On February 20, 2024, ten months before dying after falling on the Camí de les Feixades de Montserrat, Isak Andic stumbled in the lobby of the Mutua Universal Barcelona headquarters, on Tibidabo Avenue. That fall, stopped by the intervention of a second person, who prevented the founder of Mango from hitting the ground face first, was recorded by the entity’s security cameras.
West of the Greek island of Crete, in waters of international jurisdiction -according to Greece-, and 1,100 kilometers from Gaza, the Israeli armed forces intercepted on Wednesday night at least 22 of the 57 vessels of the Global Sumud Flotilla, which were heading with humanitarian aid to the Palestinian strip, according to reports from the flotilla and Israel. The Israeli Foreign Minister stated that about 175 activists have been detained, who are being transferred to the Hebrew country.
Protecció Civil de la Generalitat has activated the alert of the Procicat Plan for heat due to the forecast by the Servei Meteorològic de Catalunya (Meteocat) of the start of the third heat wave of the summer this Sunday, which will last at least until Wednesday and will be intense in the counties of northwest Catalonia and with intense nighttime heat in counties of the southern coast and pre-coast.
Johan Cruyff used to say that players who doubted were not fit for Barça. Rodri Hernández never doubted, even though the Madrid-born midfielder was also wanted by Real Madrid. But the international midfielder was clear as soon as Barcelona came into the picture. “It’s true that there were other possibilities, as you say – he argued without mentioning the Whites – but Barcelona was always my first choice. It has always been a reference for me because of its style of play and the values it represents,” he said in his debut. “I keep the reasons for my decision to myself, but I have always been driven by sporting arguments,” Rodri defended his choice, very grateful to Manchester City but excited about Barça’s project: “It is a team that is growing a lot. They have won two consecutive leagues with all the difficulty that entails and in Europe they have been one step away from the Champions League. One of the reasons for coming here is not only the present but the projection of the project,” he proclaimed.
February 1972. First official trip of a President of the United States of America to the People’s Republic of China. Richard Nixon lands in a China still immersed in the turbulences of the so-called Cultural Revolution; an agrarian-based country with a very precarious industrial infrastructure, internationally isolated, at odds with the USSR since Stalin’s death in 1953. A collectivized country where almost everyone rides a bicycle. A poor economy that barely represents 9% of the volume of the United States.
The New York auction house Sotheby’s has witnessed the most expensive purchase ever recorded for a Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton. The fossil “Gus” was sold for a value of 50.1 million euros, the highest ever offered for a dinosaur to date. The T-Rex was already the most valued dinosaur before the bidding started, with an approximate value between 20 and 30 million euros. After just ten minutes, an anonymous buyer ended up acquiring the dinosaur and broke the world record.
The Provincial Prosecutor’s Office of Valencia requests a fine of 3,000 euros for a young man for writing insulting messages on social networks in April 2025, six months after the storm, against the then president of the Generalitat Valenciana, Carlos Mazón.
There is a kind of obsession in the world of caravanning that directly links a larger vehicle size with a higher quality trip. It feels like more meters in length mean more space, more comfort, and more storage capacity. But every now and then, a model appears that breaks that theory and shows that good design can do much more than a few extra centimeters of bodywork.
The migration crisis in Ceuta at the end of July, which shows no sign of ending, has significantly impacted the electoral expectations of the main parties competing in a general election, according to the September barometer from the Center for Sociological Research (CIS) released this Monday, the first since the massive entry of immigrants into the autonomous city.
PP and Vox seek to escalate the protest over the situation in Ceuta beyond the autonomous city. This Wednesday, the squares of town halls throughout Spain are called to become the scene of support gatherings, coinciding with Ceuta Day, in an initiative of…