Israel launches largest attack on central Beirut and orders new evacuations
The airstrikes killed at least seven members of a health organization linked to Hezbollah
The shadow of Hormuz: Why oil prices are finally reacting to Middle East crisis
Iran’s retaliation for Israeli strikes on Lebanon is raising concerns that the political turmoil could spill over into the crude market
Middle East crisis highlights the White House’s diminished ability to exert pressure
Iran’s attack on Israel shatters hopes for a short-term ceasefire or truce
Objective: Flee Lebanon by land, sea or air
Mario Armengol, the unknown combatant of the Second World War cartoon campaign against Hitler
The Catalan artist drew for the British government and now the MuVIM in Valencia is bringing together 150 works in a first major exhibition, 30 years after his death
A psychoanalyst in search of the logic of the absurd
US elections
Melania Trump defends women's right to abortion
Donald Trump’s wife, who rarely speaks out on political issues, has shared her opinion on the topic in her memoirs, which will be published next Tuesday, October 8
Vance-Walz VP debate: Civility prevails, with clashes on immigration, abortion and the economy
The vice-presidential candidates acted as the front line of defense for the Democratic and Republican nominations, with constant references to Kamala Harris and Donald Trump
And the winner of the vice presidential debate was... Midwestern nice
The civility between Walz and Vance made for an unusual face-to-face meeting. The Republican was determined to improve his image among his fellow Americans
When Francis Ford Coppola made a Soviet sex monster film: The B-movie beginnings of the maker of ‘The Godfather’
Sixty years before the very expensive and recently released ‘Megalopolis,’ one of the members of the New Hollywood movement began his career with Roger Corman, king of low budget movies
Terror in the factory: The workers trapped and killed after Hurricane Helene hit
An investigation has been launched in Tennessee after victims’ families and survivors said that management had prohibited employees from leaving the facility
Raúl Castro is still alive: The Cuban government’s strategy to defuse speculation about his health
Authorities paraded Fidel’s brother alongside the Vietnamese president during a recent visit to disprove rumors that the 93-year-old historic leader is dead
Young people launch a campaign to welcome migrants to US and confront hate speech
Several billboards will display messages welcoming immigrants in Ohio, Arizona, Texas, Colorado, and Wisconsin to counter the Republican rhetoric that criminalizes them
Mexico’s drug world comes to Brooklyn: El Mayo and García Luna will be in the same New York court one day apart
Judge Brian Cogan has moved Ismael Zambada’s next hearing up to October 17, one day after he sentences the former drug czar, who was convicted of accepting bribes from the Sinaloa Cartel
Bhutan’s Prime Minister: ‘We have to ask ourselves why we want economic growth. It has to be ultimately for the happiness and well-being of the people’
Tshering Tobgay defends the index that measures the happiness of citizens, which he considers more relevant than GDP, and explains why a tourist tax has been established for those who want to visit the Himalayan country
Bottlenose dolphins ‘smile’ while playing
A new study suggests that the animals perform ‘open mouth displays’ when they are in front of a playmate, an expression that has likely evolved from biting to defend themselves
X shutdown and data blackout in Brazil: Opacity fosters toxic digital environments
Bárbara Libório / Ana Carolina Araújo
With the exception of YouTube, no platform operating in the Latin American country offers open and free access to its data
Visa Lottery 2026: How to apply and which countries were left out of the draw
Venezuela, Cuba and Mexico are some of the countries whose citizens will not be able to apply for the program
Spy plane observes how storms produce radioactive clouds and antimatter
Two new studies shed light on the mystery of how lightning is triggered in thunderstorms
Ethan Mollick, analyst: ‘Students who use AI as a crutch don’t learn anything’
The veteran professor, who has become a celebrity on social media, has published a book on how to better understand and use artificial intelligence in everyday life
Earth is welcoming a temporary mini moon
New AI models like ChatGPT pursue ‘superintelligence’, but can’t be trusted when it comes to basic questions
Everest grows more than the rest of the ‘eight-thousanders’ thanks to a river that lightens its weight
New crypto-state emerges in the Himalayas: Bhutan has twice as many bitcoins as El Salvador
Bhutan is hoarding bitcoins as abundant and cheap electricity turn this remote and peaceful Buddhist corner of South Asia into the surprise epicenter of digital currency mining
A global housing crisis is suffocating the middle class
Spanish PM Sánchez in New York: ‘Europe needs reforms to avoid falling behind in the most cutting-edge technological sectors’
The duo who drove Tupperware: A story of success, rivalry and bankruptcy
Truman Capote, the boy who left home through the front door
The author of ‘In Cold Blood’ made his mark on nonfiction literature and managed to connect with the inexplicable violence that ravages the US, but above all he left behind the myth of a person destroyed by the character. September 30 marks the centenary of his birth
Work & Lifestyle
Get up, stand up: How a job that ties us to a chair affects our body
A night filled with ministers, spies and guests: Inside the luxury hotel in the Old War Office in London
Everything happens for a reason: Why we are fascinated by coincidences
Ana Sofía Fehn, the woman who proved that not everything is pre-cooked in the universe of culinary influencers
Celebrities, Movies & TV
Our selection
The elusive trail of Tren de Aragua sets off alarm bells in the United States
Instructions for making the Sun: How the race for nuclear fusion has accelerated
Spanish border town of Olivenza remains oblivious to Portuguese minister’s claim over it
Nobel Peace Prize winner Oleksandra Matviichuk: ‘I am afraid that the world will get used to the war in Ukraine as it did with the war in Syria’
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