Morocco grows bolder thanks to Trump’s (and Israel’s) support
El País Englishby Juan Carlos Sanz·7 Sept 2026
Morocco has made giant diplomatic strides on the international stage, far beyond its standing as an emerging regional power in North Africa, with the blessing of three permanent members of the...
Israel bombs southern Lebanon despite the truce: ‘We feel like we are still at war’
El País Englishby Joan Cabasés Vega·7 Sept 2026
The two ceasefire agreements the United States promoted in recent months in Lebanon have de-escalated the war between Israel and the fundamentalist party-militia Hezbollah, but the conflict...
‘Bella ciao’: The tumultuous life of the antifascist anthem
El País Englishby Paco Cerdà·7 Sept 2026
The lyrics are so simple they fit in a single sentence: a partisan one morning meets the invader, senses he will die and asks his girl to bury him in the mountain, under the shade of a flower, so...
Ulrich Siegmund, the smiling ‘popular kid’ who propelled the far right to victory in eastern Germany
El País Englishby Almudena de Cabo·7 Sept 2026
His constant smile and upbeat demeanor have become his trademark. Ulrich Siegmund, 35, has helped reshape the image of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), moving away from anger and...
Wang Xingxing, the student who failed English and is now leading the humanoid robotics race
El País Englishby Natalia Otero·7 Sept 2026
Wang Xingxing, 36, fell in love with technology at an early age. Even as a schoolboy, he dreamed of building robots that would leave their mark on history.
The tireless search for Héctor Márquez, the Mexican fisherman missing for a week
El País Englishby Zedryk Raziel·7 Sept 2026
Héctor Márquez, aka “Chico,” went out very early on Monday, August 31 to fish aboard his small motorboat, which he named Josmarcito, off the coast of Puerto Ángel, in the southern Mexican state of...
Tomoko Akane, president of the International Criminal Court: ‘History sooner or later will call us all to account. Where were you?’
El País Englishby Ferrer Ferrer·7 Sept 2026
Tomoko Akane was elected by her fellow judges in 2024 as president of the International Criminal Court (ICC).
Science, pigs and money: the race between the US and China to make animal-to-human transplants viable
El País Englishby Daniel Mediavilla·7 Sept 2026
A year ago, an open microphone during a conversation between Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin illustrated modern humans’ faith in science and technology and the idea that we are machines made of...
Why Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s egg freezing is one of 2026’s most interesting political moves
El País Englishby Belén Remacha·7 Sept 2026
U.S. Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is enjoying a moment of popularity. She is running to renew her seat in the November midterms, but all signs indicate she won’t stop there.
Argentine court orders return of Nazi-looted painting to victim’s family
El País Englishby Javier Lorca·7 Sept 2026
After almost 90 years, a painting stolen by the Nazis in the Netherlands will be returned to the heirs of the victims.
They have sold Venezuela with Venezuelans still inside
El País Englishby Boris Muñoz·7 Sept 2026
The “biggest oil deal in world history” between Donald Trump and Delcy Rodríguez, brokered through the controversial businessman Alejandro Betancourt, marks a pivotal moment in Venezuela’s history.
Students turned drug dealers: How some US fraternities entered the narcotics business
El País Englishby Isaías Alvarado·7 Sept 2026
It was common for small bags containing half a gram of cocaine to be passed from hand to hand at parties hosted by two Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) fraternities.
Security czar Omar García Harfuch helms Mexico’s 180-degree turn with the DEA
El País Englishby Zedryk Raziel·7 Sept 2026
Few institutions embody with such clarity the spirit of the nation they represent, its ideals and interests, as the DEA, the United States’ anti-narcotics agency.
From the Shield of the Americas to the Golan Heights, De la Espriella keeps his promise to align with Trump and Netanyahu
El País Englishby Santiago Torrado·7 Sept 2026
Colombian president Abelardo de la Espriella has repeatedly shown he is more than willing to fulfill his promise to align unreservedly with Donald Trump —who returned the favor with his “full...
Online culture hits the streets, from catching Pokémon to aura farming
El País Englishby Paola Mendoza·6 Sept 2026
In some cities, public squares and parks are once again filling up with teenagers. Their gatherings, baffling to anyone outside the generation fluent in memes and TikTok, have dominated headlines...
The Chinese television show where the prize is a job
El País Englishby Inma Bonet Bailén·6 Sept 2026
What happens when a group of young people with outstanding résumés compete for the same job opportunity?
In Mexico, Yucatán’s coastal dunes are under threat from luxury real estate developments
El País Englishby Paul Antoine Matos·6 Sept 2026
A mound of sand rises amidst the vegetation of the coastal dunes. It’s just by the sea in Chuburná Puerto, a community in the municipality of Progreso, in the Mexican state of Yucatán.
From the Treasure of Villena to the French Crown Jewels: The lucrative business of stealing pieces of history
El País Englishby Vicente Olaya ,Silvia Ayuso·6 Sept 2026
Museum robberies are an old business. And, since 2023, the rise in the price of gold has revitalized it. Over the past nine years, the value of an ounce of gold has increased fivefold.
Nikolay Rybakov, leader of Yabloko: ‘We have shown the world how many people in Russia want peace’
El País Englishby Javier González Cuesta·6 Sept 2026
Thousands of Russian citizens and opposition supporters showed their support this summer for a historic party, Yabloko, after the Kremlin allowed it to participate in the legislative elections to...
From sugarcane fields to dialysis: the kidney crisis that crosses borders
El País Englishby Mariana Hernandez·6 Sept 2026
This story is a collaboration between the Puente News Collaborative, a bilingual, nonprofit newsroom and funder dedicated to high-quality, fact-based news and information from the U.S.-Mexico...
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