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Florida Governor and Republican primary candidate Ron DeSantis during a press conference in West Columbia, South Carolina, on July 18.

Operation: Rescue candidate Ron DeSantis

The governor of Florida is trying to turn the tide of his presidential campaign, which is floundering. Polls are giving Donald Trump an advantage of over 30 points

US slaps sanctions on two ex-presidents of El Salvador, a Guatemala prosecutor and Nicaragua officials

ISABELLA COTA|San José (Costa Rica)

The State Department warns that it ‘will consider all available tools to deter and disrupt anti-democratic activity’ in Central American countries

Who will win Spain’s national election on Sunday? This is what the polls are saying

Kiko Llaneras / Borja Andrino

The following is the prediction of seats and majorities of our statistical model, based on polls and 15,000 simulations

A column of smoke and fire from an explosion at a military training ground in the Kirovske district of Crimea on July 19.

Intensifying attacks elevate Crimea’s role in Ukrainian counteroffensive

Luis de Vega (Special Correspondent)|Zaporizhzhia

Moscow has launched attacks on grain infrastructure in Odesa after ending export pact and as ‘retaliation’ for latest strike on the Kerch Bridge

A geopolitical summit

El País

The EU-CELAC meeting raises hopes of closing Mercosur deal despite caution over Ukraine

USA's Megan Rapinoe marshalled by England's Lucy Bronze and Beth Mead in a friendly last year.

FIFA Women’s World Cup: Six contenders for the title in Australia and New Zealand

Jordi Quixano|Palmerston North

The United States, France, Germany, Brazil, Sweden and England are among the favorites for glory at the 2023 tournament, although other teams could cause a surprise

Myron Gates, uncle of American soldier Travis King, talks about his nephew, Wednesday, July 19, 2023, in Kenosha, Wis. Pvt. King bolted into North Korea while on a tour of the Demilitarized Zone on Tuesday, July 18, a day after he was supposed to travel to a base in the U.S. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)

American soldier’s dash into North Korea leaves family members wondering why

North Korea silent about its apparent detention of the US soldier who bolted across the border

Yevgeny Prigozhin, owner of the Wagner Group military company, records a video address in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, on June 24, 2023.

Video appears to show Wagner chief Prigozhin for first time since short-lived mutiny

Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Governor of the Irkutsk Region Igor Kobzev in Moscow, Russia, on 17 July 2023.

South Africa says Putin will skip a Johannesburg summit next month because of his ICC arrest warrant

Amelia Valverde, during a Costa Rica match at the 2022 CONCACAF Championship.

Amelia Valverde, the character of Costa Rica

Jordi Quixano|Palmerston North

Former President Donald Trump waves as he departs after a visit with campaign volunteers at the Elks Lodge, Tuesday, July 18, 2023, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

Jan. 6 charges against Trump would add to his mounting legal peril as he campaigns for 2024

The target letter sent to Trump by special counsel Jack Smith suggests Trump may soon be indicted on new federal charges, adding to a remarkable situation

Jill Biden welcomes proposal for Medicare to pay for navigation services for cancer patients

The first lady says cancer patients need help making decisions about their treatment and that help from a navigator will make a big difference in people’s lives

President of Israel Isaac Herzog delivers an address before a joint meeting of the US Congress on the floor of the House of Representatives in Washington, DC, USA, 19 July 2023.

Israeli president tells Congress his country is committed to democracy but concedes ‘painful debate’

Herzog is the second Israeli president, after his father, Chaim Herzog, to address Congress. His speech marks modern Israel’s celebration of its 75th year

European Union rushes firefighters to Greece as grueling Mediterranean heat wave takes toll

Southern Europe’s second heat wave in two weeks have kept temperatures above 40 degrees Celsius, or about 104 degrees Fahrenheit, in many places

Carrol Johnston passes an indentation where her home stood before a May wildfire destroyed it in the East Prairie Metis Settlement, Alberta, on Tuesday, July 4, 2023.

Canadian wildfires hit Indigenous communities hard, threatening their land and culture

Thousands of fires have scorched more than 42,000 square miles across the country so far, including Indigenous land, where communities often are isolated

FILE - New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu takes part in a panel discussion during a Republican Governors Association conference, Nov. 15, 2022, in Orlando, Fla. Sununu, who considered but decided against runs for president and the U.S. Senate, said Wednesday, July 19, 2023, that he will not seek reelection in 2024. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack, File)

New Hampshire Republican Gov. Chris Sununu won’t seek reelection in 2024

Chuck Morse, a former Republican president of the New Hampshire Senate who made an unsuccessful bid for U.S. Senate, announced his campaign

Ex-officer Derek Chauvin to ask US Supreme Court to review his conviction in murder of George Floyd

