Visas and integration: What a Vox-PP government could mean for Brits in Spain
Spain's right-wing bloc is promising sweeping changes to immigration and residency policies that would directly impact UK nationals in the country, as well as a different diplomatic approach to Brexit...
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Netanyahu’s future hangs in the balance in a decisive election for the entire Middle East
Israel is holding its first elections since the 2023 Hamas-led attacks. The Jewish opposition bloc is leading in the polls against the prime minister’s coalition, but neither will secure a majority
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What to know about Spain's upcoming train strikes this autumn
Spanish train drivers for national rail operator Renfe and low-cost French competitor Ouigo have called nationwide strikes for Thursday October 29th and other key dates coinciding with public holidays...
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Bolsonaro backtracks and says he will serve as Lula’s opposition
The far-right candidate abandons his attempt to get Brazil’s presidential election annulled despite support from Trump over ‘rigged’ vote
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Today in Spain: A roundup of the latest news on Tuesday
Spain dominates Ballon D'Or football awards, PP and Vox forge last-minute Senate alliance, Madrid 'tent city' enters second month with fewer campers and more news on Tuesday October 27th.
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An empty airport, shuttered storefronts and abandoned hotels: The tourism decline in Tulum is worsening
Flight cancellations make it harder for visitors to return to the jewel of the Riviera Maya, which has lost its shine because of factors such as high prices and the arrival of sargassum
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Latin America’s left celebrates Lula’s victory: ‘The Pelé of progressivism’
The region’s conservative wing has acknowledged the Brazilian president’s victory, with the exception of Javier Milei and Nayib Bukele
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Why ‘You Can See Everything’ dominates conversations, social media, Halloween costumes, and has even been Oscar-tipped
The film about the Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes, imprisoned for fraud, has become a phenomenon in the United States in its first week of release and could be the first documentary to be nominated...
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Tech stock sell-off reopens debate on who will foot the AI bill
The poor performance by the neocloud CoreWeave dragged down chipmakers to their worst performance since 2008, raising new questions about the sustainability of an industry that has powered a stock mar...
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Pedro Sánchez: ‘These elections can be summed up in a very simple idea: either the past moves forward, or Spain moves forward’
In an interview with EL PAÍS, the Spanish prime minister, who is running for re-election on November 29, says he is confident of securing a big enough majority to implement his progressive agenda and...
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Journey to ground zero of the unrest in France
The spark for the student protests was ignited largely in the department of Seine-Saint-Denis, the country’s poorest province, which has the largest immigrant population and the most young people who...
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Cambridge Analytica, 10 years on: Meta still struggles to shake off the specter of political interference
The $25 billion fine imposed on the tech giant for sharing user data to influence voting comes just days before the US midterm elections
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Vox rising: What latest polls say a month away from Spain's election
Pollsters have long predicted a right-wing victory in Spain's next general election. Almost a month away from the big day, polls reflect changes to voter intention following several weeks of housing p...
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Bukele sends elite troops to Haiti after four Salvadoran soldiers disappear
Air and ground incursion in Port-au-Prince raises tensions with gangs, while analysts warn of humanitarian risks to civilians
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Justin Trudeau quit politics, but not fame: From his life with Katy Perry to his new projects
Nineteen months after leaving office, the former Canadian prime minister — famous from birth because of his surname — remains in the spotlight. He is notable for his romance with the singer of ‘I Kiss...
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The race for Los Angeles mayor: Two Democrats battle over housing, affordability and the Olympics
Incumbent Karen Bass and Nithya Raman, a city council member, are competing to lead a city struggling with homelessness and the high cost of living
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Moroccans replace Brits as main foreign property buyers in Spain
New data shows that Moroccans are now the foreign nationals buying the most homes in Spain, knocking UK nationals off a top spot they’ve held for the most part of the last decades.
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How Trump could challenge or undermine the midterm election results
From pressure on election officials to ballot seizures and the possible deployment of federal agents, experts outline eight scenarios that could unfold in the final days before the vote on November 3
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Who's really behind the looting and violence in Barcelona?
Spanish police are conducting a probe into what sparked the sudden wave of looting and rioting in Barcelona over the weekend, with experts pointing to social media and even foreign actors as being beh...
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The story of baby Poppy: From surrogate birth to youngest victim of Los Angeles’ ‘house of horrors’
The case of one of the 21 children rescued from a luxury mansion sheds light on the abuse inside the home and the surrogacy network behind it
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The opposition returns to the streets in Venezuela after María Corina Machado’s return: ‘She’s coming to step on the accelerator’
Supporters celebrated openly in Caracas while the government led by Delcy Rodríguez remained silent and did not make any effort to repress the demonstrators
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Lula's historic comeback is a defeat for Trump
Flávio Bolsonaro’s defeat opens a battle for the future of Brazil’s right
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Today in Spain: A roundup of the latest news on Monday
Spanish supermarket prices rise 54 percent more than wages, Real Madrid beat Barça in El Clásico, Spanish PM hails Brazil's Lula win as 'global progressive comeback', and more news from Spain on Monda...
