Partial view of the Dimona nuclear facility in the Negev Desert, southern Israel, March 8, 2014. JACK GUEZ / AFP The issue is never broached. Israel’s possession of nuclear weapons remains an unspoken reality, casting a shadow over Iran and its neighbors in the Middle East, especially since the start of Israel’s strikes that officially […]
“Sell America.” The turmoil caused by Donald Trump’s about-face on tariffs has led to an unusual mantra spreading through the world of finance: Sell (some of) your American assets to avoid being too exposed to the whims of the US president. As a result, many investors have shed their American stocks, their US bonds and […]
Netflix announced on Wednesday, June 18, a livestreaming and on-demand content agreement with French television group TF1, its first such deal with a major traditional broadcaster anywhere in the world. The service will launch in summer 2026, Netflix’s co-chief executive Greg Peters told Agence France-Presse while declining to name any of the financial or other […]
The world slowly emerging from the ruins of the old international order established by the United States after World War II is showing no regard for principles and the rule of law. Only strength matters now, and those who wield it without restraint set the tone. On June 13, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, confident […]
The logo of Chinese technology firm Alibaba is seen at its office, in Beijing, on August 10, 2021. MARK SCHIEFELBEIN / AP Chinese online giant AliExpress must do more to protect consumers from illegal product sales, the European Commission said on Wednesday, June 18, in an interim finding that could open the way to heavy […]
France’s Marine Johannès (right), a player for the New York Liberty, during a game against the Chicago Sky at the Barclays Center in New York, United States, June 10, 2025. SARAH STIER / AFP In recent years, the French women’s national basketball team has come close to returning to glory. Crowned European champions for the […]
Donald and Melania Trump attend the military parade in Washington on June 14, 2025. JULIA DEMAREE NIKHINSON/AP Everything rests on a single man, confident in his own experience, and dismissive of experts, consultation with allies and even members of his own administration. An American president, facing history, surrounded by loyalists, torn between asserting the nation’s […]
A mechanic removes an airbag module made by the Japanese airbag manufacturer Takata from a car, in a garage in Mulhouse, eastern France, on February 19, 2025. SEBASTIEN BOZON / AFP Confusion has reached a peak, and so has concern. On Tuesday, June 17, at 5 pm, the Stellantis group was unable to explain why […]
French President Emmanuel Macron during the G7 working lunch with leaders of invited countries in Kananaskis, June 17, 2025. JULIEN MUGUET FOR LE MONDE French President Emmanuel Macron responded on Tuesday, June 17, during the second day of the G7 summit in Kananaskis, Canada, to the biting criticism directed at him the previous day by […]
Hundreds of advertisements published on the social network X over the past two years used targeting criteria based on political opinions, religion or even the sexual identity of French citizens in a way that was likely illegal, according to a report published by the European non-governmental organization AI Forensics on Wednesday, June 18. X (formerly […]
