Trump administration faces a major financial battle in the bond market
El País Englishby Nuño Rodrigo·25 Aug 2026
It has been 34 years since a group of savvy financial sharks pulled off the seemingly impossible feat of defeating the Bank of England through sheer market force.
Race to the Moon takes a new turn: China’s setback reignites competition with US to conquer South Pole
El País Englishby Rafael Clemente·25 Aug 2026
Much has changed since the Sputnik launched the space race between the Soviets and the Americans, but this generation is witnessing a new one, as thrilling as the era of Yuri Gagarin and Neil...
Abelardo de la Espriella orders immediate deportation of irregular immigrants from Colombia: ‘It’s a political decision’
El País Englishby Juan Miguel Hernández Bonilla·25 Aug 2026
Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella on Sunday ordered the start of police operations to pursue and deport irregular migrants, a complete reversal of the policy the country that has...
Lynching of a man accused of stealing a bicycle in Copacabana shocks Brazil
El País Englishby Naiara Galarraga Gortázar·25 Aug 2026
Details of a recent lynching of a man accused of theft have caused unusual shock in Brazil. The brutal incident broke through the usual apathy surrounding such cases and made national news because...
Tierra del Fuego denounces the presence of a British oil tanker in southern Argentina and blames Milei
El País Englishby Javier Lorca·25 Aug 2026
Facing the icy waters of the Beagle Channel, a 20-meter-long wall in the city of Ushuaia lists the names of 649 Argentine soldiers killed in 1982 in the war with the United Kingdom.
Trump persists in pushing fee of over $100,000 for H-1B visas
El País Englishby Patricia Vélez Santiago·25 Aug 2026
The Donald Trump administration is launching a second attempt to set an extremely high fee for H-1B visas for highly skilled foreign professionals.
Mexico watches US–Canada trade tension with uncertainty
El País Englishby Sonia Corona·25 Aug 2026
The partners of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) are in crisis. The U.S. and Canada have escalated their trade war in recent days, imposing mutual tariffs and casting uncertainty...
‘The boundless ocean set into a rage’: Why we are still drawn to shipwrecks
El País Englishby Enrique Rey·24 Aug 2026
Legend has it that the painter William Turner — born in London in 1775 and obsessed with depicting the fury of the sea — had himself tied to the mast of the Ariel (a small sail-and-steam vessel)...
There won’t be a single cancer vaccine, but rather a different one for each patient and tumor
El País Englishby Daniel Mediavilla·24 Aug 2026
“We’ve been living with the promise of cancer vaccines for, probably, 100 years. Until now, all we had were studies that were inconclusive, but this one is conclusive.” Immunologist Antoni Ribas of...
Seeking refuge in the catacombs of the early Christians: Rome’s solution to the heat
El País Englishby Lorena Pacho·24 Aug 2026
One answer to the hotter summers of the future could be hidden beneath centuries of history. Rome has begun turning its attention to the extensive network of underground spaces beneath its streets...
High cost of living moves world’s most expensive country closer to the EU
El País Englishby Ignacio Fariza·24 Aug 2026
Six small tomatoes, 980 krona, almost €7 (around $8.15) at the current exchange rate. A hamburger at a very basic eatery, €28. A plain pepperoni pizza to go, over €22.
Why chess still fascinates us: The game that teaches us to think in an age that thinks less and less
El País Englishby Leontxo García·24 Aug 2026
There are strong indications that people are thinking less and less, and that many now consider a 30-second video too long.
Kim Jong-un, the leader Trump seeks out, Putin relies on and Xi doesn’t want to lose
El País Englishby Inma Bonet Bailén·24 Aug 2026
Donald Trump wants to meet with him again. Vladimir Putin needs him to sustain his war in Ukraine. And Xi Jinping chose a visit to Pyongyang as his first, and so far only, foreign trip of 2026.
Julián Casanova, historian: ‘Goebbels needed to occupy countries to introduce propaganda. Elon Musk needs three minutes’
El País Englishby Berna González Harbour·24 Aug 2026
Julián Casanova still writes by hand, just as he did when he started out. He fills countless index cards that help him organize ideas, prepare lectures and build the books that have tackled the...
Stephen Colbert’s late-night successor trades Trump satire for harmless jokes
El País Englishby Luis Doncel·24 Aug 2026
“I got three beautiful kids.” Applause from the audience. “The point is, I have four kids altogether, but three of them are beautiful. When that fourth one sneaks up on you... Aaaah!
When the killer is also a victim: The trial of Lindsay Clancy fuels US culture war
El País Englishby Luis Doncel·24 Aug 2026
No one disputes the facts. On January 24, 2023, Lindsay Clancy, a nurse living with her family in a town outside Boston, sent her husband out to run some errands.
MS-13 gang members say they buried 200 people in Bukele’s political cradle
El País Englishby Bryan Avelar·24 Aug 2026
Three members of the Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) gang, testifying under a cooperation agreement with Salvadoran prosecutors, admitted during the mass trial of 486 alleged leaders of the criminal...
A year after Trump sent in troops, Washington still isn’t used to the National Guard
El País Englishby Jesús-Sérvulo González Moreno·24 Aug 2026
About 50 people are demonstrating on one of Washington’s liveliest streets. They carry signs reading “Troops Out of D.C.,” “Free D.C.
From endless scrolling to going back to an ex: Why we keep doing things we know aren’t good for us
El País Englishby Estefanía Grijota·23 Aug 2026
Every day we repeat countless behaviors unconsciously and almost involuntarily. From small automatisms, such as waking up in the morning and unlocking our phones, or habits like having coffee at...
Is it time to abolish prostitution?
El País Englishby Luisa Arditi·23 Aug 2026
Few issues in feminism are as politically charged as the debate over sex work. Back in the 1980s, the ideas of Andrea Dworkin and legal scholar Catharine MacKinnon helped lay the foundations of...
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