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Hunter Biden, the son of U.S. President Joe Biden, on November 23.TOM BRENNER (REUTERS)

Hunter Biden, indicted on nine tax crimes in his second criminal case

Luis Pablo Beauregard / Miguel Jiménez|Los Angeles / Washington

A Los Angeles grand jury has opened a new case against the son of the U.S. president, which has provided further ammunition to the Republicans

Police break up Jewish ultranationalist march through Muslim quarter of Jerusalem’s Old City

Luis de Vega|Jerusalem

Protesters, who were stripped of their banners, demanded that Israel take control of holy Muslim sites

In Germany, the weight of historical guilt silences protests for Gaza victims

Elena G. Sevillano|Berlin

‘Daddy, are we going to die today?’

Natalia Junquera|Madrid

Palestinian journalists appeal to the world to share their work because every picture tells a story

AME2031. CARACAS (VENEZUELA), 04/12/2023.- El presidente de Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, habla durante un acto en el Consejo Nacional Electoral (CNE) hoy, en Caracas (Venezuela). Maduro aseguró este lunes tener "un plan" para "recuperar los derechos históricos" que -afirmó- tiene su país sobre el Esequibo, un territorio de casi 160.000 kilómetros cuadrados en disputa con Guyana, aunque no dio ningún detalle sobre la estrategia para lograr este objetivo. EFE/ Rayner Peña R.

Nicolás Maduro stirs up Guyana conflict in an attempt to corner María Corina Machado

Florantonia Singer|Caracas

Editorial | Nicolás Maduro maneuvers with Guyana

US conducts flight operations in Guyana after Venezuela’s referendum on the Essequibo region

Macarena Vidal Liy|Washington

Abortion restrictions and discouragement of female university students: Moscow wants Russian women to focus on childbearing

Javier G. Cuesta|Moscow

Putin has approved amnesty for female prisoners who are not repeat offenders, non-violent offenders or those with young children as a measure to boost the birth rate

Sochi (Russian Federation), 27/11/2023.- Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a plenary session of the World Russian People's Council, dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the founding of the organization, via videoconference in Sochi, Russia, 28 November 2023. (Rusia) EFE/EPA/MIKHAEL KLIMENTYEV/SPUTNIK/KREMLIN / POOL MANDATORY CREDIT

The Spanish Minister of Defense, Margarita Robles, visited the Spanish military at the Adazi base (Latvia) on Monday.

Spain expels two US spies for infiltrating secret service

Miguel González|Madrid

The president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, delivers a speech in Bogotá.

In Colombia, public sentiment shifts right as the left loses steam

Inés Santaeulalia|Bogotá

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak shakes hands with Rwandan President Paul Kagame at Downing Street in London, Britain May 4, 2023.

The UK says it has paid Rwanda $300 million for a blocked asylum deal. No flights have taken off

Afghan refugee women and children sit at a registration center after arriving from Pakistan near the Afghanistan-Pakistan border in Spin Boldak district of Kandahar province, Afghanistan, November 28 2023.

As Pakistan cracks down on illegal migrants, nearly half a million Afghans have left, minister says

A worker carries lumber at a home under construction at the Cold Spring Barbera Homes subdivision in Loudonville, New York, US, on Wednesday Nov. 8, 2023.

US employers add a solid 199,000 jobs and unemployment falls, signaling a still-sturdy labor market

The unemployment rate dropped from 3.9% to 3.7%, not far above a five-decade low of 3.4% in April. Still, the job market is gradually decelerating along the lines that Fed officials have wanted to see

Two networks announce GOP presidential debates just days apart at same New Hampshire school

CNN said that it would host a Jan. 10 debate at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, and another on Jan. 21 at Saint Anselm College in Goffstown, New Hampshire, three days after the ABC event

Janet Yellen at the National Palace in Mexico City; December 7, 2023.

Janet Yellen’s Mexico visit targets fentanyl, arms trafficking and money laundering

Karina Suárez|Mexico

The two countries signed an agreement to monitor foreign investment and supply chains for illegal activity

Lawmakers seek action against Elf Bar and other fruity e-cigarettes imported from China

The FDA has declared all such products illegal. Elf Bar, a small, colorful vaping device is the No. 1 choice among teenagers

Residents stare at the McDougall Creek wildfire in West Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada, on August 17, 2023.

