--- description: Vivienne Walt lives in Paris and has written for TIME since 2003, from dozens of countries around the Middle East, Africa, and Europe. title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production ---  # Vivienne Walt  ## Vivienne Walt Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Vivienne Walt lives in Paris and has written for TIME since 2003, from dozens of countries around the Middle East, Africa, and Europe.  ## Vivienne Walt Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close *  Dec 17, 2025 ### [Charles Kushner on Antisemitism in France](https://time.com/7340978/charles-kushner-antisemitism-france-interview/) Ambassador Charles Kushner spoke to TIME France about what he thinks is missing in the French respon... [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Oct 3, 2025 ### [Inside Luxembourg’s Palace as Guillaume Readies to Take the Throne](https://time.com/7322812/luxembourg-guillaume-duke-henri-royal/) As Luxembourg crowns its new sovereign, Grand Duke Guillaume opens up about duty, inequality, and wh... [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Jun 16, 2025 ### [How Jaws Wreaked Havoc on Marine Conservation](https://time.com/7294556/how-jaws-wreaked-havoc-on-marine-conservation/) 50 years after the film's release, swimmer and ocean advocate Lewis Pugh reflects on the impact Jaws... [CLIMATE](/section/climate/) *  Jun 11, 2025 ### [How AI Can Help Save Our Oceans](https://time.com/7293216/how-ai-can-help-save-our-oceans/) Startups are using AI to tackle everything from pollution to overfishing. [CLIMATE](/section/climate/) *  Jun 10, 2025 ### [French Foreign Minister: World Is Looking to Europe to ‘Resist’](https://time.com/7292963/jean-noel-barrot-interview-france-oceans-trump/) Jean-Noël Barrot speaks to TIME about ocean conservation, Trump, and the future of multilateralism. [CLIMATE](/section/climate/) *  Jun 9, 2025 ### [What's At Stake As Leaders Gather At U.N. Oceans Conference](https://time.com/7292295/whats-at-stake-un-global-ocean-conference/) The U.S. may not be attending the international negotiations, but its actions to support deep-sea mi... [CLIMATE](/section/climate/) *  May 15, 2024 ### [The New Face of Europe’s Far Right](https://time.com/6977921/jordan-bardella-interview-france-europe/) For months, 28-year-old Jordan Bardella has barnstormed across France as Marine Le Pen's lead candid... [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Sep 13, 2023 ### [Chef Mory Sacko Is Building an Empire](https://time.com/6313153/mory-sacko-restaurant-empire/) Paris’s foodies and restaurant critics are counting down the days until he unveils his new creation. [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Mar 20, 2023 ### [Macron's Uncertain Future in France](https://time.com/6264463/macron-no-confidence-vote/) TIME reports from Paris amid ongoing anger over the French leader's bid to raise the retirement age.... [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Mar 13, 2023 ### [Inside the Radical Effort to Clean Up the Seine](https://time.com/6261729/seine-clean-up-paris-olympics-2024/) Paris has a plan to make the Seine swimmable again—just in time for the 2024 Olympics. [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Dec 14, 2022 ### [Why the Morocco vs. France World Cup Game Matters](https://time.com/6240968/morocco-france-qatar-world-cup-showdown/) TIME reports from Paris as questions over identity, race, and colonialism loom over the historic sem... [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Sep 1, 2022 ### [Inside Saudi Arabia’s Plan to Go Green](https://time.com/6210210/saudi-arabia-aramco-climate-oil/) The kingdom could emerge from the global energy transition as the world’s indispensable fossil-fuel ... [BUSINESS](/section/business/) *  Aug 7, 2022 ### [Tackling Genetic Data's Racial Imbalance](https://time.com/6204230/54gene-racial-imbalance-genetic-data/) 54gene's CEO Abasi Ene-Obong is on a mission to right the sharp racial imbalance in global health da... [BUSINESS](/section/business/) *  Jun 5, 2022 ### [Tony Estanguet, President of Paris 2024, Wants to Redefine the Legacy of the Olympic Games](https://time.com/6184178/tony-estanguet-paris-2024-olympics/) Estanguet is tasked with ensuring the 2024 Olympics are free of scandal, economic woes, and bitter r... [BUSINESS](/section/business/) *  May 19, 2022 ### [Ukrainian Musicians Fight Russia Through Song](https://time.com/6176080/ukraine-concerts-dakhabrakha-war-russia/) [WORLD](/section/world/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/vivienne-walt/","name":"Vivienne Walt"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/vivienne-walt/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/vivienne-walt/"},"name":"Vivienne Walt","jobTitle":null,"description":"Vivienne Walt lives in Paris and has written for TIME since 2003, from dozens of countries around the Middle East, Africa, and Europe.","image":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5bfc5eeb095d22a8/69888c04524fc0f834df749c/vivienne-walt.jpeg?branch=production","url":"https://time.com/author/vivienne-walt/","sameAs":["https://x.com/vivwalt"],"worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```