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Sep 6, 2024 | english.elpais.com | EL PAÍS English |Ana B. Nieto |María Antonia Sánchez-Vallejo

New forms of currency can open the door to new forms of fraud, and Bitcoin ATM (BTM) scams are on the rise, according to data from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). November will mark two years since the crash of the third-largest cryptocurrency brokerage platform, FTX, due to a large-scale fraud that cost its investors millions, but the FTC is now warning of an altogether different type of swindle: smaller in scale and directed at ordinary people, especially the elderly.

Aug 28, 2024 | english.elpais.com | EL PAÍS English |Byung-Chul Han |Francesc Miralles |Sergio C. Fanjul

It has been somewhat of a surprise that the famous South Korean thinker Byung-Chul Han chose hope as the theme of his latest book, set to be published on September 26. Based in Berlin, this philosopher — who writes his short works in German — is known for his criticism of capitalism and neoliberalism thanks to books such as The Burnout Society and Non-things: Upheaval in the Lifeworld.

May 3, 2024 | english.elpais.com | EL PAÍS English |Sergio C. Fanjul |Jaime Lorite

Her successful novel ‘Ru’ has been adapted into a film by Charles-Olivier Michaud; like much of her work, it deals with the aftermath of war and the vicissitudes of migrationKim Thúy appears in a colorful flowered dress and her smile lights up the room. She says she was wrong to eat churros at midnight: she didn’t sleep well after that.

Mar 22, 2024 | english.elpais.com | María Porcel |Carlos Marcos |EL PAÍS English

At midnight on Friday, March 22, Shakira released her 12th studio album, Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran (Women No Longer Cry) almost seven years after El Dorado, featuring 16 tracks, nine of them new. Expectations are running high, not only from a musical point of view as an artist who has evolved enormously throughout her career, but also from a personal angle.