The idea sounds like something out of a science fiction movie: thousands of satellites orbiting Earth, space-based sensors tracking missiles in real time, and weapons capable of destroying threats just seconds after launch. But behind the spectacular “Golden Dome” project promoted by President Donald Trump are serious doubts about its feasibility.
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Kevin Warsh became the new chair of the Federal Reserve on Wednesday after securing final approval from the U.S. Senate.
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A group of U.S. lawmakers has called on the Pentagon to immediately suspend joint military operations with Ecuadorian forces in the north of the country, targeting drug trafficking “terrorist organizations” active in the area. In a letter sent to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and seen by EL PAÍS, the legislators demand that the mission be halted pending an investigation into the incidents and ask for clarification of the legal basis for U.S. involvement, which has not been authorized by Congress.
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For 40 years, the world has been under the grip of a “global obesity epidemic” — a surge in excess weight that raises the risk of developing cancer, cardiovascular, metabolic, and neurological diseases. The scientific community coined the term “epidemic” in the 1990s in response to the rising prevalence of obesity, and it has persisted ever since to describe what is now considered one of the major threats to global health. The World Health Organization (WHO) calls it “globesity.”
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In recent months, a wave of leadership changes has swept through major entertainment companies. The recent leadership shift at Disney adds to the impact of Paramount’s acquisition of Warner Bros. The latest shake-up at the top has come at Apple. Meanwhile, Netflix founder and chairman Reed Hastings has announced his definitive departure, although in this case, the transition was already underway. In Spain, Movistar is also undergoing changes in its television division. How will this upheaval affect the future of their respective platforms?
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Since humans developed the ability to study DNA extracted from fossils, we have uncovered a mystery that until now had no answer. In the DNA of some human species, including our own, Homo sapiens, there were “super-archaic” markers, vestiges of older, unknown species with which we had interbred and produced offspring. Unable to determine who these genomic intruders were, some scientists called them ghost populations.
U.S. President Donald Trump landed at Beijing airport on Wednesday evening for a summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping. The visit is expected to be marked by an elaborate reception, judging by the heavy security presence already in place since the morning around the cordoned-off hotels where the Republican leader and his entourage will be staying.
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A painting by the artist Toon Kelder (Rotterdam, 1894-1973), titled Portrait of a Young Woman, stolen by the Nazis from the renowned art dealer Jacques Goudstikker, has surfaced at the home of the granddaughter of Hendrik Alexander Seyffardt, a Dutch general who commanded the Netherlands Volunteer Legion during World War II, a Waffen-SS unit that fought on the Eastern Front. A descendant of Seyffardt, unaware of the relationship, made the painting’s existence public through Arthur Brand, nicknamed the “art detective.”
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Two diametrically opposed empires, each with a leader of antagonistic character, are seeking to prevent the flames of a world in transition from erupting into an uncontrollable conflagration at a meeting in China. Six months ago, when the summit was planned, Donald Trump had not yet been drawn into the Iranian quagmire by Netanyahu, a war that is rapidly weakening him both within and outside the United States. Xi Jinping, on the other hand, has reinforced his image as a serious leader of a China that offers stability and trade to further fuel globalization.
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The far-right candidate is navigating treacherous ground to reach the second round of the Colombian presidential election. Abelardo de la Espriella, who is vying for second place in the polls with Uribista candidate Paloma Valencia, gave two interviews — one on radio and one on television — that have dominated the debate due to his misogynistic remarks. On the radio program Piso 8, he claimed that he gained many female votes because of the size of his genitals and asked the reporter present to zoom in on a photo that highlighted them. On television, he called a veteran journalist ignorant when she asked him about a comment the criminal lawyer had made years earlier: “Ethics has nothing to do with the law.” Journalists and politicians came out in defense of women and criticized the lawyer, making sexism a central issue in the electoral arena. This presents an opportunity for Valencia to gain ground, but De la Espriella also has a path to maintain his lead in the polls.
Enormous banners erected across Plaza de Mayo and the surrounding avenues in downtown Buenos Aires repeated the same slogan: “Milei, comply with the law.” Hundreds of thousands of people chanted it this Tuesday as they marched to demand that Argentina’s hardline government halt its cuts to public universities and release the funds approved by Congress. “The funding of the national university system is in a critical state, and the main cause is that the national government is failing to comply with the basic democratic and constitutional rule: to uphold the university funding law, which establishes a minimum level of resources that ensures the normal functioning of the system,” denounced academic authorities, faculty members and students in a joint statement read at the main protest event. The administration of Javier Milei labeled the federal university march an “opposition act” and reiterated that it will not release the requested funds.
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The political pressure exerted by the United States on the International Criminal Court (ICC), through sanctions imposed on eight of its judges and three prosecutors, as well as on the entities and NGOs that collaborate with them, is testing its very resilience. All individuals involved are carrying on with their work, even though the degree of interference from Washington goes so far as to prevent them from even using a credit card. For a court like this one, without its own police force, the only way to defend itself is through its legitimacy and the support of other countries.
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