ILO proposes dismissing 120 staff to offset part of the United States’ debt to the organization
El País Englishby Raquel Cortés Pascual·28 Aug 2026
The International Labour Organization (ILO) Office, led by Director‑General Gilbert F. Houngbo, has informed its governing body that “it will be necessary to save $22 million” amid a severe...
The women standing by Lindsay Clancy: ‘We need to understand what drove her to kill her children. It cannot happen again’
El País Englishby Luis Doncel·28 Aug 2026
Jeanne, Marta, Rebeca and Ariana. Four women from four different generations, with different outlooks on life and from different parts of the United States.
Fears of a second flood grow in Nepal and Tibet as more than 1,500 remain missing
El País Englishby Inma Bonet Bailén·28 Aug 2026
The emergency in the Himalayas entered a particularly critical phase on Friday, with China and Nepal locked in a race against rising waters.
Geographies of cruelty: The shifting map of Mexico’s clandestine graves
El País Englishby Jesús García Cruz,Mónica Juárez Martín·28 Aug 2026
Clandestine graves have spread across Mexico over the past two decades. They are not concentrated in a single region, nor do they follow a single pattern, but their expansion and shifting geography...
‘Our students need to know that we’re here to fight for them’: A school organizes to protect its students from ICE
El País Englishby Cora Cervantes·28 Aug 2026
This report was produced by MindSite News, a nonprofit outlet specializing in mental health that also publishes a free newsletter.
Norway’s crown prince becomes King Haakon VIII amid family scandals: From Epstein ties to a shaman brother-in-law
El País Englishby Ferrer Ferrer·28 Aug 2026
Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway, 53, will ascend the throne as Haakon VIII upon the death of his father, King Harald V, who died Friday at the age of 89.
In the US, ICE arrests at school bus stops spark fear as students return to class
El País Englishby Patricia Caro·28 Aug 2026
This Tuesday, the biggest event in the city of Danbury, Connecticut, was the start of the new school year, much as it was in other states across the country.
The Strait of Hormuz after six months of war: Blockades, drones and the shadow fleet
El País Englishby Andrés Mourenza·28 Aug 2026
Six months have passed since U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu began launching missiles at Iran, a conflict that has disrupted some of the world’s main trade...
The fake 9/11 survivor: The Barcelona woman behind a lie that captivated America
El País Englishby Héctor Llanos Martínez·27 Aug 2026
Often, when people talk about Tania Head and her outlandish story, they say she would make a great movie character, that hers is the kind of story made for the big screen.
What is the ‘public charge’ rule the government is using as a pretext to pause immigrant visa interviews?
El País Englishby Jordi Alonso Martínez Yañez·27 Aug 2026
For thousands of people who have spent months or even years waiting to legally immigrate to the United States, the process has been put on hold just as they were approaching one of its final...
Don't be an Elon Musk, be a Dolly Parton
El País Englishby Jaime Rubio·27 Aug 2026
“In a world filled with Elon Musks, be a Dolly Parton.” Following Dolly Parton’s death on Tuesday, versions of that message circulated widely on X and Bluesky.
In the land of Dolly Parton, queen of the Smokies
El País Englishby Alejandro Santos·27 Aug 2026
There are some 12 miles, more than 80 years and almost an entire world between Locust Ridge and Dollywood. Locust Ridge can barely be called a town.
Warsh faces a high-stakes Jackson Hole debut as bond market pressures mount
El País Englishby Nuria Salobral·27 Aug 2026
The central bankers’ symposium that begins Friday in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, bringing together the leading figures in global monetary policy, has a new protagonist this year.
Children’s kites from Gaza: The latest pretext for Israel’s threats
El País Englishby Antonio Pita·27 Aug 2026
In Israeli towns that suffered Hamas’s October 7, 2023, attack, anything coming from Gaza causes alarm. Even, as in recent weeks, children’s kites.
Laura Fernández: ‘There is no ‘bukelization’ in Costa Rica’
El País Englishby Álvaro Murillo·27 Aug 2026
Laura Fernández Delgado (Puntarenas, 1986) has completed her first 100 days at the helm of the Costa Rican government amid three unprecedented circumstances in the Central American country, which...
Social networks face their ‘tobacco moment’: Key points of a historic agreement that will shape the future of platforms
El País Englishby Manu González Pascual·27 Aug 2026
Four major tobacco companies signed an agreement in 1998 with the attorneys general of 52 U.S. states under which they would pay more than $200 billion over the following years to fund health...
‘I can’t focus on my schoolwork’: A high school student in the US agonizes her parents will be seized by ICE while she’s in class
El País Englishby Cora Cervantes·27 Aug 2026
This story was reported by MindSite News, a nonprofit news site that reports on mental health and publishes a free newsletter.
Abelardo de la Espriella authorizes US extradition of five cartel leaders
El País Englishby Emma Jaramillo Bernat·27 Aug 2026
Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella has ordered the extradition to the United States of five ringleaders of organized crime groups.
US tightens the net on R1, the CJNG boss implicated in the killings of Uruapan mayor Carlos Manzo and influencer Valeria Márquez
El País Englishby Isaías Alvarado·27 Aug 2026
Washington is tightening the net on the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG). The United States on Wednesday charged Ramón Álvarez Ayala, alias “R1,” a regional commander of the criminal...
Authorities fear death toll will rise in Nepal and Tibet after severe flash flooding
El País Englishby Inma Bonet Bailén·27 Aug 2026
The world woke up this Thursday with its eyes on Nepal after a violent flash flood on Wednesday morning left at least 177 people dead in the Himalayan country, wedged between India and China...
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