Trump orders US army to combat foreign drug cartels
A decree addressed to the Pentagon provides an official basis for undertaking direct operations in other countries, according to ‘The New York Times’
Israeli security cabinet approves Netanyahu’s plan to occupy Gaza City
The decision could entail pushing out a million civilians and become a step towards a full military takeover of the entire Palestinian enclave
Trump administration is preparing new detention centers inspired by Alligator Alcatraz
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem said she is looking to open new prisons near airports to facilitate deportations
$350 per body: Mafias take over cemetery in Ecuador
‘My 600-lb Life’: When losing weight is a collective challenge
The Mexican version of the reality show flags up the importance of family and partners when it comes to changing eating patterns
The Miley Cyrus case: Prioritizing mental health over millions from touring
The ghosts of the British royal family: Séances with Elizabeth II and Queen Camilla’s haunted mansion
The monarchy’s links with esoteric practices and paranormal phenomena began with Queen Victoria and have continued to this day
Colombian president stirs up border tension over island: ‘Peru has violated the treaty’
Gustavo Petro gave his Independence Day speech in the port of Leticia, across from a disputed enclave on the Amazon River, while a Peruvian delegation visited the site in a display of sovereignty
‘If you still support Trump, look in the mirror’: The 13-year-old Texas boy who has gone viral for criticizing the president on social media
With over 94,000 followers, Tristan Ryan Perkins uses his Instagram account to denounce the policies implemented by the current Administration
Trump begins new protectionist era with threats of even higher tariffs
The US president doubled levies on India before the new rates took effect on Thursday, with multiple uncertainties still waiting to be cleared up
Alleged mastermind of arms trafficking ring supplying military hardware to Mexican organized crime arrested in Madrid
Petar Mirchev, a Bulgarian linked to Viktor Bout, the ‘Merchant of Death,’ was detained at the request of the United States for negotiating with the Jalisco New Generation Cartel
US drive to find third countries to deport migrants gains momentum
Rwanda is the latest nation to accept citizens of other nationalities amid allegations of repression and torture at Trump’s chosen destinations
Sex, millions of dollars and back-to-back flops: the return of Joe Eszterhas, the best-paid and most-reviled scriptwriter in Hollywood
The announcement that there will be another installation of ‘Basic Instinct’ penned by its original screenwriter raises the question of whether an 80-year-old man who has been largely out of the game for nearly 30 years can still scandalize us
Charlize Theron at 50: The Hollywood star who escaped tragedy to break down prejudices
The South African celebrates half a century as one of the few actresses recognized unanimously and globally
Creating queer theater in Trump territory
The Contemporary American Theater Festival is dedicated to bringing ‘fearless stories’ to the stage in Shepherdstown, an island of 1,500 residents in the middle of West Virginia that is ‘everything you wouldn’t expect’
Faith in Action’s Omar Ángel Pérez: ‘The American Dream has been a mirage for years’
His multi-denominational network of congregations from around the country organizes the immigrant community against attacks by the Trump administration
An interstellar mission to study a black hole up close: Science fiction or reality?
Discovery of lithium’s essential role in Alzheimer’s disease opens a hopeful avenue for treatment
A Harvard team reverses dementia in mice with a metal supplement, after showing that its deficiency drives the disease
Claude Canizares, NASA astrophysicist: ‘If scientists can’t speak the truth, society really isn’t in a very good place’
COP30 in the Amazon: Crucial summit or climate carnival?
Marcos Colón
Daniel Gómez, botanist: ‘When we give flowers, we are giving sexual organs’
Trump lays bare Europe’s weakness in just six months
The US president has taken advantage of Europe’s geostrategic and economic vulnerability to strike a one-way trade deal and impose spending of 5% of GDP on defense
How to resuscitate Haiti’s economy amid the country’s worst security crisis
Buying (not renting) individual rooms as a solution to the housing crisis
‘The driver always loses out’: This is how immigrants who work for apps survive
Trump increases his control over economic data after firing the head of labor statistics
Steve McCurry, a great photographer annoyed by certain questions: ‘You are trying to trip me into some bullshit’
Represented by Magnum Photos, he rose to fame for his 1985 portrait of an Afghan girl in a refugee camp — but gets angry when asked about past revelations that some of his images were manipulated
The Cuban women who whisper to cigar rollers
In the era of ChatGPT, a traditional trade continues in Havana. Women read songs and novels aloud to the workers who hand-roll cigars, while also answering their questions
When the cross became a sword: The Templars and other military orders that fought against the Muslims in Iberia
A course on Romanesque art shows the legacy in Spain of the religious militias that fought for Christianity
The attempt to suppress Black culture will fail. Again!
‘Wednesday’: Zombies, deaths, and a chaotic mess for the second season
The Netflix show doesn’t want to give viewers respite and packs the plot of an Addams Family for Gen Z
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Gwyneth Paltrow’s controversial biography: From her turbulent sex life with Ben Affleck and disdain for Brad Pitt to an iron grip on Goop
Unauthorized memoirs claim that the Oscar-winning businesswoman considered her ‘Seven’ co-star inferior to her
Jamie Lee Curtis: ‘We’re going to have to take to the streets again to fight like we did for civil rights’
The actress reprises the role that made her a teen icon alongside Lindsay Lohan in the ‘Freaky Friday’ sequel
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Last survivors of Hiroshima warn the world of risk of another nuclear conflict: ‘We haven’t learned anything in 80 years’
Agustín Fuentes, bioanthropologist: ‘Saying that human beings are binary is a failure; it’s not biology, it’s philosophy’
US exploring an economic solution to Western Sahara conflict after 50 years of stalemate
ChatGPT dissidents, the students who refuse to use AI: ‘I couldn’t remember the last time I had written something by myself’
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