This is how writers are scammed on the internet

This is how writers are scammed on the internet

“It is a scam, we do not charge for promoting books,” says Adrián Díaz, founder of Ciervo Blanco, a non-profit association that organizes book clubs. This was his response to my question about the email I received, signed by “Tatiana. Director and Super Organizer. Ciervo Blanco Literary Gathering. Madrid, Spain,” in which she offered her services for 195 euros. “The real Tatiana works with us,” Díaz comments, “but she is not the one who wrote to you, I suppose her name is not Tatiana, she has also used my name and those of other people in the association, she takes them from Meetup and our website, I think she is in India, although of course I don’t know if it is a woman or a man, or several people.”

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Trump will be “patient” to achieve a deal that prevents a nuclear Iran

Trump will be “patient” to achieve a deal that prevents a nuclear Iran

The President of the United States, Donald Trump, will remain “patient” to reach an agreement with Iran that consolidates the fragile truce in place since April, but he does not rule out military pressure to achieve it. This was stated this Saturday by his Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, who assured that the White House will continue negotiating to achieve a pact that prevents Tehran from accessing the nuclear weapon, while warning that Washington retains full capacity to strike again if the talks fail.

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Brawl at Ábalos's trial: “This Public Prosecutor's Office understands nothing and is incredulous”

Brawl at Ábalos’s trial: “This Public Prosecutor’s Office understands nothing and is incredulous”

It all started with some audio files that were contained in one of Koldo García’s phones. The trial being held in the Supreme Court against former minister José Luis Ábalos, his advisor Koldo García, and the commissioner Víctor de Aldama saw a monumental dispute this afternoon between Koldo’s lawyer and the prosecutor of the case over those recordings.

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Andy Burnham ignores criticism from the right and goes on vacation

Andy Burnham ignores criticism from the right and goes on vacation

Going on vacation in August if you are the British Prime Minister carries considerable risk if one pays attention to precedents, and one must be prepared to interrupt or cancel them at the slightest sign of trouble. Keir Starmer – who was a bit unlucky, to be fair – had to give up his plans in 2024, shortly after winning the elections, due to the riots sparked across the country by the murder of some girls in Southport, and last year he was forced to cut them short to meet with Donald Trump in Scotland and talk about Ukraine.

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