Spanish gains ground in Africa
Around 3.5 million people study the Spanish language in sub-Saharan Africa, double the number in 2014. Music, football, migration and the decline in French’s prestige explain its advance
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Scott Lowe, researcher: ‘Governments must fund science. Pharmaceutical companies want to help, but they also want to make money’
The geneticist speaks with EL PAÍS about the advances and challenges in the field of cancer research
Insecure men make for big business: The testosterone craze that is exploiting the masculinity crisis
Hormone therapies promise to increase muscle mass and sex drive, while bringing down depression. But because of advertising claims and ideological elements, this means that only a minority of men who inject themselves do so for medical reasons
The EZLN’s utopian soccer
The subversive Indigenous organization had a marked passion for the game and dreamed of staging big matches, one of them against Inter Milan, an attempt that failed. There was, however, a match in 1999 between the Zapatistas and a team of veteran Mexico internationals
How the Trumps seek to expand their real estate empire in Europe
Protests in Albania have put the spotlight on the megaprojects Jared Kushner is promoting in the country, but the US president’s family has racked up investments and controversies elsewhere on the continent
Eleonora Rosati, lawyer: ‘Artists are already thinking about how to protect themselves from AI; Taylor Swift has registered her voice’
This expert in intellectual property law believes that new regulations provide safeguards, but also warns that there is a lot of uncertainty about how the exceptions to the laws are being interpreted
Why candidates dress up to run in major UK elections
Candidates like Count Binface are motivated to run for different reasons, but their role in politics is a longstanding tradition.
National Library of France discovers unpublished Mozart manuscript
The score, seven short pieces for flute and harp, will be performed for the first time at Paris’s Fête de la Musique on June 21
The survival of the Negros Mascogos, the only community in Mexico descended from US slaves
El Nacimiento, a small town in Coahuila, is fighting to preserve the identity, memory and traditions of its ancestors, who came to the area from Texas fleeing slavery
Tories pick themselves up off the floor with unexpected Scottish by-election win
The Conservatives secured a comfortable victory over the SNP in Aberdeen South after throwing everything at the seat.
Andy Burnham's win means change at the top for Greater Manchester
Burnham victory in Makerfield means Greater Manchester must find a new regional mayor.
Sir John Curtice: Burnham's win against Reform represents remarkable personal success
Andy Burnham not only retained the share of the vote Labour won in the seat in 2024 but increased it.
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King becomes first monarch to reveal tax bill as royal public funding to double to £100m
New figures show the monarch paid £12.9m in tax last year, but do not give any detailed breakdown of how that tax was calculated.
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La reacción de Sebastian Berhalter tras titularidad, asistencia y gol con Estados Unidos
El mediocampista se dijo con sentimientos encontrados, pues pese a que el USMNT no pudo vencer a Turquía, firmó una noche de ensueño con la Selección, por lo que se dijo entusiasmado con lo que viene.
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Red warning for south-east England after record June heat; 55 people have drowned in France – Europe heatwave live
First time red warnings issued in UK for three consecutive days; Paris to ban drinking alcohol in public as police ask organisers to cancel city’s Pride march European heatwave is worst ever and im…
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Yen’s decline makes perfect sense to some analysts
They have started to wonder whether there is really much at all holding the currency up.
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Venezuela earthquakes: frantic search for survivors continues, with 235 confirmed dead so far – latest updates
“We hope to rescue as many living people as possible’, says the acting president, Delcy Rodríguez, but authorities fear the death toll will be in the thousands A senior American military official h…
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Weather tracker: Heatwave on course to tip temperatures over 40C in Germany and Poland
Extreme heat continues to impact daily life – and sporting events – across Europe. Plus, a tornado in Russia Temperatures are forecast to rise dramatically in parts of central and northern Europe t…
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Charities criticise ‘costly’ Home Office plan to use more military bases to house asylum seekers - UK politics live
Government seeking planning permission at sites in Bicester in Oxfordshire, Barnham in Suffolk, and Linton-on-Ouse in North Yorkshire In other news, the home secretary, Shabana Mahmood, has demande…
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MoJ to examine case of British woman strangled by US fighter pilot, justice minister says
Sarah Steele has told of ‘degrading’ experience under US military justice system after assault by airman in Cambridge A UK justice minister has described the case of a British woman strangled by an…
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Park to protect 12,000 koalas to go ahead via contentious carbon credit deal by Albanese government
Minns government waited on federal approval of carbon credit scheme before proceeding with long-awaited great koala national park Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our brea…
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Toddler dies in hot car after becoming trapped in 40C heatwave
Paris is recording temperatures well above 40C for the first time in 150 years
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Heathrow expects fall in passengers and profits this year because of Iran war
Airport has also been ‘engaging closely’ with regulator to discuss cost of plan to build third runway Business live – latest updates Heathrow has said that passenger numbers and profits will fall t…
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Russia reports one of the biggest Ukrainian drone attacks on its soil, annexed Crimea
The Russian Defense Ministry says it intercepted 660 Ukrainian drones overnight over 12 Russian regions, as well as the illegally annexed Crimea, the Azov and the Black Sea
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Iranian national sought by US on hacking charges arrested in Montenegro
Montenegrin police say they have arrested an Iranian national who is wanted by the United States for mass hacking attacks that caused damage of $3.4 billion
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A Russian soldier who threatened Putin with an army mutiny racked up 10 million Instagram views. Who is he?
