Fatih Birol (IEA): ‘The war in Iran is already the biggest threat to energy security in history’
The secretary general of the agency that coordinates oil reserves warns that the current supply reduction is greater than in the 1970s
‘I’m not thinking of leaving’: The need to keep sending money back to their families traps African migrants in the Gulf states
Abdallah al Jouaid |Dubai
In the Arab countries of the Persian Gulf, five million people from Africa work mostly in the fields of construction and domestic service
Without fuel, but pedaling on: The new bicycle boom in Cuba
Berta Reventós |Havana
Honduras photo archive preserves country’s queer memory
Juan José Santos |Tegucigalpa (Honduras)
From ‘Apollo 8′ to ‘Artemis 2′: Six decades after the first flight to the Moon, the space race is no longer the same
NASA will attempt to send four astronauts to orbit the Earth’s satellite
Marc Abrahams, founder of the satirical Ig Nobel Prizes: ‘Scientists in the US are very angry. People are waking up’
Julia Fullerton‑Batten’s photographs revive the sets of Hollywood’s golden age
Julia Fullerton-Batten
The artist gives new life to the hand‑painted backdrops that, before the digital era, served as scenery in films
Jens Stoltenberg, former NATO secretary general: ‘I am certain that the members of the Alliance will remain united to protect one another’
Norway’s current finance minister says ‘the attack on Iran has no basis in international law’
The invisible tragedy of the oil spill in Mexico
Crude oil is poisoning the livelihoods of hundreds of families who live around Laguna del Ostión, in Veracruz state
Trump wants more money and reinforcements for new phase of Iran war
The Pentagon will request an additional $200 billion in funding to finance the offensive, now dominated by attacks against the energy sector
Lea Ypi, writer: ‘The two major problems of the 21st century are capitalism and the nation-state’
In her latest book, ‘Indignity’ (2025), the Albanian political scientist researches and recreates the story of her grandparents, who were persecuted by Enver Hoxha’s regime
Diana Walsh Pasulka, specialist in religions: ‘Belief in UFOs is very similar to that of the early Christian community’
The American academic has published an essay about extraterrestrials as the origin of a new creed
Shakira and Bad Bunny, with 10 concerts each, place Madrid at the center of the Latin music world
The 500,000 tickets sold by the Puerto Rican artist for this summer and the construction of an entire stadium for the Colombian singer’s tour have made the Spanish capital the ‘benchmark for Latin music within Europe’
Matthew Lieberman, psychologist: ‘Loneliness kills in ways that aren’t obvious’
The American professor has spent 30 years studying the social brain
Guggenheim Bilbao showcases Ruth Asawa, the artist who turned the barbed wire of her concentration camp into art
The Spanish museum hosts the first European retrospective of the Japanese-American creative, on the 100th anniversary of her birth and after the show’s stay at the MoMA
Smaller pizzas, a wooden Starbucks logo and tatami in Zara: The demands of the Japanese market
Ernest Higa, the American businessman who successfully launched Domino’s Pizza in Japan in 1985, recognized the need to adapt to the country’s unique characteristics
100 experts were unable to agree on whether aging is an illness, or when it begins
Survey of researchers demonstrates a lack of consensus when it comes to mortality’s biggest risk factor
Why some people get hooked and others don’t: genetics, childhood and brain circuits explain addiction
Scientific evidence has shown that is not a matter of willpower or a vice, but a mental disorder
By your command, my robot: AI war games spark debate about ethical limits
Electrodes connected to the brain allow two people with paralysis to type with their minds
A new interactive atlas reveals the human body in unprecedented detail
Keys to understanding why gas is the weakest link in the global energy supply crisis
Asian countries are most affected by the absence of natural gas from the Persian Gulf, but this could end up putting pressure on prices in Europe and impacting storage capacity for next winter
Plastics, aluminum, and microchips: What the closure of the Strait of Hormuz costs the world beyond oil and gas
Venezuela opens its gold and gas-rich subsoil to the United States
Mexico’s economy secretary: ‘Our vision in the USMCA is to reduce dependence on other regions’
Van Gogh’s yellow: more than just a color
The artist’s museum in Amsterdam shows how that tone became a means of expressing emotions and ideas, from warmth to rebellion
‘All architectural styles and none at the same time’: How Dubai became a catalog of whims on a colossal scale
The most populated city in the United Arab Emirates is a postmodern pastiche, a habitable ‘render’, a Las Vegas without the alibi of irony, a city where everything is wrong
The uncomfortable truth that haunts the Ramones: ‘They sold more T-shirts than records’
It’s been 50 years since the debut album of the group that invented punk, although their merchandising eclipsed their actual success on stage
From saint to raver: Rosalía opens ‘Lux’ world tour by exploring all her incarnations
In Lyon, the singer unveils a show with a theatrical and pop spirit that focuses on her new albu
The auction that broke up one of the largest pop culture collections ever
Work & Lifestyle
The end of the neutral influencer: Can you stay relevant if you never share an opinion?
Perfectly Imperfect, the social network that returns to the internet of yore, and ditches the algorithm
The dadcore phenomenon or why we now like to dress like our fathers
Is it possible to imitate John-John Kennedy without looking ridiculous?
Marta Represa
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Illegal gold mining is rampant on Nicaragua-Costa Rica border, fueled by China’s voracious appetite
Iran’s Kurdish militias are waiting for the regime to weaken before making their move
The criminal underworlds of Mexico, Colombia, and Ecuador converge in the murder of Fernando Villavicencio
Deepfakes and an elite hacker school: How cybercrime is growing as a source of income for North Korea
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