The US Federal Reserve building in Washington, DC, on June 17, 2020. OLIVIER DOULIERY / AFP The US Federal Reserve held interest rates steady for a fourth consecutive meeting on Wednesday, June 18, forecasting higher inflation and cooler growth this year as President Donald Trump’s tariffs begin to take hold and geopolitical uncertainty swirls. Fed […]

It has happened. For a long time, like so many others, I feared this catastrophe. Now it is unfolding before my eyes, from a distance, through footage that overwhelms me, through the voices that I hear at the other end of the line. I hear the voice of a loved one undergoing chemotherapy, now deprived […]

Supporters of Argentina’s former President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner demonstrate after an Argentine judge approved her request to serve out her six-year prison sentence for corruption at home, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, June 18, 2025. MATIAS BAGLIETTO / REUTERS Vowing that a conviction on corruption charges and a permanent ban from public office would not […]

The idea of losing a lung is far from comforting. Even if you are told it is the only way to save the rest of your body, you would likely be inclined, if such an operation were ever recommended, to resist or try to negotiate. The reactions to the announcements made by Laurent Le Bon, […]

Letter from Warsaw On a beach in Wladyslawowo, in northern Poland, August 12, 2024. KACPER PEMPEL/REUTERS The “coolcation” trend – vacations in cooler climates – has brought a growing number of foreign visitors to Poland. While the summer can be relatively warm in the South, the North − with its 770 kilometers of Baltic Sea […]

‘Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité’ by the American artist Shepard Fairey (known as Obey), Rue Nationale, Paris. HENRI GARAT/MAIRIE DE PARIS “Tolerance is resisting.” It is resisting against the “discourses of mistrust and hate speech” targeting minorities that are spread in certain political and media spheres. It is holding firm in a political climate that often “places […]

A technician prepares the first river shuttle of Lyon’s public transport network on Quai Rambaud in the Confluence district of Lyon, June 13, 2025. JEAN-PHILIPPE KSIAZEK / AFP “It feels like a childhood dream come true.” Usually terse and serious, Bruno Bernard appeared deeply moved as he officially inaugurated France’s very first river public transport […]

M23 rebels patrol the streets of Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025. BRIAN INGANGA/AP Representatives of the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda have initialed a peace agreement aimed at ending the conflict in eastern DRC – a document to be formally signed on June 27, a joint statement said Wednesday, […]

It was already the third alert in two hours. A crackling, automated voice echoed through the corridors and offices with their shuttered windows. “KAB alert,” confirmed a firefighter. KABs, the Russian air-launched glide bombs guided to their targets and loaded with hundreds of kilos of explosives, can destroy an entire building. The men in the […]

Trump’s comments came after Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei rejected his demands for an unconditional surrender and warned the United States of ‘irreparable damage’ if it intervenes. Source link