Feed MRSS-S unesco_organizacion_naciones_unidas_educacion_ciencia_cultura_a, english.elpais.com en-us https://english.elpais.com Fri, 06 Feb 2026 14:02:53 GMT https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-02-06/from-the-us-to-malaga-the-world-of-chemistry-chooses-spain.html Fri, 06 Feb 2026 14:02:53 GMT https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-02-06/from-the-us-to-malaga-the-world-of-chemistry-chooses-spain.html Javier García Martínez The North Carolina headquarters of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) is moving to Europe and will have one of its two offices in the Andalusian city The North Carolina headquarters of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) is moving to Europe and will have one of its two offices in the Andalusian city Málaga Roma Unesco EUROPA PRESS (EUROPA PRESS) uni málaga University of Málaga Rectorate Building. University of Málaga Rectorate Building. <p>Major scientific decisions rarely make headlines. However, the relocation of the headquarters of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) from the United States to Europe, with offices in Rome and Málaga, is significant, as it brings one of the world’s leading scientific decision-making centers to Spain and places it in a privileged position in the global governance <a href="https://english.elpais.com/science-tech/2024-11-27/ben-feringa-nobel-prize-in-chemistry-a-single-cell-is-more-complex-than-an-entire-city.html" target="_self" rel="" title="https://english.elpais.com/science-tech/2024-11-27/ben-feringa-nobel-prize-in-chemistry-a-single-cell-is-more-complex-than-an-entire-city.html">of chemistry</a>.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-02-06/from-the-us-to-malaga-the-world-of-chemistry-chooses-spain.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p> https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-01-30/what-if-choosing-a-woman-as-un-secretary-general-were-key-to-the-future-of-multilateralism.html Fri, 30 Jan 2026 17:02:07 GMT https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-01-30/what-if-choosing-a-woman-as-un-secretary-general-were-key-to-the-future-of-multilateralism.html Beatriz Lecumberri A report details the presence of women in positions of power at the United Nations since 1945 and laments the ‘fictitious transparency’ in decision-making. In 80 years, there have been only eight female candidates for the position currently held by António Guterres A report details the presence of women in positions of power at the United Nations since 1945 and laments the ‘fictitious transparency’ in decision-making. In 80 years, there have been only eight female candidates for the position currently held by António Guterres Antonio Guterres UN Helen Clark Javier Pérez de Cuellar Felipe VI Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga Unesco Kristalina Georgieva Claudia Sheinbaum Planeta Futuro Beatriz Lecumberri (EL PAÍS) Helen Clark, Susana Malcorra, and Irina Bokova in Madrid, January 29. Helen Clark, Susana Malcorra, and Irina Bokova in Madrid, January 29. <img src="https://images.english.elpais.com/resizer/v2/7YP5WJXI2ZBO7KZNGO5XAXHIFY.jpeg?auth=d686a6a48e1cdb317889d01260f6879657b29b630fd12f3adbd472a6a4910c8d" width="2048" height="1632" alt="Helen Clark, Susana Malcorra, and Irina Bokova in Madrid, January 29."></img><p>The question is very simple: if women have long assumed high-level public responsibilities at the <a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-12-15/rafael-grossi-the-united-nations-has-forgotten-its-purpose.html" target="_self" rel="" title="https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-12-15/rafael-grossi-the-united-nations-has-forgotten-its-purpose.html">United Nations</a> and multilateral organizations, why are they not considered for the top position, that of secretary-general? This is the starting point of the annual report “<a href="https://www.gwlvoices.org/resources/wim-26" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" title="https://www.gwlvoices.org/resources/wim-26">Women in Multilateralism</a>” by the organization GWL Voices, which brings together more than 80 female leaders from 39 countries, and which was presented on Thursday in Madrid.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-01-30/what-if-choosing-a-woman-as-un-secretary-general-were-key-to-the-future-of-multilateralism.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p> https://english.elpais.com/climate/2026-01-24/power-vacuum-in-yemen-threatens-biodiversity-of-the-one-of-a-kind-socotra-archipelago.html Sat, 24 Jan 2026 04:00:00 GMT https://english.elpais.com/climate/2026-01-24/power-vacuum-in-yemen-threatens-biodiversity-of-the-one-of-a-kind-socotra-archipelago.html Nora Aldahfieri The small paradise in the Indian Ocean, known for being home to numerous endemic species, has suffered significant environmental damage since civil war broke out in 2014 The small paradise in the Indian Ocean, known for being home to numerous endemic species, has suffered significant environmental damage since civil war broke out in 2014 Yemen Unesco Planeta Futuro Stringer (REUTERS) Socotra Archipelago, Yemen The dragon's blood tree is one of the endemic species found in the Socotra archipelago, which belongs to Yemen, and whose diversity, recognized by UNESCO, is endangered. Image from January 6, 2026. The dragon's blood tree is one of the endemic species found in the Socotra archipelago, which belongs to Yemen, and whose diversity, recognized by UNESCO, is endangered. Image from January 6, 2026. <p>Up until very recently, Socotra had not received much international news coverage. Mention of the paradisaical Yemeni archipelago in the Indian Ocean, located near the Gulf of Aden, was typically limited to travel magazines and tourism guides. But at the end of December, some 600 visitors became stranded there, due to tensions between <a href="https://english.elpais.com/climate/2025-11-18/us-joins-saudi-arabia-iran-and-russia-in-the-group-of-countries-doing-the-least-to-combat-climate-change.html" target="_self" rel="" title="https://english.elpais.com/climate/2025-11-18/us-joins-saudi-arabia-iran-and-russia-in-the-group-of-countries-doing-the-least-to-combat-climate-change.html">Saudi Arabia</a> and the United Arab Emirates, allies that now have conflicting interests in the southern region of Yemen, which has been devastated over the last 10 years by civil war. Discussion of how the foreigners were to be evacuated drew attention to another issue in Socotra that had previously been eclipsed: how its unique and abundant biodiversity, which led it to be recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2008, has suffered aggressions whose effects may be irreversible.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/climate/2026-01-24/power-vacuum-in-yemen-threatens-biodiversity-of-the-one-of-a-kind-socotra-archipelago.