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Hunter Biden, the son of U.S. President Joe Biden, on November 23.JUSTIN LANE (EFE)

US veto thwarts UN Gaza ceasefire resolution despite Guterres’ dramatic appeal

The United Nations Secretary General on Wednesday urged the Security Council to force a cessation of hostilities to provide urgent humanitarian aid

Police break up Jewish ultranationalist march through Muslim quarter of Jerusalem’s Old City

Luis de Vega|Jerusalem

Protesters, who were stripped of their banners, demanded that Israel take control of holy Muslim sites

In Germany, the weight of historical guilt silences protests for Gaza victims

Elena G. Sevillano|Berlin

‘Daddy, are we going to die today?’

Natalia Junquera|Madrid

Palestinian journalists appeal to the world to share their work because every picture tells a story

AME2031. CARACAS (VENEZUELA), 04/12/2023.- El presidente de Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, habla durante un acto en el Consejo Nacional Electoral (CNE) hoy, en Caracas (Venezuela). Maduro aseguró este lunes tener "un plan" para "recuperar los derechos históricos" que -afirmó- tiene su país sobre el Esequibo, un territorio de casi 160.000 kilómetros cuadrados en disputa con Guyana, aunque no dio ningún detalle sobre la estrategia para lograr este objetivo. EFE/ Rayner Peña R.

Nicolás Maduro stirs up Guyana conflict in an attempt to corner María Corina Machado

Florantonia Singer|Caracas

Editorial | Nicolás Maduro maneuvers with Guyana

US conducts flight operations in Guyana after Venezuela’s referendum on the Essequibo region

Macarena Vidal Liy|Washington

Vladimir Putin aspires to rule Russia for 30 years by running in an election without competitors

Javier G. Cuesta|Moscow

The president confirms that he will participate in the three-day presidential election to be held on March 17. Under current law, he could remain in office until 2036

Abortion restrictions and discouragement of female university students: Moscow wants Russian women to focus on childbearing

Russian President Vladimir Putin during an event at the Kremlin on Friday in Moscow.

Bernardo Arevalo, Guatemala's president-elect, greets demonstrators during a protest at the Supreme Court of Justice in Guatemala City, Guatemala. Dec. 7, 2023.

Prosecutors in Guatemala ask court to lift president-elect’s immunity; OAS cites ‘coup attempt’

The Spanish Minister of Defense, Margarita Robles, visited the Spanish military at the Adazi base (Latvia) on Monday.

Spain expels two US spies for infiltrating secret service

Miguel González|Madrid

The president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, delivers a speech in Bogotá.

In Colombia, public sentiment shifts right as the left loses steam

Inés Santaeulalia|Bogotá

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak shakes hands with Rwandan President Paul Kagame at Downing Street in London, Britain May 4, 2023.

The UK says it has paid Rwanda $300 million for a blocked asylum deal. No flights have taken off

A worker carries lumber at a home under construction at the Cold Spring Barbera Homes subdivision in Loudonville, New York, US, on Wednesday Nov. 8, 2023.

US employers add a solid 199,000 jobs and unemployment falls, signaling a still-sturdy labor market

The unemployment rate dropped from 3.9% to 3.7%, not far above a five-decade low of 3.4% in April. Still, the job market is gradually decelerating along the lines that Fed officials have wanted to see

Appeals court upholds gag order on Trump in Washington case but narrows restrictions on his speech

Judges agree with prosecutors that Trump’s often-incendiary comments about participants in the case can have a damaging practical impact

An anti-abortion activist attempts to block a woman from entering the Planned Parenthood Manhattan Health Center in New York City, U.S., December 2, 2023.

Pregnant woman in Kentucky sues for the right to get an abortion

The suit says Kentucky’s near-total prohibition against abortion violates the plaintiff’s rights to privacy and self-determination under the state constitution

Two networks announce GOP presidential debates just days apart at same New Hampshire school

CNN said that it would host a Jan. 10 debate at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, and another on Jan. 21 at Saint Anselm College in Goffstown, New Hampshire, three days after the ABC event

Janet Yellen at the National Palace in Mexico City; December 7, 2023.

Janet Yellen’s Mexico visit targets fentanyl, arms trafficking and money laundering

Karina Suárez|Mexico

The two countries signed an agreement to monitor foreign investment and supply chains for illegal activity

Residents stare at the McDougall Creek wildfire in West Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada, on August 17, 2023.

