New York: From post‑9/11 suspicion of Islam to Mamdani
The community has gained weight and influence in the city over these 25 years. Republicans are using fear of this religion as an electoral weapon
ICE, another product of the 9/11 attacks
Congress created the Department of Homeland Security in 2003 and encouraged a hardening of operations against migrants to prevent new terrorist attacks
Gaza prepares for return to school amid destruction: ‘The Strip resists death through education’
Peru strengthens its security alliance with the US and joins Trump’s Shield of the Americas
Vance speech at Trumpapalooza provides calling card for 2028 bid
The vice president calls Democrats the ‘party of hatred’ at the event’s close
New Yorkers born after 9/11: ‘I know it was tragic, but I don’t have many more details’
The country faces the challenge of passing the memory to the first generation with no recollection of the worst terrorist attacks in US history. Around 100 million Americans were not yet alive on the day the Twin Towers were struck
Fires in migrant settlements in Ceuta destroy tents after threats to ‘burn you’
Police have yet to determine the cause of the blazes, which occurred after an attack against a camp that hospitalized a six-year-old boy
Fear and rejection of the migrant, or fear and rejection of ‘the other’?
Migration is a scapegoat onto which the community projects its internal tensions. The result: distortion of reality and legitimization of prejudice
One month since the earthquake in Colombia: Solidarity, government controversies and the titanic task of reconstruction
President Abelardo de la Espriella is focusing on four affected regions, where repairing the damage will cost 1.5% of GDP and take at least five years
Living next door to the narcos: Southern Spain’s invisible war
Officers say they are on permanent alert, acutely aware that they live side by side with the very criminals they are tasked with fighting: ‘I left a wedding to avoid being photographed next to a known trafficker’
Trump administration keeps El Salvador’s TPS in place for now, but offers no guarantee of its future
The 170,000 beneficiaries can remain in the United States, but uncertainty persists as the government says it will make a decision ‘at the appropriate time’
Perpetrator of one of Spain’s largest real estate frauds found hiding under kitchen sink in his mother’s house
Carlos García Roldán had fled Mallorca in December after being sentenced to nearly 15 years in prison for scamming 240 people out of €3.3 million
John Hiatt: the colossus in the shadow of Americana
The 74-year-old musician, a genuine reference thanks to his personal style, will be honored by major figures of country such as Rosanne Cash, Steve Earle and Rodney Crowell in Nashville
Sandra Bullock: The life of the star who endured a ‘triple adversity’ and returned to reclaim Hollywood
With the release of ‘Practical Magic 2’, we revisit the life and career of one of the most beloved actresses of the century: her roles, her romances, her stylistic evolution and her toughest emotional moments
A year of work by two Spanish mathematicians versus 88 hours and €15 million by OpenAI: ‘Without our idea, AI wouldn’t have solved it’
The research of Diego Córdoba and Luis Martínez-Zoroa underpins the claim that AI has solved one of history’s greatest enigmas, a breakthrough they believe will transform the field
Feather trapped in dinosaur droppings provides new clues about why some birds survived extinction
Andrés Pineda Pérez|Madrid
Héctor Socas, astrophysicist: ‘An advanced civilization should fear us more than we fear it’
This science communicator uses the lens of science to tackle a much broader question: what kind of civilization do we want to be?
More than 1.6 million people die each year from secondhand smoke
GRN gene: When genetic information upends life
Susana Lay|Buenos Aires
Science, pigs and money: the race between the US and China to make animal-to-human transplants viable
Trump escalates trade war with ban on purchase of Canadian spirits and motorcycles
The prohibition, which also includes dairy derivatives, will take effect on September 29
How Venezuela pushed aside a local oil company to make way for new US partners: ‘They simply took the assets and disappeared’
The decline of Volkswagen
Argentina forces oil companies to choose between Vaca Muerta and the Falklands
Javier Bardem and Penélope Cruz, a cinematic love story
With ‘Bunker’ debuting in Venice, here’s a look back at the nine movies that brought Spain’s Oscar-winning couple together
‘Bella ciao’: The tumultuous life of the antifascist anthem
An essay traces the origins of a partisan song that went global thanks to melodic singers and a Netflix series
Why Vincent Van Gogh didn’t always put his name on his work
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 heists
The Chinese television show where the prize is a job
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
Nacho Valle, the gallerist who traded art for sardines in New York
Online culture hits the streets, from catching Pokémon to aura farming
Celebrities, Movies & TV
Michelle Pfeiffer and David E. Kelley break a 30-year rule: Never mixing love and work
‘American Doctor’: US medics trying to save lives in Gaza while Israel bombs hospitals
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
Our selection
The alliance between the ‘king of cocaine’ and a Gestapo chief to create the first narco-state in Bolivia
Delsa Solórzano, Venezuelan opposition figure: ‘The person who must explain these oil agreements is Delcy Rodríguez, not Donald Trump’
Morocco grows bolder thanks to Trump’s (and Israel’s) support
Mike Madrid, electoral strategist: ‘Latinos are the only voter group acting rationally in a broken system’
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