The 2024 Golden Globes bring back the guillotine
The fact that the French film ‘Anatomy of a Fall’ won top important awards highlights how the gala has improved. It even elevated ‘Oppenheimer’ before an audience of pro-’Barbie’ stars
War games
The Capitol assailants did not think they had come to destroy democracy. They had come to save it in a mixed reality game called Make America Great Again
Milei’s ‘all-or-nothing’ attitude bogs down his plan to defund the state in Argentina
The new far-right president has promised to make the country “thrive again,” but his success depends on congressional and legal backing for a bill and a decree with sweeping and often unpopular reforms
The danger posed by Trump
The rhetoric used by the former US president is turning his desire to return to the White House into a threat for democracy
Israel says Hamas armed wing ‘dismantled’ in northern Gaza as focus switches to ‘specific targets’ in the center and south
Benjamin Netanyahu insists the war will not stop until all hostages are freed and the Islamist military power is eradicated
Democrats and Republicans take step to avert government shutdown
House and Senate leaders agreed on a spending ceiling, but there is still a risk that the negotiation will derail before a deadline later this month
Golden Globes 2024: ‘Oppenheimer’ and ‘Succession’ once again fill Hollywood with glitz and glamour
After being hit by scandal, the award ceremony has returned in force. Christopher Nolan’s film took home five awards, ‘Barbie’ just two, while the miniseries ‘Beef’ was the other big winner
US loses control of Peregrine 1, the private module with which it intended to re-land on the Moon
A private company on Monday launched the Vulcan rocket from Cape Canaveral but reported seven hours later that ‘an anomaly’ occurred
Eight mistakes gym newbies should avoid
The odds of poor health increase if one remains sedentary
Michael Henry Adams, the man who preserves Harlem: Speculators ‘thought that Black people would leave’
Adams is a kind of archaeologist of an endangered architecture; today his home is an unofficial museum of the history of the neighborhood
Mission: Protect the white rhino
Although rhino horns have no medicinal properties, poachers continue to hunt these animals. EL PAÍS traveled to Kruger National Park in South Africa to see the efforts of conservationists and brands such as Hublot to keep them alive
‘Hangxiety’: When hangovers cause anxiety
While the term is relatively new, we have been experiencing this problem all our lives, and it is not invented: the biochemical and psychological effects of having a few too many drinks do cause a malaise
Working in areas with no access to natural light ‘is a risk factor in occupational health’
Various studies show that exposing workers to nothing but artificial lighting puts their physical and mental health in danger
‘Wonka’ is No. 1 at the box office again as 2024 gets off to a slower start
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After finishing 2023 on a high note, 2024 is getting off to a slower start than last year, down around 16%, with the Universal/Blumhouse horror ‘Night Swim’ as the only major new offering in theaters
DeSantis’ State of the State address might be as much for Iowa voters as it is for Floridians
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The speech kicking off Florida’s annual legislative session comes exactly a week before Iowa’s first-in-the-nation presidential caucuses
Golden Globes Winners List 2024
The HFPA has introduced the new category Cinematic and Box Office Achievement, which could give Taylor Swift her first Golden Globe
The US sees a drop in illegal border crossings after Mexico increases enforcement
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Mexico’s immigration agency sent at least 22 flights from its border region with the U.S. to southern cities during the last 10 days of December, according to Witness at the Border
Oscar Pistorius and the Valentine’s killing of Reeva Steenkamp. What happened that night?
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A judge initially accepted Pistorius’ story but South Africa’s Supreme Court of Appeal overturned a lesser manslaughter conviction against him after an appeal by prosecutors and found him guilty of murder
Is Georgia’s election system constitutional? A federal judge will decide in trial set to begin
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During a trial set to start Tuesday, activists plan to argue that the Dominion Voting Systems touchscreen voting machines are so flawed they are unconstitutional