Canada’s blazing inferno: 2023 wildfires swept through an area larger than Florida

Jaime Porras Ferreyra|Montreal (Canada)

This year, Canadians suffered the worst wildfire season on record. Meanwhile, Justin Trudeau’s government is seeking to tackle climate change through a strategy that has attracted some criticism

Jon Rahm acknowledges money factor as two-time major winner announces switch to LIV Golf

Juan Morenilla / AP|Madrid

The world number three stated his goal remains to win as many majors as possible having previously said he had no intention of leaving the PGA Tour for the Saudi league

Eduard Aibar, philosopher of science: ‘There is a movement against children’s exposure to cell phones. The advance of technology is not so inevitable’

Sergio C. Fanjul|Madrid

The Catalan thinker spoke with EL PAÍS about how he dismantles the myth of innovation and relates it to neoliberal ideology

Mathematician Pak Teee Ng at Singapore’s National Institute of Education.

Singapore’s top educationalist: ‘We are reducing homework. Play is part of learning’

Elisa Silió|Doha

The Asian country has topped the charts of the PISA rankings. Mathematician Pak Tee Ng believes that valuing teachers as the architects of a nation is fundamental

Why has the internet become so boring?

Karelia Vázquez

It is no longer a window to the world, nor an inexhaustible source of information, nor even a place to spend time discovering something curious or interesting. Instead, it is increasingly dull, uniform and unreliable

Taylor Swift performs onstage during "Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour" at Allianz Parque on November 24, 2023 in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour is the first tour to gross over $1 billion, Pollstar says

Adolfo Pérez Esquivel: ‘The day you stop smiling at life, is the day you have been defeated’

José Pablo Criales / Constanza Lambertucci|Buenos Aires

The Nobel Peace Prize winner talks to EL PAÍS about the last 40 years of democracy in Argentina and what matters most to him in this regard: the future

Nobel Peace Prize winner Adolfo Pérez Esquivel photographed at his home in the San Isidro neighborhood of Buenos Aires.

Ayelén Malgraf next to some of the ingredients she uses to make plastic substitutes.

Fungi, yerba mate waste and cassava starch: Argentina’s alternatives to plastic

Agustín Gulman|Buenos Aires

Scientists and entrepreneurs in the country are exploring ways to replace plastic packaging with everyday materials

An aqueduct that provided water to Viminacium, a large Roman city south of the Danube, in modern-day Serbia.

Ancient DNA study questions the genetic purity of Balkan Slavs

Daniel Mediavilla

Scientists preparing a sample in a laboratory.

Gene editing, AI, an HIV vaccine and more: 11 clinical trials that will shape medicine in 2024

Enrique Alpañés|Madrid

A visitor looks at an artificial intelligence exhibit at the Center for Contemporary Culture in Barcelona last October.

Google launches Gemini, an AI model capable of outperforming humans in multitasking language comprehension

Raúl Limón

A colossal marine project to convert the winds into clean energy

El País

Digital generated image of infinity sign made out of multiple environment cross section with different types of energy supply standing on grey background. Sustainable energy concept.

Renewable energies are a beacon of hope for climate balance

Ana Nieto|New York

Sari Multala, Finland’s minister of Science and Culture, during her recent visit to Madrid.

This is how Finland is looking for its next Nokia

Francisco de Zárate|Madrid

Sari Multala — the minister of Science and Culture for the Nordic country — wants to boost public and private investment in R&D to 4% of GDP. She says that this will allow small and medium-sized enterprises to ‘have the success’ that the mobile manufacturer Nokia once enjoyed

Portugal tightens tax advantages for foreign workers

Pablo Sempere

The regime has been extended for another year but the eligibility criteria are now tougher

Hopes for a Mercosur-EU trade deal fade yet again as leaders meet in Brazil

Lula da Silva is an advocate of the agreement that has been in the works for two decades. His main partners so far have been Spain, which holds the presidency of the EU, and Germany

When will the COLA 2024 payments be mailed

Alonso Martínez

The cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) will have an increase of 3.2% next year. More than 71 million Americans will be benefited

A job interview could provide indications of a toxic work environment.

How to detect a toxic work environment during the recruitment process

Mar Manrique

Three referees do warm-up exercises before a match at the FIFA U-17 World Cup.

How to properly warm up before exercising

Gema Torres

What to eat to prevent and control type 2 diabetes

Juan Revenga

The living room area of the Bellini suite, one of the most luxurious at the Passalacqua Hotel. Italian composer Vincenzo Bellini lived here between 1829 and 1833.

The secrets of the Passalacqua, the best hotel in the world

Miquel Echarri

Seeing and hearing Leonard Bernstein at the premiere of the film ‘Maestro’

Pablo L. Rodríguez|Zaragoza

Sony Classical releases a deluxe album of previously unpublished photographs of his best recordings as conductor of the New York Philharmonic, allowing us to delve into the protagonist of the film directed by and starring Bradley Cooper