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Bolsonaro refuses to concede defeat in Brazil and calls for result to be annulled
The far-right candidate announces a legal battle against what he called an ‘outrage’ following a judge’s decision to extend voting by two hours
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Lula pulls off a historic comeback in Brazil and leads the left to victory over Flávio Bolsonaro
The incumbent president will serve a fourth term after defeating the far-right clan’s candidate by four million votes, cementing his role as a leading counterweight to Donald Trump
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Lula pulls off a historic comeback in Brazil and leads the left to victory over Flávio Bolsonaro
The incumbent president will serve a fourth term after defeating the far-right clan’s candidate by four million votes, cementing his role as a leading counterweight to Donald Trump
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María Corina Machado returns to Venezuela
The opposition leader has managed to return after several failed attempts and nearly 10 months abroad, posing a direct challenge to the Venezuelan government
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Spanish police make 128 overnight arrests in Barcelona for 'looting': authorities
Police made 128 arrests overnight in Barcelona for acts of "vandalism", damage to public property" and "looting", the regional Catalan police said on Sunday.
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Kathleen Belew, historian: ‘Trump is using and benefiting from the white power movement’
The expert warns of the dangers of bringing racist and violent groups into mainstream politics, a trend that is gaining ground around the world
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Bunkers, ransoms and threats of mutilation: Peru’s kidnapping surge
In a testimony given to the Attorney General’s Office, a gold trader recounted the 36 hours he spent imprisoned by kidnappers. Another victim described his 11-day-long captivity, during which he was t...
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The mothers of Bukele’s prisoners, caught between sadness and hope: ‘Even if they are released, their lives have been destroyed’
The Salvadoran president’s announcement of a plan to release thousands of prisoners who were jailed during the state of emergency comes too late for the families. Their relatives have been scarred by...
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Ukraine, at an impasse: Besieged by Putin and abandoned by Trump
After a disastrous few days, Kyiv is trying to resume negotiations. Volodymyr Zelenskiy asserts that the Russian president wants ‘destruction,’ not just ‘surrender’
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‘They should leave us alone and go away’: Indigenous leaders protest against nature conservation projects that are forcing them off their land
Dozens of representatives across four continents are questioning the environmental projects being negotiated on their territories without their input. They say that these endeavors threaten their way...
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Zoe Kazan takes on her grandfather’s legacy in ‘East of Eden’
While the celebrated director adapted only the final third of Steinbeck’s novel for the screen, the actress and screenwriter has turned the full story into a Netflix series with a greater focus on its...
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Steering clear of the Postal Service and delivering ballots in person: Voter fears ahead of the midterms
Some 4.5 million Americans have already cast their ballots early and in person, according to data from the University of Florida
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Peter Thiel, the tech oligarch who believes in the Antichrist
The PayPal founder is probably the most influential figure in the technology industry in decades. He spreads conspiracy theories, but he is not an eccentric divorced from reality: he saw Trump’s rise...
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Squeezing the clouds: Aboard the small plane making it rain in drought-stricken Honduras
Tegucigalpa receives water every nine days in a region where farmers have not harvested for 11 months. The government uses silver iodide to trigger rainfall, even if it’s ‘a bandage for a fracture’
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Robert Reich: ‘Capitalism is compatible with democracy as long as democracy is in the driver’s seat’
Bill Clinton’s labor secretary sees the midterms as an opportunity for Democrats to begin repaying their debt to the working class
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Messi receives top Spanish award from heir to throne
Lionel Messi received Spain's most prestigious sports award on Friday in recognition of his glittering career and his work for disadvantaged children's access to health and education.
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250,000 rally in Madrid demanding state pension guarantees
Authorities said 250,00 people marched through central Madrid on Saturday demanding protection for the Spanish state pension scheme, one of the hot topics in a parliamentary election next month.
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Inside Spain: How the Basque Country avoided the 'Empty Spain' problem
As Spanish city dwellers struggle with affordability and politicians call for people to move to 'Empty Spain' as a solution, we look at how the Basque Country managed to avoid the problem of poor popu...
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Studio Ghibli’s obsession with food: Preparing and tasting every bite before drawing it
Since its founding in 1985, it has created iconic images that highlight Miyazaki’s meticulous approach to depicting meals
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Mikey Madison, the shy horse rider who won an Oscar and is back in a big way
After her breakthrough with ‘Anora,’ the actress chose to step back for a while and chart her own course away from the spotlight. Now she returns with a new Aaron Sorkin film and two more projects alr...
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Caro Quintero: The legendary drug lord with whom the US will ultimately strike a deal
The ‘Narco of Narcos,’ is seeking a deal to plead guilty and improve his prison conditions, where he could spend the rest of his days
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Political ads made with AI break into the midterms campaign
More than 200 commercials produced using the technology have been identified; its use in politics is not regulated at the federal level. Its electoral and social impact is yet to be seen
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Same voters, different outcomes: How gerrymandering works in the United States
From Texas to California, Republicans and Democrats have redrawn district maps to secure key seats ahead of the pivotal midterm elections
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Rural America tests the reach of the Democratic wave: ‘I’d like to see some political change’
As tariffs and the war against Iran push up prices, Iowan farmers are growing increasingly disillusioned with Trump. The agricultural state has become a crucial front in the Democrats’ effort to retak...
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Julián Delgado Lopera, writer: ‘Trans and queer language is poetic’
The Colombian author is a finalist for the US National Book Award. His novel, ‘Pretend You’re Dead and I Carry You,’ was published earlier this year. ‘I wanted to explore the rigidity within masculini...
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Sodium, the new white gold?
Lithium’s dominance could be threatened by the emergence of batteries made with one of the most abundant elements in the Earth’s crust. But experts say they are more likely to coexist
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Paul Banks of Interpol: ‘Quitting drugs and alcohol wasn’t that hard. It was time and I was ready’
After spending his teenage years in Madrid, he found success in New York in the 2000s and nearly died from his success and excesses. Now the band is releasing a new album