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p> https://english.elpais.com/climate/2026-01-01/cartagena-de-indias-is-sinking-what-can-the-city-do-to-mitigate-it.html Thu, 01 Jan 2026 12:24:15 GMT https://english.elpais.com/climate/2026-01-01/cartagena-de-indias-is-sinking-what-can-the-city-do-to-mitigate-it.html Camilo Sánchez Sea levels in the bay of the Colombian resort have risen seven millimeters per year for the past two decades, the second-highest rate in the Caribbean after Haiti Sea levels in the bay of the Colombian resort have risen seven millimeters per year for the past two decades, the second-highest rate in the Caribbean after Haiti Cartagena de Indias Colombia Haití Nature Miami Unesco Anadolu (via Getty Images) Tourists in the port area of Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, on June 13, 2023. Tourists in the port area of Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, on June 13, 2023. <p>Manhattan, Venice, or Cartagena de Indias. For the inhabitants of these tourist destinations, it is increasingly evident how <a href="https://english.elpais.com/climate/2025-06-01/the-shaky-foundations-of-alexandria-are-being-eroded-by-climate-crisis.html" target="_self" rel="" title="https://english.elpais.com/climate/2025-06-01/the-shaky-foundations-of-alexandria-are-being-eroded-by-climate-crisis.html">rising sea levels</a> have been swallowing parts of their bays. In the case of the Colombian resort, recent scientific studies have recorded an average annual rise of seven millimeters over the past two decades. This is the second-highest sea level rise in the entire Caribbean, surpassed only by areas in southern Haiti. The underlying story is the same: greenhouse gas emissions have accelerated the <a href="https://english.elpais.com/science-tech/2023-06-07/the-arctic-is-set-to-completely-melt-for-the-first-time-within-two-decades.html" target="_self" rel="" title="https://english.elpais.com/science-tech/2023-06-07/the-arctic-is-set-to-completely-melt-for-the-first-time-within-two-decades.html">melting of the polar ice caps</a>. Consequently, the coastlines in some of these locations begin to subside in a geological process that poses a threat and a source of anxiety for residents.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/climate/2026-01-01/cartagena-de-indias-is-sinking-what-can-the-city-do-to-mitigate-it.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p> https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-11-25/bibiana-aido-latin-america-is-advancing-the-gender-agenda-in-the-most-sophisticated-way.html Tue, 25 Nov 2025 15:19:21 GMT https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-11-25/bibiana-aido-latin-america-is-advancing-the-gender-agenda-in-the-most-sophisticated-way.html Lorena Arroyo Valles The head of UN Women argues that, in the face of political setbacks, the region’s feminist movement offers many reasons for hope The head of UN Women argues that, in the face of political setbacks, the region’s feminist movement offers many reasons for hope Simone de Beauvoir Bibiana AíDo Argentina Panamá Ecuador Deepfake Unesco UN ONU Bibiana Aído Bibiana Aído. Bibiana Aído. <p>“It will take a political, economic, or religious crisis for women’s rights to be called into question again.” The new regional director of UN Women for the Americas and the Caribbean, Bibiana Aído (Alcalá de los Gazules, Spain, 48 years old), quotes the French feminist <a href="https://english.elpais.com/travel/2025-09-21/a-night-at-maison-colbert-how-the-paris-residence-of-simone-de-beauvoir-became-a-luxury-hotel.html" target="_self" rel="" title="https://english.elpais.com/travel/2025-09-21/a-night-at-maison-colbert-how-the-paris-residence-of-simone-de-beauvoir-became-a-luxury-hotel.html">Simone de Beauvoir</a> to assess the recent attacks by some countries in the region against ministries for women. In recent years, Argentina, Panama, and Ecuador have eliminated these departments under the pretext of cutting public spending, despite the enormous challenges faced by half the continent’s population. <a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2024-12-28/indigenous-leaders-lift-the-veil-on-gender-based-violence-in-el-salvador.html" target="_self" rel="" title="https://english.elpais.com/international/2024-12-28/indigenous-leaders-lift-the-veil-on-gender-based-violence-in-el-salvador.html">Gender-based violence</a> remains an emergency: in 2023, 3,897 women were victims of femicide in Latin America and the Caribbean — at least 11 women died every day simply for being women.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-11-25/bibiana-aido-latin-america-is-advancing-the-gender-agenda-in-the-most-sophisticated-way.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p> https://english.elpais.com/economy-and-business/2025-11-02/portland-revolutionizes-the-world-of-airports.html Sun, 02 Nov 2025 04:00:00 GMT https://english.elpais.com/economy-and-business/2025-11-02/portland-revolutionizes-the-world-of-airports.html Toni García The Oregon city is committed to price containment, keeping it local and giving the passenger a radically new experience. Other airports are already asking for advice The Oregon city is committed to price containment, keeping it local and giving the passenger a radically new experience. Other airports are already asking for advice Portland Oregón Unesco Ema Peter Portland Airport Portland's airport was designed by the architecture studio ZGF. Portland's airport was designed by the architecture studio ZGF. <p>As <a href="https://english.elpais.com/climate/2024-03-12/the-multinationals-already-cutting-employees-flights-due-to-climate-change.html" target="_self" rel="" title="https://english.elpais.com/climate/2024-03-12/the-multinationals-already-cutting-employees-flights-due-to-climate-change.html">any traveler</a> knows, airports across the globe are pretty much alike. The food is expensive, the big fashion brands are dominant, and global franchises control the shopping centers with prices that double and sometimes triple those in any city. This model has been perpetuated for decades and seemed impossible to change. But in Portland, Oregon, they have decided to give it a try. The stores at the new airport terminal are 100% local, the prices are exactly the same as in Portland itself, and the results seem to indicate that soon they won’t be the only ones trying to break with a model that makes millions of passengers angry.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/economy-and-business/2025-11-02/portland-revolutionizes-the-world-of-airports.