On Avenida Córdoba, one of Buenos Aires’ busiest avenues, one lane remains closed. With desks set up on the asphalt, about 50 economics students listen to a professor who, while sketching on a plastic whiteboard, tries to rise above the noise of cars and buses. The same scene was repeated this Monday on different streets and squares in the Argentine capital, as well as in other cities across the country.
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The first half of 2026 has already provided clues that this will be another record-breaking year linked to global warming, according to scientists and meteorological organizations. These signs range from wildfires across the planet to high ocean surface temperatures and record-low levels of Arctic sea ice. Scientists anticipate a second half of the year with even higher than normal temperatures due to the onset of El Niño, a natural climate pattern that increases surface water temperatures in the tropical Pacific, ultimately impacting the entire globe. Several experts are already pointing to a high probability that 2026 will end as the second-warmest year on record, or even exceed the previous mark set in 2024.
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The future of Humberto Cruz, one of the San Diego Padres’ top pitching prospects, has become clouded in a matter of months. In November, he pleaded guilty to participating in a human smuggling operation in Arizona and then self-deported to his native Mexico, putting his budding Major League Baseball career on hold. His case is the latest to highlight the complex operations of human smuggling networks, operated by so-called coyotes, which in recent years have been shown to recruit all kinds of people — youngsters, mothers, military personnel, and even the son of a popular singer — to circumvent increasingly stringent border security controls.
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