Hospitals under attack: Gang violence threatens Haiti’s healthcare system
A week after the country’s sole facility offering neurosurgical care was closed due to an armed attack, criminal gangs target university hospital
Ringo Starr: ‘The Beatles weren’t partying when doing the tracks. We did that occasionally, and the track was always shit’
The band’s former drummer is releasing a country album at the age of 84. ‘If a country act was going around England, they always went to Liverpool. Sister Rosetta Thorpe blew me away,’ he tells EL PAÍS
Ukraine faces 2025 exhausted and full of uncertainty in key year for the war
About to enter its fourth year of conflict, Kyiv sees out 2024 in the face of territorial advances and the military superiority of Russia. Trump’s victory brings the possibility of a negotiated end closer, but Zelenskiy distrusts the Kremlin
The first alphabet may be 500 years older than previously thought
Egyptian hieroglyphics were used 3,250 years before our era, but there is an even older precursor: the cuneiform writing of Mesopotamia
The chimps that never forget: ‘It is impressive that they remember where the ants are’
A study by the Jane Goodall Institute Spain and the University of Barcelona shows that chimpanzees remember the exact location of concealed ant hills
Family holidays, Rolex and luxury yachts on company expenses: How the rich evade tax
The Spanish Treasury monitors more than 170,000 uber wealthy individuals to prevent them from charging undue expenses to their companies. The Tax Agency recovered more than $502 million in 2023 through almost 1,000 audits
Elon Musk, unelected president and agent of chaos
The world’s wealthiest businessman, now a close confidant to Trump, is leveraging his newfound political influence to advance his agenda unchecked. But how long can his honeymoon with the president-elect last?
California, the frontline of resistance against Trump
The Democratic state is preparing to lead the legal battle against the president-elect’s policies on immigration, reproductive rights, and the environment
Victims’ families and experts demand answers over South Korea plane crash
The Seoul government is resisting calls to answer whether the deadliest accident in the country’s history, which claimed 179 lives, was solely caused by a bird strike
Republicans and Democrats put aside differences to remember Jimmy Carter’s legacy
Donald Trump, who mocked the former president in October when he turned 100, now says that the United States owes ‘him a debt of gratitude’
Jimmy Carter, former US president and Nobel Peace Prize winner, dies at 100
The Democrat, whose influence grew after leaving the White House, served only one term (1977-1981), weighed down by inflation and the Iran hostage crisis