The Iranian Foreign Minister, Abbas Araqchi, held a telephone conversation this Sunday with his Spanish counterpart, José Manuel Albares, with whom he discussed the details of the ongoing negotiation to end the war with the United States.
U.S. Secretary of Labor, Lori Chavez-DeRemer, will leave the Donald Trump Administration after the controversy generated by her accusations of workplace misconduct. White House communications director, Steven Cheung, announced in a statement that she is leaving “to take on a role in the private sector” and praised “her phenomenal work in her role protecting American workers.”
That guy who became known, along with Gael García Bernal and Maribel Verdú, in Y tu mamá también (2001), Diego Luna (Toluca de Lerdo, 1979), has just presented his fifth feature as a director, Ceniza en la boca, at the Cannes festival. This adaptation of the novel of the same name by his compatriot Brenda Navarro (published by Sexto Piso), follows the steps of a Mexican teenager, Lucila (Anna Díaz), who migrates to Madrid and then to Barcelona, and synthesizes Luna’s commitment to the fight against racism, classism, and violence, which, as early as 1994, was expressed through the indigenous insurgents of Chiapas.
Nineteen months of investigation into former Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero will presumably be revealed today. The judge of the National Court, in charge of the Plus Ultra case, has lifted the secrecy of the file once the most important procedure, the search of the former leader’s official office, has been carried out. From this Monday, the parties involved in the process, including popular accusations, will have access to the case and it will be inevitable that details of the investigation become known.
Àlex Márquez will be discharged from the hospital this afternoon after successfully undergoing surgery for a fracture of the right clavicle. The Catalan rider suffered a dramatic crash yesterday in Montmeló, where he was thrown through the air during the Catalunya GP race.
An effective and minimally invasive surgery, which facilitates the fastest and least painful recovery possible, is the wish of every patient who has to undergo a surgical intervention. Medicine advances every day, and what years ago was faced with more aggressive procedures is now approached in a way that is more respectful to the body. Also in the safest possible way. In the case of abdominal, colorectal, and digestive surgeries, progress has been especially noticeable in recent years. These are interventions that have evolved from classic open surgery to current minimally invasive techniques.
A matter of nuances. The Deputy Operational Director of the Civil Guard, Manuel Llamas, that is, the highest uniformed officer of the corps, has admitted to the judge of the National Court Santiago Pedraz that he asked the UCO not to be “proactive” in judicial cases although he denies telling his superiors to take a back seat.
Societat General d’Aigües de Barcelona, belonging to the Veolia group, has won the major tender for water management in eight municipalities of the Barcelona Metropolitan Area (AMB), amounting to more than 1,000 million euros, by achieving the best score in the technical and economic criteria. However, the major tender is not yet resolved because the review process, appeals, and obtaining the final green light from the AMB must still be overcome.
The Rolling Stones have reached their fifteenth number 1 on the official UK albums chart with their new album, Foreign Tongues, thus matching an old record held by the Beatles.
Agreeing on the time to determine which is the most beautiful town in an area is not an easy task. Numerous conditions participate in the choice, although the subjective factor – the perception of beauty is something totally personal – is conclusive.