Investment banks cool Trump’s optimism: Venezuelan oil will not lower prices
Caracas will take years to restore output, even if a political agreement holds steady. Chevron announced it will increase investments
Inside the US-Venezuela oil agreements: Big promises, little clarity
The United States gains access to 17 oil fields containing billions of barrels of crude as Chevron, Eni and others announce new investments
Back to school in crisis-hit Cuba: families contend with shortage of uniforms, teachers and basic equipment
Many parents are choosing not to send their children to class amid the persistent blackouts, water cuts and other daily difficulties in the impoverished nation
Killing of musician, his pregnant wife and their three-year-old daughter shakes Mexico
Jonathan Meléndez was shot execution-style, as were the other victims, including a domestic worker
Death of young Haitian migrant highlights psychological harm of ICE’s ankle monitors
Journalism takes center stage in Venice with George Clooney, Rupert Murdoch and Gerda Taro
The film festival opens with ‘Ink,’ a drama about the rise of ‘The Sun,’ and a biopic of the pioneering photojournalist killed during the Spanish Civil War
Judge blocks Trump’s new attempt to limit birthright citizenship in the US
The executive order signed in August seeks to exclude children whose parents are considered ‘alien enemies,’ foreign government employees and people involved in so-called ‘birth tourism’
Thousands of protesters march in Spain over Ceuta migrant crisis
PM Pedro Sánchez is appearing in Congress to defend that his executive has no indications that Morocco was behind the sudden mass influx
A traveling circus for the horror of Gaza
The Israeli invasion has transformed an educational initiative into a show focused on making people of all ages laugh amid the destruction
Daniel Ortega suspends this year’s elections and extends his mandate until 2028
After international rejection of plans to eliminate elections outright, the Nicaraguan parliament approved a constitutional reform that excludes the opposition and seeks to circumvent pressure from the United States
Average wages no longer buy a standard home in most of Europe
Seventy percent of Europeans live in areas where even a 30-year mortgage will not get you a 75 square meter apartment, according to an academic study
The most detailed brain wiring diagram yet: How 166,000 neurons govern the fruit fly’s behavior
A series of scientific papers maps the insect’s neural connections in unprecedented detail, opening new avenues for answering some of neuroscience’s biggest questions
‘He is very insecure and shy': Jean-Claude Van Damme’s downfalls and comebacks
Journalist Lorenzo Ayuso explores the work of the Belgian actor in a new book that argues that he deserves to be regarded as both an actor and an auteur
When Spain’s Queen Sofía could have married Harald of Norway
After a 1954 cruise aboard the ‘Agamemnon,’ their families tried for years to encourage a match between the two young royals
Paula Ortiz Couder, the engineer who provides safety for humans going to the Moon
As a child she was expected to follow the family tradition on the tennis courts, but now she is a NASA safety expert
Doris Salcedo, the artist who melted the FARC’s weapons: ‘Goya strips war of its heroic character’
‘The Disasters of War,’ by the Colombian artist, is shown at Fragmentos, the cultural space built from weapons surrendered under Colombia’s peace deal
How DNA shapes who we are: More than 1,200 genetic variants help determine personality
A large-scale study analyzing more than a million people has found that the family environment plays a smaller role than previously thought in shaping traits such as curiosity and agreeableness
The disease behind most heart attacks starts building up in the arteries in early adulthood
Egg freezing gains traction among elite athletes: ‘There aren’t enough studies on how it affects them’
Afghanistan, Somalia and Yemen disappear from the latest US famine reports: ‘Trump is politicizing the analysis’
Trump administration faces a major financial battle in the bond market
The Treasury is seeking unconventional ways to contain rising interest rates, with consequences for both Wall Street and ordinary Americans, as markets await Friday’s Jackson Hole gathering
Mexico falls behind in the new global oil map
Mexico watches US–Canada trade tension with uncertainty
After six months of war, Washington has failed to strangle Iran’s economy
A Cuban theater group’s defiance against censorship: ‘We will no longer submit’
Tired of oversight and institutional suffocation, the members of El Ciervo Encantado, a benchmark of Cuban performance, have broken away from the state apparatus and are continuing their work in independent venues
Lack of self-esteem and poor mental health: Why Vincent Van Gogh didn’t always put his name on his work
The Dutch artist only signed 15% of his 840 known paintings
Angélique Kidjo, the artist who changed how the world listens to Africa, now has a star in Hollywood
Erin Brockovich is back: The activist Hollywood turned into a heroine is now taking on Meta and Google
Lidia A. Costa
The famed consumer advocate is taking on the secrecy surrounding AI data centers, reigniting the fight that made her a household name
‘The boundless ocean set into a rage’: Why we are still drawn to shipwrecks
Work & Lifestyle
Why middle-aged men are buying coffee machines instead of convertibles: ‘These aren’t indulgences, they’re experiences’
The women who dress their boyfriends as John Kennedy Jr. on TikTok
Victoria Bodean, the mother with cerebral palsy showing the world how to overcome disability barriers
From endless scrolling to going back to an ex: Why we keep doing things we know aren’t good for us
Celebrities, Movies & TV
Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys: From a secret romance exposed by a burglary to TV’s ultimate power couple
Kareem Rahma, the artist who failed several times before creating ‘SubwayTakes,’ the first social media talk show nominated for an Emmy
Ella Rubin, the ‘Sterling Point’ star everyone is comparing to Julia Roberts
From hunger to sexualization: How former child stars remember their childhoods
Our selection
Conservative US gays drop the T for trans people: ‘We are an LGB organization’
Darializa Ávila Chevalier, the Afro-Latina socialist with one foot in Congress: ‘We need an economic system that gives people dignity’
Ceuta, the month that broke a city
Edi Rama, Albania’s prime minister and an artist exhibiting in Paris and New York
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