Climate change is increasing the risk of inter-species viral contagions
The migration of animal species due to global warming could lead to 15,000 new viral transmission events over the next 50 years, new research suggests
‘Hardballing’: How young people are getting what they want from online dating
A new trend of being explicit about what you are looking for from the moment of joining a dating app is taking hold thanks to Gen Z users
Elizabeth Taylor secretly snuck into the hospital to visit Rock Hudson before he died
The actors became friends in 1956. After the heartthrob announced that he had AIDS, she wanted to say goodbye. She went on to create a foundation to fund the fight against the disease
China’s difficult balancing act: Achieving zero-Covid policy and economic growth
The coronavirus lockdown of Shanghai and the spike in cases in Beijing have led many entities to cut their growth prospects for the world’s second largest economy
Putin’s war in Ukraine enters global spiral of unforeseeable consequences
Russia’s growing aggressiveness and Biden’s decision to stand up to it are pushing Europe to the brink of becoming the scenario of a clash between nuclear powers
How are Putin and Musk alike?
Dictators and billionaires sometimes have the luxury of acting without checks and accountability; that can be their downfall
The growing threat of a global recession
Is the economy flying into a perfect storm, with Europe, China, and the United States all entering downturns at the same time later this year?
Pegasus: Europe’s deepening spyware scandal
The EU data protection authority wants the powerful surveillance program to be banned, calling it a threat to democracy after claims of misuse in member states
New York warehouse deals blow to Amazon union movement
Workers at the facility voted against unionizing with the ALU, a result that is a setback to the mobilization efforts at the company
Error by Citi trader causes European stock markets to lose €300 billion in minutes
The US bank acknowledges the mistake caused Sweden’s benchmark OMX 30 to fall by 8% and spread to other exchanges, although these rallied back quickly again
‘Always remember that we are innocent’: A son’s fight to clear his mother’s name
Robert Meeropol is pushing for his mother to be exonerated by the US government, which famously executed his parents for passing nuclear secrets to the USSR
‘The future of curing cancer lies in prevention’
In this interview with EL PAÍS, oncologist Eduardo Vilar-Sánchez talks about his research for a vaccine for hereditary colon tumors, which could benefit the general population
The YouTuber who gained 100 kilos in front of the camera
Nicholas Perry, known online as Nikocado Avocado, has been eating unthinkable amounts of food on camera for years, a practice that has made him rich, famous and sick. An audience of millions can’t stop watching
The sex slaves who served the Japanese Imperial Army and other unexpected tributes in ‘Pachinko’
Apple TV’s work of fiction puts the focus on various generations of women who history left out. It hooks viewers and proves the British don’t have a monopoly on historical dramas
Why scientists are trying to free Australia’s ‘worst female serial killer’
Carola García Vinuesa’s work is the key to the case of Kathleen Folbigg, convicted of the deaths of her four children in what could prove to be a historic miscarriage of justice