
Egypt searches the desert for mineral treasures
The African country has large reserves, but the sector is underdeveloped. The government has made it a priority amid global demand for minerals critical to the energy transition

The African country has large reserves, but the sector is underdeveloped. The government has made it a priority amid global demand for minerals critical to the energy transition
Parties and cultural events have become a form of resistance to the bombardments, turning Ukraine’s capital into a place where life and death coexist side by side

The remains of Indigenous Maya people killed in 1982 have been recovered from a storage facility in Chimaltenango to receive the dignified burial long denied them by the Guatemalan state

The Trump administration has pointed, through a series of media leaks, to the governors of Sonora and Tamaulipas, both of whom deny any wrongdoing. Suspicion has also fallen on the governor of Baja California

From Galicia, a friend is trying to move mountains. Across the Atlantic in Venezuela, a woman has spent six days beside the building where her parents, brother and two young nephews lie trapped beneath the debris

Five days after the disaster, tensions between residents and authorities are escalating in the hardest-hit areas

The Italian prime minister has paid for playing both sides between the US and the EU. After months of underscoring her good standing with the US president, she is now moving away from a relationship that costs her votes

The complaint filed by María Felicia Jiménez highlights the scale of gender-based violence in the country, where 63% of women over the age of 15 have experienced some form of it

State prosecutors say 251 sets of remains have been returned to relatives. The owner remains on the run, and no sanctions have been imposed on public officials

The Argentine chief of Cabinet’s scandal has dented the Milei government’s claim to moral superiority over the rest of the political class

EL PAÍS reports from the apocalypse after the earthquake, where precarious conditions and lack of resources mark rescue efforts following the double tremor. Authorities have recovered up to 20 bodies per hour, and the death toll has already reached 1,450

Global professional investors have largely replaced families as major shareholders in recent decades. BlackRock, Vanguard and Norway’s sovereign wealth fund hold stakes valued at €113 billion

Six months after the political shift triggered by the American military intervention, the penal reform promised by Delcy Rodríguez’s administration raises doubts about its true scope

Overcrowded hospitals, mile-long waiting lists, and warnings from the IMF are putting the Costa Rican Social Security Fund — the pillar that underpins the country’s stability — in jeopardy

Under U.S. oversight, without free access to its own revenues, and with a system that was already operating at its limits, the South American country is facing its darkest hours

The damage in Caracas and La Guaira has reignited the debate over the safety standards required for buildings in earthquake-prone countries

The American giant Lockheed Martin is selling F-35s in droves, despite the jet’s operational problems, while Boeing is making progress in the development of the F-47

US military bases have shifted from being a source of protection to making them targets of Iranian attacks, and the closure of Hormuz is pushing them to seek alternatives to sell their oil

China’s president has consolidated power through a lasting anti-corruption drive and frequently calls for a ‘fighting spirit.’ His years in a rural village during the Cultural Revolution helped shape his leadership

The government raises the death toll to 920 and places the number of injured at upwards of 3,000 one day after the back-to-back quakes

An ultimatum issued by anti-immigrant groups has sparked fear among thousands of foreigners, who have been made scapegoats for the economic crisis gripping the country

Miguel Díaz-Canel says his government will continue to defend socialism through the 176 measures that open up the island to the market and end egalitarianism

One of the country’s most neglected provinces and home to a majority Afro-descendant population is the leading source of national team players, including Hincapié and Pacho

Claims that Abelardo de la Espriella’s win was driven by armed pressure behind Iván Cepeda’s vote stigmatize the left without evidence

The most powerful earthquake in a century strikes a country with an acting president and strained basic services

The United States has eased sanctions, pledged $150 million in aid and deployed military ships and aircraft after the back-to-back earthquakes

After a year of disputes over methodology, the Gustavo Petro administration accepts a 3.5% increase in coca cultivation