Maxime Marquette
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Avignon's 80 years of theater open with five hours of Maldoror
On July 4, 2026, the Avignon Festival opened its 80th edition in the Cour d'honneur of the Palais des Papes, one of
Pam Bondi's Dismissal, an Epstein Case That Keeps Weighing In
On April 2, 2026, Donald Trump fired his Attorney General, Pam Bondi, immediately replaced by her deputy Todd Blanche, named acting Attorney
Occupied Crimea Plunged Into Darkness as Moscow's Isolation Accelerates
Since late June 2026, Crimea, illegally occupied by Russia since 2014, has been experiencing an uninterrupted series of power outages caused by
Mr. Massie, Keep the Promise You Made to Americans
Mr. Thomas Massie, I write you this open letter just as you have publicly reiterated your intention to reveal new names currently
Sonderling Inherits Labor After His Predecessor's Scandalous Fall
On June 29, 2026, Donald Trump announced on Truth Social the nomination of Keith Sonderling to the permanent post of U.S. Secretary
The Day the Supreme Court Handed Trump the Keys to the Federal Agencies
On June 29, 2026, the Supreme Court of the United States handed down one of those rulings that never quite make the
On the banks of the Loire, the party finally learned to eat well
For a long time, the riverside guinguette along the Loire boiled down to a fairly simple image: string lights, an accordion or
El-Obeid, the red alert the West can no longer ignore
On Friday, July 3, 2026, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, did something that kind of institution almost
Bees, sugar beets and a Senate that just reopened Pandora's box
It took just one night of debate, the night of Monday June 29 into Tuesday June 30, 2026, for the French Senate