We, activists from Iranian civil society and signatories of this statement, demand the immediate halt of uranium enrichment by the Islamic Republic, the cessation of military hostilities, an end to attacks on vital infrastructure in both Iran and Israel, and the stopping of massacres of civilians in both countries. Deeply committed to Iran’s territorial integrity […]
Residents watch flames and smoke from an Israeli strike on the Shahran oil depot in Tehran, Iran, on June 15, 2025. GETTY IMAGES / GETTY IMAGES VIA AFP On Sunday, June 15, night fell on Tehran. The city of 14 million people had become a ghost town, deserted except for long lines of cars stretching […]
Still from the animated film “Arco” by Ugo Bienvenu. MOUNTAIN A While many French animation studios and their teams are grappling with a crisis, the French animation industry received significant recognition during the closing ceremony of the 49th Annecy International Animation Film Festival on Saturday, June 14. The Cristal for Best Feature Film was awarded […]
Luca de Meo, in Paris, June 11, 2025. GONZALO FUENTES / REUTERS Two “Car of the Year” trophies and then he’s gone! For two years in a row, Renault, under Luca de Meo’s leadership, won the prestigious European award. A triumph, and then… crash. On Thursday, June 12, the chief executive informed Renault’s chairman, Jean-Dominique […]
French President Emmanuel Macron and Jens-Frederik Nielsen, prime minister of Greenland, board the Danish Navy helicopter carrier frigate F 363 Niels Juel, in Nuuk, Greenland, on June 15, 2025. JULIEN MUGUET FOR LE MONDE “Greenland is not to be sold and not to be taken”: The small crowd gathered on the docks in Nuuk, the […]
FRED PÉAULT Mathéo had not yet set foot in an office, yet he was already disillusioned with work. As a teenager, he watched his mother come home from her job, year after year, increasingly overwhelmed. “She spent over 20 years at La Poste [France’s postal service]. She always worked very hard to move up, starting […]
Nationalist candidate Karol Nawrocki at his headquarters on the night of his victory in Poland’s presidential election, in Warsaw on June 1, 2025. ALEKSANDRA SZMIGIEL / REUTERS The narrow margin of their candidate’s win did not diminish the triumph for Polish nationalists. By garnering 50.89% of the vote in the June 1 runoff against Warsaw’s […]
Sunglasses. JEAN-MICHEL TIXIER FOR M LE MAGAZINE DU MONDE While the start of sunglasses season is usually welcomed with a smile fueled by anticipation for the summer holidays, it also raises an important question: What should you do with your sunglasses when you are not actually wearing them? Some, without much thought, simply slip their […]
This general view shows an Airbus A321 XLR coming into land during The Paris International Air Show (SIAE) at Le Bourget Airport, north of Paris on June 19, 2023. EMMANUEL DUNAND / AFP Since its inception in the early 20th century, the Paris Air Show, the world’s oldest and largest aerospace event, has always brought […]
ICE and HSI police protect a van after taking into custody a person outside an immigration court on Wednesday, May 21, 2025, in Phoenix. ROSS D. FRANKLIN / AP US President Donald Trump on Sunday, June 15, directed federal authorities to ramp up deportation efforts in Democratic-led cities, doubling down on a politicized anti-immigration drive […]
