Increasingly desperate adults and children are crossing the Rio Grande at night, with water up to their necks, in an attempt to reach Del Río in Texas despite pushback from border patrols
Recent high-profile sales of artworks presented as non-fungible tokens offer the promise of fast money. But experts warn that speculation and ignorance are fueling increasingly risky bets
‘It’s incredible, it’s every child’s dream,’ says Luis Lens about the 53 gold coins with legible inscriptions that date back to the 4th and 5th centuries, and illustrate the empire’s decline
An analysis of 106,000-year-old markings in Matalascañas allows scientists to reconstruct how the hominids hunted straight-tusked elephants for survival
The frontrunner in the polls for the 2022 presidential elections talks to EL PAÍS about how he plans to help the Colombian people, and why he will leave politics if he loses the vote
She escaped abuse in her native Romania and worked as a prostitute in over 40 brothels in Spain. Today, Tiganus is an activist who has just published a book about her experiences
In addition to the difficulty of accessing vaccines, some parts of the population are also skeptical about the immunization campaign
At least three flights a day are being operated out of San Antonio to return thousands of people to Port-au-Prince, as hundreds of border control agents are sent to expedite the process
Who deserves the eternality of a statue, and who should be removed from sight? Mexico City’s planned removal of a Christopher Columbus statue and replacement with an indigenous woman’s head has reopened the debate
The existence of a new planetary body could explain the peculiar movements of celestial objects orbiting beyond Neptune
Reverend Sereno Edwards Bishop’s research yielded information that today is used to forecast weather over extended periods
Indigenous populations and riverside dwellers endure a routine of threats, forest fires and encroachment on protected land in the state of Rondônia, which has become a key battleground of the president’s environmentally damaging policies in the north of the country
Saeed Shinwari lives holed up at the headquarters of ToloTV, under constant fear of the fundamentalists
For a second consecutive year, the South American nation saw the highest number of killings of environmental defenders, with 65 murdered, according to Global Witness
More than 600 public health specialists met this week in Spain to discuss everything we now know about Covid-19. Here are their main findings
Getting old is increasingly a poor man’s business, as we move towards a world where rejuvenation is only for those who can afford it
The 7.1 magnitude quake that shook central Mexico on September 7 is close to a 110-km long strip of land that has not registered major seismic activity in a century. Could that soon change?
Diagnostic tests and treatments either fell or stalled worldwide, according to a devastating report from the Global Fund. It is the first such setback in 20 years of investment
Experts say these bursts of light are linked to the energy released during the tremor
People displaced by the Taliban victory are afraid to return to their homes in the provinces, fearing reprisals for supporting government forces
The majority of internees at Hospital Colônia were not insane but “social undesirables.” Now a museum, the site of former atrocities is also a therapeutic residence for mentally ill patients
The secretive Altos Labs, which is said to be backed by Jeff Bezos and Yuri Milner, has recruited leading specialists to find ways of reprogramming cells and ultimately prolong human life
A young female pugilist’s terrible death has sparked doubts about whether she was fit to fight in Canada
Diamond Foundry, a Silicon Valley company that ‘grows’ the precious gems, has chosen Trujillo in Extremadura for an upcoming factory project
The Polish scientist used his typhus vaccine to spare Jews, intellectuals and members of the resistance from the Gestapo while clandestinely distributing doses to opponents of the Third Reich
With discipline, time, diversification and a willingness to accept some risk, it is possible to achieve annual returns in excess of 5%
A study from 2019 provides minute-by-minute information about the events of 66 million years ago thanks to a cylinder of sediment extracted from deep within the Earth
