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On February 18, 2026, Koxie moves from music to the Paris municipal campaign. An Instagram message, a coffee, then the offer: to head the list in the 14th arrondissement. Sarah Knafo gains a recognizable face; the city, however, expects tangible answers on the ground. Celebrity opens the door… but the doorstep will decide what comes next.

Society

Paris Municipal Election 2026: Koxie Joins Sarah Knafo (Reconquête)

2026-02-18

In the fading blue, a crescent so thin it looks penciled raises the foundational question. On February 18, 2026, France’s Muslim community officially enters Ramadan after an announcement made in Paris the day before. Between calculation, which reassures, and observation, which connects to the rite, the date becomes a gesture of unity more than a verdict. And behind the moon, another challenge looms: sustaining faith in a country governed by common law.

Society

Ramadan 2026 in France: key dates, prayer times, and daily life

2026-02-18

Pedro arrives like a curtain of rain that erases landmarks. In two days, winds, river floods and high seas collide over the West. In riverside towns, sandbags reach doorways and garages are flooded. France switches to alert mode, between fatigue, damage and emergency.

Society

Storm Pedro: France flood alerts, storm surge and damaging winds

2026-02-18

Gianluca Prestianni, closed-faced and evasive-eyed, finds himself unwillingly at the center of a case of racist remarks that goes beyond football. In the white glare of the spotlights, an attributed, disputed word, nowhere to be found on the footage, is enough to move the match off the field. UEFA opens a procedure, FIFA praises the referee's reaction, and the player, guilty or innocent, becomes the symbol of an era where proof is negotiated with shaky videos. This front page tells of a vertigo, that of a sport that wants to punish quickly but must establish fairly.

Sport

Champions League match halted after racist slur allegation; UEFA investigates

2026-02-18

Culture

Robert Duvall Dies at 95: Obituary and Tribute

2026-02-17

A polished portrait, almost out of time, like a fixed shot of a family that learned to survive through image. In exile, the Pahlavis exist through faces, narratives and imagined backdrops, while real Iran is written in surveilled streets. This contrast has become a politics, a way of appearing when one can no longer be there, and of continuing to count by the sole force of the symbol. In Munich on February 14, 2026, this aesthetic of distance met the crowd and geopolitics, and the shadow of Tehran hung over a Bavarian square.

Society

Reza Pahlavi Recasts Iran’s Post-Regime Transition, Between Monarchist Nostalgia and Geopolitics

2026-02-17

Culture

First woman to head the IMA, Legendre opens the post–Jack Lang era

2026-02-17

Chinatown, New York: a Chinese New Year dragon cuts through the street and sets the neighborhood’s tempo. In diasporas the date doesn’t simply ‘fall’: it’s decided, announced, organized. On 02/17/2026 the Moon acts as a metronome for two different calendars and millions of schedules. One night, three social effects: celebration, mass mobility, and waiting for a religious ruling.

Society

Feb 17, 2026: New Moon, Chinese New Year date, and the Ramadan Night of Doubt

2026-02-17

In the clear cold of February, many young Muslims approach Ramadan like opening a private notebook. Between school calendars, video calls, and metro commutes, the day is reorganized around dawn and sunset. Beyond fasting, they seek a rhythm, a presence, a way of being in the world that does not apologize. And, as every year, a date awaited at the Grand Mosque of Paris helps unite diverse practices into a single beginning.

Culture

Ramadan 2026 in France: how the moon sighting sets the start date

2026-02-16

At 27, Maya Hawke is no longer ‘the daughter of’: she is an artist in her own right, held by the same thread between film and song. Behind the calm gaze is an old fight with words, dyslexia tamed through rhythm and hard work. Her face already tells the post‑Stranger Things story: exiting a global role without being trapped by it. And choosing, at all costs, nuance over pose, text over showcase.

Culture

Maya Hawke in New York: Surprise Wedding, Indie Folk, and Life After Stranger Things

2026-02-16

‘February 12, 2026, Sciences Po Lyon: tensions rise before the debates end. Quentin Deranque, 23, was assaulted and later found away from the campus near the quays. Treated around 7:40 p.m., he was hospitalized in critical condition. On February 14, his death turned the brawl into a national matter, at the center of an ongoing investigation.’

Society

Death of Quentin Deranque in Lyon: investigation and political storm

2026-02-16

Barack Obama, calm smile and direct gaze, returns to the spotlight as a line, ripped from the speed of a game, turns into a planetary verdict. The photo dates from before the White House, when the man was still building his reputation as an educator. It recalls, more than a speech, the discipline of language in someone who learned to weigh every word. It also notes what the era readily forgets: a former president can become a fictional character again once the algorithm intervenes.

Culture

Obama, UFOs and Area 51: His Instagram Clarification (Feb 16, 2026)

2026-02-16