For more than a month, Ceuta has been focused on its border. On the people entering, those returning, those sleeping on the streets and beaches, on security devices, and on a humanitarian crisis that has disrupted the daily functioning of a city of just 19 square kilometers.
The automotive company Ford has confirmed today the rumors regarding the award of a new model for its Valencia plant. In the presentation of its new strategy for Europe, the company announced that “a new member of the global Bronco family is coming to Europe: this new multi-energy product is a compact and robust SUV” whose production will begin at Ford’s Valencia plant, Spain, starting in 2028.
In the era of trumptosterone, U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced on Wednesday that annual testosterone tests will be conducted on soldiers and treatment will be offered to those with low hormone levels. Tests will be mandatory for those over 30 and voluntary for younger ones.
The Japanese have celebrated this Sunday the traditional Enoshima Tenno Festival in the city of Fujisawa, one of the most emblematic summer festivities in the region.
Rosalía has been forced to postpone the start of the US leg of her LUX Tour after canceling upcoming dates in Miami and Orlando, on June 4, 6, and 8, due to a “family emergency,” Live Nation announced in a statement without providing further details, though explaining that it hopes to reschedule them later.
The Berlin cybersecurity conference was dominated by AI, as will be future events of this type. Richard Marko is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of ESET, a renowned cybersecurity company founded in Slovakia in the 1990s. It is the oldest in the world.
The large forest fires began yesterday to show slight signs of improvement in Ávila, Madrid, and Toledo, although the firefighting teams still have “very complex hours” ahead, after burning 77,000 hectares – with a perimeter of 280 km – and forcing the evacuation or confinement of nearly 95,000 people across the three provinces. Meanwhile, the fire in La Vall d’Uixò (Castellón) remains out of control. With this, the number of people evacuated or confined is now close to 136,000. After another day marked by flames and moderate optimism about their evolution, in the fires in central Spain alone, there are 65,096 evacuated and 29,867 confined. To these must be added the 41,000 affected in one way or another in Castellón.
The European Commission has today imposed a fine of 550 million euros on AliExpress for the Chinese platform’s failure to control risks related to the sale in the European Union of illegal, unsafe, or counterfeit products on its electronic marketplace. This includes everything from toys to dangerous cosmetics that circulated freely on the platform and, in many cases, remained online for weeks after being detected until they were removed. The company intends to appeal what it calls a “disproportionate” sanction, Reuters reports.
The brothers Ángel and Javier Escribano have decided to sell their 14.3% stake in Indra through an accelerated placement, thereby leaving the company’s capital and, with it, their representation on the board of directors. This ends a power struggle within the company and opens new scenarios, including those related to the buyers of the stake and the possibility, not currently considered by Indra, of resuming the merger with EM&E.
The Kremlin announced this Tuesday that, during a one-hour phone call, the President of the United States, Donald Trump, asked his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, to quickly end the war in Ukraine with the aim of restoring diplomatic and commercial relations between the two world powers.