Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney holds a closing press conference following the NATO Summit in The Hague, Netherlands on Wednesday, June 25, 2025. SEAN KILPATRICK / AP President Donald Trump said on Friday, June 27, that he is calling off trade negotiations with Canada in retaliation for taxes impacting US tech firms, adding that Ottawa […]
French Senator Joël Guerriau in Paris on November 6, 2024. GEOFFROY VAN DER HASSELT / AFP A French senator accused of having drugged a fellow member of Parliament with the intention of sexually assaulting her has been sent for trial, Agence France-Presse (AFP) learnt on Friday, June 27, from a source close to the case […]
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio (C) and Rwandan Foreign Minister Olivier Nduhungirehe (L) listen as Democratic Republic of the Congo Foreign Minister Thérèse Kayikwamba Wagner (R), speaks during a peace agreement signing ceremony between in the Treaty Room of the State Department in Washington, DC on June 27, 2025. MANDEL NGAN / AFP The […]
Disneyland Paris, in Marne-la-Vallée, France, on October 16, 2023. IAN LANGSDON/AFP In the amateur video, the pink hues of a June dawn bathe the Sleeping Beauty Castle, the symbol of Disneyland Paris in Marne-la-Vallée, outside Paris. The longest day of the year, June 21, had just begun. It was 5 am. An assistant, dressed up […]
US Supreme Court Police officers stand outside the Supreme Court in Washington, DC, on June 27, 2025. MANDEL NGAN / AFP The Supreme Court on Friday, June 27, upheld a Texas law aimed at blocking children under 18 from seeing online pornography. Nearly half all states have passed similar age verification laws as smartphones and […]
At the funeral for Palestinians killed by Israeli airstrikes, at Shifa Hospital in Gaza, June 26, 2025. JEHAD ALSHRAFI/AP How can pressure be exerted on Israel to halt its military operations in the Gaza Strip and allow humanitarian aid to reach the two million starving inhabitants of the territory? While Israel’s swift war against Iran, […]
François Bayrou at a press conference following the ‘conclave’ on pensions at the Hôtel de Matignon in Paris, June 26, 2025. THOMAS SAMSON / AFP Many saw the “conclave” on pensions – which ended with no agreement between labor unions and employers’ organizations – as a failure. In reality, it was a “step forward” and […]
The minister in charge of public accounts, Amélie de Montchalin, at the Assemblée Nationale in Paris, May 21, 2025. THIBAUD MORITZ/AFP French debt is rising, and rising very quickly. Despite the government’s efforts, the freezing of certain funds and promises of massive savings, France’s public debt increased by another €40.5 billion in just three months, […]
Marius Borg Høiby, son of Norwegian Crown Princess Mette-Marit in Oslo, Norway, on June 16, 2022. HAKON MOSVOLD LARSEN / AFP The 28-year-old son of Norway’s crown princess is suspected of three rapes and more than a dozen other offenses, Norwegian police said Friday, June 27, as they announced the closure of an investigation launched […]
Smoke rises after Israeli airstrikes near Nabatieh in southern Lebanon on June 27, 2025. RABIH DAHER / AFP Lebanon’s Health Ministry said a woman was killed and 20 other people were wounded in Israeli strikes on Friday, June 27 in the country’s south, as Israel’s military said some raids targeted Hezbollah sites. Israel has kept […]
