The fake 9/11 survivor: The Barcelona woman behind a lie that captivated America
El País Englishby Héctor Llanos Martínez·27 Aug 2026
Often, when people talk about Tania Head and her outlandish story, they say she would make a great movie character, that hers is the kind of story made for the big screen.
What is the ‘public charge’ rule the government is using as a pretext to pause immigrant visa interviews?
El País Englishby Jordi Alonso Martínez Yañez·27 Aug 2026
For thousands of people who have spent months or even years waiting to legally immigrate to the United States, the process has been put on hold just as they were approaching one of its final...
Don't be an Elon Musk, be a Dolly Parton
El País Englishby Jaime Rubio·27 Aug 2026
“In a world filled with Elon Musks, be a Dolly Parton.” Following Dolly Parton’s death on Tuesday, versions of that message circulated widely on X and Bluesky.
In the land of Dolly Parton, queen of the Smokies
El País Englishby Alejandro Santos·27 Aug 2026
There are some 12 miles, more than 80 years and almost an entire world between Locust Ridge and Dollywood. Locust Ridge can barely be called a town.
Warsh faces a high-stakes Jackson Hole debut as bond market pressures mount
El País Englishby Nuria Salobral·27 Aug 2026
The central bankers’ symposium that begins Friday in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, bringing together the leading figures in global monetary policy, has a new protagonist this year.
Children’s kites from Gaza: The latest pretext for Israel’s threats
El País Englishby Antonio Pita·27 Aug 2026
In Israeli towns that suffered Hamas’s October 7, 2023, attack, anything coming from Gaza causes alarm. Even, as in recent weeks, children’s kites.
Laura Fernández: ‘There is no ‘bukelization’ in Costa Rica’
El País Englishby Álvaro Murillo·27 Aug 2026
Laura Fernández Delgado (Puntarenas, 1986) has completed her first 100 days at the helm of the Costa Rican government amid three unprecedented circumstances in the Central American country, which...
Social networks face their ‘tobacco moment’: Key points of a historic agreement that will shape the future of platforms
El País Englishby Manu González Pascual·27 Aug 2026
Four major tobacco companies signed an agreement in 1998 with the attorneys general of 52 U.S. states under which they would pay more than $200 billion over the following years to fund health...
‘I can’t focus on my schoolwork’: A high school student in the US agonizes her parents will be seized by ICE while she’s in class
El País Englishby Cora Cervantes·27 Aug 2026
This story was reported by MindSite News, a nonprofit news site that reports on mental health and publishes a free newsletter.
Abelardo de la Espriella authorizes US extradition of five cartel leaders
El País Englishby Emma Jaramillo Bernat·27 Aug 2026
Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella has ordered the extradition to the United States of five ringleaders of organized crime groups.
US tightens the net on R1, the CJNG boss implicated in the killings of Uruapan mayor Carlos Manzo and influencer Valeria Márquez
El País Englishby Isaías Alvarado·27 Aug 2026
Washington is tightening the net on the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG). The United States on Wednesday charged Ramón Álvarez Ayala, alias “R1,” a regional commander of the criminal...
Authorities fear death toll will rise in Nepal and Tibet after severe flash flooding
El País Englishby Inma Bonet Bailén·27 Aug 2026
The world woke up this Thursday with its eyes on Nepal after a violent flash flood on Wednesday morning left at least 177 people dead in the Himalayan country, wedged between India and China...
The United States is increasingly a fortress against immigration
El País Englishby Macarena Vidal Liy·27 Aug 2026
During Donald Trump’s second term the United States is determined to become a fortress that only a few, select foreigners can enter.
The mystery of Salzburg’s missing mini Mozarts
El País Englishby Benjamín G. Rosado·26 Aug 2026
Mozart emerged unscathed from the monument wars of 2020. No one vandalized his statues over the alleged racism of The Magic Flute or the orientalism of The Abduction from the Seraglio.
Britain’s economic reality threatens Burnham’s honeymoon with voters
El País Englishby Rafa De Miguel·26 Aug 2026
Andy Burnham is about to bid farewell to his political honeymoon and confront the harsh realities of the economy.
Tim Curry, star of ‘The Rocky Horror Picture Show,’ dies at 80
El País Englishby Gregorio Belinchón Yagüe·26 Aug 2026
British actor Tim Curry died on Tuesday night at his home in Los Angeles at the age of 80, according to TMZ.
The desert’s ‘resurrection plant’ paves the way to fridge-free vaccines
El País Englishby Lola Hierro·26 Aug 2026
It lives in deserts where not a drop of rain falls for months, and botanists call it the resurrection plant for its seemingly miraculous return to life.
Meta reaches nearly $17 billion settlement over social media harms to children
El País Englishby Macarena Vidal Liy·26 Aug 2026
Meta has agreed to pay up to $16.68 billion as part of a settlement to resolve lawsuits brought by states across the country alleging that the company designed Facebook and Instagram to be...
Displaced by Colombia’s conflict, now uprooted again by the earthquake: ‘We arrived with nothing and we’re back to having nothing’
El País Englishby Diego Stacey·26 Aug 2026
Mario Suárez was already awake when the ground beneath his feet began to shake. He waited a few seconds, but the tremor did not stop.
Holding out in Ceuta until asylum is granted
El País Englishby Jacobo García·26 Aug 2026
Since July 30 and 31, when some 80,000 people entered Ceuta, the streets leading to the Loma Margarita facilities in the western part of the city have become a vivid summary of all the wars...
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