The planet’s vision is getting worse: 50% of the population will have myopia by 2050 ( english.elpais.com )
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The government of Cuba declares itself in a ‘war-time economy’ ( english.elpais.com )
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The planet’s vision is getting worse: 50% of the population will have myopia by 2050 ( english.elpais.com )
The science of dance: At the nightclub, we synchronize like a flock of starlings ( english.elpais.com )
Alejandro Cáceres, the hacker who took down North Korea’s internet from his home: ‘My attack was a response to their attempt to spy on me’ ( english.elpais.com )
(...) the internet went down across the country. A wave of cyberattacks left all systems on hold for more than seven days. First, the main national websites failed, from the official news site to the booking page of the national airline. Then, the Asian state’s connections with the rest of the world were interrupted. Emails...
The battle for lithium: US and China fight over Argentina’s white gold ( english.elpais.com )
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The United States will need 7 million migrants to cover old age support programs for baby boomers ( english.elpais.com )
The country’s aging population and low fertility rate jeopardizes the solvency of Social Security and the Medicare program, according to a new study by Brookings...
Buying a home in the US has never been this hard ( english.elpais.com )
Prices are soaring and the option to buy is receding for millions of tenants nailed by rising rents...
The Earth’s core is slowing down ( english.elpais.com )
More than half of US Latinos worry about being able to pay rent or mortgage each month ( english.elpais.com )
Conflicts reach highest peak globally since World War II ( english.elpais.com )
Russian attacks on power grid provoke the worst energy crisis of the war in Ukraine ( english.elpais.com )
Air strikes have left the country with less than half of its electricity generation capacity, leading to daily power outages of 10 hours or more, a situation experts say will deteriorate further ahead of winter...
One in five children on the planet is now overweight or obese. ( english.elpais.com )
The Dreamers of a decade ago are today teachers, nurses, journalists, lawyers — but still lack US citizenship ( english.elpais.com )
The DREAM Act was introduced in Congress in August 2001, and has still not been approved. This law would allow 3.5 million undocumented young people who arrived in America as minors to regularize their situation...
Claudia Sheinbaum, the first female president of Mexico ( english.elpais.com )
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Today, it’s all about Spanglish, the ‘language’ posing a threat to Anglocentrism in the United States ( english.elpais.com )
The mix of Spanish and English is the world’s fastest growing linguistic hybrid. Experts calculate that it is spoken by 50 million people...
Internal messages show how the new head of one of the world’s oldest universities organized a citation cartel ( english.elpais.com )
Claudia Sheinbaum, the first female president of Mexico ( english.elpais.com )
A woman will lead the country for the first time in history. President López Obrador’s successor has won a second term for the National Regeneration Movement and stifled the conservative coalition’s aspirations...
The EU searches for the path to become a geopolitical power ( english.elpais.com )
The 27 member states have lately taken significant steps on military and economic security matters, but the nature of the organization and internal discrepancies continue to slow down the push for a more ambitious union...
Faith, family and hatred of progressive policies: The power of Latino evangelicals spreads across the United States ( english.elpais.com )
The Christian faith among Latinos is on the rise as the country becomes less and less religious. Fueled by new immigrants and a community in search of belonging, it points to the growing conservatism among the traditionally Democrat voter base...
Tariffs, unions and GM corn: the US, Mexico and Canada try to iron out USMCA trade disputes ( english.elpais.com )
Representatives of the three countries are to meet in Arizona to discuss the challenges of North American economic integration against the background of presidential elections and the trade war with China...
Amal Clooney, a key figure in the request for Netanyahu’s arrest by the International Criminal Court ( english.elpais.com )
Argentina opposition questions Milei’s use of public funds to pay for trips abroad ( english.elpais.com )
Some lawmakers have requested details about the president’s visits to the US, Switzerland, Israel, Italy and Spain, which they say were more private than public in nature as he did not meet with government officials...
The Iberian lynx doubles its population in just three years and reaches 2,000 individuals ( english.elpais.com )
Two towns held hostage by drug traffickers on the southern border of Mexico: checkpoints, murders and control over phone service and food ( english.elpais.com )
When consulted by EL PAÍS, activists, members of the Federal Police and local journalists confirm that it’s impossible to enter or leave Frontera Comalapa or Chicomuselo...
