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A Special U.S. Navy Squadron Photographed the Last Total Solar Eclipse in Spain in 1905

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via NYT > World News Three American warships were sent to Valencia to capture pictures of the sun’s corona with a high-definition camera that would cost over $34,000 in today’s money.

A Rescue Effort After Colombia’s Earthquake

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via NYT > World News Our reporter Genevieve Glatsky, who is based in Colombia, witnesses the rescue of a buried earthquake survivor in the city of Cali.

Deported from the U.S., Trapped in a Prison in Africa

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via NYT > World News Roberto Mosquera, a Cuban immigrant who has lived in the U.S. since 1980 and completed a prison sentence in 1996, was arrested by ICE last year and sent to a prison in Eswatini, a country in Africa he’d never heard of. After a hunger strike, Mosquera obtained a phone and talked with Nicholas Casey of The New York Times Magazine, to share what is happening there.

Searching for Survivors After Colombia’s Earthquake

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via NYT > World News Our Colombia-based reporter Genevieve Glatsky witnesses the search for survivors after a five-story apartment building in the city of Cali collapsed in an earthquake.

Journalism and Paywalls

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via NYT > World News An increasingly hostile environment for independent reporting in the United States and elsewhere has made our job harder, and more expensive.

Images Emerge From Quake-Battered Colombia

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via NYT > World News The most powerful temblor in a decade struck in a Pacific Coast region, killing over 100 people.

He Transformed His Spanish Hometown. Did He Also Spoil It?

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via NYT > World News Francisco de la Torre, the mayor of Málaga, is credited with turning the once drab port into a culture and tech hub. Critics say he’s also destroyed the city’s soul.