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<![CDATA[EL PAÍS]]>https://english.elpais.comTue, 19 May 2026 10:42:42 +0000en1hourly1<![CDATA[Spain faces its worst wildfire season in 30 years, with 40 active blazes and more than 30,000 evacuated]]>https://english.elpais.com/climate/2025-08-18/spain-faces-its-worst-wildfire-season-in-30-years-with-40-active-blazes-and-more-than-30000-evacuated.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/climate/2025-08-18/spain-faces-its-worst-wildfire-season-in-30-years-with-40-active-blazes-and-more-than-30000-evacuated.htmlMon, 18 Aug 2025 19:36:54 +0000The wave of wildfires in Spain continues to rage out of control, devastating large swathes of the country, with particular intensity in the northwest, in the provinces of Ourense, León, Zamora, and Cáceres. In recent hours, more than 40 outbreaks have been recorded, 23 of them at level 2 on the Potential Severity Index (IGP), according to Civil Protection, and the burned area this year already exceeds 344,000 hectares, according to preliminary estimates from Copernicus.

]]>Brais Lorenzo<![CDATA[Scarce, poor in nutrition, and very difficult to cook: The mirage of food aid from the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation]]>https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-06-09/scarce-poor-in-nutrition-and-very-difficult-to-cook-the-mirage-of-food-aid-from-the-gaza-humanitarian-foundation.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/international/2025-06-09/scarce-poor-in-nutrition-and-very-difficult-to-cook-the-mirage-of-food-aid-from-the-gaza-humanitarian-foundation.htmlTue, 10 Jun 2025 19:22:17 +0000Mohamed Nabil Zeidan swears that his seven remaining children — his eldest son, 22, was killed by an Israeli attack months ago — have gone three months without eating bread. This has been the case since almost March 2, when Israel completely banned the entry of humanitarian aid into Gaza. Last week, someone told them that “the Americans” were distributing food. They were referring to the two food distribution sites opened on May 27 in the center and south of the Gaza Strip by a shadowy organization, with unknown funding, but sponsored by Israel and the United States: the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF).

]]>Anadolu<![CDATA[What Trump has broken in 100 days, explained in 10 charts ]]>https://english.elpais.com/usa/2025-04-28/what-trump-has-broken-in-100-days-explained-in-10-charts.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/usa/2025-04-28/what-trump-has-broken-in-100-days-explained-in-10-charts.htmlMon, 28 Apr 2025 10:07:46 +0000Donald Trump’s return to the White House has disrupted the global geopolitical and financial landscape. His brutal and chaotic style of governance has turned the United States into the primary factor destabilizing markets and international diplomatic relations. The unpredictability has negatively affected his approval rating among the population. The following charts illustrate the turbulence caused by his erratic decisions during his first 100 days in office, which he will mark on Wednesday.

]]><![CDATA[How will aid to Ukraine be distributed without the United States? ]]>https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-03-05/how-will-aid-to-ukraine-be-distributed-without-the-united-states.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/international/2025-03-05/how-will-aid-to-ukraine-be-distributed-without-the-united-states.htmlWed, 05 Mar 2025 10:18:02 +0000Donald Trump has announced that the United States will suspend aid to Ukraine. The American about-face is a hard blow for Kyiv: 43% of all the aid it has received to defend itself against the Russian invasion came from Washington, according to data from the Kiel Institute, the most accurate database for tracking money delivered. If we look at the figures for defense aid, the United States has provided one out of every two euros delivered so far: €64 billion out of €129 billion ($68.6 billion-$138.2 billion).

]]>STRINGER<![CDATA[Maps and charts to explain what is known about the accident in Washington]]>https://english.elpais.com/usa/2025-01-30/maps-and-charts-to-explain-what-is-known-about-the-accident-in-washington.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/usa/2025-01-30/maps-and-charts-to-explain-what-is-known-about-the-accident-in-washington.htmlThu, 30 Jan 2025 14:42:42 +0000A commercial airliner and a military helicopter collided Wednesday night near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, the closest airport to Washington, D.C. The passenger plane, which was flying from Wichita, Kansas, was carrying 64 people. The helicopter, which was on a training mission, had three people on board.

]]>SHAWN THEW<![CDATA[Who voted for Trump? The Republican’s supporters by age, sex and race ]]>https://english.elpais.com/usa/elections/2024-11-06/who-voted-for-trump-the-republicans-supporters-by-age-sex-and-race.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/usa/elections/2024-11-06/who-voted-for-trump-the-republicans-supporters-by-age-sex-and-race.htmlWed, 06 Nov 2024 15:16:13 +0000Donald Trump is on his way to the White House. The distribution of votes across the country is expected to remain close. At this hour, The New York Times predicts that the real estate magnate will win by a narrow margin of just one point over Kamala Harris. However, the turnout of certain voter groups has proven to be decisive.

