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ROYALS

Birgitte, Duchess of Gloucester, Glitters in Queen Mary's Honeysuckle Tiara

The Gloucester jewelry vaults are as spectacular as they are vast, and for the second evening in a row, Birgitte wore one of her family tiaras to a state banquet.
ROYALS

Kate Middleton Wears the Lover's Knot Tiara For the First Time Since 2023

The Princess of Wales last wore the sparkling headpiece, a favorite of the late Princess Diana, to the annual Diplomatic Reception at Buckingham Palace in December 2023.
ROYALS

Kate Middleton Dons Dior to Welcome French President Emmanuel Macron and Brigitte Macron For State Visit

Tuesday marks the first state visit by a French president since 2008.
ROYALS

Prince Albert and Princess Charlene Host Macron for First State Dinner With a French Leader in Over 40 Years

Among the guests were Delphine Arnault, CEO of Dior; her partner, telecommunications entrepreneur Xavier Niel; and the explorer Jean-Louis Étienne.
Politics

Macron Insists Wife Shove Was Just Them Being Sexy and French, You Provincial Hacks

What you saw was part of their normal repartee, okay?
CARTER REMEMBERED

Global Leaders Mourn the Death of Jimmy Carter

“Jimmy Carter promised voters that he would always tell the truth. And he did — advocating for the public good, consequences be damned,” former president Barack Obama wrote in a Sunday tribute.
TRUMP'S TRIUMPHANT RETURN

Trump Gets The Red Carpet Treatment in Paris Ahead of Notre Dame Cathedral’s Reopening

Accepting the invitation from French President Emmanuel Macron, it’s his first international trip as president-elect.
The In-Laws

Donald Trump Taps Charles Kushner, Dad of Jared, As the Incoming Ambassador To France

The father of the president-elect's son-in-law received clemency in 2020 after pleading guilty to several felonies in 2004.
Television

Emmanuel Macron and the Mayor of Rome Are Fighting Over Emily in Paris

After Emily decided to swap Paris for Rome at the end of the Netflix hit’s fourth season, the president of France vowed to “fight hard” for her return. “Take it easy, Emmanuel Macron,” tweeted Rome’s mayor, Roberto Gualtieri, in response.
Royals

Prince William Joins World Leaders as He Stands in for King Charles on D-Day Anniversary

Charles, who is undergoing cancer treatment, attended a service at the British Normandy Memorial in Ver-sur-Mer earlier in the day where he paid tribute to the “remarkable wartime generation.”
Royals

Prince Edward and Sophie Stand in for King Charles During Historic Changing of the Guard

Monday was the first time military from a non-Commonwealth country had participated in the tradition. 
Uber

“Uber Files”: Investigation Exposes Ride-Sharing Giant's Secret Political Influence, Driver Exploitation

More than 180 journalists in 29 countries are reporting on the sketchy tactics Uber used to establish itself globally, based on a trove of leaked records first obtained by the Guardian.
French Election

Emmanuel Macron Fends Off Far-Right Incursion in France—For Now

Macron may have claimed victory over Marine Le Pen, but her significant gain over the last five years reflects the advance of radical right-wing ideology in other Western democracies. 
International Affairs

The French Have a New Donald Trump in Eric Zemmour, the Far-Right Firebrand

A onetime fixture of an ultraconservative TV network, the would-be candidate is stoking fear and loathing across France.
International Affairs

Paris Blues: France Is Fed Up With Its Lackluster—And Sometimes Venal—Leaders

As ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy stands trial, an exasperated nation searches in vain for a political hero.
Fashion Diplomacy

What’s Emmanuel Macron’s Turtleneck Trying to Say?

“Quelle horreur,” while dragging a cigarette, maybe.
Drama

Trump: Trudeau “Two-Faced” for Not Calling Me a Blowhard to My Face

The president also announced he was cutting his NATO trip short.
NATO

Did Macron Mind-Trick Trump Into Reaffirming NATO?

In swiping at Macron for calling NATO “brain dead”—“You can’t just go around making statements like that about NATO”—Trump may have inadvertently done something he’s refused to do for years.
Amazon Fires

Brazil’s President Seems Fine With Letting the Amazon Burn

Jair Bolsonaro has demanded that French president Emmanuel Macron “retract his words” before he accepts $22 million in aid to stop the Amazon’s forest fires.