Iran War: Wall Street’s Quiet Jackpot

Since the outbreak of the US-Israeli conflict with Iran in late February 2026, the six largest Wall Street banks have posted one blockbuster quarter after another. It’s a paradox that isn’t really one: market volatility — the very thing savers and businesses dread — is precisely what trading desks feed on.

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The Lyhanna case: open season on judges

The disappearance and subsequent death of 11-year-old Lyhanna, whose body was found on June 4 in a grain silo in the Gers region, has triggered an unprecedented institutional crisis in France. Politicians are shifting the blame onto the prosecutors, who are doing the best they can with the resources at their disposal.

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But what does Putin want?

The Kremlin leader will meet with the US president on August 15 in Alaska to decide the fate of Ukraine. Trump no longer wants to finance this war. Putin no longer wants NATO missiles “on his doorstep.” Europe, ruined, no longer matters.

Eleven people killed in a plane crash in Tomblaine (54)
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11 killed in plane crash near Nancy

A light aircraft crashed late Sunday morning near the Auchan supermarket in Tomblaine, in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department, close to the city of Nancy. The crash occurred at around 11:00 a.m. on a road adjacent to the shopping center, without striking any nearby homes. According to the Prefect of Meurthe-et-Moselle, the accident claimed 11 lives. None of the people on board survived.