An unbridled Trump embarks on a headlong dash to salvage the midterms
The US president is on a campaign tour in which he gives free rein to his obsessions, unconcerned about the effect on the polls
‘Voting gives us a voice’: How Black voter turnout could change Texas’s course in the midterms
The state has the largest number of eligible African American voters in the country
No Kings movement calls marches to polling places this weekend to boost early voting
Costa Rica adopts Bukele’s penitentiary model with the inauguration of a new mega-prison
Sofía Monsalve, UN special rapporteur on the right to food: ‘Famine is being normalized’
The expert denounces countries that use hunger as a weapon of war
What groceries cost in work: 1.2 hours in Ireland, a month in the Central African Republic
The researchers who achieved Chile’s first cloned horse: ‘It would not be complicated to clone humans; the only limitation is ethical’
Two Cuban scientists, who began their careers a few years after the Dolly the sheep milestone, have created the country’s first identical copy of an equine
Ephemeral companies and $100 million in the bank: The mysterious fortune of the owners of the house of horrors
A dozen companies were operated by Guojun Xuan and Silvia Zhang, who have been charged with abusing 21 children in a luxurious Los Angeles residence
Colombia’s left flexes its muscles in first street protests against De la Espriella
Tens of thousands marched without any major incidents in the country’s main cities despite adverse weather and the president’s threat of a harsh response
Climate change and El Niño pushed explosive hurricane ‘Polo’ to the highest category
The cyclone reached Category 5 in just one day and struck Mexico and the southwestern United States
Raivis Melnis, Latvia’s defense minister: ‘We are preparing to fight’
The veteran soldier admits Russia has stepped up its hybrid war, but does not see an ‘imminent’ risk of conventional aggression
The kidnapping of Mexican cartel leader El Mayo Zambada: Competing accounts from López Obrador and Ken Salazar
In their new books, the two disagree over how much Washington knew about the operation that brought the Sinaloa kingpin to the United States
Leo XIV’s cancer diagnosis upends the pontificate: ‘We thought we had a pope for 20 years; this changes everything in the Curia’
The pontiff’s tumor forces a rethink of his schedule, puts the November trip to Latin America in doubt, and raises questions about the future of his mandate
Working to change the culture from within in Argentine women’s soccer
EL PAÍS analyzed 175 popular titles using the Pangram detector. There was no trace of AI in 2019, but now one in three self-published bestsellers is written mostly with artificial intelligence
Remaking ‘The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time’: The challenge of improving a masterpiece
Nintendo unveils a new version of the 1998 classic, considered by many industry experts to be the greatest video game ever made
Eminem before fame: The story of the first album that only sold ‘around 70 copies’
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In 1996 the world’s most famous rapper released a record that barely got noticed in Detroit but showed a glimpse of the talent that, soon later, would turn him into a global celebrity
‘Violent, disgusting and a tour de force’: ‘Henry’, the film that held up a mirror to society
The movie, filmed 40 years ago, offered a brutal, prophetic portrait of ordinary violence and became a cult phenomenon through bootleg VHS copies long before its theatrical release
Websites down and bots disabled: The unexpected consequences of bombing data centers
The militaries of Ukraine, Russia and Iran have launched several waves of attacks on these facilities, causing billions of dollars in losses and, in some cases, the permanent destruction of data
The WHO searches for a new leader as US funding dries up and trust in science wanes
The consequences of a woman’s last period are much worse than previously thought
Nuclear war and the malicious use of artificial intelligence rank among the threats to global health: ‘It would inflict an apocalypse’
A journey to Ningde, the Chinese city turned world capital of batteries for electric cars
CATL, a producer that accounts for nearly 40% of the global market, is trying to transplant the industrial ecosystem it built in its hometown to Europe, and is using AI to develop the next generation of batteries
Key points from the Supreme Court case against the oil companies
Uniqlo doubles Inditex’s growth rate as it targets the top spot in global fashion
African Union launches continent’s first credit rating agency to counter ‘bias’
Steve McQueen, artist: ‘We live in an era dominated by fear; I am interested in love’
At the Guggenheim Bilbao, the British filmmaker presents ’66 76 26,’ a sound installation that layers the voices of Nina Simone and David Bowie singing ‘Wild Is the Wind’ in a meditation on longing, space and time
How much AI is in Spain’s bestselling books?
EL PAÍS analyzed 175 popular titles using the Pangram detector. There was no trace of AI in 2019, but now one in three self-published bestsellers is written mostly with artificial intelligence, including a top-charting book by Spanish politician Alvise Pérez
Sarah Schulman, writer: ‘Perpetrators now present themselves as victims’
Joel Abadal, Brad Pitt’s stunt double: ‘I’m very professional, but I was freaking out!’
The Spanish actor performed the action scenes for one of his idols on the set of ‘Heart of the Beast’
Eleni Aggelakopoulou, chief conservator at the Acropolis in Athens: ‘I, too, have cried in front of the Parthenon’
Work & Lifestyle
The rise of the intellectual influencer: Why the fashion industry is turning to writers and artists
Maxx yourself, squeeze yourself dry: The unhealthy obsession with optimizing everything
Carl Cederström, sociologist: ‘Wellness has become a corporate tool. It doesn’t make you happier; just more productive’
The just-world hypothesis and other mental traps that guide us, but that we can avoid
Celebrities, Movies & TV
Kevin Bacon: ‘I’m still 100% focused on improving, transcending, and doing something impactful’
Sissy Spacek was more than Carrie: A life of love, loss and acclaim
Brett Goldstein, the comedian who ran a strip club in Marbella before finding fame with 'Ted Lasso'
Sylvester Stallone: ‘I don’t know what the new masculinities are. It’s in a man’s nature to conquer’
Our selection
Spain’s ‘grandchildren’s law’ before the Supreme Court: Who can vote on November 29?
Challenging the neoliberal agenda from the left: The proposals of the world’s leading progressive economists
Israeli families seek descendants through sperm retrieved from their dead sons
How California became the birthplace and refuge for the children of Mexico’s most feared narcos
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