Biden faces his Vietnam over Gaza protests

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Biden faces his Vietnam over Gaza protests EL PAÍS USA EDITION

Dear readers, ‌ Observers have described the protests against the Gaza war sweeping across U.S. university campuses as President Joe Biden’s Vietnam, in reference to the 1968 demonstrations that coincided with the Democratic convention in Chicago. Coincidentally, Biden will be anointed as the party’s official candidate for the November presidential election in the same city later this year, a prospect that frightens many Democrats who remember how disastrously the convention five and half decades ago played out amid street protests. The president’s political future is increasingly seen as being inextricably linked to securing a ceasefire, and the more distant prospect of a lasting peace, in Gaza ahead of a presidential ballot that is expected to be decided by extremely fine margins and where the Democrats do not enjoy nearly as much support among younger voters as they did in 2020.   ‌ In the international sphere, EL PAÍS analyzed another of Washington’s open fronts in the global geopolitical tussle, Africa, where U.S. influence in the fight against jihadist terrorism in the Sahel is increasingly on the wane with Russia waiting in the wings to exert its influence in countries such as Niger and Chad, which have both called for the withdrawal of American forces stationed on their soil. Moscow has already moved to replace the Wagner mercenary group with its newly formed Africa Corps as it seeks to extend its ties in a region rich in natural resources, and increasingly dominated by Kremlin-friendly military juntas such as those installed in Mali and Burkina Faso. ‌ We also spoke to Jean-Michel Claverie, professor emeritus of genomics at Aix-Marseille University in France, who has spent his long career studying potential threats to humanity lurking in the regions of the planet covered in permafrost. Claverie has recently found five new families of viruses, known as “zombie viruses,” in samples up to 48,500 years old taken from seven different places in Siberia. “Think about what happened to the populations of America when the Europeans arrived with their diseases. If humanity came into contact with an unknown pathogen, it could be a demographic catastrophe,” he said. ‌ We hope you enjoy this selection of articles from El País USA Edition.

Campus protests raise pressure on Biden to secure Gaza ceasefire The achievement of a deal may be the only way for the president to avoid a growing schism with younger voters and the progressive Democratic wing

Paul Auster, a life in in images The writer died on Tuesday in New York at the age of 77 after a battle with lung cancer. His death comes a few months after publishing Baumgartner, the novel in which he reviews five decades of writing and which constitutes his literary testament

Mexico is heading towards its most violent election ever, with 30 candidates murdered, 77 threatened and 11 kidnapped More than 170 attacks have been committed against politicians in the lead-up to the June elections. This violence has put campaigns under tension and is sowing doubts about governability in several regions. Specialists warn that the line between the Mexican state and organized crime is increasingly blurred

Life is hell for the poor in Cartagena, where sexual exploitation starts in childhood Colombia’s capital of tourism has instituted a plan against sex work and trafficking in central neighborhoods geared towards “reestablishing public order”, but it fails to address the issue’s most basic causes. Many vulnerable families allow and even promote the sale of their children’s bodies. ‘To the police, we are nothing,’ says one woman

The US is losing its battle in the Sahel as Chad joins Niger in demanding withdrawal of military personnel With Russia lurking and diplomatic channels failing, Washington is preparing to redeploy its troops from Nigerien soil while pressure from the Chadian army threatens to end its operations

‘NEETs’ slow the German machine After coming up short in an international educational assessment, the country will invest in books and 4,000 schools for students facing challenges. While 71% of young people were in the middle class in the 1980s and 1990s, today, only 61% of millennials make the cut

Excessive use of words like ‘commendable’ and ‘meticulous’ suggests ChatGPT has been used in thousands of scientific studies A London librarian has analyzed millions of articles in search of uncommon terms abused by artificial intelligence programs

Researcher Jean-Michel Claverie: ‘The next pandemic may come from a virus that emerged from permafrost’ The emeritus professor of genomics has managed to revive microorganisms that had been dormant for 48,500 years in the frozen soil of the Arctic

Why data centers want to have their own nuclear reactors Big technology companies see this energy source as a way to satisfy their extremely high power demand, which has skyrocketed since the advent of AI

The mystery of Milei’s cloned dogs: Argentina wonders if there are four or five Two reporters asked about the exact number of his pets, but his spokesperson’s answer only added fuel to the debate about the president’s mental health

Korbin Albert: A contrarian view sneaks into the US women’s national soccer team The 20-year-old PSG player’s transphobic remarks have sparked controversy and also made her a new symbol of the culture wars in America

The cost of being a Taylor Swift fan On how the pop star maintains the illusion of personal contact while a creative team designs every detail we know about her

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