Complaint in France against Uber Eats and Deliveroo for human trafficking

Complaint in France against Uber Eats and Deliveroo for human trafficking

Delivery drivers, on motorcycles or bicycles, are already part of the urban landscape in large European cities. In Paris, they are especially visible at night, adding more chaos and danger to traffic. Their working conditions are controversial, to the point that on Wednesday four associations filed a complaint with the public prosecutor’s office of the French capital against the Uber Eats and Deliveroo platforms for human trafficking, an accusation of unprecedented seriousness, and for labor exploitation.

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Lamine Yamal is out for the remainder of the League but his World Cup participation is not at risk

Lamine Yamal is out for the remainder of the League but his World Cup participation is not at risk

No Clásico but with World Cup. Lamine Yamal misses the final stretch of the League but will arrive in time to play the World Cup with Spain. The footballer, with a muscle tear, will not play again in the six remaining matchdays, including the Barça-Real Madrid on May 10, but is expected to be recovered to join the national team at the end of May. Spain does not debut against Cape Verde until June 15.

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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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The wind and the pollen of the plane tree, unwanted co-stars of Sant Jordi

The wind and the pollen of the plane tree, unwanted co-stars of Sant Jordi

The Sant Jordi festival once again transforms Barcelona and other cities and towns in Catalonia into a sea of books and roses from early morning, with crowds in its streets on a very emblematic day despite falling on a weekday. This year, along with flowers and reading, the protagonists in cities like Barcelona are the wind and pollen, especially that from plane trees that flies over many streets and causes eye and throat irritation for many citizens.

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Sliced life

Sliced life

“We are no longer fed crumbs/we want the whole bread” are some verses from the song Tot explota pel cap o per la pota from the album A Alcoi (1974), by Ovidi Montllor, which has become an anti-capitalist anthem. They mean that simple people, the humiliated and offended of

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Rodoreda lysergic

Rodoreda lysergic

Every now and then, La mort i la primavera resurfaces with force, like a hibernating animal. Rodoreda wrote it between 1961 and 1963, and let it sleep. Apparently, she resumed it between 1981 and 1983. Although there is no solid evidence of the latter, I personally deduce from her

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