Society

Prediction markets are courting female audiences via social media and empowerment messaging. What happens when betting is packaged as a lifestyle product?

Nineteen years later, police from several countries are still investigating what happened to the British child who vanished while sleeping in a tourist apartment in the Algarve region of Portugal

In the Sahrawi refugee camps in Tindouf, set up after the 1975 exodus, about 173,000 people live trapped in a limbo that has now lasted five decades. Their lives are increasingly dependent on precarious humanitarian aid

The major sporting event put gambling addicts on alert, many of whom now have new profiles linked to online betting

For over two decades, she has researched the evolution of the French language from the Middle Ages to the present, with a focus on verbal violence. Her book ‘Whore: History of a word and a stigma’ has just been published in Spanish

Denigrating remarks made to a famous guest actress have once again placed a profitable and popular format under scrutiny

Delft University of Technology aims to increase female enrollment in the program and ultimately boost the number of women in teaching and research roles

It’s a national pioneer in adapting its streets, but residents criticize the impacts of mass tourism on a paradise from which other cities look to learn

The couple, who became engaged in 2024, are seeking the same rights as any heterosexual married couple. Their case could make Botswana the second country in Africa, after South Africa, to legalize same-sex marriage

In 1939 a couple from A Coruña, Spain opened a bar that soothed the homesickness of sailors and enlivened the nights of the Spanish cultural diaspora. Now in his eighties, Pepe, the founders’ son, has just sold this piece of living history

In an ecosystem increasingly saturated with stimuli, brands strive to stand out from competitors with strategies that sometimes resemble the worst behavior on social media

The literature professor from Santiago de Chile has published a unique work of nonfiction that examines parent-child relationships through her own experience with her father, the physician Miguel Kottow

History’s first male ‘top model’ reveals the secrets of Eternal Values, a sect led by Frederick von Mierers, in the documentary ‘Bring Me the Beauties’

Hungary’s capital celebrates in freedom after Viktor Orbán’s fall, in the Romanian city of Oradea the march is banned, while in the US respect for the community drops to historic lows

From a look at neo-Pentecostalism to alternative therapies, new books explore how rationalism appears to be giving way to faith

‘Wherever a person is discriminated against because of their origin, the principle of the equal dignity of all human beings is violated,’ he told a joint session of both houses, where he received a long ovation

The presence of this religious community has grown by 30% in a decade in the Spanish capital

María, Elizabet and Katherina are the only women to escape from the oldest Mennonite community in the South American country. Today, they are looking for ways to rebuild their lives and are seeking legal help to regain custody of their children

New generations are asserting their rights, still marked by a past of persecution and stigma. But political participation remains an unfulfilled promise

More than half of the cases are located in Colombia, and the rest in Argentina, Bolivia, Cuba, El Salvador, the United States, Mexico, and Venezuela

Predatory groups have experienced exponential growth thanks to social media. Experts warn that it is now easier and cheaper than ever to reach a wider audience

This is the story of how Anthony Green chose when and how he wanted to die, as one of the 227 people in Spain who have opted to donate their body parts after ending their lives

The growing public awareness of odor pollution in countries like Spain clashes with the lack of regulation

Utilizing newborn blood is more of a dream than a reality, and storing it in public banks is largely for a potential greater good

Women have long gone to extreme lengths to fit into their era’s beauty canon — let’s examine the truths and lies behind the supposed Ozempic of the Victorian era