France first European country to ban social media access for under-15s

🔴 ÚLTIMA HORA | Francia se convierte en el primer país europeo en vetar el acceso a redes sociales a menores de 15 años

Minutos después de que España se proclamase campeona, varios jugadores de Argentina provocaron enfrentamientos con los españoles. Más tarde, mientras la selección la Roja levantaba el trofeo, los argentinos les daban la espalda.

19-year-old Pvt. Isabella Gonzales died defending this country. Think about that while politicians demonize immigrants and terrorize Latino communities. Americans with names like Gonzales have always fought, bled, and died for this nation. RIP to her and Lt. Tyler Feehan. 🇺🇸

Booing Donald Trump is the closest thing to a national anthem for the world.

La primera generación de graduados con ChatGPT abre un dilema: “Algo se ha roto en la Universidad. Los alumnos sobresalen en los trabajos que hacen fuera del centro, pero cuando la evaluación es supervisada en el aula, las calificaciones se desploman

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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “Forcing employers to offer some kind of transparency and even feedback to potential employees would help correct the power imbalance and make the process of looking for a job feel at least slightly more human,” Jessica Grose writes.

In Opinion President Trump’s misuse of the American intelligence community “demoralizes and discredits American intelligence, undermines allies’ faith in the United States and, perhaps most worryingly, might still find an audience at home,” Massimo Calabresi writes on Trump's speech.

Congrats we just made it impossible to come here for a PhD www.bostonglobe.com/2026/07/16/m...

Luttig: As a candidate for attorney general of the United States of America, Blanche is an embarrassment to America itself. If the Republican Senate confirms this man, based on his record, to be the next attorney general, it will mark the end of the rule of law in America.

Desperate times mean desperate measures, if you are an unpopular leader afraid of going the way of your friend Viktor Orban. In my latest, I wrote about the ludicrous powerpoint Trump talked about in his speech and why it reinforces the fanaticism of Trump & MAGA. open.substack.com/pub/lucid/p/...

His big speech was a dud. But that doesn’t mean it can’t still reverberate in chilling, Constitution-torching ways. trib.al/OZM3z9q

"Rainy Evening Street" - my oil painting

Accusations d’ingérence de Donald Trump : la Chine les qualifie de « pures inventions »

I wrote about Trump's obsession with the 2020 election and what we should pay attention to on Thursday night — The Big Lie, Foreign Interference Edition. Read my full essay at my Substack, Lucid.Substack.Com

En qualifiant Marine Le Pen de «dernier espoir de la France», le milliardaire américain Elon Musk a plongé dans l’embarras le RN, qui tente de rompre avec la mouvance Maga. ➡️ https://l.liberation.fr/Dg7

Professeur et sélectionneur de l’équipe de France : les deux seuls métiers où plus de 60 millions de personnes t'expliquent le tien. Quatorze ans de service, un titre mondial, et il suffit d'un soir à Dallas pour tout réécrire. Courage Didier, on pense fort à toi!

Wildfire smoke can be seen via satellites from the Upper Midwest and Canada, across the Great Lakes and down to New York City. A heat dome is pushing temperatures close to 100 degrees across much of eastern Canada and has prompted alerts about poor air quality. nyti.ms/3RHmZnk

Pete Hegseth’s proposed testosterone screenings aren’t medically necessary and seem unlikely to contribute to military readiness—they’re “an exercise in projecting a masculine image,” Tom Bartlett writes.

La final del mundial es Argentina-España, dos equipos que jugaron contra Cabo Verde y no pudieron ganarle en tiempo normal. No quiere decir que el equipo de Vozinha sea del mismo nivel o pueda ganar un mundial, pero sí que su desempeño fue extraordinario. Tiene más mérito que el que se le concede.

An Iranian official says they privately warned Vance about how Trump’s son-in-law and his special envoy to the Middle East were destroying peace talks. trib.al/uc14s6H

En Allemagne, un homme accusé d’avoir drogué, violé et filmé des dizaines de femmes rencontrées sur des applications

Hundreds of masked white nationalists marched in the nation's capital on July Fourth. Who were they and where does their funding come from?

