International

The modest recovery of recent years fails to mask Venezuela’s crisis: a shattered productive structure, poverty levels nearly three times the regional average, and profound inequality

Tens of thousands of cyber slaves are held captive in Southeast Asia’s scam compounds, working around the clock to defraud love-seeking victims through dating apps and social media

Among the 33 hostages to be released in the initial phase of the agreement are two young children and three individuals over 80 years old. Meanwhile, Israeli fighter jets continue to carry out intense bombing campaigns in Gaza

Shigemitsu Tanaka, co-president of Nihon Hidankyo, the organization that received the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize, says the world is a more dangerous place today and that ‘the nuclear taboo is no longer so taboo’

While the United States decides whether to ban the platform, China must manage the flood of Western users on its alternative, the Little Red Book where there’s fun to be had with cultural crossover

With Israel stepping up its strikes, joy over the announcement is mixed with fear of joining the death statistics in the hours prior to the end of 15 months of conflict

The new Constitution tailored by the presidential couple legitimizes the ‘volunteer police’ and gives the Sandinista flag equal status with the national one

The Nordic country abolished taxes on zero-emission models in 2001, making them automatically cheaper than those powered by petrol or diesel

The Israeli prime minister, backed by two far-right coalition partners opposed to the pact, accuses Hamas of trying to extract concessions. The Islamist movement denies this and stresses its ‘commitment’ to the agreement

Trump’s return to power, the hostage crisis, military deaths and weariness in the street are driving an agreement that Netanyahu had blocked on numerous occasions, and which his Cabinet still has to approve

Marco Rubio, the next Secretary of State, claims at Senate confirmation hearing that Mexican drug traffickers have operational control over large swaths of the border

The plan, divided into three phases, provides for an imminent return of 33 Israeli hostages. In exchange, Israel will release more than 1,000 Palestinian prisoners

The Netanyahu government plans to discuss and vote on the terms of the deal on Thursday. In the first of three phases of the plan, Hamas must hand over 33 hostages and Israel must begin a phased withdrawal of its troops in the northern Strip and start releasing Palestinian prisoners

Sheinbaum’s government is confident that the benefits of the trade agreement and pragmatism will ultimately outweigh the conservative shift and anti-Mexican rhetoric in Canada

The Argentine anthropologist, who has dedicated 30 years to the study of violence, weaves the connections between the sexual crimes of Ciudad Juárez and the massacres in Gaza, in what she calls the end of the era of respect for human rights

Historical grievances and a sense of unfair treatment are among the complaints voiced by the inhabitants of the island, which Trump seeks to control

Havana announced the decision after Washington said that it was removing Cuba from its list of state sponsors of terrorism

The measure is being adopted, among other things, to facilitate dialogue between Havana and the Catholic Church for the release of political prisoners

The Prince and Princess of Wales have become joint patrons of the Royal Marsden Hospital in London as a token of their gratitude

The British secret service has declassified new documents about the famous spy who ended up fleeing to Moscow, where he died alone and drunk 25 years later

Parliament is in the eye of the storm due to an investigation into an alleged pimping ring in the corridors of power and a rape accusation against a lawmaker

The president says she has not been invited to the inauguration and sources consider it unlikely that she will travel to Washington, while doubts prevail over Mexico’s strategy to contain the Republican’s attacks

After succeeding Queen Margrethe, King Frederik X faces the challenge of shaping his own legacy within a monarchy supported by 80% of the population. In recent months, he has emphasized priorities such as combating climate change and made a symbolic update to the royal coat of arms

The U.S. president-elect’s interest has stirred a mix of fear and mistrust among Greenland’s inhabitants, while reigniting the long-standing debate over independence. In the capital city of Nuuk, it has become the talk of the town