]]><![CDATA[A visual guide to understanding the deadly floods in Spain]]>https://english.elpais.com/climate/2024-11-01/a-visual-guide-to-understanding-the-deadly-floods-in-spain.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/climate/2024-11-01/a-visual-guide-to-understanding-the-deadly-floods-in-spain.htmlFri, 01 Nov 2024 15:59:10 +0000The floods in the Spanish province of Valencia have killed at least 155 people, and dozens more are still missing. The rising river levels in the province caused river banks to overflow, catching residents off guard, as alerts were only issued eight hours after the ravines had started to flood.

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]]><![CDATA[US polls: Harris ahead of Trump for third week in a row]]>https://english.elpais.com/usa/elections/2024-08-27/us-polls-harris-ahead-of-trump-for-third-week-in-a-row.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/usa/elections/2024-08-27/us-polls-harris-ahead-of-trump-for-third-week-in-a-row.htmlTue, 27 Aug 2024 13:36:28 +0000Just 21 days after turning the polls around, Kamala Harris is still ahead of Donald Trump in the race for the White House. Over the past few weeks, the Democratic candidate has been improving her position percentage point by percentage point, according to polls compiled by the RealClearPolitics (RCP) aggregator. She now has a 48.4% chance of winning the presidency, compared to Trump with 46.9%.

]]><![CDATA[What will happen to Trump? How the polls have responded to his legal battles]]>https://english.elpais.com/usa/elections/2024-04-16/what-will-happen-to-trump-how-the-polls-have-responded-to-his-legal-battles.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/usa/elections/2024-04-16/what-will-happen-to-trump-how-the-polls-have-responded-to-his-legal-battles.htmlTue, 16 Apr 2024 13:08:26 +0000Less than seven months before the presidential elections and with four court cases underway, Donald Trump’s return to the White House is as likely as Joe Biden’s reelection. In fact, in the polls collected by the Real Clear Politics aggregator, the tycoon has a 0.2-point lead over his rival:

]]><![CDATA[The earthquake data that explains the volcanic eruption in Iceland]]>https://english.elpais.com/science-tech/2023-12-20/the-earthquake-data-that-explains-the-volcanic-eruption-in-iceland.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/science-tech/2023-12-20/the-earthquake-data-that-explains-the-volcanic-eruption-in-iceland.htmlWed, 20 Dec 2023 16:25:33 +0000At 9:12 p.m. on Monday, a magnitude 4.2 earthquake shook Grindavik, a fishing town in southwest Iceland. More than an hour later, large fountains of lava bubbled up near Sundahnúkur crater, which was formed 2,350 years ago.

]]><![CDATA[Data | The female vote stems the tide of the far right in Europe and Latin America]]>https://english.elpais.com/international/2023-10-27/data-the-female-vote-stems-the-tide-of-the-far-right-in-europe-and-latin-america.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/international/2023-10-27/data-the-female-vote-stems-the-tide-of-the-far-right-in-europe-and-latin-america.htmlFri, 27 Oct 2023 18:45:20 +0000The extreme right is getting closer and closer to power, election after election, in many countries. The first round of the presidential elections in Argentina last Sunday, where the ultra-conservative Javier Milei slipped into the runoff, or the parliamentary elections of October 15 in Poland, where the Law and Justice party came out on top with 35.4% of the vote, are just two of the most recent examples. In these cases and in 12 other recent elections analyzed by EL PAÍS based on polls, women’s suffrage has emerged as a key barrier against the far-right wave.

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]]>Ronaldo SCHEMIDT<![CDATA[After a year of war, air raid sirens have sounded more than 15,000 times in Ukraine]]>https://english.elpais.com/international/2023-02-23/after-a-year-of-war-air-raid-sirens-have-sounded-more-than-15000-times-in-ukraine.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/international/2023-02-23/after-a-year-of-war-air-raid-sirens-have-sounded-more-than-15000-times-in-ukraine.htmlThu, 23 Feb 2023 16:27:24 +0000The unmistakable rising and falling pitch of air raid sirens, warning of danger and destruction, have sounded every day somewhere in Ukraine since February 24, 2022, according to EL PAÍS’ analysis of the єТривога air alert notification app, run by the Civil Defense System, which has been collating air raid alerts since the beginning of the Russian invasion.

