Doctor Patrick Laine examines a patient’s knee after a fall from a tree, in his kitchen in Courchaton (Haute-Saône), on May 31, 2022. LUCAS BARIOULET A new step has been taken in the implementation of the “mandatory solidarity mission” for doctors, the key measure of the “pact” announced by French Prime Minister François Bayrou on […]
French President Emmanuel Macron addresses a media conference at an EU summit in Brussels, Friday, June 27, 2025. OMAR HAVANA / AP French President Emmanuel Macron said Thursday, June 26, that US strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities were “genuinely effective” but the “worst-case scenario” would be if Tehran now quits the global non-proliferation treaty. “The […]
Takahiro Shiraishi (C) covers his face with his hands as he is transported to the prosecutor’s office from a police station in Tokyo, November 1, 2017. STR / AFP Japan on Friday, June 27, executed a man dubbed the “Twitter killer” who murdered and dismembered nine people he met online, in the nation’s first enactment […]
Supreme Court justices resume their examination of social media regulation cases regarding online disinformation, in Brasilia, Brazil, Wednesday, June 4, 2025. ERALDO PERES / AP Brazil’s Supreme Court on Thursday, June 26, ruled that digital platforms must act immediately to remove hate speech and content that promotes serious crimes, in a key ruling on the […]
Contrary to the rising “no kids” trend – which has made children unwelcome in public spaces – many Parisian museums have opened their doors to babies and now offer them special activities. Cuteness guaranteed. At the Cité des bébés, a plastic-free space The Cité des bébés, an early childhood development space for the very young, […]
Gabriel Attal at the Renaissance party headquarters in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, January 10, 2025. MATHIAS BENGUIGUI / PASCO AND CO FOR LE MONDE As secretary general of French President Emmanuel Macron’s party Renaissance, and president of the Ensemble Pour La République group in the Assemblée Nationale, Gabriel Attal has caused unease within his own […]
Dominique Thorne (Ironheart/Riri Williams) in the series ‘Ironheart,’ created by Chinaka Hodge. JALEN MARLOWE/MARVEL 2024/DISNEY DISNEY+ – On demand – Series Marvel Studios is no factory. Superheroes are not assembly line products. It’s better to think of Disney’s subsidiary as an experimental farm, where teams of scientists tinker with genes and cross bloodlines to produce […]
At the French Tech stand at the VivaTech exhibition, Porte de Versailles, Paris, on June 13, 2025. JULIEN MATTIA/LE PICTORIUM/MAXPPP In its bid to prove itself a global tech powerhouse, Paris has not shied away from using superlatives. Case in point: Station F, the world’s largest start-up campus, owned by Xavier Niel (a member of […]
Colombia’s Minister of Justice Eduardo Montealegre, during an interview with AFP in Bogota on June 26, 2025. ANNE-SOPHIE THILL / AFP Colombia’s new justice minister told AFP on Thursday, June 26, that some key drug extraditions to the United States “will be suspended,” even if it worsens already frayed ties with Washington. Eduardo Montealegre said […]
Kylian Mbappé during the La Liga match between Real Madrid and Mallorca, May 14, 2025, in Madrid. SUSANA VERA / REUTERS While Real Madrid appeared well positioned to continue its run in the Club World Cup in the United States, the tournament turned into an ordeal for its star forward, Kylian Mbappé. The Spanish side, […]
