Women’s football: Lyon wins ric-rac in London against Arsenal
The 21-year-old Haitian striker left alone to break through the English defense (82e2-1) to snatch victory, four minutes after the English’s well-deserved equalizer. Greatly accustomed to these summits, Olympique Lyonnais took a step towards an…
Former Spain defender Capdevila asks Trump for help getting into the US for the World Cup final
MADRID (AP) — Former Spain defender Joan Capdevila has asked US President Donald Trump for help getting into the United States to watch Spain face Argentina in Sunday’s World Cup final, after being denied authorization to travel a decade after…
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…
Nations Championship: the XV of France wins again against Japan
Still undefeated against Japan in now nine matches, the French XV corrected the “Brave Blossoms” 42 to 15 on Saturday July 18 in Tokyo, for the third day of the Nations Championship, with six tries including doubles from Jalibert and Lamothe.…
United Kingdom. “Andy Burnham must turn the country around”: the immense challenges awaiting the future Prime Minister
“I have a plan,” declared Andy Burnham, promising to reverse “four decades of neoliberalism” which, according to him, have led the United Kingdom to sacrifice rural and coastal regions, as well as the working classes. The new British Prime Minister will…
Women’s Six Nations tournament: jostled, the Blue narrowly win against Italy
France won, not without suffering, its fourth match of the Six Nations Tournament on Saturday April 19 in Parma against Italy (34-21), opening the way to a final against England next weekend. As hoped at the start of the competition, the Blues will have…
Latin America’s unlikely football unity: cheering against Argentina
While Latin Americans have traditionally rallied behind football teams from the region which advance deep into the World Cup tournament, a flood of memes, jokes and criticism has made it clear there is one exception: Argentina. In one photoshopped pic…
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…
In Ukraine, second day of demonstrations against the ousting of the Minister of Defense
Thousands of people demonstrated Friday evening July 17 in kyiv against the dismissal of popular Defense Minister Mykhaïlo Fedorov, decided by President Volodymyr Zelensky as part of a government reshuffle which created divisions. Gathered for the second…
Economy. EDF: the “agent rate” from which employees benefit “represents an excessive cost”
The “agent rate”, a reduction on electricity and gas prices granted to EDF employees, “represents an excessive cost” for EDF SA, the group’s parent company, the Court of Auditors ruled this Friday in a report, considering that it could not…
