More than four hundred years ago, in 1602, the Italian missionary Matteo Ricci, together with the Chinese cartographer Li Zhizao, created the “Map of the Ten Thousand Countries of the Earth” or Kunyu Wanguo Quantu. On that map, the Ming Dynasty empire was located at the center of all known land. That map was on the verge of opening China’s doors to Christianity.
Hundreds of people gathered this Saturday in front of the European Commission headquarters in Barcelona to demand the release of the two activists from the Global Sumud Flotilla arrested by Israel, the Palestinian-Spanish Saif Abukeshek and the Brazilian Thiago Ávila.
A Russian drone struck in the early hours of this Friday on an apartment building in the Romanian city of Galati, near the Ukrainian border, and triggered a fire that caused two minor injuries and forced the evacuation of about 70 people, according to the Romanian Ministry of Defense. Romania, an EU country and a key NATO member due to its location on the alliance’s eastern flank, shares a 614-kilometer border with Ukraine.
Dearest gentlemen of the UCO and the UDEF: in view of recent events, I proceed to list what you may find in a possible search of my home and what may be subject to seizure. My dwelling has three entrances. One of them to the parking lot and another to a garden. De…
The Podemos MEP and former Minister of Equality Irene Montero announced this Saturday her intention to lead a left-wing candidacy in the upcoming general elections after Podemos holds primaries “open to everyone.”
The man accused of attempting to assassinate the President of the United States took a photo moments before the attack, carrying several weapons and in front of the mirror in his hotel room.
Héctor Fort heads to Real Sociedad after FC Barcelona and the txuri-urdin club have reached an agreement for the sale of the footballer. Pending the official announcement, which will probably take place throughout today, this newspaper has been able to confirm a deal that will allow Barça to earn between eight and nine million euros by selling 60% of the 20-year-old right-back.
Arnau Bernabé, 22 years old and full of hope, says that the first landlord he had with his roommates in Valencia kicked them out after a year to sell the property, but the owner of the second one, where they now live, has not only never raised the price but also “is not abusive.” He tells it almost as if giving a headline in these times of exponential increase in the price of buying and renting housing, with the city of Valencia at historic highs. According to the recent Valencia Real Estate Market Report for the second quarter of 2026, by the Association of Real Estate Professionals of Valencia (APIVA), in the city the price already reaches 16.7 euros/m², 7.5% more and becomes the highest in its series.
For almost 40 years Andalusia was considered a socialist stronghold. It seemed like an enormous impregnable fortress. The socialists managed to blend in with the landscape in a remarkable way by identifying their brand with the construction of autonomy and the strengthening of an Andalusian identity in the early 80s. The so-called “captive vote” did the rest: for a long time the PSOE was skillful in attributing to itself the granting of agricultural aid and the implementation of public services. All this gave it an undeniable political stability. Now it is one of the few autonomous communities where the PP governs with an absolute majority, at a time when that achievement is a rarity. Has Andalusia turned to the right?
Cristina Narbona, president of the PSOE, faced the opposition this morning during a long appearance in the Senate in which she denied that there is irregular financing in the party, appealed to the presumption of innocence in the case of former president José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero and emphasized the socialists’ firmness against any illicit conduct: “Our tolerance towards corruption is zero,” she assured.