The move comes after the Minnesota Supreme Court denied Chauvin’s petition to hear his case, letting the former police officer’s conviction

O boto do Pacífico (‘Phocoena sinus’), também conhecido como vaquita marinha, é a menor toninha existente e é endêmica do Alto Golfo da Califórnia, no México. A principal ameaça para ela é a captura acidental em redes de emalhar (arte de pesca passiva em que os peixes ou crustáceos ficam presos em suas malhas), onde fica presa e se afoga. A maioria dessas redes é usada ilegalmente para pescar camarão e totoaba. A IUCN a classifica como uma espécie em perigo crítico de extinção e o Comitê Internacional para a Recuperação da Vaquita alertou, em um relatório publicado em fevereiro, que dos 60 cetáceos que havia no ano passado, resta apenas metade agora.

The vaquita, a new open front between Mexico and the US

Carlos S. Maldonado|Mexico

Biden said that he will not impose trade sanctions on Mexico despite the slow progress in conservation efforts, although he has left the door open to action within USMCA

Why are more and more black bears showing up in Mexican cities?

Daniel Alonso Viña|Mexico

Sightings of these animals in cities are becoming more frequent. The authorities are trying to find a solution that will protect this endangered species

Migrants wait in line adjacent to the border fence under the watch of the Texas National Guard to enter into El Paso, Texas, on May 10, 2023.

Border Patrol fails to assess medical needs for children with preexisting conditions, report says

The report was conducted by an independent monitor after an 8-year-old girl died in Border Patrol custody in May. She had sickle cell anemia and suffered a heart attack

Juanita Goebertus in her Bogotá apartment, on October 1, 2022.

Juanita Goebertus: ‘Favoring only trade discussions would take away the spotlight from Europe as a beacon of human rights’

Lorena Arroyo|Brussels

Council President Charles Michel, Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Chile's President Gabriel Boric and El Salvador's Foreign Minister Alexandra Hill Tinoco in Brussels during the EU-CELAC summit on Monday.

EU and Latin American leaders manage to agree on a lukewarm condemnation of the war in Ukraine amid Nicaraguan opposition

María R. Sahuquillo / Lorena Arroyo / Manuel V. Gómez|Brussels

IDB chief Ilan Goldfajn, Brazil's Lula da Silva, EC head Ursula von der Leyen, Spain's Pedro Sánchez and CAF chief Sergio Díaz-Granados.

Connectivity in Colombia, clean energy in Argentina, vaccines in Mexico: Europe’s plans for investing in Latin America

Lorena Arroyo|Brussels

Josep Borrell, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy during the opening of the 2022 CELAC - UE Meeting in Buenos Aires with President Alberto Fernández of Argentina and Minister for Foreign Affairs Santiago Cafiero.

Europe’s last train to Latin America and the Caribbean

Sergio Díaz-Granados

Paula Gordaliza, one of the six young winners of the Vicent Caselles Mathematics Research Award.

Paula Gordaliza, mathematician: ‘Algorithms do not work alone. Whoever uses them should know what they are doing and why these decisions are being made’

Clara Angela Brascia

Jochen Viehoff (left), the director of the Heinz Nixdorf Museum in Germany, with an original Enigma machine from World War II.

Encryption, 80 years after the Enigma machine

Laura Castilla Castellano / Javier Peñafiel

Food with a lot of fat produces inflammation in the brain that increases appetite.

Scientists identify brain area at origin of vicious circle that leads to weight gain

Daniel Mediavilla

The boom of the anti-aging market: How to get people to live to be 120 (and in good health)

A quick history of the baseball cap: from the ballpark to ‘the people’s crown’

Guillermo Arenas|Madrid

Originally designed to protect a player’s eyes from the sun, the crown plus visor combination has evolved into a fashion accessory

Tom Cruise, Princess Diana and Bad Bunny: three media-savvy celebrities from different eras all wore baseball caps.

A researcher holds a piece of artificial meat, on April 7, 2022 in Reutlingen, Germany.

Will macro-farms suffer the same fate as tobacco companies?

Ana Vidal Egea

Cargo theft in Mexico: a crime that’s costing lives and hundreds of millions of dollars

Isabella Cota|Mexico

Crimes against truckers are on the rise, costing the country up to $300 million each year. A member of Congress has proposed an initiative that would create a specialized prosecutor’s office for this offense

Americans increase spending modestly in June as inflation eases and the job market remains strong

Retail sales rose 0.2% from May to June, following a revised 0.5% increase the previous month, the Commerce Department reported Tuesday

Murder houses: The difficulty in selling properties that were deadly crime scenes

Miquel Echarri|Barcelona

An architectural jewel in the Hollywood Hills that after ten years on the market keeps dropping in price and is not for sale. The reason? Sharon Tate lived (and died) in it