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p> https://english.elpais.com/climate/2025-10-25/the-economist-with-an-environmentalists-heart-who-protects-the-forests-of-the-andean-choco.html Sat, 25 Oct 2025 04:00:00 GMT https://english.elpais.com/climate/2025-10-25/the-economist-with-an-environmentalists-heart-who-protects-the-forests-of-the-andean-choco.html Ana Cristina Basantes Roque Sevilla is the first Ecuadorian to receive the International Union for Conservation of Nature award Roque Sevilla is the first Ecuadorian to receive the International Union for Conservation of Nature award Quito Unesco Ecuador Colombia Fundación Futuro Roque Sevilla in the Mashpi-Tayra Reserve in November 2023. Roque Sevilla in the Mashpi-Tayra Reserve in November 2023. Fundación Futuro Tayra specimen native to the Mashpi Reserve. Tayra specimen native to the Mashpi Reserve. Fundación Futuro This reserve is home to 410 species of birds, 97 types of mammals, 49 types of amphibians, and 69 types of reptiles. This reserve is home to 410 species of birds, 97 types of mammals, 49 types of amphibians, and 69 types of reptiles. Fundación Futuro The Mashpi-Tayra reserve protects 5,820 hectares of forest. The Mashpi-Tayra reserve protects 5,820 hectares of forest. Fundación Futuro The conserved areas are protected by people from the Guayabillas community. The conserved areas are protected by people from the Guayabillas community. <p>Twenty-five years ago, Roque Sevilla (Quito, 78), an economist with a passion for nature, went in search of the last remaining forest in the Andean Chocó, in Ecuador. At the time, he sought to “conserve life” in one of the most <a href="https://english.elpais.com/climate/2025-03-09/plants-in-mesoamerican-cloud-forests-climb-mountains-to-escape-climate-change.html" target="_self" rel="" title="https://english.elpais.com/climate/2025-03-09/plants-in-mesoamerican-cloud-forests-climb-mountains-to-escape-climate-change.html">biodiverse areas on the planet</a>. It was there, when he visited aged 53, that the Mashpi-Tayra Reserve was born, now a habitat for unique animals, insects, and birds. His combination of forest protection through technology, species protection, and community work was an essential reason for the <a href="https://english.elpais.com/climate/2023-12-11/endangered-species-list-grows-by-2000-climate-change-is-part-of-the-problem.html" target="_self" rel="" title="https://english.elpais.com/climate/2023-12-11/endangered-species-list-grows-by-2000-climate-change-is-part-of-the-problem.html">International Union for Conservation of Nature</a> (IUCN) to award Sevilla the Kenton Miller Award for Innovation in Protected Areas. </p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/climate/2025-10-25/the-economist-with-an-environmentalists-heart-who-protects-the-forests-of-the-andean-choco.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p> https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-10-07/a-life-without-school-in-gaza-at-night-i-use-my-phones-flashlight-to-study-hunger-makes-it-hard-for-me-to-concentrate.html Tue, 07 Oct 2025 09:59:05 GMT https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-10-07/a-life-without-school-in-gaza-at-night-i-use-my-phones-flashlight-to-study-hunger-makes-it-hard-for-me-to-concentrate.html Beatriz Lecumberri The Palestinian Authority, the UN, and NGOs offer classes in shelters and displacement camps, as well as online courses, but 60% of students have not been able to continue any type of learning since October 2023, in a territory where illiteracy was almost nonexistent The Palestinian Authority, the UN, and NGOs offer classes in shelters and displacement camps, as well as online courses, but 60% of students have not been able to continue any type of learning since October 2023, in a territory where illiteracy was almost nonexistent Israel Hamás UN UNRWA Unesco Unicef Anadolu (Anadolu via Getty Images) Palestinian children at a UNRWA school bombed by Israel in July 2024 in Deir el-Balah. Palestinian children at a UNRWA school bombed by Israel in July 2024 in Deir el-Balah. <p>Forty children between the ages of six and 10 sit on the ground in four tents, worn by months of wind, rain, and sun, near the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip. Young volunteer teachers from a local association teach them the basic subjects: grammar, math, science, and a little English. They also try to instill in them a love of reading. Almost everything is taught orally, without blackboards or books, and with barely any notebooks or pencils, which have become a real luxury in Gaza, <a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-10-06/gaza-two-years-of-indescribable-horror-and-a-narrow-horizon-of-hope.html" target="_self" rel="" title="https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-10-06/gaza-two-years-of-indescribable-horror-and-a-narrow-horizon-of-hope.html">devastated by two years of war</a>. Seven-year old Dania lives in the camp, and every morning she attends these classes, smiling and with her braids freshly combed.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-10-07/a-life-without-school-in-gaza-at-night-i-use-my-phones-flashlight-to-study-hunger-makes-it-hard-for-me-to-concentrate.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p> https://english.elpais.com/usa/2025-08-19/pivotal-week-for-alligator-alcatraz-two-lawsuits-will-determine-the-future-of-infamous-migrant-detention-center.html Tue, 19 Aug 2025 10:23:39 GMT https://english.elpais.com/usa/2025-08-19/pivotal-week-for-alligator-alcatraz-two-lawsuits-will-determine-the-future-of-infamous-migrant-detention-center.html Abel Fernández A federal judge will decide whether the facility was built illegally and could order it to cease operations, while another magistrate is evaluating whether the center is violating detainees’ right to counsel A federal judge will decide whether the facility was built illegally and could order it to cease operations, while another magistrate is evaluating whether the center is violating detainees’ right to counsel Florida Miami Donald Trump Unesco Ron DeSantis ICE Evan Vucci (AP) Trump Immigration Donald Trump tours Alligator Alcatraz, July 1, 2025. Donald Trump tours Alligator Alcatraz, July 1, 2025. <p>A hearing in Miami federal court on Monday marked the beginning of what could be a decisive week for the future of <a href="https://english.elpais.com/usa/2025-07-29/alligator-alcatraz-deports-100-people-in-less-than-a-month.html" target="_self" rel="" title="https://english.elpais.com/usa/2025-07-29/alligator-alcatraz-deports-100-people-in-less-than-a-month.html">Alligator Alcatraz</a>, the controversial immigration detention center built in the Everglades wetlands, about 35 miles west of Miami, which has become a symbol of the <a href="https://english.elpais.com/usa/2025-07-05/texas-cements-its-position-as-the-leader-of-trumps-anti-immigrant-crusade-with-20000-arrests-in-five-months.html" target="_self" rel="" title="https://english.elpais.com/usa/2025-07-05/texas-cements-its-position-as-the-leader-of-trumps-anti-immigrant-crusade-with-20000-arrests-in-five-months.html">Trump administration’s anti-immigrant crusade</a>.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/usa/2025-08-19/pivotal-week-for-alligator-alcatraz-two-lawsuits-will-determine-the-future-of-infamous-migrant-detention-center.