The battle for press freedom: The BBC stands firm against Trump
The president insists on demanding between $1 billion and $5 billion from the British broadcasting corporation over a documentary that never aired in the US
Trump asks House Republicans to vote to release Epstein files
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The US president has changed his stance four days after the publication of emails in which the pedophile claimed that the president ‘spent hours’ with one of his sex trafficking victims
Baroness Ariane de Rothschild: ‘Saying taxes should be raised for the sake of it isn’t the solution; governments should review their policies first’
She is the first woman — who, moreover, is neither a Rothschild by blood nor Jewish — to lead the main bank of the legendary financial dynasty. She warns that a stock market bubble is forming: ‘Valuations are very high’
China goes on the offensive: How it uses geoeconomics to reshape the world
Beijing is mobilizing its full diplomatic, investment, and technological capacity to consolidate its position of power against the United States
Trumpist, Cuban and 27 years old: Bryan Calvo, the mayor-elect who promises to bring change to Hialeah
The politician will be the youngest councilman in Florida in one of the US’ most Hispanic cities, where more than 75% of the residents are of Cuban origin
Chapter 11: Sowing distrust to gain power
Trump creates a narrative of persecution, according to which the United States must be saved from ruin and betrayal, and he and his movement are the only ones who can do it
Ahn Hak-seop, the 95-year-old ex-combatant who wants to return to North Korea: ‘I must die there’
The former soldier fought in the Korean War and spent 42 years imprisoned in the South. Today he is part of a small group of ‘non-converts’ who wish to cross the border
26 Federal Plaza: Inside New York’s immigration hell
The Manhattan courthouse, where over 1,000 people and recently entire families have been arrested while attending routine appointments, is the epicenter of Trump’s immigration offensive
Jeromin Zettelmeyer: ‘If the US continues to exercise coercive leadership, Europe will move to the non-aligned bloc’
The head of the European think tank Bruegel argues that Washington, under the Trump administration, has become an unreliable partner, and this strengthens China’s ties with Latin America, Africa, and Asia
Svetlana Alexievich: ‘Homo Sovieticus hasn’t died; he’s in the Kremlin and fighting in Ukraine’
After listening to thousands of testimonies throughout her career, the Nobel laureate reflects from Berlin on Ukraine and Belarus, soldiers and victims, exile, and the human condition
Trump asks attorney general to investigate Epstein’s ties to Bill Clinton and JP Morgan in an attempt to shift focus
The US president also cited former Harvard president Larry Summers and LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman
Ben Collins, from ‘The Onion’: ‘The powerful have a revenge fantasy, it’s the revenge of the dorks’
The CEO of the leading US satirical website explains what to do when reality is crazy, and how he is trying to buy the website of a famous conspiracy theorist
Trump to reduce tariffs on bananas, coffee and other food items to try to regain the initiative in cost-of-living crisis
The US president signs trade agreements with Argentina, El Salvador, Guatemala and Ecuador that ‘will bring prices down very quickly’ according to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent
Trump administration to deny visas to immigrants with obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease
The measure significantly expands the medical examinations performed on foreigners, and gives officials broad discretion to reject applicants based on their age and medical history
Venezuela’s leadership remains silent about US military escalation in the region
Opposition leader María Corina Machado predicted on Wednesday that there are ‘decisive hours’ ahead for a transition in the South American country
US escalates its campaign against ‘narco-terrorism’ in Latin America with the launch of Operation Southern Spear
The statement from the head of the Pentagon, Pete Hegseth, comes just hours after the 20th attack on a drug-smuggling boat, which left four people dead
Mexico to intercept suspected drug boats to prevent further US strikes
The Mexican president announces that a protocol for working in international waters has been agreed upon with a view to stopping the attacks
‘I know how dirty Donald is’: Key takeaways from the 20,000-plus Epstein documents released by Republicans
The vast material released on Wednesday shows that the millionaire pedophile was closely monitoring Trump while cultivating an extensive network of influence
Drug traffickers profit from end of intelligence cooperation between Colombia and the US
Gustavo Petro has suspended the sending of confidential information to the Donald Trump administration, but Washington was already offering little cooperation to Bogotá and other key allies
Trump signs bill ending the longest government shutdown in US history
Federal funds will start flowing again after nearly 43 days, following a favorable House vote on Wednesday. But the spending package only funds the government through January
Kai, Donald Trump’s media-savvy granddaughter, breaks into the golf elite
The 18-year-old, a social media sensation, makes her debut Thursday in an LPGA Tour event
Congress releases an email in which Epstein says Trump ‘spent hours’ with victim of sex trafficking
The US president has repeatedly denied having any knowledge of the conduct of his former friend
US airports will take months to recover from the government shutdown
Although Congress is close to approving a deal to reopen the federal government, officials warn that flights could be limited to ‘a trickle’ ahead of Thanksgiving if the gridlock persists
Venezuelans deported to Bukele’s mega-prison reveal torture and other abuses: ‘They said we would only leave in a black bag’
Human Rights Watch documented the mistreatment of 252 migrants that the Trump administration sent to El Salvador, and who were later released and returned to Caracas
BBC faces unprecedented crisis over Trump documentary: ‘Error of judgment’ or manipulation?
Experts in journalistic ethics consulted by EL PAÍS analyze the trigger for the clash between the British public media corporation and the US president
Maduro raises military alert in Venezuela amid escalating tensions with the United States
The decision, effective this Tuesday and Wednesday, coincides with the arrival in Caribbean waters of the ‘USS Gerald Ford,’ the most advanced aircraft carrier in the US fleet
Juan Luis Landaeta, visual artist: ‘For the first time I realized I’m the one being threatened, and I decided to talk about it’
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The Venezuelan lawyer-turned-artist’s new exhibition, ‘Confinement is a Vocabulary’, tells the stories of migrants who, like himself, face persecution from the Trump Administration
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