Marine Rosset, in Paris, on April 26, 2025. FRANCK DEROUDA/SIPA For weeks, board members of France’s Scouts and Guides reviewed candidates to find the best person to serve as the organization’s next president. Marine Rosset, who was elected with 22 out of 24 votes on Saturday, June 14, appeared to fit the profile perfectly. A […]
The plaintiffs’ lawyer Thibault de Montbrial speaks to the press before the appeal trial of Mohamed Lamine Aberouz at the Paris Court of Appeals on May 26, 2025. GEOFFROY VAN DER HASSELT/AFP A French court on Saturday, June 21, upheld a life sentence for a man convicted for his part in the 2016 killing of […]
Thousands of people gathered in public spaces on Saturday to practice asanas and breathing exercises across the country. Source link
Palestinians gather to receive aid supplies in Beit Lahia, in the northern Gaza Strip, June 17, 2025. STRINGER / REUTERS Gaza’s civil defence agency said Israeli fire killed at least 12 people on Saturday, including eight who had gathered near aid distribution sites in the Palestinian territory suffering severe food shortages. Civil defense spokesman Mahmud […]
Local residents seek shelter in Haifa, Israel, on June 20, 2025. LAURENCE GEAI/MYOP FOR LE MONDE Moshe held three of his children close to him. His wife, Bracha, clung to their three other children. The youngest was three years old; the oldest, 15. On Friday afternoon, June 20, the blasts from Israeli defense systems echoed […]
French President Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech, near Paris, France, on June 20, 2025. BENOIT TESSIER / REUTERS French President Emmanuel Macron said on Saturday, June 21, that France and its European partners would ramp up talks with Iran, following more than a week of hostilities between Iran and Israel. On Friday, British, French, German […]
A security guard sprays water on the crowd at Hellfest in Clisson, western France, on June 19, 2025. SEBASTIEN SALOM-GOMIS/AFP Fire hoses, giant misting machines, and artificial “waterfalls,” dropping cold water under two gigantic arches. The organizers of Hellfest, one of Europe’s largest rock and metal music gatherings, spared no effort to cool down their […]
A French woman from the Caribbean island of Guadeloupe has been identified as the only known carrier of a new blood type, dubbed “Gwada negative,” France’s blood supply agency has announced. “The EFS has just discovered the 48th blood group system in the world!” the agency said in a statement on the social network LinkedIn. […]
French authorities have arrested five people on charges of kidnapping the father of an influencer and cryptocurrency entrepreneur, prosecutors said on Saturday, June 21. In recent months, France has seen several kidnappings and attempted abductions targeting cryptocurrency businesspeople and their families, and authorities have been under huge pressure to act. On December 31, 2024, five […]
The Interpol headquarters in Lyon, FRance, September 30, 2023. GONZALO FUENTES / REUTERS It was a highly sensitive operation for Interpol, the international police cooperation agency based in Lyon. Police in the United Arab Emirates arrested a former official at the organization on Sunday, June 15. The Moldovan was under an arrest warrant issued by […]
