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"I feel like I will never be able to get rid of that smell of death": the impact of the Venezuelan earthquakes on a rescuer who worked 18 days in La Guaira

A month after the earthquakes, Daniela Villarroel remembers the corpses she passed to reach the survivors under the rubble, the screams of people asking for help and the smell of death that she still smells on her clothes.

Investor nuns pressuring tech and banking giants to "protect God's creation"

The shareholding of this group of nuns in Palantir and other companies allows them to formally question the business practices of these companies.

Ice on the testicles and blood donation: the myths sold to men trying to boost their sperm

With increasing interest in male fertility, we know men using unproven "tricks", promoted by influencers, to increase their sperm count.

María Casado's emotion when saying goodbye to Informativos Telecinco: “I hope we will see each other again soon”

The journalist has left the weekend edition of the Mediaset newscasts for personal reasons

The Government postpones the approval of the royal housing decree until after the summer due to the lack of support

The Executive decides to delay it to September due to the division of the investiture partners

The festival where friends for life are made

Attendees at the Benicàssim International Festival discovered the Heineken® House experience, which has activities designed to experience music beyond the stages

Miguel Ríos responds to a spectator who asked him not to engage in politics at his concerts: "How can I keep quiet? I am a political being"

The 82-year-old singer reappears on stage and stars in a confrontation with the audience during the Starlite Occident festival in Marbella: “I'm talking about humanism, I'm not talking about colors”

I bought an ice cream maker and ended up using it to prepare my signature summer coffee. Here are the 7 uses you can give to this small appliance

Smoothies, slushies, yogurts and iced coffees are some of the preparations that these appliances promise. I have tried them at home to see which ones achieve a really different result.

"Everyone on the beach looks at the missiles in the sky": the contrast of Odessa, the luxury resort in Ukraine where tourists live with daily bombings

In the so-called "pearl of the Black Sea" the beaches and restaurants are full of tourists despite the fact that people die every day there due to Russian bombings.

The legend of Lilith Fair, the first women-only music festival that inspires the one now promoted by Olivia Rodrigo

30 years ago, Canadian singer-songwriter Sarah McLachlan decided to create a traveling tour with a lineup exclusively made up of women, from Fiona Apple to Sinéad O' Connor to Suzanne Vega, and changed the industry's preconceptions.

With an amputated leg and a dream intact: Gaza women defy war through football

Amid the devastation and restrictions in the Strip, a group of young people has found a way to rebuild their lives in sports, in a territory where more than 5,000 people have suffered amputations since October 2023, according to the WHO.

'X-men '97′: a series to save superheroes

Thanks to some good scriptwriters who knew the characters and loved them, the result of this nostalgic and commercial idea has been much better than expected

Unconscious gossips

I don't know if Generation Z is aware that they are children of the most rampant gossip, but I do know that this type of content is here to stay.

Tadej Pogacar: A magical organism, but without exaggerations

The Slovenian and his coach disdain as “exaggerated” the scientific calculation that concludes that the Slovenian has a VO2max that is around 100 ml, the highest ever measured in any athlete.

The World Cup reconciles gays with football

Many homosexuals have come to the tournament thanks to the social demands of Borja Iglesias or Lamine Yamal, after a life marked by rejection of this sport since childhood.

Protecting freedom of expression is much more than being able to say whatever you want

The European conception on this matter has never been based on the idea that “whoever speaks can say anything and others must remain silent.”

Teresa Ribera, vice president of the Commission: “Europe is not prepared for the consequences of climate change”

Ribera advances that Brussels is preparing a plan to shield adaptation policies from “criminal denialism.” And it warns of a new type of “fires that take on a life of their own and are much more difficult to manage”

The Government injects 45 million urgently to house university students in the face of the housing crisis

Equity in access to higher education is in danger: there is only one place in a residence hall or residence for every four students who travel to study

Trump puts the global economy on a rollercoaster

Companies and central banks navigate blindly through the ups and downs of oil and the swings of US tariffs

Martín Rodrigo Alharilla, historian: “The known Catalan slave families are just the tip of the iceberg”

The expert studies the economic benefits that the trafficking of Africans left in Catalonia for two centuries

The plan to kill Aisha: hitmen, insurance contracted days before and an attempt to finish her off in the hospital

The 29th victim of gender violence leaves three orphans and the investigation of her crime reflects how her husband “contrived and premeditated” to end the woman who wanted to separate from him

Ansu Fati, from football to music as an escape route

The player releases 'Sea como sea', a song that has accumulated more than a million views in its first month on digital platforms

Rosa Vañó (Castillo de Canena): “Madonna is one of the most complicated people with the most ego I have worked with”

An economist by training, he left his successful management career at Coca-Cola to develop, together with his brother Francisco, the olive farm that his father had created in Jaén. In addition, he knows the world of record labels very well since he worked for Warner Music and Universal.

'Pole pole' to the top of Kilimanjaro: seven days to conquer the roof of Africa

Ascending its 5,895 meters is possible without alpine experience, but it requires good physical preparation and moving slowly to promote acclimatization and reduce the risk of altitude sickness.

