Le Monde

• Death penalty for Palestinians accused of 'terrorist' murder continues Israeli government's downward spiral

  The law, passed Monday by the Israeli parliament, tramples on the ideal that Israel long claimed to embody, of a nation committed to values forged by a history of persecution and mass crimes.

• Trump administration again threatens US withdrawal from NATO

  Donald Trump made no mention of NATO or solidarity among allies during his speech on April 1. But, just hours earlier, he said he was 'absolutely' considering withdrawing from NATO and called his European allies 'cowards.'

• Trump vows to send Iran 'back to the stone ages,' but offers no end to the war

  The televised address by the US president on Wednesday was an exercise in self-congratulation over supposed American 'victories,' even as a major crisis threatens the global economy.

• Trump mocks Macron couple amid tensions over US-Israeli war on Iran

  '[Emmanuel] Macron – whose wife treats him extremely badly. Still recovering from the right to the jaw,' said Donald Trump, who also criticized the French president for not participating in the US-Israeli war against Iran.

• The mystery of the Green River's 'uphill flow' in the American West has been solved after 150 years

  A young researcher from the University of Glasgow has offered an explanation for a geological anomaly that has puzzled scientists since the 19th century.