]]><![CDATA[The Western assets held by Russian oligarchs: Planes, mansions, yachts and offshore firms]]>https://english.elpais.com/international/2022-03-21/the-western-assets-held-by-russian-oligarchs-planes-mansions-yachts-and-offshore-firms.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/international/2022-03-21/the-western-assets-held-by-russian-oligarchs-planes-mansions-yachts-and-offshore-firms.htmlMon, 21 Mar 2022 17:46:32 +0000One of the main weapons being used by the European Union against the Russian economy as part of its sanctions over the invasion of Ukraine is a list of names. This list contains the identities of nearly 1,000 Russian individuals – politicians, entrepreneurs, ministers, members of the military, journalists and also a handful of oligarchs who got rich through their contacts with the Kremlin and have direct access to the corridors of power in Moscow.

]]>Fernando Hernández Puente<![CDATA[What are the Pandora Papers? Ten key points to explain the investigation into tax havens]]>https://english.elpais.com/usa/2021-10-03/what-are-the-pandora-papers-ten-key-points-to-explain-the-investigation-into-tax-havens.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/usa/2021-10-03/what-are-the-pandora-papers-ten-key-points-to-explain-the-investigation-into-tax-havens.htmlSun, 03 Oct 2021 16:34:22 +0000The industry of secret fortunes works in a relatively simple manner. Each owner, lawyer or frontman knows their role and the rules that they need to respect or bypass. And everything works like a Swiss watch. Looked at from outside, the overview can become cloudy. These are the key points to understanding the Pandora Papers, which allow for an analysis of this sector from its very own nerve center.

]]>Sr.García<![CDATA[The Ukraine war as of April 13: Russia prepares to intensify Donbas offensive ]]>https://english.elpais.com/international/2022-04-13/the-ukraine-war-in-maps-russia-prepares-to-intensify-donbas-offensive.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/international/2022-04-13/the-ukraine-war-in-maps-russia-prepares-to-intensify-donbas-offensive.htmlWed, 13 Apr 2022 13:08:58 +0000April 13 | The new fronts of the war

]]><![CDATA[The Ukraine war as of April 8: Dozens reported dead in new offensive in the east]]>https://english.elpais.com/international/2022-04-08/the-ukraine-war-in-maps-dozens-reported-dead-in-new-offensive-in-the-east.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/international/2022-04-08/the-ukraine-war-in-maps-dozens-reported-dead-in-new-offensive-in-the-east.htmlFri, 08 Apr 2022 11:17:09 +0000April 8 | The battle for Luhansk and Donetsk

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]]><![CDATA[The Ukraine war as of April 1: The counteroffensive makes gains in Kyiv and Kherson]]>https://english.elpais.com/international/2022-03-30/the-ukraine-war-in-maps-russia-has-not-given-up-its-attacks-on-kyiv.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/international/2022-03-30/the-ukraine-war-in-maps-russia-has-not-given-up-its-attacks-on-kyiv.htmlFri, 01 Apr 2022 10:12:24 +0000April 1 | The counteroffensive makes gains

]]><![CDATA[How long does it take to catch coronavirus depending on the type of mask you’re wearing? ]]>https://english.elpais.com/society/2022-02-14/how-long-does-it-take-to-catch-coronavirus-depending-on-the-type-of-mask-youre-wearing.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/society/2022-02-14/how-long-does-it-take-to-catch-coronavirus-depending-on-the-type-of-mask-youre-wearing.htmlMon, 14 Feb 2022 14:31:21 +0000A recent study carried out by the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH), based on data provided by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), estimates different timeframes for coronavirus contagion depending on the type of face mask a person is using. These range from 27 minutes for somebody wearing a cloth mask to up to 25 hours for someone wearing a perfectly adjusted N95 mask (the US equivalent of an FFP2 in Europe).

