The US is increasingly a fortress against immigration
Consulates abroad have temporarily suspended appointments for work visas because of a ‘training initiative’ to screen foreigners who could pose a burden on the country
‘I can’t focus on my work’: A high school student in the US in fear of ICE
Cora Cervantes|Los Angeles
As Donald Trump dismantles the system that protected millions of immigrant families who fled danger, children wonder: Will we be next
Warsh faces Jackson Hole debut as bond market pressures mount
The Fed chair must choose between disappointing investors and angering Trump
US closes in on ‘R1,’ CJNG boss linked to mayor and influencer killings
In the land of Dolly Parton, queen of the Smokies
The country legend, who died at 80, was born in a one-room cabin in an isolated village in rural Tennessee. With fame and fortune, she built a business empire that gave back to the place she called home
Don't be an Elon Musk, be a Dolly Parton
Authorities fear death toll will rise in Nepal and Tibet after severe flash flooding
Rescue teams are still unable to reach some of the hardest-hit areas after a massive landslide that sent an avalanche of ice and rock down the Lhende River
Laura Fernández: ‘There is no ‘bukelization’ in Costa Rica’
The president marks 100 days in office in a confrontation with the judiciary. She denies authoritarian intent under her mandate and defends her loyalty to former president Rodrigo Chaves, her political godfather and most powerful minister
What is the ‘public charge’ rule the government is using as a pretext to pause immigrant visa interviews?
The Trump administration has temporarily halted interviews at embassies and consulates while training its officials
Abelardo de la Espriella authorizes US extradition of five cartel leaders
The president of Colombia green lights transfers that were suspended during negotiations with the government of Gustavo Petro
Children’s kites from Gaza: The latest pretext for Israel’s threats
Benjamin Netanyahu blames Hamas for the phenomenon as Israel's defense minister warned he would expel populations from places where kites originate
The migrants’ church: The only refuge for a Texas community stalked by ICE
The local pastor feels that God called her to establish this place of worship to help the families of dozens of detainees and deportees
Social networks face their ‘tobacco moment’: Key points of a historic agreement that will shape the future of platforms
The pact between Meta and 52 US attorneys general reduces the hours minors can use social media and aims to serve as a guide for the rest of the industry
The fake 9/11 survivor: The Barcelona woman behind a lie that captivated America
Alicia Esteve invented Tania Head, a woman who said she escaped the World Trade Center and lost her fiancé in the attacks
The desert’s ‘resurrection plant’ paving the way to fridge-free vaccines
A thermostable tetanus and diphtheria vaccine has just cleared its first human trial
The mystery of Salzburg’s missing mini Mozarts
The theft of 210 sculptures of the composer has cast a shadow over celebrations marking the 270th anniversary of his birth. In 2024, another 115 miniature Wagner statues disappeared from the Bayreuth Festival
Holding out in Ceuta until asylum is granted
Hundreds of sub-Saharan Africans are considering the possibility of legally seeking protection in Spain
There won’t be a single cancer vaccine, but rather a different one for each patient and tumor
After decades of setbacks, a treatment for melanoma is very close to being approved
Carl Wunsch: ‘The consequences of Trump are terrible’
China does not want its internet users to fall in love with an artificial intelligence
Boris Cyrulnik, neuropsychiatrist: ‘You can’t reason with fanatics like Trump. If you don’t think like him, you’re an idiot’
Trump administration faces a major financial battle in the bond market
The Treasury is seeking unconventional ways to contain rising interest rates, with consequences for both Wall Street and ordinary Americans, as markets await Friday’s Jackson Hole gathering
Mexico falls behind in the new global oil map
Mexico watches US–Canada trade tension with uncertainty
After six months of war, Washington has failed to strangle Iran’s economy
‘The boundless ocean set into a rage’: Why we are still drawn to shipwrecks
From ‘The Odyssey’ to William Turner’s painting or disaster cinema, the sinking of a ship is a perfect existential metaphor. But such catastrophes do not belong only to the past or to literature: they remain tragically current in the migration drama
Samanta Schweblin, writer: ‘Paying attention is the greatest superpower’
The Argentine writer has built one of the most distinctive and unsettling bodies of work in Spanish-language literature
Inside Mattel, where the world’s most famous toys come to life: How the ‘Toy Story’ action figures are designed
Enrique Serna, author: ‘As a child, I had nightmares about being taken to the sacrificial stone’
The Mexican writer returns to historical fiction with a new novel that will be published this fall
‘A True Account of the Conquest of New Spain’: Chicanery, adventures and plunder recounted by a soldier-writer
Work & Lifestyle
Victoria Bodean, the mother with cerebral palsy showing the world how to overcome disability barriers
From endless scrolling to going back to an ex: Why we keep doing things we know aren’t good for us
From Capri to Biarritz, a photographic journey capturing the carefree life of the beach
Claude Nori
Tracing fictional crimes (and a very real one) through the streets of Paris
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Julián Casanova, historian: ‘Goebbels needed to occupy countries to introduce propaganda. Elon Musk needs three minutes’
Peruvians trapped in Russia’s war by a job promise: ‘They’re taking us as cannon fodder’
Cuba was never ‘next’: The United States is betting on a slow suffocation of the Castro regime by 2029
One migrant raid in New Jersey, 46 lives destroyed: ‘My life is incomplete without my daughter’
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