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EL PAIS17h ago

The year 2049, the great dystopia: The world after the fall of Ukraine

The global nightmare scenario: Russia emerges as the hegemonic power in Eurasia after the capitulation of Ukraine; China, transformed into its silent (and superior) partner; the US, normalizing digital referendums on guns and abortion, its population manipulated by algorithmic disinformation; and the EU reduced to a soulless, technocratic bloc. In a work of political fiction, Spain’s former foreign minister Arancha González Laya paints a picture of the world that awaits us if Europe fails to ...

EL PAIS4d ago

Leo XIV, the peacemaker

Robert Prevost has gone from being an enigma, someone who seemed timid, to becoming a revelation in just two months. A calm man whose primary concern is bridging divides, he has emerged as a surprising antagonist to Trump and has lashed out against Silicon Valley’s techno-fascism. What is this pope thinking, and why has he been so disconcerting?

EL PAIS3d ago

The Chicago Cubs and the ‘rooftop wars’

The buildings surrounding Wrigley Field have become a highly lucrative tourist attraction against their owners’ will. After half a century of litigation, it appears the club now has the upper hand