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Christa Pike sobrevive a dos dosis de inyecciones letales durante su ejecución y se encuentra hospitalizada en Tennessee, según su abogado

Según el abogado de Pike, ella estaba en una "innecesaria agonía". La mujer de 50 años llevaba tres décadas en el corredor de la muerte por un brutal asesinato.

Qué se sabe sobre el apuñalamiento en un vuelo rumbo a Israel que califican como un "intento de atentado terrorista"

Según las autoridades, el capitán y el primer oficial resultaron heridos, además de que un piloto fue arrestado.

EE.UU. se retira completamente de Irak tras 20 años de presencia militar: cómo deja el país y qué ocurrirá ahora

EE.UU. tiene previsto retirar las tropas que aún mantiene en Irak este 30 de septiembre, poniendo fin a una presencia militar que comenzó con la invasión en 2003 que derrocó a Saddam Hussein.

"They set a trap for me": the American journalist who was detained by masked men and spent 16 months in a Russian prison

Evan Gershkovich says he realized he was "a pawn in a bigger game" when he was not interrogated or tortured by Russian intelligence agents.

"I fear for my life if they return me": the massive hearings in Miami that accelerate deportations without giving migrants time to defend their cases

Immigration “mega hearings” put asylum seekers under pressure while deportation orders and expulsions increase in the United States.

What is known about the Andes-Atlantic Corridor, the ambitious project with which the US seeks to access strategic resources from Argentina (and compete with China)

According to analysts, the project shows Washington's interest in having a greater presence in Latin American countries and reducing China's space in the region.

MÁS ANTIGUOS

Why a new border pact between Pakistan and China angers India

A border agreement between China and Pakistan challenges India's territorial claims and deepens strategic concerns over the disputed Kashmir region.

Trump rejects Iran's offer to reopen Strait of Hormuz in 7 days

The end of the conflict between Iran and the United States seems increasingly distant, after the American president described the latest offer presented by Tehran as "unacceptable."

"I found out that they killed him through social networks": the double punishment suffered by those convicted in Saudi Arabia, one of the countries that executes the most people in the world

Saudi Arabia is among the three countries with the highest number of executions, which are carried out on foreigners in more than 40% of cases.

Why the states of the former communist Germany became the bastion of the extreme right in the European country

Immigration, economic decline, the aftermath of reunification and even the legacy of Nazism are some of the factors that experts point to to explain the vote of East Germans.

"I think it was her mental illness": Lindsay Clancy's ex-husband's reasons for forgiving her for killing her 3 children

The father of the three minors gave an interview to the American channel CBS and implied that he also thought about suicide.

"They were like my children": the grief of a teacher who lost more than 200 students in the double earthquake in Venezuela

Madeleine Cova is a high school teacher mourning the students she lost in the earthquakes that shook northern Venezuela on June 24.

The remote island where hackers are preparing to defend us from an invisible war

How easy is it to paralyze our modern world? Meet the experts who are figuring out the answer to that question on a remote island north of the Arctic Circle.

Ukraine hits Moscow with some 450 drones in the largest attack on the Russian capital to date

Authorities reported at least two deaths and 20 injuries as a result of the bombings.

Karl Bushby, the British adventurer who left Chile and has been traveling the world on foot for 28 years

The BBC heads to Belgium to walk a stretch with adventurer Karl Bushby, whose journey home is nearing its end after 28 years.

The mother who went viral for running barefoot (and winning) a race to buy her daughter's school supplies

The feat of this 47-year-old woman has contributed to fueling criticism of the country's economic and educational situation.

6 examples that make Spain one of the countries with the most peculiar borders in the world

Spain has borders with France, Portugal, the United Kingdom, Andorra and Morocco, and some of them are especially particular.

The US and Denmark announce an agreement by which Washington will assume "permanent control of the security" of Greenland

News of the agreement was confirmed by the Prime Minister of Denmark, Mette Frederiksen.

BBC Exclusive | "I'm telling the truth": Diana of Wales's brother defends his claims that Charles III was "euphoric" after the princess's death

Charles Spencer claims in an interview with the BBC that he heard the then Prince of Wales tell him that they would forget the princess "very soon" after her death.

Uber is ordered to pay US$40 million to the family of a young woman who died in California after a driver abandoned her on the highway

The 23-year-old girl was returning home with a friend who vomited in the vehicle, so the Uber driver ordered them to get off in the middle of the highway.

What are AI agents, the powerful systems that arouse the fear of experts

They are one of the ways to apply artificial intelligence in tasks of all kinds, but their ability to think of solutions and improvise is puzzling specialists.

Why Putin cares about the legislative elections in Russia, even though there will be no surprises

There is no doubt about the outcome of this vote, but for the Kremlin it remains important.

"Hispanics feel betrayed": the message to Trump from Republican Congresswoman María Elvira Salazar in the midst of a wave of arrests and deportations

The Republican congresswoman, who is seeking reelection in a Hispanic-majority Miami district, questions the detentions of migrants without criminal records and warns that Latino voters who supported Trump feel betrayed.

The beach of bones: how Russia tries to forget the Soviet repression (but the evidence continues to surface in a lake)

In a remote Russian village built by Soviet prisoners, the bones of gulag victims continue to wash up on an artificial beach.

"Employees are terrified": a former Anthropic researcher's warning to the BBC about the risks of AI and why it draws criticism

This comes after the head of the AI ​​company called for slowing development of the technology, citing "serious" risks.