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p> https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-05-26/ai-recreates-the-faces-of-enslaved-people-in-brazil-based-on-descriptions-by-an-abolitionist.html Mon, 26 May 2025 11:15:49 GMT https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-05-26/ai-recreates-the-faces-of-enslaved-people-in-brazil-based-on-descriptions-by-an-abolitionist.html Joan Royo Gual An exhibition in São Paulo rescues the visual identity of dozens of people freed by self-taught lawyer Luiz Gama in the 19th century An exhibition in São Paulo rescues the visual identity of dozens of people freed by self-taught lawyer Luiz Gama in the 19th century Río de Janeiro São Paulo África Unesco Salvador de Bahía CORTESÍA AI enslaved people in Brazil Archives of the exhibition 'I, the scribe who wrote...' by artist Luiz Gama, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, in May 2025. Archives of the exhibition 'I, the scribe who wrote...' by artist Luiz Gama, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, in May 2025. <p>On the arduous path of historical reparation for the millions of Africans who were <a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2024-11-10/the-prosecutors-who-have-rescued-tens-of-thousands-of-people-from-slave-labor-in-brazil.html" target="_self" rel="" title="https://english.elpais.com/international/2024-11-10/the-prosecutors-who-have-rescued-tens-of-thousands-of-people-from-slave-labor-in-brazil.html">enslaved in Brazil</a> over nearly four centuries, there are small gestures filled with symbolism. One is to recover the identity of those who never had the right to exist as human beings. </p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-05-26/ai-recreates-the-faces-of-enslaved-people-in-brazil-based-on-descriptions-by-an-abolitionist.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p> https://english.elpais.com/culture/2025-05-24/the-journey-of-gaudis-batllo-chair-casa-valles-redesign-captivates-us-audiences.html Sat, 24 May 2025 04:00:00 GMT https://english.elpais.com/culture/2025-05-24/the-journey-of-gaudis-batllo-chair-casa-valles-redesign-captivates-us-audiences.html Ana Vidal Egea The NYCxDesign Festival showcased furniture designs by the greatest exponent of Catalan modernism The NYCxDesign Festival showcased furniture designs by the greatest exponent of Catalan modernism Salvador Dali Barcelona Antoni Gaudí Unesco joan sanchez Antoni Gaudí's Batlló chair Antoni Gaudí's Batlló chair, redesigned by Jane Keltner and Giancarlo Valle. Antoni Gaudí's Batlló chair, redesigned by Jane Keltner and Giancarlo Valle. <p>Since 2012, the NYCxDesign Festival has brought together the best of design from various fields, including interior, industrial, architectural, graphic, and urban design. From May 15 to 20, kicking off with a party at the former Domino Sugar Factory, an iconic building in Williamsburg, numerous design-related events, conferences, and exhibitions were spread throughout <a href="https://english.elpais.com/usa/2023-09-10/urban-renewal-in-new-york-designed-for-longer-life.html" target="_self" rel="" title="https://english.elpais.com/usa/2023-09-10/urban-renewal-in-new-york-designed-for-longer-life.html">New York City’s neighborhoods</a>. One of the most exciting offerings was Casa Valle, an award-winning design studio founded by editor and former style director of <i>Architectural Digest</i>, Jane Keltner, and architect Giancarlo Valle: a redesign of Gaudí’s Batlló chair.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/culture/2025-05-24/the-journey-of-gaudis-batllo-chair-casa-valles-redesign-captivates-us-audiences.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p> https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-05-12/begum-tv-a-school-for-afghan-women-banned-from-accessing-education.html Sun, 11 May 2025 04:12:00 GMT https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-05-12/begum-tv-a-school-for-afghan-women-banned-from-accessing-education.html María D. Valderrama Journalists broadcasting from Paris are sidestepping Taliban restrictions to connect girls in their home country to learning, health advice and entertainment Journalists broadcasting from Paris are sidestepping Taliban restrictions to connect girls in their home country to learning, health advice and entertainment París Unesco Kabul Planeta Futuro María Díaz Valderrama (EL PAÍS) Begum TV Afghanistan Ziauddin Bakhtyar, an Afghan journalist refugee in France, works on a Begum TV broadcast on April 17. Ziauddin Bakhtyar, an Afghan journalist refugee in France, works on a Begum TV broadcast on April 17. <img src="https://images.english.elpais.com/resizer/v2/OUXKKPDFZZFVZJWPJDRIERFEKM.JPG?auth=aba5e898018efd87d8d7ad76acc7415279544cf3971559b61cb6fefe00e70707" width="6000" height="4000" alt="Ziauddin Bakhtyar, an Afghan journalist refugee in France, works on a Begum TV broadcast on April 17."></img><p>Wajiha Wahidi, a 25-year-old Afghan journalist, retouches her makeup before recording her first broadcast from the Begum TV studio in Paris. The premises, located in a northern neighborhood of the French capital, include a small newsroom, a recording studio and a meeting room, currently being fitted out with a green screen so that two programs can be filmed simultaneously. This expansion reflects the growth the Afghan television station-in-exile is experiencing, one year after its creation. Like the rest of her fellow journalists, Wahidi does not wear a veil and appears on-screen in street clothes, her face uncovered. She looks quite different from <a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2024-03-03/fatimah-hossaini-afghan-photographer-i-used-to-have-problems-with-the-fathers-brothers-or-husbands-of-the-women-i-wanted-to-photograph.html" target="_self" rel="" title="https://english.elpais.com/international/2024-03-03/fatimah-hossaini-afghan-photographer-i-used-to-have-problems-with-the-fathers-brothers-or-husbands-of-the-women-i-wanted-to-photograph.html">her audience of Afghan women</a>. They watch her broadcasts via satellite television, which reaches one in two households in Afghanistan, a country ravaged by poverty where more than half of its 42 million inhabitants depend on humanitarian aid for their survival.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-05-12/begum-tv-a-school-for-afghan-women-banned-from-accessing-education.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p><img src="https://images.english.elpais.com/resizer/v2/BN6YGD73QNEZVIEDQJPF6WUEFA.JPG?auth=e729f7105b27e1a3f25b5118fdb48a6702b308b4346293b75aa06bd0e8ed4a71" width="6000" height="4000" alt="Wajiha Wahidi and Saira Akakhil,Afghan refugees in France, are journalists who host programs on Begum TV, headquartered in Paris. This image was taken on April 17,2025."></img> https://english.elpais.com/science-tech/2025-05-06/haenyeo-dna-reveals-how-the-human-body-can-adapt-to-extreme-diving.html Tue, 06 May 2025 14:22:01 GMT https://english.elpais.com/science-tech/2025-05-06/haenyeo-dna-reveals-how-the-human-body-can-adapt-to-extreme-diving.html Constanza Cabrera The physiological and genetic traits of a group of octogenarian fisherwomen in South Korea have been shaped to dive into deep, icy waters The physiological and genetic traits of a group of octogenarian fisherwomen in South Korea have been shaped to dive into deep, icy waters Unesco ADN Genética José Jeuland (EL PAÍS) A haenyeo diver in the waters off Jeju Island. A haenyeo diver in the waters off Jeju Island. <img src="https://images.english.elpais.com/resizer/v2/JDHVFNLYZJFGBCW5FLFLNWCIVM.jpg?auth=d5def618bca9b73e0afbb72c1c1842edf3fc9a335ecb2f5a2639e9ffb87db3d9" width="5479" height="3653" alt="A haenyeo diver in the waters off Jeju Island."