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<![CDATA[EL PAÍS]]>https://english.elpais.comSat, 16 May 2026 21:42:44 +0000en1hourly1<![CDATA[How was hantavirus transmitted? A visual explanation of the ‘MV Hondius’ outbreak]]>https://english.elpais.com/health/2026-05-07/how-was-hantavirus-transmitted-a-visual-explanation-of-the-mv-hondius-outbreak.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/health/2026-05-07/how-was-hantavirus-transmitted-a-visual-explanation-of-the-mv-hondius-outbreak.htmlThu, 07 May 2026 13:09:19 +0000The first patient involved in the hantavirus outbreak boarded a ship in Ushuaia, Argentina, unaware that he was carrying the virus that would trigger a health crisis. The passenger and his wife, both Dutch, had been traveling around Argentina for weeks before boarding the MV Hondius, an expedition ship. The leading hypothesis is that they “were infected off the ship,” according to the WHO.

]]><![CDATA[Maps of the Israeli-US attack and Iran’s response ]]>https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-02-28/maps-of-the-israeli-us-attack-and-irans-response.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/international/2026-02-28/maps-of-the-israeli-us-attack-and-irans-response.htmlSat, 28 Feb 2026 16:19:41 +0000Israel and the United States have launched a joint military attack against Iran. The first missiles landed in Tehran, the country’s capital, where explosions have been reported since 8:00 a.m. on Saturday. Videos from local media and news agencies have confirmed bombings in at least seven other cities across Iran.

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]]><![CDATA[Maps of the US attack on Venezuela: Targets, airspace and deployed fleet]]>https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-01-03/maps-of-the-us-attack-on-venezuela-targets-airspace-and-deployed-fleet.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/international/2026-01-03/maps-of-the-us-attack-on-venezuela-targets-airspace-and-deployed-fleet.htmlSat, 03 Jan 2026 13:14:10 +0000U.S. President Donald Trump has announced that the United States has successfully carried out a “large-scale” attack on Venezuela. Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, are reported to have been captured and removed from the country.

]]><![CDATA[The rich marry the rich: How love perpetuates inequality ]]>https://english.elpais.com/economy-and-business/2025-11-22/the-rich-marry-the-rich-how-love-perpetuates-inequality.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/economy-and-business/2025-11-22/the-rich-marry-the-rich-how-love-perpetuates-inequality.htmlSat, 22 Nov 2025 04:00:00 +0000Social class permeates all aspects of life, and love is no exception.

]]>cinta arribas<![CDATA[11 charts for understanding the escalating global arms race]]>https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-07-19/11-charts-for-understanding-the-escalating-global-arms-race.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/international/2025-07-19/11-charts-for-understanding-the-escalating-global-arms-race.htmlSat, 19 Jul 2025 04:00:00 +0000The world is seeing a strong rise in military spending. According to data collected by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), global investment in this sector reached approximately $2.7 trillion (€2.3 trillion) in 2024 — an amount roughly halfway between the GDP of Italy and that of France. The increase compared to the previous year was 9%, the highest since the end of the Cold War.

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]]><![CDATA[What now? This is the process for electing the next Pope ]]>https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-05-07/what-now-this-is-the-process-for-electing-the-next-pope.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/international/2025-05-07/what-now-this-is-the-process-for-electing-the-next-pope.htmlWed, 07 May 2025 06:18:53 +0000Pope Francis has died after 12 years at the head of the Catholic Church. He will lie in state for three days in St. Peter’s Basilica before being laid to rest in Rome’s Basilica of St. Mary Major. The process of selecting his successor will then begin, with 135 cardinals gathering in Rome for a conclave to elect the new pope.

]]><![CDATA[What now? This is the process for electing the next Pope]]>https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-04-22/what-now-this-is-the-process-for-electing-the-next-pope.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/international/2025-04-22/what-now-this-is-the-process-for-electing-the-next-pope.htmlTue, 22 Apr 2025 11:13:52 +0000Pope Francis has died after 12 years at the head of the Catholic Church. He will lie in state for three days in St. Peter’s Basilica before being laid to rest in Rome’s Basilica of St. Mary Major. The process of selecting his successor will then begin, with 135 cardinals gathering in Rome for a conclave to elect the new pope.

