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Earthquake Hits Colombia Days After Presidential Inauguration

Colombia was struck Monday by one of the strongest earthquakes recorded in the country in the past decade. The 7.4-magnitude quake, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), was centered near San José del Palmar in the department of Chocó and left at least 82 people dead, while causing widespread destruction across western Colombia. The death toll is still being updated.

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✅🕒 Published on August 10, 2026 - 15:53

Investigations

A Generation May Be Being Erased

By Maria Raquel

There are children born in Sudan during the war who may be growing up without a birth certificate, a national identification number or legal recognition. The problem is not simply the absence of a document: without registration, access to basic services and future rights can become a bureaucratic race that begins before a child can even speak.

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✅🕒 Published on August 10, 2026 - 15:28

News

Record Ocean Heat Signals A World Of More Extremes

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The global oceans reached their highest recorded surface temperature in July, as different regions of the planet faced a succession of extreme weather events, including heat waves, droughts, wildfires and severe storms.

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✅🕒 Published on August 10, 2026 - 14:00

Blogs

The Lipstick-Stained Shirt Of Infantino

By Maria Raquel

I never said there was lipstick on the shirt? I said Gianni Infantino was coming up with some pretty flimsy excuses to explain a shirt stained with lipstick. And now, honestly, the story has become a little more interesting.

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✅🕒 Published on August 9, 2026 - 18:54

Focus

How A Warm Ocean Creates A Typhoon

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Typhoon Dolphin struck Japan and reached the eastern coast of China on Sunday, August 9, after leaving six people injured in Okinawa, disrupting transportation and prompting the evacuation of more than 1 million people in China. But the storm’s path tells only part of the story.

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✅🕒 Published on August 9, 2026 - 18:04

Culture & Society

How Social Media Is Reviving Interest In Reading

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For decades, the image of a reader was associated with silence: one person alone with a book, temporarily removed from the rest of the world. Social media has begun to change that relationship, turning reading into conversation, collective discovery and a cultural phenomenon.

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✅🕒 Published on August 9, 2026 - 17:43

Insights & Data

When Political Decisions Become A Bill For Society

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Politics often presents decisions as demonstrations of strength. A government announces a change, signs an executive order, alters a rule or imposes a tariff, expecting the authority of the state to turn the decision into reality. The problem begins when reality pushes back.

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✅🕒 Published on August 8, 2026 - 17:04

Security & Defense

Italy Keeps Border Controls As Tensions Rise With Spain

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Italy has decided to maintain border controls on travelers arriving from Spain until at least August 15, rejecting pressure from Madrid to lift the measure. The dispute began after a mass arrival of migrants from Morocco in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, in northern Africa, and quickly developed into a broader argument over security within the European Union.

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✅🕒 Published on August 8, 2026 - 16:33

Blogs

At Fifa, The Women Tighten The Pressure On Infantino

By Maria Raquel

There is something rather curious happening at FIFA: Gianni Infantino has managed to bring together a combination he probably did not have on his bingo card. UEFA is against him, and some of the most prominent women in football administration are against him too.

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✅🕒 Published on August 8, 2026 - 13:37

Politics

When Politics Reaches The Civilians’ Table

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International politics is often decided in diplomatic meetings, government offices and negotiations between states. But its consequences appear in much simpler places: in a family’s lack of electricity, in difficulties obtaining food, or in hospitals struggling to operate amid chaos.

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✅🕒 Published on August 6, 2026 - 19:52