A 170-year-old hat shop withstands the pressure of souvenirs thanks to an agreement with its landlord

A 170-year-old hat shop withstands the pressure of souvenirs thanks to an agreement with its landlord

Shortly after the pandemic restrictions were lifted, the people in charge of the historic hat shop Mil de Barcelona shared on these pages that they were very worried because the lease contract for their store on Fontanella Street was nearing its end and, on top of that, dark clouds were looming everywhere. The fourth and fifth generations of these hatters were not sure their business could survive. On both sides, 24-hour supermarkets were opening at full speed. The family feared becoming part of the honorable list of iconic businesses that had disappeared due to the whirlwind of these times.

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The Andalusian campaign gets tangled in the 'petaqueo'

The Andalusian campaign gets tangled in the ‘petaqueo’

All election campaigns tend to deviate from their initial trajectory. The PP had designed a white, friendly campaign. The PSOE a red campaign, shouting long live healthcare and public services in general. But everything changed at 11 a.m. on Thursday, 150 kilometers off the coast of Huelva, when two Civil Guard agents died in an accidental collision during an anti-drug operation. As expected, those deaths have become a central part of the campaign.

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Bandy Lee: “Trump is in psychiatric crisis and controls 5,000 nuclear warheads”

Bandy Lee: “Trump is in psychiatric crisis and controls 5,000 nuclear warheads”

For ten years, Bandy Lee, a forensic and social psychiatrist, has been investigating the conduct of President Donald Trump. A former researcher and professor of Law and Psychiatry at Yale School of Medicine, affiliated with Harvard’s psychiatry program, she directs the World Mental Health Coalition, which investigates the psychological capacity of politicians. Not without controversy, her book The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump, published in 2017 during his first term, compiled essays from 27 psychiatrists, psychologists, and other experts on the president’s mental health, an issue that is once again coming to the forefront.

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Starmer clings to power

Starmer clings to power

“No one is moving me from here,” said Keir Starmer, tying himself with a double sailor’s knot to the chair in his Downing Street office after one of the worst electoral results in Labour’s history (if not the worst), with the loss of power in Wales, half of the councilors he defended in the English local elections, and total abdication in Scotland. He admits the disaster but believes he can fix it with a couple of paracetamols, a colonoscopy, and a visit to the hygienist for a dental cleaning. Uncomfortable interventions, of course, but they are commonplace and no one dies from them.

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The conversations that point to Zapatero: “they have set up a finance boutique. That’s where the kickback will come from”

The conversations that point to Zapatero: “they have set up a finance boutique. That’s where the kickback will come from”

The judge of the National Court José Luis Calama has at his disposal telephone interceptions and WhatsApp messages sent between the top executives of the airline Plus Ultra and the network allegedly led by former Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero. These conversations now point to the former socialist leader, as stated in the order accessed by La Vanguardia.

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