After France’s Sénat voted against a 2% wealth tax for people whose worth exceeds €100 million, the economist argues that the scale of France’s debt and funding needs for social and climate challenges will soon require even more radical redistributive measures. Source link

The National Guard and police confront protesters outside a downtown prison on June 8, 2025, in Los Angeles, California. SPENCER PLATT/AFP “America First” is not only the most famous Trumpist slogan; the phrase also sums up a shift in the country’s military priorities, as seen amid the tensions in Los Angeles. There are currently more […]

At 6:35 pm, at 50 Rue de Varenne, extra folding chairs had to be added to the already packed room at the Italian Cultural Institute of Paris (ICIP). On Wednesday, May 21, 250 people gathered for the French launch of the book La Vitta delle forme (The Life of Forms), co-written by fashion creator Alessandro […]

Lionel Messi and Inter Miami were held to a 0-0 draw by Egyptian side Al Ahly on Saturday, June 14, as FIFA’s new 32-team tournament got off to a smooth start in front of 60,927 fans in Florida. Messi was denied a storybook stoppage-time winner when he saw his curling shot from 20 yards out […]

Emmanuel Macron during his visit to Nord-Pas-de-Calais on June 3, 2025. CYRIL BITTON/DIVERGENCE FOR LE MONDE Emmanuel Macron’s remark did not go unnoticed. Opening the “The abyss is not for sale, any more than Greenland is up for grabs.” In the audience, the newly elected prime minister of the Danish autonomous territory, Jens-Frederik Nielsen, who […]

Nazym Arzimbetova, who fights to preserve the memory of her uncle who disappeared during World War Two, stands before the Memorial of Glory in Almaty, Kazakhstan, May 14, 2025. DANIL USMANOV FOR M LE MAGAZINE DU MONDE Nazym Arzimbetova struggled to hold back tears as she spoke about the tragic fate of the uncle she […]

A French court on Friday, June 13, sentenced two teenagers to nine and seven years in prison over the gang rape of a 12-year-old Jewish girl last year outside Paris. The presiding judge justified the harsh sentence against the two boys as being due to their “worrying” personalities, “the immense social disturbance” they caused to […]

US President Donald Trump at the White House, Thursday, June 12, 2025, in Washington. ALEX BRANDON / AP Donald Trump had promised to end the war in Ukraine, yet fighting continued. The disaster in Gaza persisted, far from the real estate magnate’s fanciful dreams of turning the Palestinian territory into a Riviera. Now, the US […]

Israel’s military said early Sunday, June 15 that it had struck Iran’s defense ministry headquarters, “nuclear weapons project” infrastructure sites and other targets, as the rival nations exchanged fire for a third day. The Israeli military said at around 2:40 am (2340 GMT Saturday) that its air force had just “completed an extensive series of […]

In Langouet (Ille-et-Vilaine), October 14, 2019. DAMIEN MEYER/AFP Understanding the factors that affect the health of the French population in connection with diet, physical activity, risk behaviors and exposure to chemical substances is the goal of a new national public health study launched on Tuesday, June 10, by France’s National Agency for Food, Environmental and […]