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What is so exciting about an eclipse like the one on August 12: “The universe tells you how it works”

Two astrophysicists and several people who saw the one in the United States in 2024 explain what they feel about the phenomenon that we will see in Spain: “The totality of 100% is the spectacular moment, not so much the partiality even if it is 99%”

The annual creation of foreign employment exceeds that of Spaniards for the first time

The extraordinary regularization means that more than half of the Social Security affiliation generated in the year is from foreigners: until June they contributed 58% of the new positions

Trump assures that talks with Iran will resume this Monday

The president of the United States tries to reduce the confrontation of recent days to return to a ceasefire

The war of the notes

We live in a system where teachers spend excessive time justifying their students' final grades.

Against animal abuse in popular festivals

Readers' letters address the suffering of animals at certain celebrations, immigration, forest fires and the political landscape

Riki Blanco: the incentive

Bullet from August 3, 2026

Timid thaw in Venezuela

The first approach to a sector of the opposition does not respond to the urgency of starting a clear democratic process

The justice of the people

Every day someone lights a match, and it is normal for one to start a fire

Jewel ball in a great Viennese hall

The MAK Museum in Vienna and Van Cleef & Arpels unite their best pieces to tell the story of modernism. Gold, diamonds and crafts, in one of the summer exhibitions

Football is not privatized (this time)

Infantino seems to have long assumed that Trump is a leadership model that can be exported to football and that running FIFA consists, fundamentally, of putting him up for sale.

The American dream of the Royal Oaks Knights of Alcobendas, pioneers of the 'flag' in Spain

The place that served as the seed of American football in the 50s takes a sub-15 team to the international championship of the NFL's non-contact modality in Indianapolis and that will become Olympic in the Los Angeles Games

Infantino, the father of football, is reeling

The president of FIFA fears for his own future after seeing his project to privatize the World Cup defeated before even voting on it at the hands of 136 of the 211 football federations on the planet that still demand explanations from him

Chris Froome, unforgettable and unrepeatable friend

He remembered my accident in the 2009 Giro, and how he saw my bike lying on the asphalt and how he knew that a runner had fallen down the ravine and they were desperately searching for him: I was that person, we got excited and gave a hug that I will remember all my life

Chris Froome, winner of four Tours: "The doping stories shocked me. I felt disappointment and said to myself: Where have I gotten myself?"

The Briton reflects with Pedro Horrillo on cycling after hanging up his bike and witnessing firsthand Pogacar's historic fifth victory in France

KAWS, the spiritual heir to Keith Haring and Andy Warhol, bridges the gap between mundane and high art at the Albertina Modern

The Viennese contemporary art museum contrasts works by the New York creator with those of established names and claims comics as a universal language capable of transcending borders and social strata

The man who discovered garage rock

Lenny Kaye, Patti Smith's faithful guitarist, is also a legend in the field of record collecting.

Alessandro Piperno, writer: “I describe that Roman Jewish bourgeoisie that reacted to the tragedy with luxury and sex”

The Italian author publishes his latest novel in Spain, 'Un aire de familia', a ruthless and ironic portrait of Roman society and cancel culture.

Has the European Union reached its peak of sanctions against Russia?

After 21 packages of restrictions and thousands of names of people and companies on the blacklist, the EU is finding it increasingly difficult to punish the Kremlin for its invasion of Ukraine

The corralones of Seville rebel against their extinction due to gentrification

The artisans and artists of these unique creation spaces in the Andalusian capital demand protection from the administrations to avoid disappearing due to urban speculation.

The electric taxi does not finish starting despite its advantages

The fleet with batteries is barely around 5% of the 61,000 vehicles, although its growth will double in 2025

Luis Fernández, president of Telemundo: “The Hispanic market in the United States is too large to be marginalized”

The Spanish executive, who chaired RTVE and has achieved record audiences with the broadcast of the World Cup on the network he leads today, remarks: “The media industry has changed, now we have to look for alliances to be profitable and strong.”

Peridis: the ultra wave

Bullet from August 3, 2026

Finding beauty on the Internet

Maybe the problem is not in the networks, but in having let them drag us into the rubble

Flavita Banana's August fashion: socks

Bullet from August 3, 2026

Almost 90

Those who died in Ceuta were victims and as always poor. They had a name, a story, family and fear

'One family, one vote', the umpteenth reactionary debate

The defense of the patriarchal family and the traditional role of the wife-mother is a cornerstone and defining stone of the rights

Beating Infantino

The idea of ​​the president of FIFA to privatize the World Cup lasted only four days, but it leaves his credibility very damaged.

