The Nepal Tourism Board (NTB) reported this Sunday that the authorities have managed to contact three Spanish citizens following the massive flood last Wednesday after which more than 500 foreigners remain missing.
The deposed president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, has reappeared publicly through a series of photographs shared on his official X and Instagram accounts from his confinement in the United States. In the images, dated June 25, 2026, the Venezuelan leader appears with an animated expression and accompanies the photographs with a message especially addressed to his grandchildren.
Without a consensus leader in exile and without clear opposition figures inside the country, the figure of Raulito, Raúl Castro’s favorite grandson, popularly known as ‘the crab’, has been gaining influence in Cuba to lead the transformation of the communist regime under pressure from the United States since he was accepted by Washington as an interlocutor in the talks that began in May.
A passenger ship with about 270 people on board, including passengers and crew, has capsized this Sunday off the coast of northern Cyprus. In response to this situation, the Turkish Cypriot coast guard has launched an urgent rescue operation, local authorities reported, describing the situation as “serious.” At least six people have died, according to Turkish media, the country to which the vessel was headed.
In the calm waters of the fishing harbor of Hafnarfjördur, on the southwest coast of Iceland, the blue of the sky and the white of the clouds are reflected, creating a beautiful postcard-like effect. From here, boats set sail to fish for cod, haddock, and other species in the prized Icelandic fishing grounds, which from August of last year to this July provided a combined catch of one million tons of fish.
Global warming has awakened Iceland from its slumber, increased its strategic value, and forces its citizens to rethink their future. This weekend’s referendum has been the first sign of that concern. Last winter, during his visit to Davos, and before a…
The “yes” leads the provisional count in the Icelandic referendum on the resumption of accession negotiations with the European Union (EU) by nearly two points, with around 60% of the votes counted. According to the partial count, 50.9% of voters would be in favor of resuming negotiations, compared to 49.1% who oppose it.
It is not common for a CIA director to travel to Moscow. However, when it emerged that John Ratcliffe had secretly visited the Russian capital this week, President Donald Trump downplayed it and said it was just a “semi-routine” trip. That did not stop speculation about the real reason that led Washington to send its top intelligence chief to a country at war with its ally, Ukraine, and at odds with NATO. The last known time the CIA director traveled to Moscow was in November 2021, when William Burns conveyed to Vladimir Putin’s government a warning about its buildup of Russian troops on the Ukrainian border, prior to the start of its invasion in February 2022.
Visibly emotional, dressed in a dark suit and black tie and seated behind a palatial rectangular table, with a portrait of his smiling father, two lit candles, and a flower arrangement, Haakon XVIII, the new king of Norway, delivered his first message to the country this Saturday, paying tribute to Harald V, who passed away last Friday at the age of 89, after serving as king for the past 35 years. The Norwegian monarch confirmed that his wife, Queen Mette-Marit, will share his commitment to the country and declared himself willing to “risk everything, even life, for the freedom and independence of Norway.”
Madhukar Upadhyay is a veteran hydrologist, a scholar of climate changes. Few know the rebellious waters of Nepal better than him, both in their underground currents and on the surface, as well as the mountains that feed them. He responds from Kathmandu, still under the impact of last Wednesday’s flood, which has left at least 669 dead and about three thousand missing.