Russian soldier Alexander Lunin published a video address to Vladimir Putin on Instagram on June 25, threatening a military mutiny if he was not allowed to meet with the Russian president on live t…
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Trump caves after holding housing bill hostage over SAVE America Act: report
Speaker Mike Johnson said on Thursday he will transmit the housing bill to the White House following his meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump
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Alfaro tras empate de Paraguay: "La sensación que me queda es sabor a poco"
El DT argentino reconoció que el objetivo era ganarle a Australia, pero fue realista sobre la complejidad del rival; por lo que la “Albirroja” se quedó con cuatro puntos y deberá esperar otros resu…
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Hong Kong reports 36% rise in FDI inflows so far this year, InvestHK data shows
Hong Kong continued to draw US and European firms to expand their businesses in the city in the first half of this year, the latest data shows, adding new momentum to its superconnector role. A tot…
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Starmer and home secretary in row over minister's future
Shabana Mahmood believes Mike Tapp should be sacked for writing an article but No 10 say he remains in post.
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Mexico’s new UK ambassador from ‘party of poor’ has 10 houses and £1m of jewellery
Alejandro Gertz Manero’s cars and properties contrast starkly with Morena party’s long association with austerity With his million-dollar jewellery collection and his two Rolls-Royces, Mexico’s new…
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Why Europe can't air condition its way out of extreme heat
Hundreds of people are dead from Europe’s heatwave, in a continent where air conditioning is not the norm. But while ACs may save lives, they can also make the problem worse.
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Iran and Egypt will headline Seattle's 'Pride Match.' Here's why that's controversial
Iran and Egypt's FIFA World Cup game on Friday is being marketed as the 'Pride Match' by Seattle organizers. It's not a decision made by FIFA, but that hasn't stopped a wave of controversy from clo…
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Venezuelans hope online posts will bring news of missing after devastating earthquakes
People in Venezuela and abroad are desperately searching for loved ones after two powerful earthquakes struck Wednesday evening
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Myanmar torches $600 million in seized heroin, meth and other drugs
Myanmar authorities have burned more than $600 million worth of seized illegal drugs, including heroin, methamphetamine, ketamine, marijuana and opium, in nationwide events marking the U.N.’s Inter…
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Friday vote could bring mandatory Bible reading to Texas classrooms
The Texas board of education is set to vote on a required reading list for more than 5 million public school students that includes stories and passages from the Bible
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Operation Cleansing Fire: Hungary’s new leader moves to break Orbán’s entrenched power structure
Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar has proposed constitutional changes, including the possible removal of the president
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Home Office plan to use more military bases to house asylum seekers
Three new sites in Oxfordshire, Suffolk, and Yorkshire could house about 3,750 asylum seekers if permission is granted.
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Cambridge hospital staff investigated over accessing records of boy hurt in crocodile pit
About 40 members of staff looked at information of boy, three, who ended up in zoo enclosure About 40 members of hospital staff accessed the medical records of a three-year-old boy hurt in a crocod…
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Aid trickles in, survivors sleep outside, and looting breaks out in La Guaira, the Venezuelan city hardest hit by the earthquake
The government raises the death toll to 235 and the number of injured to 4,300 one day after the two quakes
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Japan coach Hajime Moriyasu relishes chance to face ‘serious Brazil’ in knockout stage
Japan advanced to the round of 32 as the runner-up in Group F.
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The do's and don'ts of being a tennis parent
Pushy parents are well documented in tennis - BBC Sport looks at when things get out of hand and asks if the system is to blame.
