez to lead Compromís's Valencia list for Spain's November 29 general election, raising tensions with coalition partner Més Compromís, which backs incumbent Águeda Micó.
Crystal Lake, Peacock's eight-part Friday the 13th prequel series, explores Pamela Voorhees's backstory with Linda Cardellini, who won an Emmy, in the lead role. Critics call the expansion pointless despite her performance.
Philipp Lahm's column credits Miroslav Klose with bringing stability to Nürnberg in his third season, as the club sits in a 2. Bundesliga promotion spot through consistent selection and youth promotion.
HBO's Girls is returning for a reboot, announced by Lena Dunham and cast members this week, with the original series having premiered in 2012 and aged well among younger viewers.
The Diplomat returns for a fourth season on Netflix, with Keri Russell's Kate Wyler racing to prevent nuclear war after the US steals a Russian nuclear missile from a sunken submarine in the North Sea.
France's highest hotel, the Hôtellerie des Laquets at 2,620 metres in the Pyrenees, reopened in late September after more than 30 years closed, featuring 16 rooms and a Michelin-starred chef's menu.
The Melbourne Observation Wheel reopened this week to locals and tourists, after often being the butt of Melburnian jokes.
The UEFA Conference League begins its sixth season, with SC Freiburg representing the Bundesliga in Europe's smallest continental competition.
South Park's 29th season third episode, 'You Like That On Your Face,' satirizes looksmaxxing apps and Sephora skincare culture, sending Stan into the Backrooms and shrinking Randy to tween size.
Radio program examines how education is disrupted and rebuilt during emergencies, from Russia's invasion of Ukraine to the 2024 DANA floods in Valencia, and warns of cuts to education financing.
La Bola Negra, nominated for the Palme d'Or at Cannes and acquired by Netflix, has arrived on Australian screens.
A documentary about star conductor Teodor Currentzis, seen as a favorite of the Putin regime, omits his ties to Putin. The film's selective portrayal raises questions about artistic complicity.
Madrid artist Maya Pita-Romero, 27, presents 'Arde para volver' at Galería El Chico, eight resin-stained textile works made from family napkins, curtains and cistus ladanifer resin, on view until the end of this week.
A couple disagree over whether Abdeen should plan restaurant meals in advance to manage his weight after losing 25kg, or whether Claire's preference for spontaneity should prevail.
Le Monde des livres presents its weekly literary picks every Thursday, including Yasmina Reza's new novel in this edition.