The Grand Canyon braces for more storms after flooding leaves at least one person dead and 15 missing
El País Englishby Jordi Alonso Martínez Yañez·31 Aug 2026
The danger did not end when the waters began to recede. The Grand Canyon is bracing for more storms after a flash flood swept through Bright Angel Canyon and the area around Phantom Ranch on...
China imposes a wall of silence in Tibet after the Himalayan disaster
El País Englishby Inma Bonet Bailén·31 Aug 2026
Four days after the catastrophic flood in Gyirong, known in Tibetan as Kyirong, China has for the first time released a breakdown of the nationalities of those still missing in Tibet.
United States hampers UN desertification summit with veto of ‘Voldemort words’
El País Englishby Ángeles Lucas·31 Aug 2026
The question is: why does the United States refuse to attend the U.N. climate summit but shows up at the one on land degradation and drought?
Ceuta, the month that broke a city
El País Englishby Antonio Jimenez Barca Barca·31 Aug 2026
A pair of residents of Ceuta were this week refusing to leave their home, which faces Benítez beach, because they feared that some of the thousands of migrants who sleep on the sand each night...
Brazil, the new promised land for Cubans
El País Englishby Naiara Galarraga Gortázar·31 Aug 2026
The presence of Cubans in Brazil surged starting in 2025, alongside the relentless deterioration of living conditions on the Caribbean island.
The ‘new era’ of Latino socialists in New York: ‘If the Democratic Party wants to lead, it must create a solution to the immigration problem’
El País Englishby Carla Gloria Colomé·31 Aug 2026
On the cover of issue number 304 of The Indypendent, a “free and progressive” paper printed on gray stock that New Yorkers pick up in libraries, laundromats, conference rooms and subway stations...
CIA chief’s visit to Moscow is shrouded in lies and half-truths amid ‘war’ of Russian espionage in Europe
El País Englishby Javier González Cuesta·31 Aug 2026
Amid a surge of Russian acts of sabotage across Europe, CIA Director John Ratcliffe’s meeting last week with the heads of the Kremlin’s intelligence agencies has sparked all manner of speculation...
The oil pact: the deal that ties Trump and Delcy Rodríguez together
El País Englishby Macarena Vidal Liy,María Martín·31 Aug 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday defended the pact under which his country will have majority control of one-fifth of Venezuela’s oil reserves, calling it a gift from Venezuela to the people...
US and Iran trade fire for the first time since July
El País Englishby Luis Doncel·31 Aug 2026
Six months after the Iran war began, the United States appears more focused on economically choking the regime than on direct strikes.
Lack of self-esteem and poor mental health: Why Vincent Van Gogh didn’t always put his name on his work
El País Englishby Ferrer Ferrer·30 Aug 2026
“Vincent.” That’s how Van Gogh signed his works, using only his first name. But the famous Dutch artist didn’t always do so.
Erin Brockovich is back: The activist Hollywood turned into a heroine is now taking on Meta and Google
El País Englishby Lidia A. Costa·30 Aug 2026
Twenty-six years ago, her story of environmental activism and advocacy for community rights became the basis for one of Hollywood’s biggest box-office successes.
Italy aims to bring order to the chaos of its 12,000 private beaches
El País Englishby Lorena Pacho·30 Aug 2026
Italy has nearly 4,900 miles of coastline, but enjoying it is not always free. While elsewhere, going to the beach means looking for a space on the sand, in Italy the experience is often quite...
Angélique Kidjo, the artist who changed how the world listens to Africa, now has a star in Hollywood
El País Englishby Chema Caballero·30 Aug 2026
When Angélique Kidjo knelt on the Hollywood Walk of Fame this past August 18 to unveil her star, the scene felt like a historical moment of redress.
Elías Jaua, former Venezuelan vice president: ‘After Chávez’s death, there was no referee, and we tore into each other’
El País Englishby Boris Muñoz·30 Aug 2026
Many of the historic figures of Chavismo, the political movement founded by former Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez, backed Delcy Rodríguez’s interim government after Nicolás Maduro was extracted...
Fear of ICE hinders the rebuilding of California’s fire-ravaged zones
El País Englishby Isaías Alvarado·30 Aug 2026
The sound of hammers, drills and Mexican music herald the rising from the ashes of Altadena. Just over a year ago, only the charred remains of homes blasted by the Eaton wildfires were in evidence.
A three-year-old’s broken world after his father’s immigration detention
El País Englishby Cora Cervantes·30 Aug 2026
This report was produced by MindSite News, a nonprofit news website covering mental health that publishes a free newsletter.
The shadow of the United States lengthens over southern Greenland: ‘We are going to lose our homes’
El País Englishby Carlos Torralba·30 Aug 2026
The Narsarsuaq Museum no longer has set opening hours. Since the airport closed in the spring, few visitors come to this remote settlement in southern Greenland.
Darializa Ávila Chevalier, the Afro-Latina socialist with one foot in Congress: ‘We need an economic system that gives people dignity’
El País Englishby Carla Gloria Colomé·30 Aug 2026
She is slender, dressed in a blue linen shirt, high-waisted jeans and Veja sneakers. Her curls are neatly arranged, she wears white-framed glasses and a nose piercing.
Ella Rubin, the ‘Sterling Point’ star everyone is comparing to Julia Roberts
El País Englishby Carlos Megía·29 Aug 2026
There are faces that seem familiar even before we know where we have seen them. That’s the case with Ella Rubin, the actress who plays Annie Jacobson, the lead character in Sterling Point, Prime...
In the Spanish city of Valencia, fascist squads patrol the streets
El País Englishby Joaquín Gil·29 Aug 2026
They call themselves the “Angels of the Night.” On paper, they present themselves as a grassroots neighborhood group alarmed by rising crime in Valencia.
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