The lonely and painful end of saber-toothed tigers

A study of the vertebrae of more than 850 esmilodonts reveals a high proportion of genetic mutations, a product of endogamous reproduction

Harlan Coben, the man who has become Netflix's secret weapon

The latest 'thriller' from its factory, 'I will find you', has already entered the top 10 of the most viewed English series in the history of the platform

Republicans go on the hunt for Dr. Fauci, the face of the US fight against covid

Parliamentarians from Trump's party plan to hold the scientist in contempt for failing to respond to a Senate committee designed to persecute him for his management of the pandemic

Italy's migrant deportation center in Albania remains almost empty for second year in a row

Meloni's aggressiveness with Ceuta is due in part to the fact that it helps him try to overcome the failure of his model: it is outside the EU Asylum Pact, which already allows for less expensive options, and the European court has yet to clarify whether it is legal.

Minors before a judge: the far-right promotes the tightening of juvenile justice

From Scandinavia to Latin America, proposals to toughen penalties for adolescents are gaining ground despite the reluctance of experts and organizations dedicated to the protection of children

A bumpy political course for Ayuso: from the trip to Mexico to the attic, passing through the bills to Quirón from her boyfriend

The president continues without explaining the purchase of a luxury property and Rodríguez counters: “Those who shout are on vacation”

Pablo Bustinduy: “Presenting Budgets is never an excuse for anything”

The Minister of Social Rights is convinced that the dependency reform is “the greatest legacy that the legislature will leave”, which he believes “has a lot left to achieve”

Gironda, the fire that overwhelmed France: “Without international solidarity, it would have been dramatic”

The fire that broke out 10 days ago in the southwest of France, the largest since World War II, has forced the evacuation of 220,000 people and has opened the debate on the lack of adaptation to climate change

Inside the burned heart of the Sierra de Espadán natural park

The Vall d'Uixó fire has left 3,750 hectares converted into a landscape of ash, charred trees and smoke that still emerges from the ground a week later

The PP buries the State pact despite the fact that its anti-fire plan largely coincides with that of the Government

Experts consulted by EL PAÍS point out the essential measures. The Secretary of State for the Environment sees “ample room for agreement”

The head of the UME: “Large forest fires cannot be attacked, we can only defend ourselves”

"A fire that advances at 15 meters per minute is out of control. The one in Ávila and Madrid was running at 60," explains Lieutenant General Francisco Javier Marcos.

The thing about the escaped AI

It is best not to repeat Sam Altman's account of the incident with artificial intelligence and try to separate the myth from the facts

Americans have less than one hundred days to save their democracy

A Hungarian-style avalanche is the only thing that can thwart Donald Trump's attempts to rig the midterm elections

The unknown life of the workers who lived in the Royal Palace: “I beg to be granted the room that the maid Antonia has left”

EL PAÍS has access to the documentation, plans and letters that detail the day-to-day life of the palace employees, from when the building was built in the mid-18th century until the end of the Franco regime.

Cayetana Álvarez de Toledo: “I still haven't understood about Ayuso and the attic”

The PP deputy confesses that she does not read the party's arguments much and that she would like to be a minister: "I am here to be a great politician, not a spectator"

Construction fences to close the streets and raids to scare away migrants who refuse to leave Ceuta: “There are still left”

Many young migrants are expelled from the neighborhoods by neighbors and the military and choose to hide in an area of ​​reservoirs and forests.

The intelligence services conclude that Rabat allowed and used the human wave on Ceuta, but did not plan it

Moncloa has not met the crisis cabinet, despite describing what happened as a “violation of territorial integrity”

Juan Jesús Vivas, president of Ceuta: “Morocco has shown that it is not reliable, we must demand respect”

The leader trusts in the strength of belonging to Europe and remains inflexible in the defense of Muslims and in the legal distribution of minors in the Peninsula

To keep everything in its place: these suitcase organizers are a best seller on Amazon

Available in various colors, this set includes eight pieces of different sizes to better distribute luggage space and make the most of it.

Summer does not rest for mothers

Camps, schedules and care make school holidays the most complex period of the year for many families. Reconciliation once again depends on women and entails a complex organization of care, time and money.

The summer toiletry bag: pocket fragrances, colored balms or leave-in hair care products

The movements in demand chart the course of the sector that in the summer months opts for easy formats or heat-proof finishes

Agaete, the town that lives between the sea and the La Rama festival

A route through the town where the most massive celebration in Gran Canaria, the only cultivated coffee in Europe and some of the most spectacular landscapes on the island coexist.

Moorish sardines, the Andalusian recipe for blue fish and seasonal vegetables

With fresh, economical and healthy fish you can prepare easy and very appetizing dishes for the summer.