Students turned drug dealers: How some US fraternities entered the narcotics business
The case of 13 Penn State students charged with trafficking is the latest example of undergraduates who traded textbooks for selling illegal substances
Colombia aligns with Trump and Netanyahu: From the Shield of the Americas to the Golan Heights
Abelardo de la Espriella has undertaken a marked shift from the diplomacy of his predecessor
Mexico’s 180-degree turn with the DEA
Broken during López Obrador’s era, the relationship with the US agency has entered a new phase of collaboration under Sheinbaum
They have sold Venezuela with Venezuelans still inside
Why Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s egg freezing is one of 2026’s most interesting political moves
The Democrat documented her clinical process for postponing motherhood and, in doing so, widened the institutions’ reproductive-health framework
Science, pigs and money: The race between the US and China to make animal-to-human transplants viable
Techniques such as the gene-editing tool CRISPR already make survivals approaching a year possible, something unheard of until recently
Miami’s Venezuelan community demands answers from lawmakers over ICE detentions
Two leading exile organizations are calling for concrete actions from Congress in a new report on immigration arrests
A cartel tortured Julio: The US denied his family asylum and wants to send them to a third country
His family’s efforts to remain in the country have run up against Donald Trump’s hardline immigration policies
The new Arctic route is redrawing the economic and geopolitical map
Melting ice has opened the door to steady trade routes between Asia and Europe. However, it also positions Russia as the arbiter
From sugarcane fields to dialysis: the kidney crisis that crosses borders
Mariana Hernandez
Chronic kidney disease was long thought to be an old person’s malady. Now it’s a multinational health crisis among young Latino migrants who once worked on Central American farms and sugar plantations. To avoid expensive treatment in the United States, many return home, only to discover limited care for the deadly illness
Nikolay Rybakov, leader of Yabloko: ‘We have shown the world how many people in Russia want peace’
The only Russian party advocating a ceasefire in Ukraine has been barred from the September legislative elections despite polling second in official surveys
Argentine court orders return of Nazi-looted painting to victim’s family
The artwork was stolen from a Jewish collector in the Netherlands and was discovered last year in Mar del Plata, hanging in the home of Friedrich Kadgien’s daughter
Online culture hits the streets, from catching Pokémon to aura farming
The web has left the screen, bringing its customs to real life. We’ve gone from exposing who we are on social media to shaping our identity through it
From the Treasure of Villena to the French Crown Jewels: The lucrative business of stealing pieces of history
The spectacular rise in the price of gold over the past nine years has triggered a wave of increasingly violent heists at European museums, which are struggling to protect themselves
In Mexico, Yucatán’s coastal dunes are under threat from luxury real estate developments
Paul Antoine Matos|Mérida, Yucatán
The Dunas Tourist Complex by the real estate firm Designia Desarrollos has been temporarily shut down by Mexico’s environmental authorities for causing ‘irreversible damage’ to the beach ecosystem
The Chinese television show where the prize is a job
‘An Exciting Offer,’ which will premiere its eighth season this fall, turns the competition for a job into a spectacle and portrays the insecurities of a generation worn down by comparison and high expectations
The hummingbirds that hold 80 years of pollution in their feathers
Mariana Mastache-Maldonado
Researchers from the Autonomous University of Campeche, in Mexico, are analyzing samples from these tiny birds in order to reconstruct the chemical history of the area
GRN gene: When genetic information upends life
Susana Lay|Buenos Aires
The most detailed brain wiring diagram yet: How 166,000 neurons govern the fruit fly’s behavior
How DNA shapes who we are: More than 1,200 genetic variants help determine personality
Mariana Mazzucato: ‘The most important thing for Mexico is to stop being just a low-cost manufacturer for US companies’
The economist assesses Sheinbaum’s Plan Mexico and calls for tax reforms, stronger institutional coordination and public-private partnerships to deliver meaningful results
Average wages no longer buy a standard-size home in most of Europe
Inside the US-Venezuela oil agreements: Big promises, little clarity
ILO proposes dismissing 120 staff to offset part of the United States’ debt to the organization
A Cuban theater group’s defiance against censorship: ‘We will no longer submit’
Tired of oversight and institutional suffocation, the members of El Ciervo Encantado, a benchmark of Cuban performance, have broken away from the state apparatus and are continuing their work in independent venues
Lack of self-esteem and poor mental health: Why Vincent Van Gogh didn’t always put his name on his work
The Dutch artist only signed 15% of his 840 known paintings
Angélique Kidjo, the artist who changed how the world listens to Africa, now has a star in Hollywood
Erin Brockovich is back: The activist Hollywood turned into a heroine is now taking on Meta and Google
Lidia A. Costa
The famed consumer advocate is taking on the secrecy surrounding AI data centers, reigniting the fight that made her a household name
‘The boundless ocean set into a rage’: Why we are still drawn to shipwrecks
Work & Lifestyle
Why middle-aged men are buying coffee machines instead of convertibles: ‘These aren’t indulgences, they’re experiences’
The women who dress their boyfriends as John Kennedy Jr. on TikTok
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
Celebrities, Movies & TV
Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys: From a secret romance exposed by a burglary to TV’s ultimate power couple
Kareem Rahma, the artist who failed several times before creating ‘SubwayTakes,’ the first social media talk show nominated for an Emmy
The summer Spain’s Queen Sofía could have married Harald of Norway
‘Despite being an action star, he is very insecure and shy’: Jean-Claude Van Damme’s downfalls and comebacks
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