‘Maps are not innocent drawings’: Africa demands its true size be shown
The African Union is pushing to end Mercator’s distortions and replace it with projections that reflect the continent’s real proportions
In Spain, 26% of young men prefer authoritarianism to democracy ‘in some circumstances’
Almost 70% of Spaniards believe that the democratic system in their country is deteriorating, only half feel represented by a party and 36% believe that politics would get worse if more immigrants actively participated in it
A 2,000-year-old battle elephant bone was found in Spain. Experts are investigating whether the animal fought for Hannibal or Julius Caesar
Archaeologists also located 17 catapult ‘bullets’ and other weapons, as well as brooches, coins, and millstones from different periods
Ka-52 Alligator: The Russian helicopter slowing Ukraine’s counteroffensive in the south
The latest model of the attack aircraft, which has been deployed amid heavy fighting in the Zaporizhzhia region, has been upgraded with weapons capable of evading anti-missile defenses
Russia constructs 800 km of defensive lines to head off Ukrainian counteroffensive
Kyiv’s NATO allies are speeding up the delivery of specialized vehicles to overcome a chain of obstacles not seen in Europe since World War II
The fences dividing Europe: how the EU uses walls to contain irregular migration
The financing of new physical barriers at the European Union’s external borders is once again straining the migration debate
NASA set to crash DART probe into asteroid as test for future collisions
The space agency will attempt to knock Domorphos off its orbit using a technique that could hopefully one day save the Earth from potentially life-destroying impacts
Climbing Everest: How the body breaks down at high altitude
Since 1953, when the first men reached the summit, more than 300 climbers have died on their way to the top of the world’s tallest mountain. A third of these succumbed to the deadly lack of oxygen
A heatwave in the coldest place on earth: What does a 40ºC rise in the Antarctic mean?
Scientists are warning that the increase in frequency and the scale of extreme weather episodes in the polar regions could have catastrophic effects
The man behind the first semi-submersible narco vessel that was ‘made in Spain’
The boat, initially mistaken for a carnival float, was discovered in a town in Málaga and was designed to transport 2,000 kilos of cocaine
Architecture of an outbreak: the Spanish apartment building hijacked by the coronavirus
Six people are dead and dozens more infected after the virus moved undetected through a 16-story residential property in the Basque city of Bilbao
After another inconclusive election, Socialists rule out grand pact with the PP
Caretaker Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has a tall task ahead of him if he is to secure support from the parties he needs to back him in order to form a government
Madrid announces new rules of the road in bid to banish traffic from center
City is about to approve a raft of new regulations that will cover electric scooters, pedestrians, motorbike parking and bicycles
The Iberian lynx: No longer a whisker from extinction
At the start of the century there were only 94 examples left in the wild. Fifteen years later, a conservation effort has boosted numbers to 547
24 Hours of Daytona
Fernando Alonso competes for the first time in the endurance test with United Autosports team. The test will serve as preparation for the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
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