Archive
Pieces

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

Trump cries "gouging" as Big Oil rakes in record profits
Since June 24, 2026, Donald Trump has repeatedly attacked America's major oil companies in public, accusing them of "gouging," meaning price abuse,

A light-activated switch wakes up dormant cancer
Researchers at ETH Zurich have developed a system capable of waking up cancer cells stuck in a dormant state, a survival mechanism

NATO puts €70 billion a year on the table for Ukraine
Just days before the NATO summit in Ankara, set for July 7 and 8, 2026, a text seen by several news agencies

Manila bets it all against Beijing in the South China Sea
The Philippines, holding the rotating ASEAN chairmanship in 2026, are staking everything on finalizing a code of conduct with China in the

Beaten by the Supreme Court, Stephen Miller vows to kill birthright citizenship
On June 30, 2026, the United States Supreme Court ruled 6 to 3 in Trump v. Barbara: presidential executive order 14160, signed