Margaret H. Hamilton, a profoundly influential computer scientist best known for leading the software engineering team at MIT’s Instrumentation Lab during NASA’s Apollo program, died at age 90.

Margaret H. Hamilton, a profoundly influential computer scientist best known for leading the software engineering team at MIT’s Instrumentation Lab during NASA’s Apollo program, died at age 90.

The resolution calls China “a decisive enabler” of Russia’s war in Ukraine and says the EU should take action against China’s weaponisation of the rare eath minerals that Europe depends on.

Defiende la implicación de la UE y rechaza "cruzarse de brazos" cuando los ciudadanos "esperan que quienes...

Maricarmen’s eviction from Madrid apartment after over seven decades set off wave of protests against housing crisis * ‘Now is the moment’: housing activists at Madrid encampment pin wary hopes on Spain’s early election María del Carmen Abascal, the 87-year-old whose eviction set off a nationwide wave of protests against Spain’s housing crisis, has died. News of her death came two weeks after Maricarmen, as she had come to be known across Spain, was evicted from the Madrid apartment where she had lived for more than seven decades. Continue reading...

Optogenetic therapy, based on Nobel prize-winning science, involves turning nerve cells on and off using light A type of gene therapy based on Nobel prize-winning science is safe and can partly restore sight in blind people, researchers have revealed. The approach, known as optogenetic therapy, harnesses the technique for turning nerve cells on and off using light that scooped the 2026 Nobel prize in physiology or medicine. Continue reading...

La vecina de Retiro, de 87 años, fallece poco después de haber sido expulsada de su piso por Urbagestión, empresa que luego reculó y le permitió conservar una casa a la que no retornará

La asociación de mujeres mayores a la que pertenece esta activista logró una histórica sentencia de Estrasburgo contra el Gobierno suizo que ha servido para impulsar otro pleito climático en el Constitucional español

After representing society’s dispossessed, Ponder started a music career in her 40s – then faced miscarriage, anxiety and more. She explains her survival instinct

Known for its showy plumes and used as an ornamental for decades, pampas grass, also known as Cortaderia selloana, is spreading, threatening biodiversity and raising vegetation management costs. Experts call for urgent action to halt its advance and reduce pollen exposure.

Postal service says cuts will focus on on head office and ‘support function roles’ * Business live – latest updates Royal Mail is to cut up to 2,500 jobs as the embattled company seeks to restructure its business amid intense competition and the continuing decline in letter deliveries. The postal service, which has been fined a total of £37m since 2023 for missing delivery targets set by Ofcom, said the job cuts would focus on head office and “support function roles” with the restructure to be completed by the end of next year. Continue reading...

En los últimos cinco días, turistas de todo el mundo acuden a diario al número 19 de la calle de Menéndez Pelayo en busca de un piso que no existe

The author of Moneyball brings his exceptional narrative skills to bear on Musk’s anti-government crusade

Jaafar Ashtiyeh was covering violence against olive farmers when settlers set upon him with the butts of their rifles

La Real Academia Sueca de las Ciencias ha concedido el Premio Nobel de Química 2026 a Henri Kagan, de la Universidad Paris- Sud, y a Kenso Soai, de la Universidad de Tokio, por el descubrimiento de lo...

La presidenta de Madrid escribió sus memorias, según ha revelado Planeta, mientras se producían los peores incendios en la región y se enfrentaba a la crisis del ático de lujo que compró su Gobierno

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Three years of attacks has devastated Gaza, killing tens of thousands, destroying homes, and collapsing basic services.

La guerra ha castigat el Líban i altres països de la regió, i els atacs d'Israel i els EUA a l'Iran han desviat l'atenció mediàtica de la Franja després de més de dos anys de ser portada diària

Gaza, tres años después: "La franja de los huérfanos" se abre a la vida pese al precario alto el fuego

The euro hit a 17-month low as French debt fears and Europe's energy shock weigh on the currency. Bond market stress could limit further ECB rate hikes, while analysts see scope for the euro to fall to $1.10 if the pressure intensifies.

We look back at the life and eight-decade career of the Oscar-winning actor, who has died aged 102

Ukraine president confirms series of attacks on Pryluky, Dnipro, Kremenchik, Zaporizhzhia and Kyiv In another update, Zelenskyy said Ukraine carries out “just responses to all Russian strikes against our people,” with Ukrainian forces hitting two Russian oil facilities, among other targets. “Over the past day, our warriors struck four targets that help Russia finance and wage its brutal war – two oil facilities and a training ground in the Perm, Samara, and Astrakhan regions. There was also a response in the Black Sea.” Continue reading...