Paula Ortiz Couder, the engineer who provides safety for humans going to the Moon: ‘What isn’t hostile in space?’
El País Englishby Nuño Domínguez·2 Sept 2026
Paula Ortiz Couder, 31, says she was born with a racket in her hand. The daughter and granddaughter of professional tennis players — her grandfather was a Davis Cup team captain — her fate seemed...
Judge in Charlie Kirk murder case sends it to trial and clears way for possible death penalty
El País Englishby Carla Gloria Colomé·2 Sept 2026
Nine days before the one-year anniversary of Charlie Kirk’s killing — a death the Trump movement turned into a symbol and an emblem of vengeance for the MAGA movement — a Utah state judge has sent...
US government and survivors of Bavispe cartel massacre dispute $1.2 million property seized from El Mencho’s son-in-law
El País Englishby Isaías Alvarado·2 Sept 2026
Bills bearing Benjamin Franklin’s portrait were stacked one on top of another until they totaled $1.2 million.
The Shield of the Americas, a major opportunity if built well
El País Englishby Juan Esteban Orduz·2 Sept 2026
When Donald Trump signed the Shield of the Americas proclamation at his Doral golf club on Saturday, March 7, the short four-point text was essentially a statement of intent.
Daniel Ortega suspends this year’s elections and extends his mandate until 2028
El País Englishby Wilfredo Miranda·2 Sept 2026
Following its defiant declaration that “there will be no more elections here” — which drew widespread condemnation — the Nicaraguan parliament, loyal to Daniel Ortega and his wife, co-president...
Conservative US gays drop the T for trans people: ‘We are an LGB organization’
El País Englishby Pablo León·2 Sept 2026
The U.S. organization Log Cabin Republicans, a conservative group that defends the rights of gay people and is linked to the Republican Party, has abandoned trans people and the defense of their...
US launches new military alliance with Colombia focused on Pacific narco-boats and the border with Ecuador
El País Englishby Diego Stacey·2 Sept 2026
The strengthening of military cooperation between Colombia and the United States is advancing at a rapid pace.
Alejandro Betancourt, Trump’s new Latin American oligarch
El País Englishby María Martín·2 Sept 2026
A 46-year-old businessman with a terrible reputation has just become Donald Trump’s oilman in Venezuela.
A vice president at Bank of America was killed after being stabbed by a woman in Times Square
El País Englishby Patricia Clarembaux·1 Sept 2026
A Bank of America vice president was fatally stabbed in an incident on Monday in Times Square, New York, the financial giant confirmed to Reuters in a statement.
Jacqueline Harpman, the writer who made gender a literary problem, reemerges as a TikTok phenomenon
El País Englishby María Ovelar·1 Sept 2026
Jacqueline Harpman (Etterbeek, 1929–Brussels, 2012) used her novels and short stories to ask who we are, how and what we desire, how we relate to one another and what of us endures when we...
Tropical Storm Edouard is moving toward Texas and Louisiana, bringing a risk of heavy rain and flooding
El País Englishby Jordi Alonso Martínez Yañez·1 Sept 2026
After weeks of extreme heat and drought, the relief that some areas of Texas have been waiting for will come accompanied by a new threat: Tropical Storm Edouard is moving toward the Gulf Coast on...
Egg freezing gains traction among elite athletes: ‘There aren’t enough studies on how it affects them’
El País Englishby Domitila Diez·1 Sept 2026
Elite athletes have been choosing to freeze their eggs on their own for years, when they find a gap during holidays or even while rehabilitating after surgery for an injury.
Somali pirates demonstrate growing strength with new ship hijackings
El País Englishby Marc Español·1 Sept 2026
Last Thursday, the tanker SIBU 1 was sailing about 155 miles east of the Yemeni city of Al Mukalla when it was boarded by six armed men who took control of the vessel, the UK Maritime Trade...
A Cuban theater group’s defiance against censorship: ‘We will no longer submit’
El País Englishby Sergio Murguía·1 Sept 2026
It is an average day in February 2026 in Havana. As the daily lives of Cuban families are reshaped, cast into uncertainty, by the oil embargo imposed by Donald Trump and the worsening economic...
The women who dress their boyfriends as John Kennedy Jr. on TikTok
El País Englishby Amaia Odriozola·1 Sept 2026
“Transforming my husband’s style into JFK Jr from Love Story” is the title of the video in which Meg, a 32-year-old American, grabbed attention on social media with the trend and the tone of the...
Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys: From a secret romance exposed by a burglary to TV’s ultimate power couple
El País Englishby Carlos Megía·1 Sept 2026
There are Hollywood couples who seem tailor-made for the red carpet, and others who become even more intriguing by trying to stay away from it.
Afghanistan, Somalia and Yemen disappear from the latest US famine reports: ‘Trump is politicizing the analysis’
El País Englishby Ana Puentes·1 Sept 2026
The threat of an information blackout is looming over the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET), one of the world’s leading data-monitoring systems for anticipating food crises and...
Nepal tragedy highlights a growing threat: 15 million people live at risk from glacial lakes
El País Englishby Miguel Ángel Medina Rodríguez,Pablo Montalvo·1 Sept 2026
The catastrophic Tibet-Nepal flood, which has left hundreds dead and thousands missing, has drawn renewed attention to the risks of living in mountain regions with glaciers, as all indications...
Mexican searcher for the disappeared survives attack in Sinaloa: ‘They wanted to kill me’
El País Englishby Marcos Vizcarra·1 Sept 2026
Alma Rosa Rojo was on her way to a print shop on Saturday. Her daughter, Yesenia, was driving. The Mexican activist, known for her work searching for the disappeared, had her seven-year-old...
Trump administration battles in court to make undocumented students pay up to three times more for college
El País Englishby Patricia Caro·1 Sept 2026
Four states (Arizona, New Mexico, Oregon and Washington) joined last week the 17 others already facing lawsuits from the Donald Trump administration for allowing undocumented students to access...
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