Trump lays down marker in Iowa

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Trump lays down marker in Iowa EL PAÍS USA EDITION

Dear readers,  ‌ After the results of the Iowa caucuses held this week, there is one question on the minds of Republicans, Democrats, and the American public: can anything prevent Donald Trump from winning the presidential nomination for another run at the White House? The former president was handed a landslide in the opening salvo of the Republican primaries, opening the probability that only the consolidation of a single candidacy can threaten his lead. Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley have three more opportunities to demonstrate their pull with different voter profiles, as the race goes to New Hampshire, South Carolina, and Nevada, but after Trump won more votes than the all the other candidates combined in Iowa, few genuinely believe that there is currently a credible alternative. ‌ With Israel facing accusations of genocide in Gaza, EL PAÍS sat down with the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Palestine, Francesca Albanese, to discuss the situation in the Strip and the prospects of a ceasefire stemming from South Africa’s petition to the International Court of Justice. Describing the Gaza war as the “monstrosity of our century,” Albanese is hopeful that the proceedings can lead to a cessation of hostilities, noting that 70% of the Palestinians killed in the Israeli assault are women and children. “And many more people are going to die due to the lack of medical care for the 60,000 injured. Palestinians are dying of cold and hunger and collectively we have no idea of how to react.” ‌ The discovery this week of giant ice deposits on Mars — the combined volume of which is greater than all the fresh water on Earth contained in rivers and lakes and enough to fill the Red Sea — has raised the possibility that the resource could be tapped to facilitate future planetary exploration. The finding could also finally answer the question as to whether there was, or is, life on Mars. “When there is water, even water ice, life or evidence of past life is possible,” said Thomas Watters, a scientist at the Smithsonian Institution and main author of the study. ‌ We hope you enjoy this selection of articles from EL PAÍS USA Edition.

Donald Trump’s landslide victory in Iowa paves the way for his nomination as the Republican presidential candidate The likelihood of Ron DeSantis or Nikki Haley pulling off a surprise win has fallen after the former president defeated them by more than 30 points

No credible opposition to Trump The caucuses in Iowa have confirmed the real estate magnate’s enormous power and the narrowing opportunities to prevent his nomination

Francesca Albanese, UN rapporteur on Palestine: ‘It is highly possible that genocide is unfolding in Gaza’ The United Nations expert on human rights in the occupied Palestinian territories has demanded that Western governments move from condemnation to action

Yuval Noah Harari: ‘Netanyahu built a coalition of messianic zealots and shameless opportunists’ The Israeli historian and writer, author of the bestseller ‘Sapiens,’ is one of the world’s leading thinkers. He talks to EL PAÍS about the Israeli prime minister, making science accessible to the public, and why he hates the word exciting

Soldiers wanted in Ukraine: Send your resume and we’ll call you Kyiv is torn between compulsory military service and targeted enlistment while the government, which estimates the number of recruits needed for the front at 500,000, has withdrawn a new mobilization law due to lack of consensus

Fentanyl, the portrait of a mass murderer It’s the big threat. A cheap, white powder — 50 times more powerful than heroin — which kills more than 70,000 people each year in the United States and countless others across the rest of the Western Hemisphere

Bernardo Arévalo: ‘We are going to close the chapter of brutal corruption’ In an interview with EL PAÍS, the president of Guatemala — who was sworn in on Sunday — discusses the efforts to stop him from taking power and the challenges his government will face

The blue crab in Tunisia: From invasive threat to godsend This crustacean, nicknamed Daesh, due to its predatory nature, left hundreds of small fishermen without a livelihood, but now generates thousands of jobs and boosts exports

The birth of Retro, a cloned monkey that presents the possibility of cloning humans A group of Chinese researchers has perfected the technique for producing identical macaques but says that cloning people would be ‘completely unacceptable’

Massive deposits of water ice discovered on the equator of Mars These deposits, which would be enough to fill the Red Sea, could be used by astronauts on exploration missions and to study the possible existence of life on the Red Planet

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