Donald Trump and his worrying electoral obsessions
Donald Trump engaged in a very poor exercise on Thursday July 16: once again agitating the conspiracy theory of the presidential election, allegedly “stolen”from 2020. A curious sense of priorities as the war has resumed against Iran and the cost of…
Smoke from fires in Canada spreads to northeastern United States, concerns ahead of World Cup final
Children play in a park in New York (United States), under a sky veiled by smoke from the fires in Canada, July 16, 2026. ANGELA WEISS/AFP Smoke from fires in Canada and Minnesota plunged several American metropolises into a thick cloud of pollution on…
2026 World Cup: Pedro Sanchez, the Spanish Prime Minister, critic of Donald Trump, will attend the final; Argentinian President Javier Milei absent due to “superstition”
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and US President Donald Trump during a summit in Sharm El-Sheikh (Egypt) on October 13, 2025. EVAN VUCCI / AFP We do not yet know the starting eleven of the two teams but the composition of the presidential stand for…
Merlier claims third Tour de France stage win in crash-hit sprint finish
Belgian sprint star Tim Merlier trebled up at the Tour de France on Thursday as he won the 12th stage in a chaotic and crash-marred dash for the line. The Soudal-Quick Step rider edged out Dutchman Olav Kooij and fellow Belgian Jasper Philipsen to claim…
Trump accuses China of ‘largest compromised’ US election data, vows to declassify intelligence
US President Donald Trump declassified intelligence on Thursday that he said showed Chinese interference in US elections, reviving his long-running attacks on election security despite a US intelligence assessment that found no evidence Beijing altered…
US’s ICE faces fresh backlash over anti-immigration operations
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents have been ordered to pause most traffic stops in the wake of two fatal shootings. Donald Trump’s so-called border czar Tom Homan has described the move as a “temporary pause”, denying it was…
Washington is ready to ‘upend the rules-based world order’, HRW chief says – Tête à tête
In an interview with FRANCE 24, Human Rights Watch executive director Philippe Bolopion says the Trump administration has “launched an all-out assault on human rights” at home and abroad. He calls the Fort Bliss ICE detention center a…