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Team USA takes centre stage on Friday evening as the 2026 World Cup's third opening ceremony unfolds at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles, featuring pop star Katy Perry. The USMNT faces Paraguay in their tournament opener, a moment of reckoning for American soccer on home soil amid visa concerns, soaring ticket prices, and competing sports dominating the conversation. Follow our blog to learn more.
Team USA takes centre stage on Friday evening as the 2026 World Cup's third opening ceremony unfolds at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles, featuring pop star Katy Perry. The USMNT faces Paraguay in their tournament opener, a moment of reckoning for American soccer on home soil amid visa concerns, soaring ticket prices, and competing sports dominating the conversation. Follow our blog to learn more.
Team USA takes centre stage on Friday evening as the 2026 World Cup's third opening ceremony unfolds at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles, featuring pop star Katy Perry. The USMNT faces Paraguay in their tournament opener, a moment of reckoning for American soccer on home soil amid visa concerns, soaring ticket prices, and competing sports dominating the conversation. Follow our blog to learn more.
Team USA takes centre stage on Friday evening as the 2026 World Cup's third opening ceremony unfolds at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles, featuring pop star Katy Perry. The USMNT faces Paraguay in their tournament opener, a moment of reckoning for American soccer on home soil amid visa concerns, soaring ticket prices, and competing sports dominating the conversation. Follow our blog to learn more.
Team USA takes centre stage on Friday evening as the 2026 World Cup's third opening ceremony unfolds at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles, featuring pop star Katy Perry. The USMNT faces Paraguay in their tournament opener, a moment of reckoning for American soccer on home soil amid visa concerns, soaring ticket prices, and competing sports dominating the conversation. Follow our blog to learn more.
Team USA takes centre stage on Friday evening as the 2026 World Cup's third opening ceremony unfolds at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles, featuring pop star Katy Perry. The USMNT faces Paraguay in their tournament opener, a moment of reckoning for American soccer on home soil amid visa concerns, soaring ticket prices, and competing sports dominating the conversation. Follow our blog to learn more.
Team USA takes centre stage on Friday evening as the 2026 World Cup's third opening ceremony unfolds at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles, featuring pop star Katy Perry. The USMNT faces Paraguay in their tournament opener, a moment of reckoning for American soccer on home soil amid visa concerns, soaring ticket prices, and competing sports dominating the conversation. Follow our blog to learn more.
Team USA takes centre stage on Friday evening as the 2026 World Cup's third opening ceremony unfolds at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles, featuring pop star Katy Perry. The USMNT faces Paraguay in their tournament opener, a moment of reckoning for American soccer on home soil amid visa concerns, soaring ticket prices, and competing sports dominating the conversation. Follow our blog to learn more.
Team USA takes centre stage on Friday evening as the 2026 World Cup's third opening ceremony unfolds at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles, featuring pop star Katy Perry. The USMNT faces Paraguay in their tournament opener, a moment of reckoning for American soccer on home soil amid visa concerns, soaring ticket prices, and competing sports dominating the conversation. Follow our blog to learn more.
Israeli and Palestinian civil society groups appealed to the international community in France on Friday to keep pursuing a two-state solution, warning that the window for peace is narrowing. The call came as world powers gathered amid mounting concern over settlement expansion and violence in the occupied West Bank.
Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei said Sunday that the exact timing of the signing of the Islamabad memorandum will not be on Sunday, according to state media on Saturday. Baghaei said the possibility of signing the ceasefire deal with the US in the coming days could not be ruled out, but added that caution was needed regarding any comment on the signing date due...
Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, whose government has mediated peace talks between Iran and the United States, said Saturday that an agreement to end the war could be finalised "within 24 hours". The US military said overnight it had “downed” several Iranian drones in the Strait of Hormuz as both sides insisted a peace deal was drawing closer. Follow our liveblog for the latest updates.
Lebanese state media reported fresh Israeli strikes on the country's south on Saturday shortly after the Israeli army called on residents in 20 towns and villages, including many near Nabatieh city, to leave their homes. The US military said overnight it had “downed” several Iranian drones in the Strait of Hormuz as both sides insisted a peace deal was drawing closer. Follow our liveblog for the l...