]]><![CDATA[What’s behind Trump’s strange (and basic) tariff formula?]]>https://english.elpais.com/economy-and-business/2025-04-04/whats-behind-trumps-strange-and-basic-tariff-formula.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/economy-and-business/2025-04-04/whats-behind-trumps-strange-and-basic-tariff-formula.htmlFri, 04 Apr 2025 11:52:19 +0000The United States has unleashed a trade war by announcing a minimum 10% tariff on all imports, in addition to specific tariffs for its trading partners.

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]]><![CDATA[Artificial rain or anti-hail cannons: Can the weather be manipulated?]]>https://english.elpais.com/climate/2024-12-25/artificial-rain-or-anti-hail-cannons-can-the-weather-be-manipulated.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/climate/2024-12-25/artificial-rain-or-anti-hail-cannons-can-the-weather-be-manipulated.htmlWed, 25 Dec 2024 04:00:00 +0000The white trails left by airplanes have nothing to do with experiments that could have caused the catastrophic storm that left more than 200 people dead in Valencia, Spain, neither is there other out-of-control climate engineering that is causing torrential rains or droughts. However, beyond conspiracy theories, the human desire to try to control the weather is not a hoax. There are already scientific studies that show that rainfall can be increased artificially through cloud seeding with silver iodide.

]]><![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[Wealthier than ever: Taxpayers who earn over €601,000 up by 25% in Spain]]>https://english.elpais.com/economy-and-business/2024-07-02/wealthier-than-ever-taxpayers-who-earn-over-601000-up-by-25-in-spain.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/economy-and-business/2024-07-02/wealthier-than-ever-taxpayers-who-earn-over-601000-up-by-25-in-spain.htmlTue, 02 Jul 2024 14:41:21 +0000Spain has more high-earning taxpayers than ever. In 2022, thanks to the positive evolution of corporate profits, a good showing by the economy and strong employment figures, the amount of people with an annual declared income of more than €601,000 grew by 25% compared to the previous year, reaching 15,186 individuals. It is, by far, the largest amount of very high earners in the Tax Agency’s annual analysis of personal income tax, updated on Monday. It is also the group of taxpayers that proportionally grew by more members than any other group.

]]>PACO PUENTES<![CDATA[25,000 deaths in Gaza: Why the destruction of this war exceeds that of other major conflicts]]>https://english.elpais.com/international/2024-01-22/25000-deaths-in-gaza-why-the-destruction-of-this-war-exceeds-that-of-other-major-conflicts.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/international/2024-01-22/25000-deaths-in-gaza-why-the-destruction-of-this-war-exceeds-that-of-other-major-conflicts.htmlMon, 22 Jan 2024 13:10:04 +0000The health authorities in Gaza, under the control of Hamas, on Sunday raised to 25,105 the death toll from Israel’s attacks on the Gaza Strip since October 7. Five out of every 10 victims are minors, three out of 10 are women and two out of 10 are men aged 18 or over. To this figure must be added 62,681 people who have been wounded since the beginning of the bombings.

]]>Melissa<![CDATA[On the brink of the abyss: The balance of forces in the face of Israel-Hamas escalation]]>https://english.elpais.com/international/2023-10-19/on-the-brink-of-the-abyss-the-balance-of-forces-in-the-face-of-israel-hamas-escalation.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/international/2023-10-19/on-the-brink-of-the-abyss-the-balance-of-forces-in-the-face-of-israel-hamas-escalation.htmlThu, 19 Oct 2023 12:30:27 +0000The spiral of war unleashed by the barbaric Hamas attack against Israel on October 7 is for the moment confined to a conflict between the Israeli state and militia groups in the Gaza Strip. But the nature of the conflict and the response of Benjamin Netanyahu’s government, which has provoked a wave of indignation over measures such as cutting off Gaza’s supply of water, food, medicine and electricity — incompatible with the principles of international humanitarian law — are fueling a fire that is in serious danger of spreading. “The whole region is on the brink of falling into the abyss,” warned Jordan’s King Abdullah on Tuesday, ahead of the explosion that hit a hospital in Gaza causing hundreds of deaths and further inflaming tension.

