Will football ever be the same? The legacy of a star-spangled World Cup
After a stunning performance in Argentina’s come-from-behind win against England, 39-year-old Lionel Messi secured the defending World Cup c...
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20 of 64 episodesFrench chicken chain row gets political
In this edition, we take a look at the French love for food – in this case, chain rotisserie chicken and the current squabble over it that h...
War, talks, repeat: How to break the cycle between US and Iran?
Who needs nuclear weapons when you have the Strait of Hormuz? While ordinary Iranians are far worse off than on February 28th – when the US...
Willing to pay: Europe faces the bill for backing Ukraine without the US
Forget last week's Nato summit, where Donald Trump put the alliance through another rollercoaster. It's Bastille Day in Paris, with the “Coa...
Not built for the heat: How do cities adapt to record temperatures?
It's not even Bastille Day yet, and France is already in the grip of its third heatwave of the season. Hospitals are under strain, wildfires...
Star-spangled blowup? A divided United States commemorates 250 years
The world’s longest-running democracy is celebrating its 250th anniversary. It is a milestone for a United States that still seems like a ne...
Iran after Khamenei: What direction following supreme leader's funeral?
Some days they talk. Some days they fight. Iran and the United States have settled into a pattern since the truce signed last month. This We...
Crimea back in play? Russia feels pain of Ukraine long-range strikes
A couple of weeks back, we asked if the tide was turning in Ukraine. The short answer: a little, but it's hard to cut through the fog of war...
What aftermath for Venezuela? Earthquake relief hampered by political crisis
We are in awe of Venezuela’s first responders and all the brave citizens still pulling survivors from under the rubble of some 770 buildings...
Divorce, Italian style: Is Meloni-Trump row bringing Europe closer together?
Has Trump whispering run its course? Ask the now departing British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who famously brought that letter of invitati...
Albania's 'Flamingo Revolution': Will protests stop Trump family luxury resort plan?
Can citizens of Albania – population 2.4 million – push back against their own government and the Trump family? Albanians are accusing the U...
Air conditioning for all? France divided over response to record-breaking heatwave
The heat is on: enough to make Parisians take the plunge into the once notoriously polluted Canal Saint-Martin. France this Tuesday awakened...
Labour's last chance? Burnham set to replace Starmer as UK faces far-right surge
Another post-Brexit prime minister bites the dust. Keir Starmer has owned up to the obvious: that he's too unpopular to lead the Labour Part...
Signing off? Trump rushes to turn page on Iran war
Surprise! A stroke of a pen over dinner at Versailles has pre-empted plans for that big Friday signing in Switzerland of an interim agreemen...
At the mercy of Silicon Valley? Europe exposed by Trump AI export ban
Is it better to persuade or to confront? French leader Emmanuel Macron is opting for the royal treatment with Donald Trump at Versailles, wh...
Ukraine back in favour? At G7, Trump threatens return of Russia oil sanctions
Before he left Washington, there were reports that Volodymyr Zelensky wasn't even on Donald Trump's G7 bilateral meeting list. But in the en...
'Let the oil flow!' Can US and Iran actually strike a lasting deal?
If Donald Trump calls it a peace deal, does that make it so? '"Let the oil flow," trumpeted the US president after agreeing on the day of hi...
Trump's World Cup: More matches, higher prices, fewer foreigners
Can blatant racism and shameless greed ruin the World Cup? Fans of the beautiful game and its history can take solace in the opening match a...
Has France failed its children? Outrage over murder of 11-year-old Lyhanna
Here in France, outrage over the apparent failure to stop the murder of 11-year-old Lyhanna. The suspect – a 41-year-old father of one of he...
Unbreakable Kim? China's Xi visits Russia-backed North Korean leader
It takes convincing these days to get China's leader to go abroad. Xi Jinping has just wrapped up what was only his first foreign visit of 2...