></img><p>No matter how rough the waves or how strong the wind, the haenyeo, or <a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-04-20/women-of-the-sea-make-their-mark-in-argentine-patagonia.html" target="_self" rel="" title="https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-04-20/women-of-the-sea-make-their-mark-in-argentine-patagonia.html">women of the sea</a>, don’t hesitate to dive into the icy waters surrounding the South Korean island of Jeju to collect abalone, seaweed, or sea urchins. They can travel to depths of 10 meters without breathing equipment, even while pregnant. What seems like an almost supernatural mastery of the ocean isn’t just the result of training that begins at age 10. Part of their skills are written in their genes, suggests a new study in the <a href="https://www.cell.com/cell-reports/fulltext/S2211-1247(25)00348-1" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" title="https://www.cell.com/cell-reports/fulltext/S2211-1247(25)00348-1">journal <i>Cell</i></a>, which unravels the aura of mystery surrounding these octogenarian women who dive with a knife in hand wearing only goggles and fins.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/science-tech/2025-05-06/haenyeo-dna-reveals-how-the-human-body-can-adapt-to-extreme-diving.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p><img src="https://images.english.elpais.com/resizer/v2/ZE4EFHWQNVGJVNQKET3VSBHZ3M.jpg?auth=8be8a93f2f86269178249147f97e6d82f925b92a076f878262f55a0e536814fc" width="1000" height="666" alt="A haenyeo diver in the waters off Jeju Island."></img> https://english.elpais.com/international/women-leaders-of-latin-america/2025-03-10/gabriela-salas-the-indigenous-scientist-who-brought-nahuatl-to-google-it-is-important-that-girls-study-to-be-freer.html Mon, 10 Mar 2025 18:03:36 GMT https://english.elpais.com/international/women-leaders-of-latin-america/2025-03-10/gabriela-salas-the-indigenous-scientist-who-brought-nahuatl-to-google-it-is-important-that-girls-study-to-be-freer.html Almudena Barragán Gaspar This 28-year-old Mexican has been recognized for incorporating the language spoken by 1.6 million people into the search engine’s translator This 28-year-old Mexican has been recognized for incorporating the language spoken by 1.6 million people into the search engine’s translator Google UN Unesco Hidalgo (México) BBC Madrid Google Translate Jaime Villanueva Gabriela Salas, the Indigenous scientist who brought Nahuatl to Google: ‘It is important that girls study to be freer’ Gabriela Salas in Madrid, March 5, 2025. Gabriela Salas in Madrid, March 5, 2025. <p>Gabriela Salas is a 28-year-old Mexican scientist, originally from Puerto del Caballo, Hidalgo, a small locality of some 20 inhabitants. Her story is not only an example of dedication and effort, it is also proof of the importance of the right to <a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/women-leaders-of-latin-america/2023-09-28/anamaria-font-and-the-achievements-of-women-scientists.html">education for women and their need to train in scientific careers</a>. “It is important that girls study so that they continue learning, continue fighting, and become freer,” she says from Madrid, where she is now studying a master’s in data science at the Polytechnic University. Two years ago, Salas was recognized nationally for incorporating the <a href="https://english.elpais.com/culture/2024-01-22/researchers-unveil-the-mysteries-of-the-florentine-codex.html">Nahuatl language</a>, spoken by 1.6 million people in Mexico, into Google Translate.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/women-leaders-of-latin-america/2025-03-10/gabriela-salas-the-indigenous-scientist-who-brought-nahuatl-to-google-it-is-important-that-girls-study-to-be-freer.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p> https://english.elpais.com/international/women-leaders-of-latin-america/2025-02-21/the-hypocrisy-of-american-democracy-and-the-urgent-need-for-a-social-network-of-public-interest.html Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:19:41 GMT https://english.elpais.com/international/women-leaders-of-latin-america/2025-02-21/the-hypocrisy-of-american-democracy-and-the-urgent-need-for-a-social-network-of-public-interest.html Catalina Botero Marino If we want to preserve democracy as a conversation based on shared facts, we must build a digital environment in which that conversation is possible. And the US is not the model. On the contrary, it is time to tell the emperor that he is naked If we want to preserve democracy as a conversation based on shared facts, we must build a digital environment in which that conversation is possible. And the US is not the model. On the contrary, it is time to tell the emperor that he is naked J. D. Vance Donald Trump Twitter Meta TikTok Elon Musk Unesco RONALD WITTEK (EFE) The hypocrisy of American democracy and the urgent need for a social network of public interest J. D. Vance during his speech in Munich, February 14. J. D. Vance during his speech in Munich, February 14. <p>At the Munich Security Conference, U.S. Vice President <a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-02-14/j-d-vance-launches-ideological-attack-on-europe-that-highlights-rift-between-eu-and-us.html">J.D. Vance delivered an arrogant and cynical speech</a>, intending to lecture European leaders on democracy and freedom of expression. However, this stance stands in stark contrast to the political reality in his own country.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/women-leaders-of-latin-america/2025-02-21/the-hypocrisy-of-american-democracy-and-the-urgent-need-for-a-social-network-of-public-interest.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p> https://english.elpais.com/culture/2024-12-28/on-horseback-to-fish-for-shrimp-preserving-one-of-belgiums-oldest-traditions.html Sat, 28 Dec 2024 04:30:00 GMT https://english.elpais.com/culture/2024-12-28/on-horseback-to-fish-for-shrimp-preserving-one-of-belgiums-oldest-traditions.html Use Lahoz In the small village of Oostduinkerke, on the shores of the North Sea, a community of 12 families maintains an ancient custom declared by UNESCO as intangible cultural heritage In the small village of Oostduinkerke, on the shores of the North Sea, a community of 12 families maintains an ancient custom declared by UNESCO as intangible cultural heritage Unesco Tina Turner Michelin Caterina Barjau (EL PAÍS) On horseback to fish for shrimp Stefaan Hancke and his mare 'Dina' emerge from the waters of the North Sea after an hour of fishing. It is time to make an initial selection of the catch on the spot. Stefaan Hancke and his mare 'Dina' emerge from the waters of the North Sea after an hour of fishing. It is time to make an initial selection of the catch on the spot. <p>The image of the fisherman Stefaan Hancke on the back of his mare <i>Dina </i>as the latter dodges the first waves with her legs raised, strained by the effort of dragging fishing nets along the sand with a chain that vibrates so that the shrimp jump and get caught, pulling a total weight of around 3,000 kilos (6,600 lb), advancing parallel to the coastline with water up to the animal’s chest, is one that is fixed in memory, as with some of the flavors of childhood.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/culture/2024-12-28/on-horseback-to-fish-for-shrimp-preserving-one-of-belgiums-oldest-traditions.