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]]>HANNIBAL HANSCHKE<![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[The fences dividing Europe: how the EU uses walls to contain irregular migration]]>https://english.elpais.com/international/2023-04-08/the-fences-dividing-europe-how-the-eu-uses-walls-to-contain-irregular-migration.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/international/2023-04-08/the-fences-dividing-europe-how-the-eu-uses-walls-to-contain-irregular-migration.htmlSat, 08 Apr 2023 22:00:41 +0000The specter of walls is haunting Europe again. Three decades after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the question resurfaces: Should the European Union erect barriers to protect its external borders?

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]]><![CDATA[How to find a meteorite in Antarctica ]]>https://english.elpais.com/science-tech/2023-03-11/how-to-find-a-meteorite-in-antarctica.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/science-tech/2023-03-11/how-to-find-a-meteorite-in-antarctica.htmlSat, 11 Mar 2023 15:11:47 +0000Humanity discovered the existence of Uranus, in 1781, before finding out about the presence of a sixth continent on its own planet, which did not happen until 1820. That belated discovery of Antarctica and its gargantuan ice cliffs triggered the imagination of writers: Edgar Allan Poe envisioned a route full of bloodthirsty, savage tribes; Jules Verne fantasized about a magnetic sphinx at the South Pole; and H. P. Lovecraft placed the Mountains of Madness, populated by voracious, fetid creatures, there.

]]><![CDATA[Qatar World Cup 2022: Leo Messi’s title-winning tournament in statistics]]>https://english.elpais.com/sports/2022-12-20/qatar-world-cup-2022-leo-messis-title-winning-tournament-in-statistics.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/sports/2022-12-20/qatar-world-cup-2022-leo-messis-title-winning-tournament-in-statistics.htmlTue, 20 Dec 2022 18:43:25 +0000Leo Messi achieved his dream of winning the World Cup in Qatar. A player many consider to the greatest of all time added the one major trophy to elude him to his staggering list of titles in Lusail. He did so at the age of 35, in what was in all likelihood his final appearance on the World Cup stage, while also seeing off the challenge of the biggest talent among his emerging successors, France forward Kylian Mbappé, who scored a hat-trick in the final.

]]><![CDATA[The Ukraine war in maps | Russia attacks civilian targets across the country]]>https://english.elpais.com/international/2022-10-18/the-ukraine-war-in-maps-russia-attacks-civilian-targets-across-the-country.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/international/2022-10-18/the-ukraine-war-in-maps-russia-attacks-civilian-targets-across-the-country.htmlTue, 18 Oct 2022 14:20:56 +0000Russia is seeking to sow panic among the civilian population in Ukraine with attacks using drones. These Iranian-made devices, known as suicide or kamikaze drones due to their single-use deployment, have been used in attacks on Kyiv and Zaporizhzhia on Monday and Tuesday, and have also targeted other cities across Ukraine including Vinnytsia, Sumy, Dnipropetrovsk and Mykolaiv. Attacks on civilian targets and energy supply installations are in line with Moscow’s recent strategy of creating a state of psychological terror among Ukraine’s population with strikes that are of no military advantage, according to the Institute for the Study of War (ISW).

]]><![CDATA[The Ukraine war in maps | Russian army bombs Kyiv for the first time in four months]]>https://english.elpais.com/international/2022-10-10/the-ukraine-war-in-maps.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/international/2022-10-10/the-ukraine-war-in-maps.htmlMon, 10 Oct 2022 11:47:30 +0000The Russian army on Monday attacked the capital of Ukraine, Kyiv, where missiles have killed at least five people and wounded a dozen more, according to the police. The projectiles hit the city center and the headquarters of the Ministry of Education, among other targets. The attack on the Ukrainian capital, the first in the city since June, took place a day after Moscow accused Ukraine of causing the explosion on Saturday that partially destroyed the Kerch bridge, the only road link between Russia and the annexed peninsula of Crimea.

