Little more was revealed about the platform of France’s Parti Socialiste (PS) after its congress in Nancy (northeast), which concluded on Sunday, June 15. But inspiration might come from across the Channel. After all, former prime minister Edouard Philippe, leader of the center-right Horizons party, makes no secret of drawing inspiration from Margaret Thatcher in […]
A satellite image shows the Fordo nuclear facility in Iran January 24, 2025. MAXAR TECHNOLOGIES / VIA REUTERS President Donald Trump said Saturday, June 21, that the US military struck three sites in Iran, directly joining Israel’s effort to decapitate the country’s nuclear program in a risky gambit to weaken a longtime foe amid Tehran’s […]
A handout picture released by the Syrian Interior Ministry’s Telegram page on June 21, 2025, shows Wassim al-Assad, a cousin of toppled Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad, after the country’s official news agency SANA said he was detained at an unknown location. – / AFP Syrian authorities arrested Wassim al-Assad, a cousin of longtime ruler Bashar […]
Photos of civilians and senior Iranian officials killed in Israeli attacks are displayed in the streets of Tehran, on June 19, 2025. FATEMEH BAHRAMI/ANADOLU VIA AFP Since the night of June 13, Sanam (who requested to have her name changed) has not slept. Around 3 am, the tower in northern Tehran where Ali Shamkhani, a […]
People holding an umbrella to protect themselves from the sun walk past the balloon of a new Paris 2024 cauldron, with a 100% electric and non-Olympic flame, in the Tuileries Garden on a war GONZALO FUENTES / REUTERS A year after it captivated crowds during the Paris Olympics, a centerpiece of the summer Games made […]
The United States, inevitably, is heading for very weak economic growth in 2025. The economic policies being pursued – higher tariffs and restrictions on immigration – have already had visible effects on inflation expectations. These expectations have jumped to as high as 7% over one year, according to a survey of American households by The […]
Ludovico Einaudi at the Teatro Dal Verme, Milan, Italy, in December 2024. LORENZA DAVERIO His is the story of a man confronted by his oldest adversary: gravity. Through his music, Ludovico Einaudi escaped the pull of politics and family, which are so significant in the Piedmont region of Italy, where he grew up. Yet as […]
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian in Ilam, Iran, June 12, 2025. IRAN’S PRESIDENTIAL WEBSITE / VIA REUTERS Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian warned Saturday, June 21, of a “more devastating” retaliation should Israel’s nine-day bombing campaign continue, saying the Islamic Republic would not halt its nuclear programme “under any circumstance.” Israel said earlier Saturday it had killed […]
At the end of 2023, while Elon Musk was flirting on X with conservative influencer Ashley St. Clair, the two exchanged jokes about a popular trend on social media, which involved asking men how often they think about the Roman Empire. Eighteen months later, St. Clair announced she had given birth to Musk’s 13th known […]
Belarus opposition leader Siarhei Tsikhanouski greets his wife Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya after being released from prison, in this screengrab taken from a social media video released on June 21, 2025. SVIATLANA TSIKHANOUSKAYA VIA X / X VIA REUTERS Belarus’s top jailed opposition leader, Siarhei Tsikhanouski, was freed alongside over a dozen other political prisoners on Saturday, […]
