Etgar Keret, writer: ‘Living in Israel today is like living in a zombie movie’
The narrator views everyday life with black humor and surrealism in the short-story collection ‘Autocorrect.’ The Hamas attack in 2023 delayed its publication
An army of lawyers is fighting so you can order an Uber at Mexico City’s airport
With just days to go before the World Cup events begin in the capital, taxi drivers, ride‑hailing services, and authorities remain locked in a dispute that has led to fines, cars being impounded, and confused travelers
Europe enters the ‘era of deportations’
The approval of the EU’s new Return Regulation sets off a race to build deportation centers and cements the bloc’s hardening shift on migration
The cave lion wasn’t a lion: DNA reveals a species with nearly two million years of its own history
A study analyzing 12 ‘Panthera spelaea’ genomes finds its lineage split from African lions far earlier than thought, with interbreeding shaped by glaciations
Mexican teachers expand protest camp and threaten to shut down the capital
Talks between striking educators and the government ended on Tuesday without significant progress
Russia steps up attacks on Ukraine and threats to Europe: ‘The peaceful sleep is over’
In Moscow, the EU is equated with Nazi Germany. An escalation against the bloc would allow the Kremlin to carry out a new mobilization
AI will consume as much water in 2030 as 1.3 billion people
UN scientists warn that the environmental cost of the technology is being underestimated
United States revokes visas of two Mexican governors
Washington is investigating Alfonso Durazo and Américo Villarreal for alleged links to organized crime, according to the ‘Los Angeles Times’
The microbes of Ötzi the Iceman awaken thousands of years after his death
Study of his microbiome uncovers cold-adapted fungi that have been activated and threaten the mummy’s condition
New Lady Di auction: unseen photos and letters from the time before she was Princess of Wales
The items were kept all these years by Katherine Hanbury, a friend from their school days, and are to be sold on July 7 at the British auction house Gorringe’s
US Ambassador Ronald Johnson, an uncomfortable voice amid Mexico’s defense of sovereignty
The Trump representative and retired colonel has been accumulating controversies and clashes with Claudia Sheinbaum’s government in his first year in the country
Trump expresses ‘total endorsement’ of Colombia’s far-right presidential candidate Abelardo de la Espriella
The US president praised the winner of the first round of elections and urged Colombians to vote for him at the June 21 runoff. Colombian president Gustavo Petro rejected the ‘interference’
How Washington delivered the final blow to Cuba’s weakened tourism industry
An executive order that threatens to freeze the assets of foreign companies on the island will take effect on Friday. Some hotel chains have already announced they are severing ties
With time running out for him, Trump searches for an exit from the war in Iran
Three months after the first U.S. and Israeli strikes, Washington more than ever needs a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz
Hilton and Becerra take the lead in California’s gubernatorial race
A victory for the Democrat Xavier Becerra in November would signal continuity in the confrontational approach toward Trump. A win for Republican Steve Hilton would mark a shift toward a conservative agenda
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