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p> https://english.elpais.com/climate/2024-11-13/trumps-re-election-threatens-climate-change-fight-as-global-warming-displays-its-most-devastating-face.html Wed, 13 Nov 2024 15:58:43 GMT https://english.elpais.com/climate/2024-11-13/trumps-re-election-threatens-climate-change-fight-as-global-warming-displays-its-most-devastating-face.html Manuel Planelles ,Iker Seisdedos García The return of the Republican, who previously withdrew the US from the Paris Agreement, shakes up climate diplomacy amid the COP29 summit in Baku The return of the Republican, who previously withdrew the US from the Paris Agreement, shakes up climate diplomacy amid the COP29 summit in Baku Donald Trump Kremlin Bakú UN Joseph Biden Unesco China Elon Musk BRENDAN MCDERMID (Reuters) Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump campaigns, in Indianola A man holds a banner as climate protesters interrupt the campaign event of Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, in Indianola, Iowa, U.S., January 14, 2024. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY A man holds a banner as climate protesters interrupt the campaign event of Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, in Indianola, Iowa, U.S., January 14, 2024. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY <p>2024 will be remembered as the year in which <a href="https://english.elpais.com/usa/elections/2024-11-12/trump-prioritizes-personal-loyalty-and-hardliners-in-his-first-appointments.html">Donald Trump</a> — the presidential candidate with the most anti-scientific and anti-environmentalist discourse — won again in the U.S. despite his dark record on climate issues. This year will in all likelihood not be the hottest year on the planet in millennia, even though it will close as the <a href="https://english.elpais.com/climate/2024-08-08/the-earth-experienced-its-hottest-day-ever-in-july.html">warmest since records began</a>. But it will not go down in history simply because that terrible crown will not last long: the advance of climate change, fed by the burning of fossil fuels, is accelerating due to the loss of the planet’s capacity to absorb the huge amounts of gases humanity is emitting, some experts warn. In fact, the previous record for the hottest year <a href="https://english.elpais.com/climate/2023-12-10/2023-is-the-hottest-year-in-millennia-why-and-how-is-this-measured.html">dates back to 2023</a>.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/climate/2024-11-13/trumps-re-election-threatens-climate-change-fight-as-global-warming-displays-its-most-devastating-face.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p><img src="https://images.english.elpais.com/resizer/v2/RTDACSJVQZB2HGB5HKSQO5GWBE.jpg?auth=aa6f617a26bed0b860a1d3faff17970e35ead3ea5cdc3ed83a59c231e019588d" width="1024" height="683" alt="Photovoltaic power panels at Abaste's El Bonillo Solar Plant with wind turbines in the background on December 2, 2015 in El Bonillo, Albacete province, Spain. "></img> https://english.elpais.com/science-tech/2024-07-30/the-mystery-of-the-huge-global-summit-in-barcelona-that-nobody-knows-anything-about.html Tue, 30 Jul 2024 13:19:08 GMT https://english.elpais.com/science-tech/2024-07-30/the-mystery-of-the-huge-global-summit-in-barcelona-that-nobody-knows-anything-about.html Manuel Ansede An association called SciTech DiploHub sent out a news release about a historic event that attracted 1,300 world leaders, including ministers, Nobel laureates and a Jordanian princess. The only problem is, it never took place An association called SciTech DiploHub sent out a news release about a historic event that attracted 1,300 world leaders, including ministers, Nobel laureates and a Jordanian princess. The only problem is, it never took place Barcelona Unesco Barcelona Activa (EL PAÍS) World Summit on Science Diplomacy Alexis Roig, at the purported High Level Plenary Closing Session of the World Science Diplomacy Summit, in Barcelona on July 5. Alexis Roig, at the purported High Level Plenary Closing Session of the World Science Diplomacy Summit, in Barcelona on July 5. <img src="https://images.english.elpais.com/resizer/v2/B5BYWNKJLJAAFNPJHXYWQSFYKI.jpg?auth=9f1557f5b6ad1d8fd91328ce4af035d5f566bfeb3fe3af777acb451a3fa416e1" width="1600" height="900" alt="Alexis Roig, at the purported High Level Plenary Closing Session of the World Science Diplomacy Summit, in Barcelona on July 5."></img><p>A striking press release reached the media on July 10 with details about a historic event that had just taken place. “More than 1,300 global leaders, including science ministers, secretaries of state, <a href="https://english.elpais.com/health/2023-12-01/chronobiologist-and-nobel-laureate-in-medicine-michael-rosbash-lack-of-sunlight-during-the-day-is-worse-than-electric-lighting-at-night.html" target="_blank">Nobel laureates</a>, technology and pharmaceutical company executives, and ambassadors from nearly 100 countries have gathered in Barcelona for the World Summit on Science Diplomacy,” said the press release, sent from an email account of <a href="https://www.scitechdiplohub.org/" target="_blank">SciTech DiploHub</a>, a small Barcelona-based association dedicated to scientific diplomacy (establishing scientific links between countries and organizations). The statement celebrated the fact that none other than the Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Audrey Azoulay, had announced at this event that the Catalan city would be the venue for this momentous annual congress until 2028. The news quickly made its way into several Spanish newspapers, such as <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240713035333/https://www.larazon.es/cataluna/barcelona/barcelona-consolida-como-capital-mundial-diplomacia-cientifica_20240711668f9b78c53ff800017c1917.html" target="_blank"><i>La Razón</i></a> and <i>El Español</i>. The only problem is that this momentous global event never actually took place.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/science-tech/2024-07-30/the-mystery-of-the-huge-global-summit-in-barcelona-that-nobody-knows-anything-about.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p><img src="https://images.english.elpais.com/resizer/v2/BY6AI6EPQNFAFCYMRABVGCIBPA.jpg?auth=f398be9b3117507c00413ab70df883c77c20b6bda218c9cf892c2eb90b7aab2b" width="2626" height="2032" alt="Alexis Roig, CEO of SciTech DiploHub, at an event in May. "></img> https://english.elpais.com/international/2024-05-25/ukraine-defends-its-cultural-heritage-under-putins-bombs-and-attempts-to-reframe-history.html Sat, 25 May 2024 04:05:00 GMT https://english.elpais.com/international/2024-05-25/ukraine-defends-its-cultural-heritage-under-putins-bombs-and-attempts-to-reframe-history.html Pilar Bonet After the Russian invasion, the most precious pieces were evacuated from Kyiv to secret locations on trains that ran along the front lines under missile fire After the Russian invasion, the most precious pieces were evacuated from Kyiv to secret locations on trains that ran along the front lines under missile fire Vladimir Putin Kremlin Crimea Unesco Markiian Lyseiko (Future Publishing via Getty Imag) Ukraine cultural heritage Visitors during the Maria Primachenko exhibition in Lviv, Ukraine, in July 2022. Visitors during the Maria Primachenko exhibition in Lviv, Ukraine, in July 2022. <p>Russian forces have damaged or looted part of Ukraine’s heritage in the occupied territories and, faced with the danger of further losses, Ukrainian museums and cultural institutions are moving to protect their works. Some items were evacuated to secret and presumably safe places on high-risk missions at the beginning of the war. Now, a decree by <a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2024-05-22/vladimir-putin-the-man-who-knows-how-to-bide-his-time.html">Russian President Vladimir Putin</a> on state policy in the field of history outlines new threats to the study and interpretation of Ukrainian cultural patrimony.