Next year is upon us and brings with it great unknowns, and in this special we try to shed light on some of them. At a tumultuous time with wars in Gaza and Ukraine, around 70 countries will hold elections involving nearly half the world's population. Two of these appointments raise particular concerns because of their geopolitical implications: the US – will Trump show up? – and Taiwan. In Spain, in a polarized atmosphere, political meetings and disagreements are fueled by the territorial debate, this puzzle that no one has yet been able to solve. In Paris, the banlieue is confirmed before the splendor of the Olympic Games, while the advance of artificial intelligence brings new dilemmas and the fight against superbugs is confirmed as the great health challenge. In the year that may finally see a vaccine against malaria, that Taylor Swift will perform in Spain and that marks the 100th anniversary of Kafka's death, it's about escaping fear or exploiting it to move forward positively.
Between prison and the White House; Between the campaign and the bench – accused of 91 crimes – Donald Trump is the first defeated American president to return to the fray. His first challenge: the Republican primaries. Then the presidential election.
More than 3.7 billion people will be able to vote in elections in 70 countries. There are calls as transcendental as those from the US, the EU, Taiwan or India, the results of which will have global impact.
The organization of the territories is the key to the survival of the coalition government. An issue that marked the birth of the 1978 Constitution and caused the “Procés” crisis, the aftershocks of which are still being felt. Pedro Sánchez has his big challenge in the territorial debate.
The high cost of artificial intelligence models, the chip shortage and the requirements of regulation will favor large players. As companies join the race, the coming months will be about optimizing before scaling further.
The 2024 Olympic Games will hardly change the French capital. Although they will perhaps change the “banlieue” of Saint-Denis, the suburbs characterized by unrest, poverty and exclusion, but also by youth and dynamism.
The Asian giant becomes the world's largest automobile exporter for the first time in its history, displacing Japan. And this is possible thanks to the electric vehicle, which is powered by state aid and has control over the resources for battery production. One in four cars sold in China is already electric.
The novelist Andrea Genovart, 30, and the thinker and writer José Antonio Marina, 84, discuss the fears and doubts of the present and future.
Resistance to antibiotics continues to increase and since there are no new drugs to neutralize them in the short term, scientists are calling for increased prevention and rational use of these drugs.
By the end of 2024, the planet is expected to have the first agreement to combat pollution from this material, which dumps more than 20 million tons into nature every year. But the big producers won't make it easy
From “One Hundred Years of Solitude” to a biography of Carmen Balcells. The “boom” is taking the world of streaming platforms by storm.
Either them or us. Radicalization. Ideological tribalism. A harmful vicious circle that intensifies in contexts of crisis and uncertainty, where arguments lose and emotions win.
This year 2023 ends with the war in Ukraine and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, which will continue to be a year full of elections in 2024. But other events are also on the program, such as the Olympic Games or the return to the moon. Stick with these quotes and anniversaries.
From politics to culture and from sports to medicine, these names promise to shake up a course of study that seems exciting to say the least.
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