MPs Fatiha Keloua-Hachi, Paul Vannier and Violette Spillebout in Paris, April 10, 2025. DIMITAR DILKOFF / AFP “You are at day one – I hope history will remember it – but you must keep going; there needs to be a day two, a day three,” said Constance Bertrand, a former student of the Saint-Dominique Catholic […]
Jean-Noël Barrot, French minister for Europe and foreign affairs in the Bayrou government, in his Paris office on June 30, 2025. ED ALCOCK/MYOP FOR LE MONDE Jean-Noël Barrot, who has served as France’s foreign minister since September 2024, discusses the conflicts in Gaza and Ukraine and the situation in Iran in an interview with Le […]
A Ukrainian soldier fires a Browning machine gun at a Russian drone, in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region, on June 2, 2025. SOFIIA GATILOVA / REUTERS Ukraine appealed to the United States for clarity on Wednesday, July 2, after it was caught off guard by a White House announcement that Washington was halting some arms shipments to […]
A container is loaded onto a cargo ship while docked at Hai Phong port, in Vietnam, on April 16, 2025. ATHIT PERAWONGMETHA / REUTERS President Donald Trump announced, on Wednesday, July 2, that he had struck a trade deal with Vietnam, under which the country would face a minimum 20% tariff and open its market […]
Swiss footballers celebrate their 4-1 victory over the Czech Republic in the final preparation match ahead of the Euro, in Winterthur, Switzerland, on June 26, 2025. FABRICE COFFRINI / AFP Were the mountain retreats the Swiss women’s national football team made in Thun, Magglingen or St. Gallen in recent weeks motivated by hopes of gaining […]
An 18-year-old French man suspected of planning attacks on women has been charged in the country’s first case of a terror plot linked to the misogynist “incel” movement, officials said on Wednesday, July 2. According to a source close to the investigation, the suspect, Timothy G., was arrested on Friday by the DGSI domestic intelligence […]
Rapper P. Diddy, at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party, in Beverly Hills, California, on March 4, 2018. DANNY MOLOSHOK / REUTERS Music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs was found not guilty of racketeering and sex trafficking on Wednesday, July 2, but convicted of a less serious prostitution charge after a high-profile seven-week trial in New York. […]
The UbiSoft Entertainment logo, in Paris, France, on October 27, 2024. SARAH MEYSSONNIER / REUTERS A French court sentenced three former Ubisoft executives to suspended prison terms on Wednesday, July 2, for enabling a culture of sexual and psychological harassment at the gaming giant. Thomas François, a former editorial vice president who was also convicted […]
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer during a reception for civil servants at 10 Downing Street, London, July 1, 2025. CARL COURT / AP Exactly one year after Labour’s historic victory in the July 2024 general election, the authority of British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has diminished and his decisions have come under scrutiny – even […]
Dakota Johnson (Lucy) and Pedro Pascal (Harry) in “Materialists,” directed by Celine Song. SONY PICTURES LE MONDE’S VERDICT – MUST SEE Love can sometimes feel like an impossible quest. We wait for that unmistakable connection with another person, a chemistry of minds and bodies, and hope they check off a list of more or less […]
