Cinematographer Bill Butler (standing) and director Steven Spielberg during the filming of “Jaws,” in 1975. PEACOCK/UNIVERSAL PICTURES VIA AP Fifty years ago, on June 20, 1975, a film opened in American theaters that would plunge the country into a kind of masochistic terror. Its title sounded like a scream: Jaws. The film tells the story […]
As a genocide specialist, I am often asked whether genocide is taking place in Gaza. Faced with the same question during his interview on French network TF1 on Tuesday, May 13, President Emmanuel Macron said it was for historians to say, and mentioned my work on the Armenian genocide and my report from the commission […]
Place des Vosges, in the 4th arrondissement of Paris, June 19, 2025. CHRISTOPHE ENA/AP The fan was running at full speed. Inès Vullt, 20, had flung open the skylight of her tiny 16-square-meter studio, tucked under the roof of a building in the 9th arrondissement of Paris. She desperately tried to let in some fresh […]
When it comes to the Middle East, History is replete with premature victory announcements. This reminder is necessary after Donald Trump claimed a “spectacular military success” just moments after the United States bombed the three main Iranian nuclear sites on the night of Saturday, June 21. Yet just 10 days earlier, the US president had […]
The United States has entered a new war in the Middle East, under the leadership of President Donald Trump, who had previously sworn only by peace, trade and putting American interests first. On Saturday, June 21, Washington met Israel’s expectations and carried out a large-scale air force operation against Iran, aimed at crippling its nuclear […]
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi attends a news conference in Istanbul, Turkey, Sunday, June 22, 2025. KHALIL HAMRA / AP The United States carried out attacks on three nuclear sites in Iran on Sunday, June 22, joining Israel’s bombing campaign after days of speculation over US involvement in the conflict. “Iran’s key nuclear enrichment facilities […]
US President Donald Trump delivers an address to the nation in Washington, DC, US June 21, 2025. CARLOS BARRIA / REUTERS President Donald Trump delivered brief remarks from the White House late Saturday, June 22, after the US military carried out strikes on Iranian nuclear sites. Here is what Trump said in full: “A short […]
For a long time, the officer-turned-general was seen as a mere victim. Yet recent works have offered a new reading of this historic figure. Aline Girard, Pierre Ouzoulias and Jean-Pierre Sakoun make the case for Dreyfus to enter the Panthéon. Source link
The fourth mass of the morning ended at 11 am on Sunday, May 25, in the packed cathedral, yet the fervor of the faithful did not wane. A line formed in front of the confessional. Believers whispered prayers to Christ on the cross, to the right of the entrance, or to the Virgin Mary, to […]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu congratulated Donald Trump on Sunday, June 22, after the president said the US military bombed three nuclear sites in Iran. “Congratulations President Trump. Your bold decision to target Iran’s nuclear facilities with the awesome and righteous might of the United States will change history,” Netanyahu said in a video message, […]
