A few days after US and Israeli strikes targeted the Fordo, Natanz and Isfahan sites in Iran, what can be said about the effects − and effectiveness − of such actions? To provide clarity, I am offering two reminders and three corrections by drawing on the findings of independent research on military nuclear programs. First, […]
Lee Jung-jae (Seong Gi-hun) in season 3 of the series ‘Squid Game,’ created by Hwang Dong-hyuk. NO JU-HAN / NETFLIX NETFLIX – On demand – Series After the rebellion of the”outcasts,” the curtain has risen on season three of Squid Game − released on Friday, June 27, on Netflix − revealing utter desolation. The rebellious […]
Letter from Tokyo The cover of the manga ‘Watashi ga Mita Mirai’ (‘The Future I Saw’) by author Ryo Tatsuki. RYO TATSUKI/ASUKASHINSHA Brace yourselves, tourists! A major disaster is set to strike Japan on July 5. On that day, according to a vision by mangaka Ryo Tatsuki, “the ocean floor between Japan and the Philippines […]
Attorney of Sean “Diddy” Combs, Xavier Donaldson, leaves the US federal court on the day the jury reaches the verdict on several counts in the Sean “Diddy” Combs, sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy trial at US federal court in Manhattan, New York City, on July 1, 2025. JEENAH MOON / REUTERS The jury in Sean […]
US President Donald Trump visits a temporary migrant detention center informally known as “Alligator Alcatraz” in Ochopee, Florida on July 1, 2025. EVELYN HOCKSTEIN / REUTERS President Donald Trump on Tuesday, July 1, toured a new immigration detention center surrounded by alligator-filled swamps in the Florida Everglades, suggesting it could be a model for future […]
US player Coco Gauff eyes the ball as she returns it to Ukraine’s Dayana Yastremska during their women’s singles first round tennis match on the second day of the 2025 Wimbledon Championships at The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, southwest London, on July 1, 2025. HENRY NICHOLLS / AFP Coco Gauff […]
On Boulevard Saint-Michel, in Paris, June 30, 2024. CAMILLE MILLERAND/DIVERGENCE FOR LE MONDE By 11 am on Monday, June 30, it was already 30°C in the Paris’s 14th arrondissement. Two homeless friends, Christophe and Laurent (who did not wish to give their last names), had found a spot of shade across from a storefront closed for […]
France handed over to Senegal a military base used by its army on Tuesday, July 1, as part of a broader withdrawal of French troops from the West African country. Senegal’s President Bassirou Dioumaye Faye announced late last year that former colonial power France would have to close its military bases in Senegal by 2025 […]
France’s Prime Minister Francois Bayrou speaks during the examination of a motion of no confidence against him and his government, filed by the French Socialist Party, at the Assemblée nationale in Paris, on July 1, 2025. JULIEN DE ROSA / AFP French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou on Tuesday, July 1, survived a no-confidence vote but […]
The Al-Baqa café, bombed by an Israeli airstrike that killed at least 24 people near the port of Gaza City, on June 30, 2025. JEHAD ALSHRAFI / AP On Monday, June 30, the Al-Baqa café, located on the seafront in Gaza City, was blown to pieces. An Israeli airstrike, carried out without warning, turned this […]