Trump fires Kristi Noem as secretary of Homeland Security
The president said that Oklahoma Senator Markwayne Mullin will fill the position starting March 31
Trump calls Spain a ‘loser’ and warns the United States will not be a ‘team player’
The US president lashed out again at Madrid after earlier attacking the Spanish government’s position on the Iran war
‘No to war’: 23 years later, Spain’s PM revives the left’s historic slogan against the Iraq invasion
Europe is being drawn into military operations in a war it considers illegal
The death of Ayatollah Khamenei, an unprecedented case in contemporary history
It’s not the first assassination of a head of state, but it’s the only one carried out by another country without a declaration of war.
Akrotiri, a ghost town in Cyprus
The People’s Self-Defense Forces, the group behind the ‘terrorist infiltration’ in Cuba
The incident involving a US boat demonstrates the existence of exile groups that advocate insurgency, a marginal strategy within the opposition but one with historical precedents
Cuba opens up to public‑private enterprises for the first time in nearly 70 years
President Miguel Díaz-Canel called for urgent change to the island’s state-centered economic model
Latino shift toward Democrats reopens a political battle in Texas
The strong turnout of Hispanic voters casts doubt on the gains Republicans expected from their new electoral maps
Enrique Márquez: ‘I receive more attacks from the opposition than from Chavismo’
The Venezuelan dissident, recently released from prison, defends his strategy of acting within the existing legal framework
International ruling protects the Garifuna people from ‘Survivor’ shoot in Honduras
The Inter-American Court has ordered the Honduran state to return control of Cayos Cochinos to its ancestral inhabitants
Chavismo continues to silence radio stations while proclaiming a ‘new era’ of freedoms
At least eight stations have been shut down so far in 2026
Britney Spears arrested for drunk driving in California
The 44-year-old singer was arrested by highway patrol around 9 p.m. and released at 6 a.m. ‘Hopefully this can be the first step in long overdue change’ said her agent
Young women are also moving closer to the far right, just more slowly than men
One analysis highlights a growing sense among women that the system no longer guarantees stability, and they associate feminism with the establishment
John Martinis, winner of 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics: ‘I wouldn’t want quantum computing to be known for breaking the internet’
Experts are calling for the cryptographic systems on which the entire network depends to be made ready now for the imminent emergence of technologies that will make them vulnerable
The problem with Xania Monet: The AI-generated singer who has amassed millions of followers
Frankie Pizá
The emergence of an AI-generated R&B artist on the most listened-to charts seems to show that the public is willing to accept artificial songs
Goya’s last mystery is called Rosario Weiss
Sergio del Molino has published an acclaimed novel about the young artist raised and mentored by the Spanish genius. He walks EL PAÍS through Madrid’s Prado Museum as he recounts the story of her erased life
Laurence Joseph, psychoanalyst: ‘Being silent sometimes means learning to listen’
The French author has published a book in which she reflects on secrets, violence and the code of silence
Three sisters and a dilemma: what to do when you inherit a genetic mutation that can cause cancer
Breast cancer in young women has increased by 29% in three decades
Nir Barzilai, gerontologist: ‘Just because you look young doesn’t mean you’re healthy’
The new kings of Hollywood: How the Ellison family built a media empire
David Ellison has just won the battle against Netflix to acquire Warner Bros. He already controls CNN and CBS, two of the largest news networks in the United States
Greg Peters, Netflix co-CEO: ‘People misunderstand how AI will influence content creation’
Warner Bros bipolarity: Improved results in streaming and film, but floundering in television
Mohamed Mezghani, of the International Association of Public Transport: ‘A traffic jam of electric cars is still a traffic jam’
Michel Houellebecq: the prophet of decadence returns to music
The award-winning and controversial author of ‘The Elementary Particles’ surprises fans with a new album due for release on Friday, as well as a series of concerts in France
‘Love Story’: John Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette, or when headlines ruin everything
Ryan Murphy’s new franchise opens with the doomed president’s son and a Calvin Klein publicist
Wagner Moura: ‘We’re in a very ugly time, even I am afraid of running into ICE’
Shakira shatters Zócalo attendance record: ‘The love and friendship I have with Mexico is incomparable’
The Colombian artist gave a free concert that drew over 400,000 devoted fans to the largest public square in Latin America
Work & Lifestyle
‘It’s a trompe-l’œil, it can’t even turn you on’: Have on-screen bodies become too unrealistic?
Norwegian influencer buys failed property development in Spain to build ‘self-sufficient’ eco-community
LAM, the museum that displays a portrait made with sausages and a sculpture of moldy grapes
Rob Jetten and Nicholas Keenan, the love story of the prime minister and the hockey player that has captivated a country
Celebrities, Movies & TV
Our selection
Florence Gaub, NATO’s ‘futurist’: ‘You can slide into a world war even if nobody wants it’
Berta Cáceres and the resistance that was born under an oak tree
An Iranian woman adopted by a US military officer 50 years ago faces deportation: ‘The war makes it even more dangerous’
Spain: Straining at the seams
EL PAÍS offers free Spanish lessons with Gymglish
Readers who sign up will receive a 15-day free trial of the online classes, which are adapted to a student’s specific needs
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