Politics

A scene from the Bayeux Tapestry, housed at the Centre Guillaume-le-Conquérant, unfurls horsemen and bestiary figures across the centuries-old cloth. During the Occupation, this tale of conquest fascinated the Ahnenerbe. Credits: Zairon / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Culture

How Himmler and the Ahnenerbe recast the Bayeux Tapestry as a Nazi trophy reportedly bound for Berlin in 1944

2026-09-03

In Marseille, Sébastien Delogu speaks in front of City Hall on June 2, 2024, after a demonstration in support of Gaza. The tricolor sash highlights his role as a member of Parliament. Credits: AN2303 / Wikimedia Commons.

Society

French MP Sébastien Delogu faces a November hearing after an altercation with plainclothes police in Marseille

2026-08-28

Raphaël Glucksmann at the Frankfurt Book Fair in October 2017. His entry into the 2027 presidential race led Léa Salamé to step back from France 2’s 8 PM newscast. Credits: Harald Krichel / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Society

Why Léa Salamé left France 2’s flagship news as Raphaël Glucksmann entered France’s 2027 presidential race

2026-08-24

Patrick Bruel, with a serious look, during a public appearance in 2021. This tight portrait accompanies the debate around the announced opening of his 2026 tour. Credits: ManoSolo13241324 / Wikimedia Commons -- CC BY-SA 4.0.

Culture

Why Chartres wants to stop Patrick Bruel from opening his 2026 tour at the city’s Colisée arena in France

2026-08-21

Donald Trump addresses the crowd at a rally in Glendale on August 23, 2024. This direct gesture recalls a style of communication built on defiance and provocation. Credits: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Society

Why Trump’s US territory map makes the Strait of Hormuz a major diplomatic and maritime flashpoint in 2026

2026-08-19

At the heart of Africa, the Democratic Republic of the Congo appears in red on this map. This view places the country where the Ebola outbreak has spread to six provinces. Credits: TUBS / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Science

How delayed detection and strained health care made the 2026 Ebola outbreak DR Congo’s deadliest on record

2026-08-18

Emmanuel Macron in Nice on June 8, 2025, during the United Nations Ocean Conference. The president’s portrait is shown here alongside a controversy sparked by his vacation in Brégançon. Credits: European Union, 2026 / Dati Bendo, CC BY 4.0.

Society

Why Emmanuel Macron’s jet-ski break at Fort Brégançon became a French political fight amid a major heatwave

2026-08-14

Nigel Farage speaks at a Reform UK rally at Trago Mills in Devon on June 24, 2024. Two years later, he puts his Clacton seat back on the line in an extraordinary by-election. Credits: Owain.davies / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Society

Why Nigel Farage’s Clacton reelection bid turned Count Binface into the face of a UK protest vote in 2026

2026-08-13

A multirotor drone flies over an urban landscape with no connection to Villefranche-sur-Saône prison. This illustrative image evokes the aerial deliveries at the heart of the investigation. Credits: Flash Alexander / PublicDomainPictures.net.

Society

At Villefranche prison, 1,826 drone packages expose the limits of detection and France’s anti-drone response

2026-08-12

Gérald Darmanin, then Minister for Public Action and Accounts, on April 29, 2019. Now France's Justice Minister, he is at the center of the controversy over how child sexual abuse is handled. Credit: Jacques Paquier, CC BY 2.0.

Society

French investigators turn Gérald Darmanin’s warning on stalled child abuse cases against his Interior record

2026-08-10

In Colorado Springs, Elon Musk presents Starship’s future capabilities to U.S. military officials on April 15, 2019. The scene comes several years before his political showdown with Marine Tondelier. Credits: NORAD and USNORTHCOM Public Affairs.

Society

Elon Musk vs. Marine Tondelier : what the EU Digital Services Act really allows France to do during elections

2026-08-07

In this black-and-white silhouette, a mother holds her child close. The image preserves their anonymity and avoids any identifiable scene. Credits: Mohamed Hassan / PxHere.

Society

What is known about a 3-year-old boy’s death in Lyon and the poisoning inquiry involving his mother in France

2026-08-07