The term rock’n’roll is attributed to radio host Alan Freed, who popularized it in association with the musical style that emerged in the mid-50s in the U.S., an accelerated and electrified rhythm & blues that changed popular music forever. Rock suggested the idea of
Corsican terrorism, which had been dormant in recent years, has made a spectacular reappearance, with a highly media-driven staging. At a clandestine press conference, attended only by the local newspaper Corse-Matin, a group of hooded and heavily armed men, under a banner with the initials of the National Liberation Front of Corsica (FLNC), threatened the French from the mainland who settle on the island and called the new autonomy project being discussed in the Paris Parliament a “masquerade.”
I confess that I read with a mixture of fascination and astonishment the columns that Mariano Rajoy publishes in El Debate about the World Cup. Fascination because it is a luxury to have a former Prime Minister writing about football. Astonishment because he has decided to give us a feast…
The Partido Popular has demanded this Monday the immediate mobilization of a large number of immigration technical staff to work in three shifts – “morning, afternoon, and night” – in Ceuta with the aim of speeding up the return and expulsion files of “all” immigrants who have arrived irregularly in recent weeks. The conservative leadership focuses on the immediate return to Morocco, completely rejecting any debate about the reception of minors on the peninsula: “We are talking about return, not distribution,” they state categorically.
The Ministry of Health has estimated the impact on Madrid’s healthcare system of the doctors’ and specialists’ strike for a Framework Statute since December at more than 16.4 million euros, with more than 10,470 surgeries and 215,344 consultations suspended.
The Ministry of Health has published, through the Spanish Agency of Medicines and Medical Devices (AEMPS), a technical report concluding “categorically” that there is no scientific evidence to support the efficacy of homeopathy in any pathology, since the efficacy of these products does not exceed that of a placebo in any of the diseases analyzed.
Our colleague Jaume V. Aroca, currently dispatched to cover the Andalusian elections, explains in his reports that on the street there is hardly any sign of a campaign. People continue with their own business, more focused on their daily tasks than on rallies, debates, or walks of…
At its peak, the column of smoke was visible from some parts of the city of Barcelona. The reason, a fire that broke out on Montjuïc mountain, in the Catalan capital, which was stabilized at 7 PM and burned vegetation in the area of the mountain’s lighthouse path. The fire caused the evacuation of Montjuïc Castle. The cable car service was also suspended as a precaution. Fortunately, there were no injuries.
At least 90 people died in a gas explosion that occurred on Friday at the Liushenyu mine, in Shanxi province (central China), Chinese state media reported.
Unprecedented deployment to evacuate the 151 people from the Hondius cruise ship where a hantavirus outbreak has originated, and to prevent this virus from spreading throughout Tenerife and the rest of Spanish territory. Under the coordination of Spain, the World Health Organization (WHO), the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), and the European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations, this morning the evacuation of passengers and crew to 23 countries will take place.