Canada’s blazing inferno: 2023 wildfires swept through an area larger than Florida

Jaime Porras Ferreyra|Montreal (Canada)

This year, Canadians suffered the worst wildfire season on record. Meanwhile, Justin Trudeau’s government is seeking to tackle climate change through a strategy that has attracted some criticism

Singapore’s top educationalist: ‘We are reducing homework. Play is part of learning’

Elisa Silió|Doha

The Asian country has topped the charts of the PISA rankings. Mathematician Pak Tee Ng believes that valuing teachers as the architects of a nation is fundamental

Jon Rahm acknowledges money factor as two-time major winner announces switch to LIV Golf

Juan Morenilla / AP|Madrid

The world number three stated his goal remains to win as many majors as possible having previously said he had no intention of leaving the PGA Tour for the Saudi league

Why has the internet become so boring?

Karelia Vázquez

It is no longer a window to the world, nor an inexhaustible source of information, nor even a place to spend time discovering something curious or interesting. Instead, it is increasingly dull, uniform and unreliable

Adam Sandler, Justin Bieber and Pete Davidson show us that you can be powerful, a millionaire and dress badly.

Rich, influential and poorly dressed: Powerful men have a new uniform

Marita Alonso

‘Women Dressing Women’: The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s tribute to a century of great female designers

María Antonia Sánchez-Vallejo|New York

The Costume Institute at the New York museum celebrates its fall exhibition, a showcase of 80 works by over 70 women designers that traces the history of fashion over the last century

One of the rooms at the Met's fall fashion exhibition, 'Women Dressing Women', in New York.

The writer Eduard Aibar, pictured in a Madrid hotel, in mid-November of 2023.

Eduard Aibar, philosopher of science: ‘There is a movement against children’s exposure to cell phones. The advance of technology is not so inevitable’

Sergio C. Fanjul|Madrid

The Catalan thinker spoke with EL PAÍS about how he dismantles the myth of innovation and relates it to neoliberal ideology

Ayelén Malgraf next to some of the ingredients she uses to make plastic substitutes.

Fungi, yerba mate waste and cassava starch: Argentina’s alternatives to plastic

Agustín Gulman|Buenos Aires

An aqueduct that provided water to Viminacium, a large Roman city south of the Danube, in modern-day Serbia.

Ancient DNA study questions the genetic purity of Balkan Slavs

Daniel Mediavilla

Jalen Matthews sits on her yoga mat in her home in Louisville, Ky., Monday, Dec. 4, 2023. She was diagnosed with sickle cell at birth and had her first pain crisis at age 9.

Two gene therapies for sickle cell disease approved in US

A colossal marine project to convert the winds into clean energy

El País

Digital generated image of infinity sign made out of multiple environment cross section with different types of energy supply standing on grey background. Sustainable energy concept.

Renewable energies are a beacon of hope for climate balance

Ana Nieto|New York

Sari Multala, Finland’s minister of Science and Culture, during her recent visit to Madrid.

This is how Finland is looking for its next Nokia

Francisco de Zárate|Madrid

Sari Multala — the minister of Science and Culture for the Nordic country — wants to boost public and private investment in R&D to 4% of GDP. She says that this will allow small and medium-sized enterprises to ‘have the success’ that the mobile manufacturer Nokia once enjoyed

In a reversal, Starbucks proposes restarting union talks and reaching contract agreements in 2024

Portugal tightens tax advantages for foreign workers

Pablo Sempere

The regime has been extended for another year but the eligibility criteria are now tougher

Hopes for a Mercosur-EU trade deal fade yet again as leaders meet in Brazil

Lula da Silva is an advocate of the agreement that has been in the works for two decades. His main partners so far have been Spain, which holds the presidency of the EU, and Germany

A job interview could provide indications of a toxic work environment.

How to detect a toxic work environment during the recruitment process

Mar Manrique

Three referees do warm-up exercises before a match at the FIFA U-17 World Cup.

How to properly warm up before exercising

Gema Torres

What to eat to prevent and control type 2 diabetes

Juan Revenga

The living room area of the Bellini suite, one of the most luxurious at the Passalacqua Hotel. Italian composer Vincenzo Bellini lived here between 1829 and 1833.

The secrets of the Passalacqua, the best hotel in the world

Miquel Echarri

Seeing and hearing Leonard Bernstein at the premiere of the film ‘Maestro’

Pablo L. Rodríguez|Zaragoza

Sony Classical releases a deluxe album of previously unpublished photographs of his best recordings as conductor of the New York Philharmonic, allowing us to delve into the protagonist of the film directed by and starring Bradley Cooper