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Saturday, 31 October 2026

  1. Politics Bouches-du-Rhône: 119 mayors threaten to "hand back the keys" over austerity Rosa Brandt
  2. Culture & media After the Trappes attack, the town demands to be something other than a backdrop Antonia Greco
  3. Society Data centres: AI is built on burned workers and breathless production rates Dolores Ibarra
  4. Economy TotalEnergies cashes in, the left fails: the crisis pays mostly the shareholders Mara Kessler
  5. Culture & media Novaya Gazeta shuts down: when the state decides what counts as "normal" Antonia Greco
  6. World 500 Patriots for Kyiv: Washington sells, Ukraine pays, delivery will have to wait Ilya Volkov
  7. Economy California: billionaires are paying handsomely not to pay the Zucman tax Mara Kessler
  8. Society In Trappes, fear settles into the kitchens, the schools and the stairwells Dolores Ibarra
  9. Politics 31 October: the government wheels out the bogeyman before the cost-of-living march Rosa Brandt
  10. Economy Budget 2027: MPs tax big business, but the Treasury holds the pen Mara Kessler

Friday, 30 October 2026

  1. World Kherson: 72 hours of truce, and then what? Olechky's civilians are being used as bargaining chips Ilya Volkov
  2. Politics October 31 march: the prefecture bans, the judge restores, the state appeals Rosa Brandt
  3. Economy GDP down 0.1%: is Macronism really the only culprit? Mara Kessler
  4. Society Dockers on strike: the price of labour, and ports that some want militarised Dolores Ibarra
  5. Culture & media Trappes: after the racist attack, the battle over 'common sense' begins Antonia Greco
  6. World Colombia and the IMF: who will pay for the adjustment? Amara Sankoré
  7. Economy Budget 2027: the growth the government promised isn't showing up, and the bill might be bigger Mara Kessler
  8. Culture & media Presidential 2027: the far right already sets the tempo, and everyone is dancing Antonia Greco
  9. Society Energy renovation: the state cuts five programmes, and modest households will pay Dolores Ibarra
  10. Politics Cost of living: court opens Rue de la Bastille to Nation, but the question remains open Rosa Brandt
  11. Politics Novaya Gazeta Goes Dark: Russia Shuts One More Window on Itself Rosa Brandt
  12. Culture & media After Trappes, the rolling news channels face the mirror they hold up to others Antonia Greco
  13. Politics Banning the "great replacement": can the law silence what is being organised? Rosa Brandt
  14. World Russia-Africa Summit: Putin Denounces Neocolonialism, but Sells Influence First Amara Sankoré