A Democratic lawmaker was shot and killed in Minnesota, another was wounded in an attack at their homes
Governor Tim Walz believes that it was a politically motivated attack
Thousands of migrant mothers face closure of New York’s shelter hotels: ‘How much will it cost to rent a small place?’
Without the possibility of obtaining a work permit and fearing deportation, 35,000 families with children still live in the city’s shelters

The new global elites: More powerful and interventionist than ever
The public’s view of the most privileged is rapidly deteriorating due to their growing wealth. This tension is straining the social order
The mysterious impact of microplastics on health: ‘The long-term effects are unknown’
Solving the mystery of a 200-year-old ambush
A new report reveals that 10 Napoleonic soldiers attacked by Spanish guerrillas were not sent to prison, as previously believed, but killed


The Great Reset: The far right’s detailed plan to dismantle the EU
An initiative by Hungarian and Polish think tanks has secured the of Spain’s Vox and other populist forces for a detailed program to liquidate the European institutions

Annapurna, 1950: The warlike and deceitful of the first ascent of an eight-thousander
It has been 75 years since the pioneering summit, narrated by Maurice Herzog, whose hides his fanaticism and nationalist motivations and trivializes mountaineering as a mere battle against the natural environment

One-dollar rents have their days numbered in Egypt
The Supreme Constitutional Court is forcing the government to amend a law that has kept prices frozen for decades

Senator Alex Padilla, handcuffed and ejected from Kristi Noem media appearance in Los Angeles
Democrats have criticized ‘dictatorial’ actions of the FBI

US targets networks of corrupt politicians who aid drug cartels
The Trump istration includes among its criminal targets foreign officials who have received bribes from drug trafficking and organized crime money-laundering networks

Spain’s Pedro Sánchez scrambles to hold government coalition together after top aide is implicated in corruption scandal
The prime minister apologized but has ruled out reg or snap elections as he faces the biggest crisis of his tenure

The last international at Harvard
The author argues that during Trump’s second term every gesture in defense of internationality has become an act of resistance

How Truth Social’s far-right bubble feeds on L.A. protests: Hate, racism and misinformation against Mexico
Trump’s social media platform is a parade of right-wing media channels and personalities who accuse Mexican president Claudia Sheinbaum of calling for an ‘invasion of the United States’

‘Delay, interfere, undermine’
President Donald Trump has praised Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele as a crime fighter, but new reporting based on interviews and documents reveals how senior Salvadoran officials have impeded a U.S. investigation of the MS-13 gang

One second to end what the universe has built in 10 million years
Massive stars create heavy elements from lighter ones through fusion, eventually forging an iron core over millions of years
The accusations of abuse cover-up against Pope Leo: A campaign that was also spread inside the Vatican
The case against Robert Prevost first emerged during a confrontation with the powerful ultra-Catholic group Sodalitium, with complicity from elements in Rome: ‘He has suffered greatly during the last year because nobody in the Vatican came out to defend him’


Eleven studies by Spanish scientist Rafael Luque are retracted due to fraudulent practices
A new tool reveals the alleged cheating committed for years by the chemist, who was recently honored at the Kremlin
How the US is turning into a mass techno-surveillance state
President Trump and his former star advisor, Elon Musk, have accelerated the deployment of a vast technological infrastructure that monitors the lives of millions of people

The mountain that swallowed a village in Switzerland: ‘There were nine million tons of rocks, too much for the glacier’
The Dead Sea Scrolls were written earlier than previously thought, according to AI
Machine analysis of the handwriting on the manuscripts has recalibrated the dating of over 100 of them, rewriting the history of their origin

Lavina Ramkissoon, Africa’s AI Mom: ‘In our countries, many innovations are born out of necessity’

US inflation rose just 0.1% from April to May despite tariffs
Consumer prices increased 2.4% in May compared with a year earlier. The data point is better than expected, but does not suggest immediate interest rate cuts

Welcome to the most technologically-advanced village in Spain: It doesn’t have high-speed internet, but there’s a uranium plant

Dani Rodrik: ‘Trump’s ban on foreign students is catastrophic; the US must prepare for a very bleak future’

José Luis Escrivá: ‘There is less confidence in the dollar and in US assets’

Jessa Crispin: ‘Michael Douglas’s films perfectly represent the new masculinity’
The American writer has published the book ‘What’s Wrong with Men?’ in which she asserts that the actor’s filmography explains the crisis of masculinity
Pulp: ‘If you try to lie to yourself or lie to the audience, you’ll never make anything good’
Jarvis Cocker and Nick Banks talk about the making of their comeback, ‘More’, and review the unique and painful journey of one of the great British bands of the 1990s
The long road of El Cid: From plundering mercenary to Francoist legend
Stories Joan Didion told before she died: A trip to the writer’s intimate archives

Seismic shift in K-pop: Tension between authenticity, globalization, and cultural roots
Blackpink, criticized for seeking Western validation in their albums, and the legal battle between NewJeans and their record label have sparked a ionate debate in the lucrative South Korean pop scene

Montgat, the Spanish town stripped of beaches and income

The lavish apartment overlooking Central Park where Jackie Kennedy spent her final years

Brazil’s sustainable agriculture formula to combat deforestation and generate more income

US entrepreneur buys abandoned village in Spain, hoping to turn it into a tourist magnet where others have failed

‘I didn’t understand it at all’: Nine actors who had no idea what they were filming

From Ellie in ‘The Last of Us’ to Ross in ‘Friends’: What did these nine characters do to become so unpopular?

Elsa Pataky: ‘You have to do everything possible to slow down the age of time, but not oppose it’

The triumph of the ‘super-fem transvestite dyke’: How Chappell Roan rewrote the rules of pop

How three drug ballads helped put a Mexican drug trafficker behind bars

Guatemala’s democracy still needs international

Luxury isn’t what it used to be: What’s happening to the world’s most exclusive brands?
Ardem Patapoutian, Nobel Prize winner in Medicine: ‘90% of people don’t even know they have a sense of proprioception’

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