What are men searching for (and running from) when they go on a retreat?
Escapes from the stress of modern life, places to recharge batteries — men’s retreats have been identified by the Global Wellness Center as a major trend in 2025
Palestinian reporter Youmna El Sayed: ‘My family told me I had to choose between being a journalist or a mother’
Al Jazeera’s English-language correspondent left Gaza with her children after being threatened. Now she continues to report on the war as a refugee and asks that Gaza’s plight not be forgotten
Helen Levitt, the photographer who captured the theater of the everyday
Barcelona is hosting a retrospective dedicated to the American artist, who was a pioneer of street photography and color. She transformed the humblest settings into compositions that are full of meaning and visual poetry
When things get out of hand at the lab: Hundreds of accidents expose the ‘catastrophic’ risk of dangerous pathogen leaks
Opacity surrounds incidents at scientific facilities, with over 400 cases documented in the last half-century worldwide, including a cloud of bacteria that affected 10,000 people in 2019
Catalonia lab was experimenting with African swine fever virus when the first infected boar was found nearby
Documents sent to Spain’s National Biosafety Commission confirm at least two tests conducted in October and November at the facilities, which are undergoing construction work. Authorities are investigating the possibility of a lab leak
Helpless in the face of the worst animal pandemic in history: African swine fever breaks out in Spain with no vaccine in sight
There is no medicine for this disease, nor will one be available in the near future, meaning authorities have to resort to medieval measures to counter a plague
Madrid’s growing popularity as a filming location: More benefits for the city, more grief for the residents
Over 1,000 movies were shot in the Spanish capital last year, most of them in the city center, partly because of low permit fees: ‘This occupation of our streets has become the norm in our daily lives’
Guided missiles targeting tumor cells open a new route to combat cancer
A major European clinical research event in oncology gives a boost to antibody–drug conjugates, treatments that work like a Trojan horse, delivering chemotherapy to the interior of malignant cells
Did Mango founder Isak Andic fall to his death or was he pushed by his son?
Without direct evidence of murder, small clues have led the Catalan police to pursue a line of enquiry that has the Andic family on tenterhooks
Honey Thaljieh, co-founder of the Palestinian women’s national team: ‘Soccer gave me community, a sense of belonging, dignity’
The former player, currently a FIFA public relations officer, asserts her identity, Palestinian resilience and struggle, and the power of soccer as a tool for change in a conversation with EL PAÍS
Scottie Pippen: ‘On a scale of one to 10, talking about Michael Jordan tires me out a 12′
The six-time NBA champion with the Chicago Bulls relives memories of the 1992 Olympic Dream Team: ‘We had a great time in Barcelona’
Robert Capa’s iconic Spanish Civil War photo: A mystery that endures 90 years later
The Círculo de Bellas Artes in Madrid is hosting the largest retrospective in Spain of the photographer’s work, with 250 pieces, including images, publications, and objects on war and life
Logbook: The Global Sumud Flotilla’s journey to Gaza
Photographer Mauricio Morales began his journey in Barcelona and stopped in Greece a few days before the civilian maritime mission he was participating in was attacked by the Israeli army
Study with twins associates higher educational attainment with better cognitive performance in old age
The research, which followed dozens of siblings for nearly half a century, found that physical activity in midlife showed a modest positive association with verbal fluency, but not with other cognitive functions
The financial scandal that rocked Franco’s Spain and ended with a suicide in Lausanne
Historian Enrique Faes uncovers a case hidden in the archives for 60 years: a real-life detective tale involving tax evasion, secret codes and a Swiss bank employee who sought out wealthy clients in post-war Spain
Recovering after attempted suicide: ‘Before, I just wanted to die, so that I could feel peace. Now, I see the whole spectrum of colors’
Four people who tried to take their own lives spoke with EL PAÍS. They explained the work they’ve done to escape a situation that causes thousands of deaths each year and that, until recently, was considered to be highly taboo
Never steal a hacker’s girlfriend’s phone: How an expert exposed a global network of thieves
Gangs that rob gadgets are looking for new ways to extract more value from them. An expert analyzed the work of one organization as it was dismantled by the police
Labubu craze grows in Barcelona with second store opening
The little monster dolls have been selling like hotcakes in the Catalan capital, with long lines forming in front of both establishments selling the official product
Black Country, New Road: The British band that turned the loss of their leader into an opportunity
After the departure of its vocalist the experimental rock group, which has become a republic of six, reinvents itself with a more choral and luminous album
Rough seas once again prevent Global Sumud Flotilla from sailing to Gaza
Five of the 30 ships carrying food, water and medicine were forced to return to the port of Barcelona for the second time. Swedish activist Greta Thunberg is one of 200 people attempting the Mediterranean crossing
At the UNRWA warehouses where food is being stockpiled for Gaza: ‘The aid entering the Strip is a drop in the ocean’
Barcelona Mayor Jaume Collboni visits the UNRWA in Jordan and announces that he will double the funding provided by the Catalan capital
Trump’s ‘refugees’ settle in Spain: ‘We’re not going back to the United States’
EL PAÍS features the stories of three American families who arrived in the European country this year, in the face of the US’ downward spiral and the loss of freedoms: ‘Things are getting ugly’
Barcelona, the European capital of Mormons: ‘We’re happy because we’ve started holding meetings in Catalan’
Millionaire influencers, hugely successful reality shows, and even a satirical musical reveal a newfound curiosity about a community with customs that sound very old-fashioned
Buying (not renting) individual rooms as a solution to the housing crisis
Spanish start-up Habitacion.com, with revenue of $1.65 million, says it has more than 21,000 people on a waiting list for a unit
The power of the cat
Are the estimated 700 million felines on Earth the sacred animals of our times?
Inside the private Telegram chat calling for immigrants in Spain to be ‘hunted down’: ‘Arab heads will roll’
The group was abruptly shut down at 8:36 p.m. on Monday for ‘inciting violence’ in the wake of an attack on an elderly man in the town of Torre Pacheco
The Grateful Dead: A story of hippies, LSD and Lithuania’s iconic basketball uniforms
The Californian band, famous for its improvisational style and devoted Deadheads, played their final concert on July 9, 1995