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2024-05-25/ukraine-defends-its-cultural-heritage-under-putins-bombs-and-attempts-to-reframe-history.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p><img src="https://images.english.elpais.com/resizer/vM_v2WN_gO1SJIaS5Q8gf4Eg_Ns=/arc-anglerfish-eu-central-1-prod-prisa/public/RXKYFIJARJE67MIT5RL67RAPAQ.jpg" width="3960" height="2640" alt="A work from the exhibition 'In the eye of the hurricane. Avant-garde in Ukraine, 1900-1930' at the Thyssen Museum in Madrid. "></img> https://english.elpais.com/climate/2024-04-12/vidar-helgesen-assistant-director-general-of-unesco-we-need-to-save-the-oceans-to-save-the-planet.html Fri, 12 Apr 2024 14:34:44 GMT https://english.elpais.com/climate/2024-04-12/vidar-helgesen-assistant-director-general-of-unesco-we-need-to-save-the-oceans-to-save-the-planet.html Luis Velasco The head of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission warns that the world needs a system capable of monitoring in real time what is happening in the seas with respect to temperature, biodiversity and overfishing The head of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission warns that the world needs a system capable of monitoring in real time what is happening in the seas with respect to temperature, biodiversity and overfishing Unesco Albert Garcia (EL PAÍS) Vidar Helgesen Vidar Helgesen, assistant director-general of UNESCO and head of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission. Vidar Helgesen, assistant director-general of UNESCO and head of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission. <img src="https://images.english.elpais.com/resizer/hrQaMgDP4veDCzxm9JG3SHi38Og=/arc-anglerfish-eu-central-1-prod-prisa/public/EYR4LUL36ZC4PAZVSPPSTGKBLY.jpg" width="7086" height="4724" alt="Vidar Helgesen, assistant director-general of UNESCO and head of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission."></img><p>For many years, the seas and oceans have been invisible in the <a href="https://english.elpais.com/climate/2024-03-19/wmo-warns-ocean-temperatures-over-the-past-12-months-have-been-off-the-charts.html">climate crisis</a>. The climate-regulating capacity of this great body of water and its nutritional role for humanity are changing at a dizzying pace due to rising temperatures, overfishing and the <a href="https://english.elpais.com/climate/2023-12-24/objective-putting-a-stop-to-plastic.html">large garbage gyres</a> formed by ocean currents. This troubling panorama was discussed in Barcelona, where UNESCO organized the Oceans Decade Conference between April 10 and 12.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/climate/2024-04-12/vidar-helgesen-assistant-director-general-of-unesco-we-need-to-save-the-oceans-to-save-the-planet.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p><img src="https://images.english.elpais.com/resizer/5WPGAm3hUi5XYYr9oVKZYETCF48=/arc-anglerfish-eu-central-1-prod-prisa/public/JPBVBEWOGJDI7KAFJTUXCT364M.jpg" width="7086" height="4724" alt="Vidar Helgesen has been fighting for the preservation of the environment for years."></img> https://english.elpais.com/international/2024-03-21/the-scientist-trying-to-save-unique-fossils-on-the-ukrainian-front-lines.html Thu, 21 Mar 2024 11:16:46 GMT https://english.elpais.com/international/2024-03-21/the-scientist-trying-to-save-unique-fossils-on-the-ukrainian-front-lines.html Nuño Domínguez Natalia Gerasimenko was one of the members of the team that uncovered the oldest human artifacts in Europe: stone tools carved by ‘Homo erectus’ 1.4 million years ago in western Ukraine Natalia Gerasimenko was one of the members of the team that uncovered the oldest human artifacts in Europe: stone tools carved by ‘Homo erectus’ 1.4 million years ago in western Ukraine Kremlin Donetsk UN Unesco Chernóbil N.G. (EL PAÍS) Unique fossils on the Ukrainian Natalia Gerasimenko, in an image from 2019. Natalia Gerasimenko, in an image from 2019. <img src="https://images.english.elpais.com/resizer/3gINm6YSS56pqV2MO-BlTzjcjBk=/arc-anglerfish-eu-central-1-prod-prisa/public/DTMC2RFWIBHM3NQEOUWGZVBIJM.jpg" width="2953" height="2137" alt="Natalia Gerasimenko, in an image from 2019."></img><p>On New Year’s Eve 2022,<a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2024-01-09/intensified-russian-airstrikes-are-stretching-ukraines-air-defense-resources-officials-say.html"> Russian air strikes</a> hit the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, the largest university in Ukraine. The explosions blew out the windows of several buildings, including the laboratory of geologist Natalia Gerasimenko. There were no injuries, but no one could remedy the fact that pollen released by flowers and plants thousands or even millions of years ago was scattered everywhere and lost forever.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2024-03-21/the-scientist-trying-to-save-unique-fossils-on-the-ukrainian-front-lines.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p><img src="https://images.english.elpais.com/resizer/er9Q5Nub_6YrZTQDd27wWI6X0Kc=/arc-anglerfish-eu-central-1-prod-prisa/public/PNN2UIKWDRDYZA5AE6V2ON52UA.jpg" width="2818" height="2117" alt="Workers repairing the damage in Natalia Gerasimenko's laboratory."></img><img src="https://images.english.elpais.com/resizer/2KNQHyOjXlrEUGItusTrHvz66Nk=/arc-anglerfish-eu-central-1-prod-prisa/public/VP6KPAMQDZFKPPXWEHIWGHWYSQ.jpg" width="1200" height="1600" alt="Artifacts at the paleontological site near Kostiantynivka, Ukraine."></img> https://english.elpais.com/culture/2024-02-23/ukraines-most-famous-sculptor-turns-war-debris-into-art-expressing-the-inexpressible.html Fri, 23 Feb 2024 23:10:08 GMT https://english.elpais.com/culture/2024-02-23/ukraines-most-famous-sculptor-turns-war-debris-into-art-expressing-the-inexpressible.html AP Associated Press Mikhail Reva has not rested in transforming over two tons of war debris — spiked Kalashnikov cartridges, bullets and arresting crumpled shells — into art that expresses his homeland’s suffering Mikhail Reva has not rested in transforming over two tons of war debris — spiked Kalashnikov cartridges, bullets and arresting crumpled shells — into art that expresses his homeland’s suffering Unesco París Thomas Adamson (AP) Ukraine's Mikhail Reva Ukraine's Mikhail Reva poses next to one of his art pieces, Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024 in Paris. Ukraine's Mikhail Reva poses next to one of his art pieces, Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024 in Paris. <img src="https://images.english.elpais.com/resizer/wZlZfo_ynx_ZehzXAq945Xg2cls=/arc-anglerfish-eu-central-1-prod-prisa/public/ODAECXMFCJCOBBE2PDWPQJ5PVQ.jpg" width="2000" height="1500" alt="Ukraine's Mikhail Reva poses next to one of his art pieces, Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024 in Paris."