If a mountaineering enthusiast or professional aims to climb a 7,000-meter peak, there are options to choose from. The same goes for an 8,000-meter peak. If they want to climb a 9,000-meter peak, they can fool themselves with Everest. But if they want to climb a 10,000-meter peak, simply put, they cannot: no mountain on Earth measures 10,000 meters in height.
A critical Europeanist is defined. The British Martin Wolf (London, 1946) has received the European Construction award given each year by the Cercle d’Economia. His columns in the Financial Times have inspired the debate on the global economy for decades.
No one expected high-altitude guide Hillary Dawa Sherpa to appear alive after he went missing last May 29 above Camp 3 of Everest, at over 7,300 meters of altitude, in the death zone. The best and surprising news arrived this morning when it was confirmed that the Nepalese high-altitude guide “was found crawling towards base camp by a team from the Sagarmatha Pollution Control Committee (SPCC, in its English acronym),” as confirmed to AFP agency by Pemba Sherpa, from 8K, the company that had started his search this week. The veteran Sherpa, over 50 years old, has been transferred to a hospital in Kathmandu with frostbite, but his life is not believed to be in danger.
The reactions in the European royal houses to the death of King Harald have not been long in coming. Kings Felipe and Letizia, in addition to sending a telegram of condolence, have published a statement on social media expressing their sorrow for the passing of the Norwegian monarch. “With our respect and admiration for his figure, as well as with deep sadness, we express our condolences for the loss of H.M. King Harald V, an example of responsibility, dignity, simplicity, and tireless dedication to the service of Norway and its people, before and during his 35 years of reign. Our condolences, with fraternal affection, to the Norwegian royal family.
El Camp Nou overflowed with joy. Winning the League after winning the clásico was a milestone that both the team and the fans celebrated in grand style. A celebration that has sparked reactions from various personalities. Among them, Pedro Sánchez, Leo Messi, and Ronaldinho.
The Metropolitan Museum of New York dresses its grand staircase this Monday night to celebrate a new edition of the Met Gala. A party with a purpose, that of highlighting fashion and its intrinsic link with art, which this edition begins wrapped in controversy due to the intrusion of Jeff Bezos and his wife Lauren Sánchez as hosts of the gala.
Adriana Gannon left this Friday rather disappointed from the meeting convened by the City Council and the Generalitat to explain to the approximately 300 evicted residents of the Sant Gervasi-La Bonanova neighborhood in Barcelona, ten days ago due to the appearance of a large sinkhole caused by the extension works of the L9, when they will be able to return to their homes. Some, the few, the neighbors and merchants of the two buildings farthest from the said sinkhole, will be able to return to their homes and businesses this Monday. At least that is the plan of the administrations.
The protests in schools do not subside. This Tuesday marks the start of the first of 16 planned educational strikes in the public sector by the unions. Many are local, corresponding to educational territorial zones, but today’s, May 12, the one on the 27th of the same month, and the one on June 5 will be for all of Catalonia. In practice, each center can strike for five days in these remaining 40 days to finish the school year.
The rise in housing prices in the Balearic Islands is pushing an increasing number of its residents to buy apartments in other autonomous communities. It is a growing phenomenon. In the first quarter of this year, one in four property purchases made by residents of the islands was in another autonomous community, with Asturias as the preferred territory. The previous year, these external purchases accounted for 21% of total transactions, according to data from the Ministry of Housing.
Saudi Arabia announced this Friday the closure of its East-West pipeline, a key alternative route to the Strait of Hormuz, following multiple attacks that occurred on Thursday.