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]]><![CDATA[Heat waves: The worst is yet to come]]>https://english.elpais.com/society/2022-07-25/heat-waves-the-worst-is-yet-to-come.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/society/2022-07-25/heat-waves-the-worst-is-yet-to-come.htmlMon, 25 Jul 2022 03:56:23 +0000For more than 30 years, scientists have been warning of the increased impact of heat waves due to climate change. The summer nightmare experienced in recent days in different European countries has left 1,055 estimated deaths in Spain, well over 100 thousand acres burned by forest fires, road and railway collapses, a derailment, agricultural losses... Meanwhile, the US is experiencing a heat wave of its own that is expected to last through Tuesday. The National Weather Service has issued excessive heat advisories and on Monday warned in a tweet that “heat will be an issue in parts of the East, the south-central US and begin building in the Northwest.”

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]]><![CDATA[Is the world sinking into a spiral of conflict? ]]>https://english.elpais.com/international/2022-06-27/is-the-world-sinking-into-a-spiral-of-conflict.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/international/2022-06-27/is-the-world-sinking-into-a-spiral-of-conflict.htmlMon, 27 Jun 2022 15:14:53 +0000The world is entering a phase of upheaval it hasn’t seen for decades. Russia’s war in Ukraine is one factor exacerbating the polarizing dynamics that were already evident in the tensions between the West and China. On the one hand, Western democracies are closing ranks with their Asian allies, as seen during the recent G7, NATO and EU summits. On the other, Russia and China are trying to join forces while attracting other countries, as indicated by last Thursday’s BRICS summit between its five member states – Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.

]]><![CDATA[Rafael Nadal, God on Earth: The statistics that prove his complete dominance ]]>https://english.elpais.com/sports/2022-06-06/rafael-nadal-god-on-earth-the-statistics-that-prove-his-complete-dominance.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/sports/2022-06-06/rafael-nadal-god-on-earth-the-statistics-that-prove-his-complete-dominance.htmlMon, 06 Jun 2022 17:28:45 +0000With his 14th triumph at Roland Garros, Rafa Nadal has once again exhibited his brutal superiority on clay, his favorite surface. It is an amazing dominance for which it is difficult to find equivalents, not just in the history of tennis, but in the history of any sport.

]]><![CDATA[La Palma volcano in numbers: €700m in damages, 5,100 quakes and 7,000 evacuated]]>https://english.elpais.com/spain/2021-11-19/la-palma-volcano-in-numbers-700m-in-damages-5100-quakes-and-7000-evacuated.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/spain/2021-11-19/la-palma-volcano-in-numbers-700m-in-damages-5100-quakes-and-7000-evacuated.htmlFri, 19 Nov 2021 10:43:46 +0000Today marks two months since the new volcano on the Spanish island of La Palma began to erupt. They have been, according to the president of the island authority, Mariano Hernández Zapata, “the worst” in the recent history of the island. The eruption has been the protagonist of these 61 days in the lives of the nearly 85,000 residents on the Canary Island, located off the northwest coast of Africa. The eruption is now the longest since 1712, when there was a volcano in El Charco, also on La Palma. It is still, however, way off the 2,055 days that the eruption of Timanfaya, on neighboring island Lanzarote, lasted. According to the Volcanology Institute of the Canaries (Involcan), the energy being released is as much as 286.2 terawatts per hour, a figure that’s equivalent to 35.9 times the energy needs of the entire Canary Islands archipelago.