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Más fuertes que nunca: Pulisic, Berhalter y Trusty responden tras la derrota de Estados Unidos
Los jugadores del USMNT dieron la cara tras el tropiezo ante Turquía que les impidió una fase de grupos perfecta; además, destacaron el trabajo que los llevó a ser líderes de grupo y el aprendizaje…
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FSB says teenager detained in Russia for planning school attacks and mass killings
Russia’s Federal Security Service and the Investigative Committee announced on June 26 that a 17-year-old had been detained in Dagestan on suspicion of planning attacks on schools and mass killings…
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Judge orders Elon Musk to testify over alleged $1 million voter giveaway fraud
In a ruling issued Thursday, U.S. Magistrate Judge Susan Hightower said Musk must sit for a deposition as the lawsuits move forward
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Asia stock markets slide as tech shares slump
Trading on South Korea's Kospi index was halted for the third time this week to prevent panic selling.
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Ukraine-Russia war latest: Zelensky orders 40-day offensive to press Putin to end war
France claims interception of Russian ‘shadow fleet’ oil tanker off Sicily
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Pochettino: “Turquía se va a casa y nosotros seguimos, no al revés”
Mauricio Pochettino aseguró que la derrota ante Turquía es anecdótica, destacó que Estados Unidos terminó líder de grupo y valoró el esfuerzo de sus jugadores. Además, confirmó que Pulisic está bie…
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The U.S. can shrug off its last-gasp loss to Turkey. Now the stakes go up.
The U.S. men’s national team lost 3-2 to Turkey, but advances to face Bosnia and Herzegovina in the round of 32 with Christian Pulisic healthy.
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Mbappe v Haaland: Who is more important for their country?
Two of the greatest forwards in world football will go head-to-head at Boston Stadium on Friday, as France and Kylian Mbappe take on Norway and Erling Haaland.
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Ukraine sends over 600 drones at Russia in a single night
Ukrainian forces launched a massive drone assault on Russian regions overnight on June 26.
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Hong Kong beautician pleads guilty to luring 2 women into Myanmar scam factory
A Hong Kong beautician has admitted tricking two women into forced labour and confinement in Southeast Asia by offering them free flights and accommodation and promising a lucrative reward for tran…
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Socceroos fans celebrate at city sites – as it happened
This blog is now closed Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Albanese says Stefanovic saga ‘unfortunate’, but ‘words do matter’ The prime minister was asked by the ABC about…
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Iran-US war latest: Tehran strikes ship in Strait of Hormuz as countries try to reopen oil route
The recent strike poses a threat to efforts to reopen the Strait of Hormuz
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Woman dead after fire at Hong Kong flat, 3 others hospitalised
A 50-year-old woman has died in the wake of a fire at a Hong Kong flat, with three others hospitalised. Police said the fire broke out at Valiant Court in Ho Man Tin at around 10.04am on Friday. Fi…
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A $2.5 Billion Whodunit: The Hack That Dented the U.K. Economy
A loose collective of cybercriminals initially took credit for crippling Jaguar Land Rover last year. Investigators now see Russian hands behind the ransomware attack.
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World Cup 2026: Seattle set for Iran-Egypt match amid ‘Pride Match’ controversy
Rainbow flags are expected to flutter across Seattle's stadium on Friday when Iran meets Egypt in the World Cup Group G match as the city marks its annual Pride parade. The two countries last year …
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Child malnutrition in Nepal has reached ‘alarming’ levels since aid cuts, survey finds
Fears hard-won gains in reducing child mortality over 20 years are at risk after end of USAID funding for nutrition programmes Child malnutrition in Nepal has reached “alarming” levels, according t…
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Wanted: a new PM, a new James Bond, a new Doctor – and a UK that can agree on its leading characters | Nadia Khomami
Britain has found itself looking for all three protagonists at once. Who gets to stand at the centre of the national story? It’s been the refrain of the week. Why can’t the country hold on to a pri…
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‘Slough is like an experiment’: Europe’s largest datacentre hub leaves town sweltering
Emerging research suggests datacentres create a heat island effect, pushing up temperatures in the immediate vicinity by as much as 9C The community living next to the largest datacentre park in Eu…
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Stellantis and Nissan in talks to buy assets from troubled Marelli
Marelli is going through a complex and lengthy restructuring process after filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy one year ago.
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Takaichi’s blueprint of women’s policies focuses on menopause, engineering education and housekeepers
Support for women's health in different stages of life forms one of the main pillars of the government plan.
The Japan Times