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Sweden was early in shifting to digital, but also in reversing itself to limit technology from classrooms because of poor student performance. Some ask how useful is digital learning. But it also poses the question: is “digital de-escalation” even possible?
If you love soups in the winter, you can feel like you’re missing out in the summer. But don’t fear! Here’s a roundup of the best soups from around the world for warm weather.
👋 ನಮಸ್ಕಾರ* Welcome to Thursday, where Iran’s nuclear sites are reported to be “severely damaged,” Gaza mediators are intensifying ceasefire efforts, and our daily quiz question is related to a very old discovery from a Polish cave. Meanwhile, Inma Mora Sánchez for Ethic outlines the issues surrounding women’s self-esteem, from the housewives’ awakening of the […]
👋 Yumalundi!* Welcome to Tuesday, where Israeli forces kill at least 27 Palestinians in another deadly confrontation near a food distribution site in Gaza, Mount Etna erupts, and we’ve got one sour quiz question for you. Meanwhile, for La Stampa, Stefano Stefanini looks at Ukraine’s recent long-range drone strike deep inside Russia — and what […]
👋 A jaaraama!* Welcome to Tuesday, where the UK, France and Canada warn Israel over its Gaza offensive, the coup trial of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro opens and our daily quiz question takes us to Paris’ most famous cemetery. Meanwhile, Jędrzej Słodkowski for Polish daily Gazeta Wyborcza shines a light on the lesser known […]
In this deeply personal account, journalist Ignacio Pereyra looks back on his journey through desire, fear and what a moment in Vigo some 20 years ago taught him about the silence of masculinity.
Playing to defeat their male opponents — and gender division in sports.
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Worldcrunch Magazine #120 — Baby Boom
March 1 – March 8, 2025
The Canary island of Fuerteventura is a popular seaside tourist destination, but further inland are the remains of Spain’s dark past of LGBTQ+ persecution during the regime of dictator Francisco Franco.
Inside volcanoes, in front of trains, atop skyscrapers … From Iceland to Japan and Brazil, the love of soccer is finding roots in the unlikeliest, and most breathtaking locations.
The proclamation of a new capital city, the killing of a prime minister and the founding of an international aid NGO.
The city of Valencia has not been affected by the natural disaster that caused more than 200 deaths in eastern Spain, but the region’s capital city is not the same. And the population is struggling to find a new balance.
The Vilcabamba, the Atrato or the Whanganui have achieved recognition as living entities with rights. More and more rivers are achieving this type of legal protection (and respect). In Spain, the Tins was the first river to have its rights recognized.
A research project is collecting ice cores from glaciers and icefields before they melt way. The aim is to study both the past and possible future of humanity’s impact on the world’s climate.
A landmark decision last year by the Mexican Supreme Court is part of a push in Latin America to expand abortion access. But as seen by the U.S. overturning Roe v. Wade in 2022 and the presidential election in November of this year the issue is moving in different directions around the world.
When Mexico’s new president, Claudia Sheinbaum, chose not to invite King Felipe VI to her inauguration, Spain could have reacted differently. It could have taken the opportunity to evaluate its colonial past and apologize to the native peoples of the Americas. But imperial nostalgia and a conflictual relationship with diversity are leaving Spain in the past.
The prize-winning García Márquez library in Barcelona has joined the ranks of the Catalan city’s designer buildings, showing with its runaway popularity the enduring appeal of civilizing, communal spaces.
Daniel Esteve, the founder of Desokupa, a company specializing in the extrajudicial eviction of squatters, has become an important player in Spain’s far-right politics. This investigation by Laura Galaup and Dani Domínguez for Spain’s La Marea shows how Esteve built his image and profitable company on fake news and hate speech.
European sports provide some feel-good stories of young people of color, children of migrant families, who have risen to the top of their disciplines. But these are far from fairytales as Europe still considers non-white or non-national bodies a hindrance and a potential danger, writes Italy’s Black writer and activist Igiaba Scego in daily La Stampa.
Once again, this week didn’t get any less weird.
Argentina’s erratic right-wing president Javier Milei, seems to emulate Trump and Bolsonaro. But he has taken his bad diplomacy to a new level after last week’s spat with Spain’s Socialist party prime minister Pedro Sánchez.
Updated April 28, 2024 at 11:45 a.m. Spanish actress Penélope Cruz was born on this day in 1974, in Madrid, Spain. She began her acting career in the early 1990s. Where did Penélope Cruz grow up? Penélope Cruz Sánchez grew up in Alcobendas, a town near Madrid, Spain. She grew up in a working-class family, the […]
Canada has become the most recent country to impose restrictions on non-residents buying real estate, arguing that wealthy investors from other countries are pricing out would-be local homeowners. But is singling out foreigners the best way to face a troubled housing market?
Spain is leading the way on European recognition of the state of Palestine. Ireland, Malta and Slovenia have also signed a joint statement asserting readiness to recognize the warring region. Will other European Union countries follow suit?
Updated April 1, 2024 at 11 a.m. The Spanish Civil War officially ended on this day in 1939, when General Francisco Franco’s Nationalist forces declared victory over the Republican forces. What was the outcome of the Spanish Civil War? The war resulted in the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people and widespread destruction in […]
Sweden recently announced that the country’s schools will remove digital technology from classrooms because of poor student performance. Some ask how useful is digital learning. But it also poses the question: is “digital de-escalation” even possible?
The number of pirogues leaving the African coast to reach the Canary Islands more than doubled in 2023. Among them are many Senegalese fishermen forced to leave because of the scarcity of fish resources that trawlers, some of them foreign, come to fish in their waters.
Updated March 1, 2024 at 12:20 p.m. Javier Bardem was born on this day in 1969 in Las Palmas, Spain. He has gained international fame for his roles in films such as “No Country for Old Men,” “Skyfall,” and “Vicky Cristina Barcelona.” What is Javier Bardem’s family background? Javier Bardem comes from a long line […]
Updated Dec. 20, 2023 at 12:00 pm On this day in 1973, Admiral Luis Carrero Blanco, the prime minister of Spain was killed in Madrid after a massive bomb exploded under his car. Why was Carrero Blanco killed? Carrero Blanco was killed in Madrid by the Basque separatist group ETA, targeted due to his support […]
Spanish, Italian, Greek, Provençal: in the land of butter and cream, olive oil is all the rage! Buoyed by the wave of the Mediterranean diet, demand has soared in recent years. But production is threatened by drought in Spain, the world’s leading producer.
Spain’s national anthem, dating back to 1770, is the oldest in continual use — it also happens to be wordless. For other nations, what can be done about aging anthem lyrics that may need to be placed in their original context to avoid upsetting or offending contemporary ears.
August 28 – September 3, 2023
The Israeli government’s aggressive bid to curb judicial powers fits into a bigger picture of the degradation of liberal democracy worldwide.
With technological advances happening every day, the future of universities lies in the conversations we have about human interaction, technology and ethics.
July 17 – July 23, 2023
Welcome summer with a glass of one of these elegant rosés from winemakers in Mexico, New Zealand and more.
From Gibraltar, a local ship-spotter watches the new Cold War through binoculars: Russian, American and Chinese warships, among others, regularly come through the Strait between Europe and Africa, connecting the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea.
Spain’s groundbreaking “only yes means yes” law on consent was supposed to crack down on sexual abusers. But early signs say the real-life effect may be just the opposite. Critical voices of its effects keep appearing.
If the Left is increasingly fighting to preserve hard-won social victories, and the Right wants change, what does the traditional Left-Right division mean anymore?