]]><![CDATA[One month on, La Palma volcano continues to cause destruction]]>https://english.elpais.com/spain/2021-10-19/one-month-on-la-palma-volcano-continues-to-cause-destruction.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/spain/2021-10-19/one-month-on-la-palma-volcano-continues-to-cause-destruction.htmlTue, 19 Oct 2021 08:06:50 +0000The as-yet-unnamed volcano on La Palma, in Spain’s Canary Islands, is now one month old, and it has become the most-closely watched volcano in the world. The eruption, the first recorded on Spanish territory in half a century, has only produced one piece of good news these past 30 days: the fact that there have been no fatalities. But more than 80 million cubic meters of lava have destroyed the life projects of thousands of people, leaving a long trail of material losses behind. Memories have been swallowed up by the molten rock, while hundreds of businesses and jobs have been lost. This is the story of the four weeks and two days that changed La Palma forever.

]]><![CDATA[Bike lanes: How cities across the world are responding to the pandemic]]>https://english.elpais.com/society/2020-11-06/bike-lanes-how-cities-across-the-world-are-responding-to-the-pandemic.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/society/2020-11-06/bike-lanes-how-cities-across-the-world-are-responding-to-the-pandemic.htmlFri, 06 Nov 2020 12:11:24 +0000The coronavirus pandemic is having an unexpected effect on mobility: many cities are taking space away from motor vehicles and giving it to bicycles, a mode of transportation that reduces pollution and encourages a way of getting around that is healthy and safe against the virus.

]]><![CDATA[New Michelin stars give boost to Spanish restaurants struggling with coronavirus crisis]]>https://english.elpais.com/spanish_food/2020-12-16/new-michelin-stars-give-boost-to-spanish-restaurants-struggling-with-coronavirus-crisis.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/spanish_food/2020-12-16/new-michelin-stars-give-boost-to-spanish-restaurants-struggling-with-coronavirus-crisis.htmlWed, 16 Dec 2020 13:40:37 +0000The coronavirus pandemic and its impact on the food industry has not stopped the Michelin Guide from announcing its list of top restaurants in Spain and Portugal for 2021 at a virtual event held in Madrid on Monday. The prestigious organization has awarded stars to 234 Spanish establishments, and of these, 11 have retained the top three-star status that they had last year.

]]><![CDATA[The most explosive legacy of the Spanish Civil War]]>https://english.elpais.com/elpais/2019/04/01/inenglish/1554109625_032319.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/elpais/2019/04/01/inenglish/1554109625_032319.htmlMon, 01 Apr 2019 11:17:44 +0000Today marks the 80th anniversary of the end of the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). Yet for all the years that have gone by, explosive devices continue to turn up across the country: as many as a thousand are neutralized each year by bomb-disposal experts.

]]><![CDATA[Graphic: Operation in Málaga to rescue Julen Roselló]]>https://english.elpais.com/elpais/2019/01/22/media/1548176417_593093.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/elpais/2019/01/22/media/1548176417_593093.htmlWed, 23 Jan 2019 14:47:01 +0000<![CDATA[How tourist apartments are hurting Madrid’s neighborhoods]]>https://english.elpais.com/elpais/2018/02/26/inenglish/1519648621_095942.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/elpais/2018/02/26/inenglish/1519648621_095942.htmlMon, 26 Feb 2018 14:22:09 +0000Around one in five homes in Madrid’s tourist Sol neighborhood are listed on Airbnb, according to research from EL PAÍS using data from the platform Inside Airbnb, Madrid Town Hall and registry office. Across the center, the figure is close to one in 10 homes. These figures indicate the scale of a phenomena that is rapidly changing the heart of Madrid, as it has already done to other cities. But the problem is not only having an effect on locals in the city center. Those who have decided to leave the center – either because of the prices or because the neighborhoods have become hostile – are moving to areas outside the center, which has pushed up the rent in these suburbs and accelerated the spectacular spike in the rental market, due, among other factors to the lack of offer and economic recovery.

]]><![CDATA[The railway industry and high-speed trains in Spain]]>https://english.elpais.com/elpais/2013/07/28/media/1375029499_812723.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/elpais/2013/07/28/media/1375029499_812723.htmlMon, 29 Jul 2013 13:20:51 +0000