Politics

At night, a blaze devours piles of branches and sends sparks into the darkness. This illustrative image captures the violence of a fire out of control. Credits: PxHere — CC0 1.0 (public domain).

Society

Near Bordeaux, 42,000 hectares burned as crews battle an uncontained Gironde wildfire after mass evacuations

2026-07-28

Donald Trump addresses a joint session of the United States Congress in 2025, as the vice president and the House speaker applaud. Credits: The White House, public domain (U.S. federal government work).

Society

2026-07-24

Patrick Pouyanné speaks in front of the French and Iranian flags in Tehran on July 3, 2017. The executive here embodies TotalEnergies’ international reach. Credits: Hamed Malekpour / Tasnim News Agency, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0).

Society

Why TotalEnergies’ $5.4 billion quarter fuels a French fight over fuel prices, dividends and windfall taxes

2026-07-24

Emmanuel Macron crosses the threshold of the White House on August 18, 2025. A diplomatic scene brings him together with Donald Trump, Volodymyr Zelensky, and several European leaders. Credits: Official White House Photo by Daniel Torok.

Society

From Glyphosate to Neonicotinoid Exemptions : How Macron Reshaped France’s Pesticide Policy Across a Decade

2026-07-23

Barbara Butch is portrayed as a DJ, vinyl record held close to her heart, in a portrait with pink and black accents. The illustration turns the turntable into an intimate symbol. Credits: Atelier-Sham-Too / CC BY-SA 4.0, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Society

After Grenoble concert disruption, French DJ Barbara Butch targets LFI, Omerta and Alain Soral in complaints

2026-07-23

Alès City Hall stands with its light-colored facade in the heart of the Gard city. It is from this institution that Christophe Rivenq serves as mayor, now under heightened protection. Credits: Clem Rutter / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY 3.0, Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0).

Society

Threats in Alès : How Christophe Rivenq’s Evacuation Puts France’s Local Democracy and Its Mayors to the Test

2026-07-22

In this 2025 official portrait, Monique Barbut looks into the lens behind her glasses. The minister's face fills the frame, like a very personal political crisis. Credits: Arnaud Bouissou / Terra, Open License 2.0 (Etalab).

Science

France pesticide fight : Macron rejects Monique Barbut’s resignation as farm law opens disputed exemptions

2026-07-22

In Belfort, Annie Genevard speaks alongside Christian Jacob during a Republicans meeting in January 2018. A political scene that now sheds light on the agricultural battle. Credits: Thomas Bresson / Wikimedia Commons, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0).

Society

Pesticide waivers and safety review : how France’s agricultural emergency bill changes after the Assembly vote

2026-07-21

François-Noël Buffet speaks during the Estates General of Territorial Democracy in 2012. In a gray suit and dark tie, he already appears in an institutional setting, fourteen years before the controversy over his candidacy for the Defender of Rights. Credits: UMP Senate group / Wikimedia Commons, Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0).

Society

France’s Defender of Rights pick François-Noël Buffet clears Parliament despite fierce civil society backlash

2026-07-21

In close-up, Bernard Cazeneuve offers a slight smile behind his glasses. The former prime minister now takes a harsh view of the US strategy in Iran. Credits: Jérémy Barande / École polytechnique Université Paris-Saclay / CC BY-SA 2.0.

Society

France’s former prime minister Bernard Cazeneuve blames Trump’s strategy for widening today’s war with Iran

2026-07-20

Facing the camera, Giorgia Meloni poses for her official 2024 portrait. The institutional image accompanies a debate in which the Prime Minister is playing a decisive hand for 2027. Credits: Governo Italiano / Wikimedia Commons, Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Italy (CC BY 3.0 IT).

Society

How Italy’s 42% threshold could give Meloni’s coalition a 105-seat bonus without guaranteeing victory in 2027

2026-07-17

A humanoid android stands in a lit-up Chinese metropolis. Between fiction and simulated presence, it embodies the ambiguities of the virtual companion. Credits: Easy-Peasy.AI, CC BY 4.0 — AI-generated image.

Science

Doubao and Qwen disable custom agents as Beijing regulates virtual intimacy, dependence and personal data

2026-07-16