Politics

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

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

Society

Emmanuel Millard: Governing Means Making Trade-Offs

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

In this uniformed portrait, the very dark green background swallows light as if the era refuses to be read. A few hours later, in a Niamey stadium, the same silhouette becomes a voice, and the voice a political explosion. Between slogans, rumors, and old grievances, the Nigerien authorities seek to rally an anxious nation around a convenient enemy. One question remains, heavy as Sahelian dust: who truly believes the storm is coming and who is using it.

Society

In Niger, a ‘War with France’ Threat—and How the Crisis Is Built

2026-02-14

Rachida Dati breaks her silence about her daughter’s ordeal: a rare, measured statement that puts the human at the center.

Society

Rachida Dati recounts her daughter Zohra’s long hospital ordeal

2026-02-14

A portrait against a blue backdrop, like a control screen before the hearing, where everything is played out in calm tones but high tension. The image conveys the solitude of the face, that of the journalist summoned to answer on behalf of a collective machine. It marks the reckoning when transparency becomes a double-edged word—at times a democratic demand, at times a political weapon. At the Palais Bourbon, this serene blue ends up resembling the set of a scene where methods, budgets, and, by implication, an idea of the news are judged.

Society

Elise Lucet faces a public-broadcast neutrality challenge

2026-02-11

A shadow diplomat, Fabrice Aidan, is named in the ‘Epstein files’. At the Quai d’Orsay, shock: the justice system has been seized. Emails with Jeffrey Epstein dating back to 2010, according to the press. The essential point remains: the investigation will determine what is proven.

Society

France’s foreign ministry triggers a justice referral after reports targeting diplomat Fabrice Aidan

2026-02-11

Society

Francois Villeroy de Galhau to leave Banque de France

2026-02-10

At forty, Amélie de Montchalin walks toward Rue Cambon with the measured step of decisive evenings. She leaves Bercy and its exacting trade-offs for a house that examines the state, line by line, without rhetorical flourish. For the first time since 1807, a woman is called to preside over the Court of Accounts as France seeks its margins. The symbol shines, but controversy clings to her heels, as if the idea of independence must be tested immediately.

Society

Amélie Montchalin to Lead France’s Court of Accounts, Sparking Political Backlash

2026-02-10

A frontal face, dim lighting, and the impression of a closed room where one half-breathes. In Washington, the name Ghislaine Maxwell keeps coming up like a slamming door, and behind it the shadow of a system. She claims silence under the Constitution, then speaks through lawyers, like slipping a note under the table. At the center is a question America cannot settle: who pays the price of silence, and who benefits?

Society

Ghislaine Maxwell Asks Trump for a Presidential Pardon

2026-02-10