></img><p>From within the debris of Russia’s war, Ukraine’s most famous sculptor was compelled to make a dark artistic pivot the day his own country house was ravaged by <a href="https://english.elpais.com/opinion/2024-02-16/the-fury-of-the-russians-in-ukraine.html">a Russian strike.</a></p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/culture/2024-02-23/ukraines-most-famous-sculptor-turns-war-debris-into-art-expressing-the-inexpressible.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p> https://english.elpais.com/science-tech/2024-02-05/in-the-galapagos-islands-penguins-are-contaminated-with-microplastics.html Mon, 05 Feb 2024 03:00:00 GMT https://english.elpais.com/science-tech/2024-02-05/in-the-galapagos-islands-penguins-are-contaminated-with-microplastics.html María Mónica Monsalve A study published in ‘PLOS One’ that various Ecuadorian scientists participated in warns of the high levels of contamination in the penguins’ ecosystem A study published in ‘PLOS One’ that various Ecuadorian scientists participated in warns of the high levels of contamination in the penguins’ ecosystem Galápagos Ecuador Unesco Charles Darwin Francois LOCHON (Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images) In the Galápagos Islands, penguins are contaminated with microplastics Galápagos penguins rest on a lava rock during a field sampling and expedition on Isabela Island, Ecuador, in October 2021. Galápagos penguins rest on a lava rock during a field sampling and expedition on Isabela Island, Ecuador, in October 2021. <p>An expedition was made to the <a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2023-07-22/more-action-more-climate-ambition-a-call-from-the-global-south.html">Galápagos Islands</a> in October 2021, when Covid-19 infection rates were still leading most of the headlines. Just as <a href="https://english.elpais.com/science-tech/2023-09-20/chilean-researcher-corrects-a-159-year-old-anatomical-error-made-by-charles-darwin.html">Charles Darwin</a> did 186 years ago, five researchers arrived, among them members of the administration of the Galápagos National Park, scientists from the Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral de Ecuador (ESPOL), a major university in Guayaquil, and Ecuadorian biologist Juan José Alava, who works at the University of British Columbia (UBC), in Vancouver, Canada.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/science-tech/2024-02-05/in-the-galapagos-islands-penguins-are-contaminated-with-microplastics.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p> https://english.elpais.com/international/2023-11-14/the-digital-gender-gap-a-major-obstacle-to-the-fight-for-equality-for-women-in-pakistan.html Tue, 14 Nov 2023 15:58:55 GMT https://english.elpais.com/international/2023-11-14/the-digital-gender-gap-a-major-obstacle-to-the-fight-for-equality-for-women-in-pakistan.html Anmol Irfan Only 26% of Pakistani women have access to the internet, compared to 47% of men, one of the most pronounced digital gender gaps in the world. The lack of access to the Internet makes it more difficult for them to educate themselves, progress at work and fight cyberbullying Only 26% of Pakistani women have access to the internet, compared to 47% of men, one of the most pronounced digital gender gaps in the world. The lack of access to the Internet makes it more difficult for them to educate themselves, progress at work and fight cyberbullying Pakistán Asia WhatsApp Unesco Anadolu Agency (Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) Mujeres Pakistán A woman uses her phone on a street in Islamabad, Pakistan in 2020. A woman uses her phone on a street in Islamabad, Pakistan in 2020. <p>“A young woman who was my distant cousin was killed by her uncle because she was allegedly texting a <i>ghair mard</i> (a man who wasn’t her relative). The police buried the case. There were no hashtags, no news, no advocacy for justice. Maybe if we did have access to online spaces, there would’ve been more outrage,” says 20 year old Maryam Jamali, who runs <a href="https://twitter.com/madatcommunity" target="_blank">Madat Balochistan</a>, an organization working for development in Balochistan and Sindh, in the south of <a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2023-11-09/the-suffering-of-afghans-expelled-from-pakistan-before-they-cross-all-their-belongings-are-taken-away-unhcr-reports.html">Pakistan.</a></p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2023-11-14/the-digital-gender-gap-a-major-obstacle-to-the-fight-for-equality-for-women-in-pakistan.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p> https://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-11-06/four-men-charged-in-theft-of-satirical-golden-toilet-titled-america-at-churchills-birthplace.html Mon, 06 Nov 2023 20:44:49 GMT https://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-11-06/four-men-charged-in-theft-of-satirical-golden-toilet-titled-america-at-churchills-birthplace.html AP Associated Press Seven people had been arrested over the heist, but no charges have been brought until Monday, four years after the toilet was stolen. The artwork has never been found. Seven people had been arrested over the heist, but no charges have been brought until Monday, four years after the toilet was stolen. The artwork has never been found. Unesco América Winston Churchill Oxford Arte AP the 18-karat toilet, titled "America," by Maurizio Cattelan This Sept. 16, 2016 file image made from a video shows the 18-karat toilet, titled "America," by Maurizio Cattelan in the restroom of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York. This Sept. 16, 2016 file image made from a video shows the 18-karat toilet, titled "America," by Maurizio Cattelan in the restroom of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York. <img src="https://images.english.elpais.com/resizer/v2/GRSED247QFAWDKIYRR4C5QXR5A.jpg?auth=f62fba6e10e46f6fca162fe1235ed05280bbb25ed0e25f1b11452d9b95718d58" width="1479" height="1002" alt="This Sept. 16, 2016 file image made from a video shows the 18-karat toilet, titled "America," by Maurizio Cattelan in the restroom of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York."></img><p>Four men were charged Monday over the theft of an 18-carat gold toilet from Blenheim Palace, the sprawling English country mansion where British wartime leader <a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2022-08-26/winston-churchills-most-iconic-portrait-stolen-in-canada.html">Winston Churchill </a>was born. The toilet, valued at 4.8 million pounds ($5.95 million), was an artwork titled “America” and intended as a pointed satire about excessive wealth by Italian conceptual artist Maurizio Cattelan. It was part of an art installation at Blenheim Palace, near the city of Oxford, a few days before it vanished overnight in September 2019.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-11-06/four-men-charged-in-theft-of-satirical-golden-toilet-titled-america-at-churchills-birthplace.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p>