Is the war in Iran over? On Thursday, U.S. President Donald Trump made yet another of his sudden about-faces — and one of the most dramatic — regarding the war in Iran. Hours after announcing that his forces would launch a new round of attacks — the third in three consecutive nights — he proclaimed on social media that he had canceled that decision because the two adversaries had already approved a memorandum of understanding that only needed a few final touches. He later noted that the pact could be signed as early as this weekend, perhaps in Europe, with the United States represented by Vice President J.D. Vance. But Iran insists that, although most of the document is already finalized, the United States “continues to change its positions.”

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La velocidad a la que van las cosas, la irrupción de la inteligencia artificial que lo está transformando todo, la delirante segunda presidencia de Donald Trump, las guerras y, en medio de todo eso, el empuje de una nueva espiritualidad que tiene en el cristianismo uno de sus arietes. Es como si se estuviera habitando una monstruosa crisis que no va a dejar títere con cabeza y que anuncia que viene algo radicalmente distinto, donde la democracia va a tener poco que contar. En ese escenario, Peter Thiel es uno de los protagonistas. Es el dueño de Palantir, la empresa que lidera el sector de la tecnología de guerra gracias a la inteligencia artificial, fue quien apoyó a Donald Trump para que llegara a la presidencia e iniciara su primer mandato —y del que se apartó porque no había llegado demasiado lejos—, y está detrás de la carrera de J. D. Vance, el político que enarbola su catolicismo como una seña de identidad.

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Spaniards are currently getting a close look at a pope the world still knows little about. He has gone from being a mystery, a man who seemed feeble, to becoming, in the space of two months, a startling revelation after he clashed with Donald Trump in mid-April and, two weeks ago, published a far-reaching encyclical; an argument against the techno-fascism of Silicon Valley. His visit to Spain will culminate in the definitive discovery of Prevost, since it is his first major trip to Europe and he will speak to the entire Western world. But what does this pope think and why has he been so disconcerting?

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Let’s start with the proven facts: Disclosure Day is the most anticipated film of the summer. Its director and screenwriter, Steven Spielberg, revealed details about its plot this week on one of Stephen Colbert’s final shows: he says it tells the story of the theft by officials, “committed to the truth,” of all information held by the government “about UFOs and extraterrestrial visits,” and the system’s desperate attempts to prevent it being revealed.

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