The United States once thought of turning Germany into an agricultural and livestock country, without an industrial pulse, with the aim of preventing its rearmament forever. Eighty years later, the United States is pushing Germany towards rearmament. Henry Morgenthau Jr., a sponsor in the 1940s of a pastoral Germany, would be horrified today.
Observe the world to know oneself. Minor White, considered one of the essential names of the 20th century for understanding the evolution of modern photography, reminds us that this discipline is a way to explore and reflect our inner self. The poetry that emanates from his images is one of the keys to his work, and the public who visit the KBr center of Fundación Mapfre in Barcelona will be able to see it with the most comprehensive retrospective of the artist in Europe.
The survival of the Seat brand beyond 2030 “is still being analyzed” and there are “several scenarios” on the table. “The continuity of the Seat brand will be evaluated based on how regulations evolve, customer demand, and market conditions,” the company explained in a statement released this Friday. “No decision has been made yet,” the statement insists, and all options remain open.
The viewer has to prepare to say “au revoir” to Emily Cooper. According to Netflix’s announcement, the sixth season of Emily in Paris will be the last. It cannot exactly be called a cancellation. With the sixth season currently in production, the series has had its creative run on television and, considering Netflix’s usual allergy to long-running series, it has become one of the veteran series in the catalog.
The PISA 2025 report has revealed a terrifyingly dystopian fact: young people cannot understand long texts due to their difficulty in maintaining attention. The diagnosis is so serious that, according to the educational experts consulted by this newspaper, only a social pact involving families and schools can reverse it. It was done with mobile phones, removing them from educational centers. Now – they point out – it must be done with reading. Enric Prats, professor of pedagogy at UB, and Jordi Collet, professor of Sociology of Education, propose prioritizing reading in school, which is the gateway to other knowledge. And to evaluate much more. The half hour of daily reading that was introduced by law two years ago in all Primary and Secondary classes, what results has it obtained? Do schools really do it?
Just when the wind seems to be blowing in favor of Ukraine in the war, Volodymyr Zelensky has shot himself in the foot with a political move that has sparked popular outrage.
President Donald Trump expands his Donroe doctrine. His new strategy involves the complicity and cover of allied countries in the American continent to justify interventions in other nations of that territory under the pretext of “increasing operational effectiveness against threats that undermine regional security and affect the United States.”
The Rodalies train service has once again suffered a new interruption this Monday after another cable theft, this time at the Bellvitge-Gornal station, in L’Hospitalet de Llobregat (Barcelona). As a result of this incident, Adif has reported through social networks that delays may occur on lines R2, R2 Nord, R2 Sud, and R15 of the Rodalies de Catalunya network.
The Kings, Princess Leonor, Infanta Sofía, and Queen Sofía appeared this Tuesday, punctual and polished, at 9 p.m. to receive in the gardens of the Marivent palace the more than six hundred guests who, like the royal family, faced a torrid night in which not even the relaxed dress code imposed last year, which allowed men to forgo the suit and tie and choose between a guayabera or a shirt, was enough.
The Ustec union registered a strike call from June 8 to 12 on Thursday night and an indefinite CGT strike starting on the 8th. The registration of the dates took place after failing to reach an agreement on salary and resource improvements in education following hours of negotiation. This same Friday, amid the exchange of accusations between Educació and unions, the Ustec spokesperson has already warned that if no agreement is reached, they do not rule out coming out with a strengthened schedule of mobilizations.