The exceptional cases of people immune to HIV (and what role they have in a possible cure)

Scientists are studying the rare few people whose bodies seem able to naturally defend themselves against HIV, in the hope of finding new cures.

Why the director of Anthropic, one of the large technology firms, calls for slowing down the development of artificial intelligence

The petition comes amid growing concern that AI models may become capable of causing serious harm around the world.

The dilemma facing Europe after the first victory of the far right in Germany since World War II

The BBC's Europe correspondent, Katya Adler, considers that the victory of the far right in the state of Saxony-Anhalt is a warning signal for the EU and traditional parties.

"I have not seen what happened in Venezuela in Haiti or Pakistan": the disaster expert who warns about the challenges of reconstruction after the earthquakes

With more than two decades of experience in humanitarian assistance, Susana Raffalli assures that the scale of the damage in Venezuela cannot be addressed by NGOs or volunteers. Reconstruction requires the State.

"We live in a policy of cruelty that seeks to normalize things that we could not swallow before"

The author of "The Intolerable" proposes collective responsibility as a response to State violence.

The race against time to rescue more than 600 hydroelectric workers believed to be trapped in tunnels after the avalanche in Nepal and Tibet

Rescue teams have begun carrying out controlled explosions to clear the galleries where it is believed the workers could be trapped, authorities reported.

"I paid US$19,000 to my immigration lawyer in the US, but it was fraud and I ended up deported"

Statistics show an increase in fraudulent practices in legal services aimed at the immigrant community in the US.

What is the "largest oil agreement in history" announced by the US and Venezuela, and why is it so controversial?

The agreement announced by Donald Trump and Delcy Rodriguez gives the US access to fields with proven reserves of 65 billion barrels of Venezuelan crude oil.

How Canada can fight back to hurt the US economy (and Trump) in the midst of a trade war

Although the country sells around 70% of its products to its southern neighbor, it has tools to inflict damage.

Why Cuba does not produce enough food and depends on foreign countries to feed its population

Cuba imports 80% of its food despite its agricultural potential, due to decades of poor planning, dependence on sugar and US sanctions.

"Women have intellectual deficiencies": the BBC's exclusive access to see how the Taliban govern Afghanistan

Five years after the Taliban returned to power, a team of journalists has followed leading figures of the Islamist movement for two years as it transforms the country.

The mystery of "Green Boots": the efforts to recover the body of a climber frozen on Everest for 30 years

For 30 years, a corpse known as "Green Boots" has remained on the slope of Mount Everest. Now, India seeks to recover his remains and provide his family with closure to this painful event.

What I discovered when I traveled from Spain to Nigeria to confront the scammer who seduced my mother

Silvia fell in love with who she thought was an American soldier she met online, but who was actually a scammer from Nigeria. His son, Carlos, traveled from Madrid to Lagos to look for him. This is what he discovered there.

The cocaine trafficking network run by students at one of the best-known universities in the US (and how they got caught)

As part of the initiation rite, aspiring members of a fraternity were forced to package the drugs, according to prosecutors.

Prince Harry and his wife Meghan will return to live in the United Kingdom with their children after 6 years in the US.

The couple's children, Prince Archie (7 years old) and Princess Lilibet (5 years old), are registered to start classes at a British school in September.

We're making meal times wrong: This is the best time to dine, according to science

Our circadian rhythm directly influences the way we metabolize food.

The oldest prisoner in the US who avoided execution 8 times dies at 101

Francis Smith was the oldest prisoner in the US prison system.

"The deadliest of major US rail lines": why more than 200 people have died on the train tracks connecting Miami and Orlando

The deaths on the Brightline tracks have engulfed a service launched to connect the main cities of Florida in controversy.

"Having lost my husband hurts me more than having lost my right hand": the testimony of Nayarit Colmenares, the amputee woman after the earthquakes in Venezuela

Nayarit is looking for resources to get a bionic prosthesis that will allow him to paint and draw again, after authorizing his doctors to cut off his arm due to the effects of crush syndrome.

The teenage hackers that worry the United Kingdom (and how they seek to rehabilitate them)

Cyber ​​Prevent primarily targets boys and young men at risk of becoming involved in cybercrime.

The 10-year-old girl trafficked from Peru to Ecuador to marry a 50-year-old man (and what she reveals about child marriage in Latin America)

One in four girls in Latin America have been involved in child marriage or early union. And it is the only region in the world where there has not been a significant reduction in this practice.

How García Lorca's bond with Latin America was forged (and the trip to Mexico that he never took and that could have saved his life)

From Havana to Buenos Aires and Montevideo, the poet found in the region a scene of freedom and success that transformed his life and his work.

The Mecca pact: 4 keys to understanding the "Muslim NATO" created by Türkiye, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan

The defense pact between Türkiye, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan has been called the "Muslim NATO" or "Sunni pact." But will it work like this in practice? We analyze it.

Daniela Largo, the woman rescued after spending 36 hours trapped in the rubble of the earthquake in Colombia, dies

Daniela Largo Sánchez died due to medical complications on the night of Friday, August 14, her father reported.

How much longer can Iran endure the war with the United States?

Seven months after the start of the war, and despite the enormous pressure on the country's economy and infrastructure, its political leaders still do not seem to be in a hurry to end it.