New Prime Minister Péter Magyar described Hungary's president Tamás Sulyok as a Viktor Orbán 'puppet' who carried out the illiberal leader's agenda until he was ousted in April. ft.trib.al/f9mYtW9

La situación entre Estados Unidos e Irán es cada vez más peligrosa. Es la tercera vez esta semana en la que ambos choca, y el futuro del acuerdo de paz que los dos adversarios se comprometieron a negociar durante 60 días cada vez parece más negro

BREAKING: “A person was killed. ICE was involved,” Maine House Speaker Ryan Fecteau wrote in a Facebook post. This is (at least) the eleventh fatal ICE shooting and the second in less than a week—just days after ICE shot and killed Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston, Texas.

Traitors.

A bombshell FOIA request has revealed how the FBI and Department of Justice trained its investigators to scrub the Epstein files clean. trib.al/dNbUbM3

Americans were once members of a proudly literate society, but today, reading has declined across age groups, gender, and education levels. For The Atlantic’s August issue, @rosehorowitch.bsky.social explores the reading collapse—and its effects on civilization: theatln.tc/l2Xk9ATe 🎨: The Atlantic

El presidente chileno, que toca su peor nivel de aprobación, reivindica el traspaso a los ciudadanos del incremento de los combustibles de finales de marzo 🔗 elpais.com/chile/2026…

The passports feature an image of President Trump and are only available in person at the Washington Passport Agency — and only by appointment.

In recent years, government files related to Ethel and Julius Rosenberg’s execution have been declassified, and the sons they left behind have had to make sense of the revelations. Not all of them have been easy to accept, Amy Weiss-Meyer reports:

Michael and Robby Rosenberg were watching a baseball game on TV when a news flash announced that their parents were about to be executed. Amy Weiss-Meyer on how, 73 years later, the brothers are still trying to make sense of what happened:

Dix ans après l’attentat du 14-Juillet : le récit minute par minute de l’attaque de la promenade des Anglais à Nice

🍏 Apple attaque OpenAI, accusant plusieurs de ses anciens employés d'avoir transmis des informations confidentielles à la start-up californienne, après avoir été recrutés par celle-ci. Cette action en justice marque une escalade spectaculaire des tensions entre les deux entreprises.

When Ethel and Julius Rosenberg were executed by the U.S. government, they left behind two young sons, ages 6 and 10, @amyweissmeyer.bsky.social writes. Seventy-three years later, they’re still trying to make sense of what happened.

Dear Belgium The world is gutted for you. But will never forget how you saved football. Thank you

Ha mort Jordi Borja, un dels líders més brillants del corrent eurocomunista del PSUC. Intel·ligent, conseqüent, perspicaç, honest, no sempre un campió de les relacions públiques. Mai no fou un saltimbanqui. Descansi en pau.

Pistole come souvenir a tutti i leader, il dono di Erdogan imbarazza la Nato https://www.repubblica.it/esteri/2026/07/10/news/pistole_regalo_erdogan_leader_nato_vertice_ankara-425461949/?rss

Fenomeno DuckDuckGo: cos’ha di speciale il browser ribelle che salva da IA e pubblicità https://www.repubblica.it/tecnologia/2026/07/09/news/il_browser_duckduckgo_blocca_la_pubblicita_video_youtube_compreso-425461257/?rss

Jeanette Serritzlev, analista militar: “Ojalá, nunca tengamos que enfrentarnos a una situación de guerra. Pero las crisis ya están aquí y seguirán llegando. No se trata de tener miedo, sino de estar preparado"

The president called Iranian leadership “scum,” called for an end to all trade with Spain, threatened to colonize Greenland, and continued to attack NATO for not doing exactly what he tells it—all while NATO Secretary Mark Rutte heaped praise on him. trib.al/KuKLzDZ

Action Alert: The federal government has proposed changes to research grant rules that could weaken independent peer review, make awarded grants less secure, and discourage international scholarly collaboration. Submit a public comment by July 13. 🧵

🔴 “¡Me están matando!”: el grito de un inmigrante mexicano baleado por el ICE que conmocionó a una comunidad de Houston

🔴 Sesión negra en los mercados al anunciar Trump el final de la tregua con Irán: el petróleo se dispara a 80 dólares y el Ibex vive su peor sesión desde marzo

❌ «Tout peut s’enflammer à tout moment» : de la Creuse à la Bretagne, des festivités du 14 juillet annulées

The red card against Team USA’s Folarin Balogun wasn’t good—but FIFA’s decision to overturn it after hearing from Donald Trump was even worse, @sallyjenx.bsky.social argues.

The number of students admitted to Ph.D. programs this fall dropped 15% from the previous year, according to data from over 50 top research universities. The decline is driven, in part, by a chaotic and unpredictable federal funding environment under the Trump administration.