There are very few jazz musicians left who deserve to be considered giants. After the death, early this morning, of saxophonist Sonny Rollins, the representation of the golden era of the genre is limited to figures such as pianist Herbie Hancock (Chicago, 1940) or the…
Gabriel García Márquez said that in life “one must be unfaithful, but never disloyal.” And precisely around that supposed disloyalty revolve the reasons that hover over the episode that, a year ago now, turned Brigitte Macron and Emmanuel Macron into involuntary protagonists of one of the most talked-about scenes in international politics, following a controversial slap that the French first lady gave to the president, and also husband, during an official trip to Vietnam.
It is often said that sports are full of heroes and exemplary stories that represent values. Of the very rare occasions when this phrase is true, few were more fitting than in the story of the life of the Italian Alex Zanardi, who passed away at 59 in his native country this Friday, May 1. Zanardi dreamed in his childhood in Bologna of becoming a Formula 1 driver and a champion. He achieved both, but not at the same time.
The idea of death is inseparable from Venice, a twilight city if ever there was one. Some surrendered to its decadence to the point of asking to be buried there when their time came, like Igor Stravinsky and his wife Vera, or the poet Joseph Brodsky. But the city
Tubos Reunidos has acknowledged that it is currently in a situation that compromises its viability and does not rule out filing for voluntary bankruptcy, should it fail to secure new financing or strategic alliances aimed at boosting the activity of the Basque steel group.
Winning a league title grants a license for almost anything. As a rule, FC Barcelona would not look kindly on some of its players riding bicycles at dawn, or dancing in the city center surrounded by people. But with one more cup — understood as a trophy — the normally strict Blaugrana regulations relax. Also for the president.
Today more than ever there are two Spains that struggle to impose their narrative in this highly polarized society. On one side, there is the Spain that denounces “socialist corruption,” where the cases under investigation pile up that, for one reason or another, implicate PSOE leaders and…
Los Mossos d’Esquadra have opened an investigation to clarify the facts of a new shooting without injuries in the metropolitan area of Barcelona. This time, the firearm incident occurred this Wednesday at around 9:30 p.m. on Siglo XXI Avenue in Viladecans. According to sources from the Generalitat of Catalonia Police, there are no reported injuries. Other sources aware of the events claim that everything happened after an argument on the terrace of a bar.
A group of Augustinian friars participate in a massive demonstration in Rome against the deployment of Cruise nuclear missiles (BGM-109G Griphon) at the Comiso military base, a few kilometers from the town of Ragusa, in the southeast of the island of Sicily. October 22,
Teachers’ unions have just signed peace with the Generalitat Government in exchange for a 400 euro monthly salary increase in 2029. The Administration has improved the teachers’ salary raise by 50 euros compared to yesterday’s proposal, which has pleased the majority of the union organizations, including Ustec. The Government thus yields to the requests by incorporating into the pact an additional amount of money that would be around 670 million, added to the 2,000 million already agreed upon in March.