War in Iran: Donald Trump pushed to escalation by the death of two American soldiers
Donald Trump at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York on July 17, 2026. JACQUELYN MARTIN / AP PHOTO/JACQUELYN MARTIN The trap of military escalation in Iran is closing on Donald Trump. The death of two American soldiers on Friday July 17,…
“The most successful sporting event in history”: Trump expected at the World Cup final
This will be both the first match he will attend and the last of this 2026 World Cup co-organized by the United States, with Canada and Mexico. Donald Trump will be on Sunday July 19 at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, to present the…
The artist Luis Manuel Otero Alcantara, figure of Cuban dissidence, goes into exile in Miami
Luis Manuel Otero Alcantara, upon arrival at Miami airport, Saturday July 18, 2026. GIORGIO VIERA / AFP The visual artist Luis Manuel Otero Alcantara, emblematic figure of the new Cuban dissidence, arrived on Saturday July 18 in Miami to begin his exile…
World Cup 2026, heatwave and fires around the world, war in Ukraine: the week in pictures
In the news Americas A look back at the highlights of the week’s news and the most spectacular images: final straight of the World Cup with the elimination of the Blues and third place on the podium for England; severe heat and vast fires across…
New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani wants to arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the UN General Assembly in September
New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani in New York on July 7, 2026. ANGELINA KATSANIS / AP PHOTO/ANGELINA KATSANIS New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani is leading discussions on the legal possibility of arresting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the United…
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…