]]><![CDATA[The Russian attack in maps: Troops cross the Ukrainian border]]>https://english.elpais.com/international/2022-02-24/the-russian-attack-in-maps-troops-cross-the-ukrainian-border.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/international/2022-02-24/the-russian-attack-in-maps-troops-cross-the-ukrainian-border.htmlThu, 24 Feb 2022 11:23:36 +0000The rising tensions in the east of Europe have just boiled over. The Russian president, Vladimir Putin, announced in the early hours of Thursday morning a “special military operation” in the Ukrainian region of Donbas. The objective, according to the leader, is to demilitarize the country, although the attack against the former Soviet republic is looking more and more like a major invasion. This is the story of the attacks via maps:

]]><![CDATA[Mysterious ‘A Team’ claims to have rescued the dogs left trapped by the volcano on La Palma]]>https://english.elpais.com/spain/2021-10-21/mysterious-a-team-claims-to-have-rescued-the-dogs-left-trapped-by-the-volcano-on-la-palma.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/spain/2021-10-21/mysterious-a-team-claims-to-have-rescued-the-dogs-left-trapped-by-the-volcano-on-la-palma.htmlThu, 21 Oct 2021 13:33:30 +0000A mysterious group that calls itself the “A Team” has claimed responsibility today for rescuing the dogs that had been left trapped by the lava from the new volcano on the Canary Island of La Palma, and that were due to be rescued by a Spanish company using drones. That’s according to a message that was left at the site on a white sheet in red lettering, that stated: “Be strong La Palma, the dogs are fine.” Aerocámaras, the Galician drone firm that had traveled to the island to attempt to airlift the hunting dogs out of the area, is preparing to leave the site. Its drone flights had already confirmed that the dogs were no longer visible in recent days and it detected signs of human activity around the water deposits where the dogs were first located earlier this month.

]]><![CDATA[The Pandora Papers: Secret files from 14 law firms reveal more than 700 offshore companies linked to Spain]]>https://english.elpais.com/usa/2021-10-03/the-pandora-papers-secret-files-from-14-law-firms-reveal-more-than-700-offshore-companies-linked-to-spain.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/usa/2021-10-03/the-pandora-papers-secret-files-from-14-law-firms-reveal-more-than-700-offshore-companies-linked-to-spain.htmlSun, 03 Oct 2021 16:34:03 +0000More than 330 politicians from 90 countries, 35 current or former heads of state (14 in Latin America alone), 133 Forbes billionaires whose combined fortunes exceed €500 billion and 46 Russian oligarchs. This is just the tip of the iceberg from an investigation that has been analyzing nearly 12 million documents from a total of 14 offshore service providers in opaque jurisdictions. The Pandora Papers reveal new information and prove that the offshore sector remains in rude health, despite the Great Recession and the toll that the most recent crises have caused to Western welfare states, which have been decimated by a series of law firms that are specialized in taking advantage of the opacity of tax havens the world over.

]]><![CDATA[How WhatsApp messages can identify you]]>https://english.elpais.com/usa/2021-08-31/how-whatsapp-messages-can-identify-you.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/usa/2021-08-31/how-whatsapp-messages-can-identify-you.htmlTue, 31 Aug 2021 11:34:27 +0000What is the extent of our digital footprint? We know about the traces we leave on social networks and from sharing content on other websites on the internet. But we edit this content according to who is going to see it and the image we want to portray. Instant messaging platforms, such as WhatsApp which is owned by Facebook, are another matter altogether. “You reveal more about yourself in private messages, not only in the content, but also in the way you use language,” explains Timo Koch, a researcher at Munich University’s department of Psychology.

]]>Unsplash / WhatsApp<![CDATA[Gamapea: the video game that could change the lives of the elderly ]]>https://english.elpais.com/usa/2021-08-18/gamapea-the-video-game-that-could-change-the-lives-of-the-elderly.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/usa/2021-08-18/gamapea-the-video-game-that-could-change-the-lives-of-the-elderly.htmlWed, 18 Aug 2021 11:46:29 +0000“I feel stuck, and more and more overcome by circumstances, by the world,” admits Jacobo, a virtual pilgrim who has just entered a hostel in Roncesvalles, northern Spain. This is Gamapea, a video game developed by a team of researchers from the University of Santiago de Compostela to promote an active lifestyle, in mind and body, among its elderly users. “There are data indicating that aging is associated with a higher prevalence of physical and mental health problems, such as dementia and depression. These changes, coupled with health problems and dependence, mean years lived with suffering and stress, and jeopardize the sustainability of society and the health system,” explains Fernando Lino Vázquez, the lead investigator of the project.

]]><![CDATA[Spanish PM calls on ‘all citizens’ to download coronavirus tracking app Radar Covid]]>https://english.elpais.com/society/2020-08-26/spanish-pm-calls-on-all-citizens-to-download-coronavirus-tracking-app-radar-covid.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/society/2020-08-26/spanish-pm-calls-on-all-citizens-to-download-coronavirus-tracking-app-radar-covid.htmlWed, 26 Aug 2020 10:03:38 +0000Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez highlighted on Tuesday the importance of the tracking app Radar Covid in curbing the rising number of coronavirus cases in the country.

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