‘The flight costs €15, we’re not going to give you a foot massage’: Have we normalized being treated badly by advertising?
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
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Photographer Jack Davison’s challenge: Three days in London and 111 portraits (37 per day)
Over the course of three days in November 2024, the British photographer took a series of photographs, now compiled in a new publication. They defy any recognizable time and are constructed out of a s...
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Siri Hustvedt, writer: ‘I’d like to go to my grave with a little whiff of Paul Auster’s smoke’
In her latest book ‘Ghost Stories,’ the U.S. writer dissects her life with the author of ‘The New York Trilogy’ — its high points, tragedies, and the mourning that followed her partner’s death in 2024
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Sebastian Gorka and Stephen Miller, architects of Trump’s pressure on Mexico
The US president’s allies have designed a strategy amid a sharp escalation that seeks to label cartels as a terrorist threat and calls into question the neighboring country’s national sovereignty
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What is Tesla? Whatever suits Elon Musk at any given moment
The founder and world’s richest person alters the company’s essence to sustain its high valuation. Sometimes it is an electric carmaker, sometimes an energy giant or the vanguard of AI
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Pochettino, Trump and the conspiracy to back America
At the White House it is believed the US can win the World Cup. To ensure that this is not mere fantasy, much remains to be done
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The year 2049, the great dystopia: The world after the fall of Ukraine
The global nightmare scenario: Russia emerges as the hegemonic power in Eurasia after the capitulation of Ukraine; China, transformed into its silent (and superior) partner; the US, normalizing digita...
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Minneapolis mayor, six months after Trump’s takeover of his city: ‘The danger of a new invasion still exists’
Democrat Jacob Frey became a symbol of the resistance when he expelled ICE from Minnesota. ‘I don’t see it as a victory; two of my neighbors died,’ he tells EL PAÍS
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Andrea Kottow, essayist: ‘When we care for our parents, we are confronted with our own limitations’
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 Kott...
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Researchers uncover mechanism responsible for the world’s most famous carnivorous plant’s snapping jaw
Venus flytraps can modify the mechanical properties of their cellular walls almost instantaneously — allowing them to capture insects in a tenth of a second
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How Hoyt Richards, the world’s best-paid male supermodel, was abducted by a brain-washing cult
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’
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More than 500 babies and toddlers have been detained by ICE since Trump returned to the presidency
An investigation by ‘The Marshall Project’ and ‘MS NOW’ reveals a sharp increase in the number of children under the age of three in custody. The authors warn of the effects that detention can have on...
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Steven Spielberg, the filmmaker who put extraterrestrials into the planet’s imagination, returns to his great obsession
In ‘Disclosure Day’ the director reflects on how humanity would confront the discovery that we are not alone, something he is increasingly ‘convinced’ of
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Díaz-Canel announces reforms to liberalize Cuba’s economy
The measures include allowing state companies to participate in the foreign exchange market, authorizing investments by Cubans abroad and ending subsidies for products
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SpaceX makes history with stock market debut and is poised for sharp gains
The company’s valuation is approaching two trillion dollars. SpaceX is trying to ‘take the fiction out of science fiction’ and create an exciting future, said Elon Musk
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A sex ritual on stage and smoke bombs in the stands: 50 years of The Rolling Stones’ first concert in Spain
Held at a tortuous moment for the band and a critical juncture for the Spanish democratic transition, the band played at Barcelona’s Plaza de Toros Monumental as part of a hectic European tour
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The USMNT, an interracial and diverse team debuting under the shadow of Trump’s immigration raids
Mauricio Pochettino’s side, including 12 Black players and three Latinos, opens against Paraguay at the SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles, whose employees can strike if ICE deploys there
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David Hockney, one of the 20th century’s most influential British artists, dies aged 88
The painter achieved massive success with his colorful scenes of California, Normandy, and the United Kingdom
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Ukraine suffocates Crimea: Besieged access routes by land, sea, and air leave the peninsula without fuel
Kyiv is intensifying its offensive in the occupied east to cut off the Moscow-annexed tongue of land north of the Sea of Azov
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Lendrick Street, a snapshot that explains violence against immigrants in Belfast
Residents at the epicenter of the xenophobic unrest express their fear: ‘I think they’re trying to make everyone racist’
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Emaciated after 530 days in an Israeli jail without charges
The first image in over a year of the well-known Gazan doctor Hussam Abu Safiya, during a hearing at Israel’s Supreme Court, fuels concern about his condition
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Iran denies Trump’s claims of a peace agreement to the end the war
The US president says he has called off attacks and that the final details of negotiations ‘have been brought to the highest level of Iranian leadership and approved’
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California is suing the Trump administration to block a new ICE facility
The state and Santa Clara County are seeking to block the construction of an immigration facility on farmland and accuse the federal government of ignoring environmental and transparency requirements
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Amy Adams’s comeback: how the perennial Oscar nominee is trying to escape her ‘era of flops’
For more than a decade she was one of Hollywood’s most admired performers and a regular presence at awards ceremonies. After several failed projects and a slump that has drawn the attention of cinephi...
