In an interview, Anne Deysine, a US law specialist, explains that the US Supreme Court’s June 27 ruling would lead to institutional ‘chaos,’ as Trump is now able to keep changing US institutions and society through his executive orders, which are often illegal. Source link
Boualem Sansal speaks during the 62 edition of International Film Festival Berlinale, in Berlin, February 9, 2012. MARKUS SCHREIBER / AP An Algerian court on Tuesday, July 1 upheld a five-year prison sentence against dual-national author Boualam Sansal, whose case has strained ties with France. Sansal, 80, was first sentenced to five years behind bars […]
Tourists cool off at a water fountain near Place du Palais-Royal in Paris, June 30, 2025. LUCIEN LUNG/RIVA PRESS FOR LE MONDE Red and orange warnings have covered nearly the entire country, with only a few green patches along the English Channel, as France endures its first major heatwave of the season. On Tuesday, July […]
Tourists take refuge in the shade of the passageway between Place du Louvre and the Palais Royal, Paris, June 30, 2025. LUCIEN LUNG/RIVA PRESS FOR LE MONDE In the shade of the Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel, with their backs resting against a stone wall, Eva, 44, and her mother Mary, 77 (both asked to […]
A girl holds a Syrian flag, as people celebrate after US President Donald Trump said he would order the lifting of sanctions on Syria, in Damascus, Syria, May 13, 2025. YAMAM AL SHAAR / REUTERS President Donald Trump on Monday, June 30 formally dismantled US sanctions against Syria, hoping to reintegrate the war-battered country into […]
Ecuador’s former vice president (2013-2017) Jorge Glas (R) arrives at a sentence hearing at the National Court of Justice in Quito, on June 30, 2025. RODRIGO BUENDIA / AFP An Ecuadorian court on Monday, June 30, handed former vice president Jorge Glas a 13-year sentence for corruption, following his arrest in a dramatic raid last […]
A USAID flag flutters outside, as the USAID building sits closed to employees after a memo was issued advising agency personnel to work remotely, in Washington, DC, on February 3, 2025. KENT NISHIMURA / REUTERS More than 14 million of the world’s most vulnerable people, a third of them small children, could die because of […]
Prime Minister François Bayrou, in the Alpine town of Briançon, on June 27, 2025. JEFF PACHOUD / AFP You have to take victories where you can. Prime Minister François Bayrou, when speaking to visitors to his office, has marked each stage of his time in office in a rather unusual way. “I’ve surpassed [Michel] Barnier!” […]
Islamist protesters shout slogans against cartoonists as they gather at Istiklal avenue near LeMan Magazine n Istanbul on June 30, 2025. OZAN KOSE / AFP Clashes erupted in Istanbul on Monday, June 30, with police firing rubber bullets and tear gas to break up an angry mob after allegations that a satirical magazine had published […]
A Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II jet fighter from the Dutch Air Force lands at Leeuwarden Air Base during NATO’s Ramstein Flag 2025 exercise, on April 8, 2025. JOHN THYS / AFP If the situation were not so serious, it might be laughable. Recently, the Swiss government implied that it had been misled across the […]