The US military said overnight Friday into Saturday that it had “downed” several Iranian drones that were targeting commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz. Iran's foreign minister Abbas Araghchi had said earlier on Friday that a draft agreement to end the war could be signed remotely within days. Follow our liveblog for the latest updates.
The US military said overnight Friday into Saturday that it had “downed” several Iranian drones that were targeting commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz. Iran's foreign minister Abbas Araghchi had said earlier on Friday that a draft agreement to end the war could be signed remotely within days. Follow our liveblog for the latest updates.
The US military said overnight Friday into Saturday that it had “downed” several Iranian drones that were targeting commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz. Iran's foreign minister Abbas Araghchi had said earlier on Friday that a draft agreement to end the war could be signed remotely within days. Follow our liveblog for the latest updates.
Iran's foreign minister Abbas Araghchi said Friday that a draft agreement to end the war with the United States could be signed remotely within days, adding that negotiations had reached their final stages. Araghchi said the framework would address the US naval blockade and the future administration of the Strait of Hormuz. Follow our liveblog for the latest updates.
Host nation Canada salvaged a 1-1 draw against Bosnia-Herzegovina on Friday night at Toronto's BMO Field, but missed a string of clear-cut chances that could have delivered a winning start to their Group B campaign.
A record number of African nations are at the 2026 World Cup, but South Africa’s opening defeat to Mexico has raised questions about the continent’s chances. Can African teams turn numbers into history and finally challenge for football’s biggest prize?
British artist David Hockney, who died at the age of 88 on Thursday, fell in love with the French countryside in the last few years of his life. He settled in Normandy in 2019, where he lived during the Covid-19 lockdown and was able to rededicate himself to nature over a year of solitude.
British artist David Hockney, who died at the age of 88 on Thursday, fell in love with the French countryside in the last few years of his life. He settled in Normandy in 2019, where he lived during the Covid-19 lockdown and was able to observe nature, which became his principal muse.
British artist David Hockney, who has died at the age of 88, spoke to AFP in 2021 about spending the months of the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown in France.
The European Union will resume membership negotiations with Ukraine on Monday after Hungary's new government lifted a long-standing veto imposed by former prime minister Viktor Orban. EU leaders said all member states had agreed to open the first phase of accession talks with Ukraine and Moldova, marking a fresh show of support for Kyiv amid Russia's ongoing war.
French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu hosted political representatives from across party lines on Thursday to discuss the issue of electoral interference ahead of the country’s 2027 presidential election. French authorities are sounding the alarm over the rapid advances in artificial intelligence which they fear could make attempts to digitally manipulate the voting process from abroad – and con...
The British prime minister is once again fighting for his political survival, on the back foot after his defence secretary and defence minister quit the government over complaints of a lack of military spending and sufficient commitment to keep Britain safe from the spectre of Russian attack.
Right now, the path the EU and NATO faces another set back. There's been no functioning government, despite three elections in less in 16 months.
In a week that began with President Trump pronouncing that a ceasefire extension was so close with Iran, two or three days max, and that would only take an hour to finalise. Hours later Tehran downed a US Apache helicopter off the Gulf of Oman with the crew rescued from the sea, the attack reportedly an attempt to deter the US’s evolving efforts to increase air patrols that target Iranian drones i...
This week, Paris des Arts heads to the Czech Republic to visit Prague, a cultural capital and UNESCO World Heritage city. We meet one of the most provocative Czech artists of the international scene, David Cerny, who takes us inside his exhibition space – a former industrial site he's named the "Musoleum", a mashup of "museum" and "mausoleum".
An Iran-linked hacker group called Handala claimed to have breached FBI drones and threatened to target the 2026 World Cup, monitoring group SITE said Friday.
The election of the Hungary's new centre-right prime minister, Peter Magyar, in April marked a particularly stinging defeat for Viktor Orban, whose government was widely regarded as one of the most anti-LGBTQ in the EU. Rights advocates expect legal changes but wonder about the timeline Magyar will adopt as the new prime minister remains cautious on divisive issues.