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Jean-Luc Mélenchon: ‘The right no longer has anything to offer except fear’
The leader of the far-left party La France Insoumise, who launched his campaign last Sunday in the Paris suburb of Saint-Denis, is the only clear candidate right now for the 2027 French presidential e...
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Andrew Stanton, director of ‘Toy Story 5’: Children should play at imagining, rather than have a screen explain the world to them
With cowgirl Jessie as the lead facing off against the menacing new technologies, and with contributions from Bad Bunny and Taylor Swift, the franchise is fighting to stay relevant
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Six Prides to watch this month: from liberated Budapest to New York under the shadow of Trump
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
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Hospitals in Malawi team up with artificial intelligence to reduce child mortality
In one of the poorest countries in the world, an AI monitoring system detects early deterioration in hospitalized patients and helps overstretched medical staff intervene before it's too late
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Hope in atoms: A new method to search for missing migrants in Mexico
Argentine experts will join identification efforts by using stable isotopes found in bodies and remains to understand which country or region they came from
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Milei yields after more than two years of demands and increases the university budget
The Argentine government grants a 24% pay increase to staff at public universities
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Pochettino: 'I accept the arrogance of Spain, Argentina, England... But in the United States there’s a bit of confusion'
The US men’s national coach reflects on his mission to lead the World Cup host in turbulent times
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A wingers’ World Cup kicks off under the shadow of Messi–Ronaldo rivalry
Host nation Mexico faces South Africa in the opener of a World Cup marked by geopolitical tension, extreme weather, and long transfers between games
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Petro and Mamdani: A meeting of progressive leaders the Trump administration thwarted
The Colombian president and the New York mayor were to meet privately, but the White House prevented it, according to ‘The Washington Post’
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Trump raises specter of fraud with baseless accusations about California elections
The US president calls state election officials ‘cheating dogs’ in the Democratic state where the Republican gubernatorial candidate finished second, signaling a strategy to undermine confidence ahead...
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Exchange of fire between US and Iran marks beginning of a dangerous new phase in the war
Trump threatens a new round of attacks on Thursday if Tehran does not accept his terms for peace
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How the far right stirs up protests against immigration in Britain
Flashpoints like the murder of Henry Nowak or the attempted beheading of Stephen Ogilvy in Belfast mobilize extremist groups
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Pandemics that weren’t: How to nip an outbreak in the bud
Doctors, epidemiologists and surveillance systems have managed to contain flares of cholera, mpox and Marburg virus before they become international crises
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A UFC fight at the White House: Trump’s controversial sporting event sparks a wave of criticism
The mixed martial arts event promoted by the president has raised questions about potential conflicts of interest, restrictions on the press, and a legal battle over the use of public spaces
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The Chicago Cubs and the ‘rooftop wars’
The buildings surrounding Wrigley Field have become a highly lucrative tourist attraction against their owners’ will. After half a century of litigation, it appears the club now has the upper hand
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Final countdown to defuse protests against Mexican government ahead of World Cup opening game
Negotiations between the Interior and Education secretariats have failed to settle the CNTE marches and those of families of the disappeared in Mexico City
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Violence erupts against immigrants in Belfast following attempted beheading: ‘Burning families out of their homes is nothing less than disgusting cowardice’
Groups of masked individuals set fire to homes believed to belong to foreigners and burned buses, cars, and dumpsters. The victim’s family has called for an end to the riots
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A World Cup of opulence and records: Soaring ticket prices and officials denied entry
FIFA’s aim, in the largest and most commercialized World Cup in history, is for soccer to take root definitively in the United States, a market of 350 million people
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AI fever sparks an IPO race that threatens to change the balance of financial markets
SpaceX, OpenAI and Anthropic finalize plans to debut in the market, while other giants such as Alphabet, Amazon and Meta seek massive financing
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Venezuela releases 54 political prisoners, all members of the military
Most were part of the so‑called Operation White Armband, an alleged conspiracy denounced by Chavista intelligence agencies
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Delays in Peru vote count: a month of speculation, suspicion and doubt
With both presidential contenders neck and neck, supporters of leftist candidate Roberto Sánchez are calling to ‘defend the people’s vote’ against what they see as a risk of interference
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A man convicted of killing his ex-partner’s cat in Spain will be deported to Colombia
An animal welfare group that filed a private complaint says it is the first time expulsion has been ordered for violence committed against a pet
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US warns foreign ‘influencers’ ahead of World Cup: creating content on a tourist visa is illegal
New regulations from the Trump administration require these individuals to apply for a visa that allows them to work legally in the country
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Poisoned in the fields of the Rio Grande Valley: Parkinson’s advances in the agricultural heart of Texas
The neurological disease has been repeatedly linked to exposure to certain pesticides widely used on crops in the southeastern Texas borderlands
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US strikes targets in Iran in response to downing of an Apache helicopter
Tehran said it had launched its own attacks on sites in Bahrain, Kuwait and Jordan in retaliation, further complicating the prospects of a lasting ceasefire
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Graham Platner wins Democratic primary for key Senate seat despite scandals over Nazi tattoo and ‘unsettling’ behavior toward women
The candidate, a combat veteran with a reputation as an everyman, got around 75% of the vote and will face Republican Senator Susan Collins in the midterms