"If I had delayed five more minutes, it would have devastated us": the testimonies of those affected by the devastating fires in Spain and France

The flames have already devastated more than 25,000 hectares and forced the displacement of more than 300,000 people.

What the Middle Ages can teach us to prevent extreme burnout

Medieval wisdom can give us clues on how to have better mental health

What the Middle Ages can teach us to prevent extreme burnout

Medieval wisdom can give us clues on how to have better mental health

What will the human beings of the future be like?

Scientists say we continue to evolve, although with new technologies, such as gene editing, our future could change in unexpected ways.

How K-pop made its way into the suffocating dictatorship of North Korea, where "there can only be one idol: Kim Jong-un"

Defectors tell the BBC that, despite restrictions, they secretly listened to K-pop in North Korea, often without knowing who the artists were. Some even managed to watch performances, surprised by the blue-haired and made-up idols: "Why do men look like that?"

The problem with paper clips is here: AIs can accidentally destroy the world

More than 20 years ago, a group of technologists imagined what would happen when a machine was commissioned to manufacture an object without limits: it could end everything. This week we have seen an example that something like this is possible

Zapatero's treasure that the PSOE does not want to lose

The socialists want to preserve the political legacy of the former president

The three-way cinema of Bardem, Sorogoyen and Luengo

'The Loved One' will hit theaters at the end of August after passing through Cannes. The director wrote the script with Isabel Peña for them, but did not let them rehearse together

Do you use citronella candles as a mosquito repellent? you're wasting money

For years I thought they were a must for summer dinners. Now, I have discovered that they do not work and that there are much more effective alternatives

Notice to high-end humans: no matter how much they drag me this summer, I'm not going to back away

Arrogant drivers who go 1,000 miles per hour are one of the best embodiments of the spirit of these times.

José María Maravall, sociologist: "We were friends with Felipe González. I don't understand his current political position"

The former Minister of Education of the PSOE of the eighties publishes a book about political intrigues. He says that the discontent of some young people with democracy is not new

To San Andrés de Teixido, along the Camiño Vello

A walking route along the wild Costa Ártabra, in the far north of Spain, looking for the second most visited sanctuary in Galicia, which has stood since ancient times at the foot of the highest cliffs in Europe

Students of the Opus and the Jesuits, McKinsey consultants or state lawyers: these are the clans that run the large Spanish companies

Many of the directors and directors of the Ibex 35 share ties as they come from the same consulting firms, business schools or certain public administration positions. Experts warn of the risks of these power networks due to their endogamous nature

The other Kahlo: who were Frida's sisters and what was their relationship with the artist like?

With two granddaughters of Cristina Kahlo, Frida Kahlo's younger sister, we delve into the circle of affections that surrounded the extraordinary Mexican artist.

The other Kahlo: who were Frida's sisters and what was their relationship with the artist like?

With two granddaughters of Cristina Kahlo, Frida Kahlo's younger sister, we delve into the circle of affections that surrounded the extraordinary Mexican artist.

Sofía Balbuena: “In Iowa I realized that those of us who write in Spanish are a zero on the left and that put me in my place”

The writer explores different female life stages in the stories of 'Secondary Character'

Judith Butler, Slavoj Žižek, Byung-Chul Han: how to be a 'rockstar' of ideas

There are authors who jump out of the thoughtful academic seminars and reach the general public, among whom they arouse passions. Why do they have fans and not just readers?

This is how the secret sale of luxury homes works: “The price starts at 1.5 million euros, reaching operations of 12 or 14 million”

'Off market' transactions, executed privately and outside traditional channels, gain weight due to the desire for privacy of large fortunes

The centuries-old problems solved by two Chinese professors awarded the "Nobel in Mathematics"

The prestigious Fields Medal, considered the equivalent of the Nobel Prize in mathematics, is awarded every four years to outstanding mathematicians under the age of 40.

"I discovered that my best friend and coworker was actually my brother"

Andrea Urmston knew she had a brother who was adopted by another family, only to discover that he was already her closest friend.

"I have lost 26 relatives and I will not cry until I find everyone's remains": Venezuelans still searching through the rubble a month after the earthquakes

As families continue to search for their missing loved ones, anger and resentment toward authorities is growing as one month passes since the devastating earthquakes.

How to ensure that the wind also blows in favor of rural municipalities where wind farms are installed

The creation of an association whose purpose is to make the generation of wind energy compatible with the protection of the environment or Vitoria's plans to continue being a world reference for a green city among the positive news of the month

9 Types of People Who Procrastinate and How to Fix It Now (Not Later)

There are nine types of people who fall into procrastination or procrastination. Knowing which one or which ones we fall into can, according to researchers, reveal something deeper about us.

Vall d'Hebron performs the first transplant in Spain among people with HIV

The intervention, a robotic surgery to implant a kidney, comes one year after Health authorized donations among HIV-positive people

Gregorio Casamayor: “I would give anything to understand string theory”

In 'Rafa wants us to have a child', the writer constructs three stories based on the trigger of the phrase that gives the novel its title.

Christopher Anderson, the last man who photographed Epstein: “The first thing I remember is the young woman who opened the door”

In 'Index' the war correspondent and photojournalist reviews 30 years of career that includes everything from territories in conflict to celebrities and powerful people