Putin and Trump talk on the phone and make progress on a possible ceasefire for Ukraine
The presidents of Russia and the United States, Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump, held a telephone conversation on Wednesday afternoon in which the Russian leader, according to Kremlin sources, presented proposals to resolve the conflict over Iran’s nuclear program and to propose a ceasefire in Ukraine.
Junts and ERC demand an investigation into the Police charges against Barça fans in Elche
Junts per Catalunya and Esquerra Republicana have demanded explanations from the Ministry of the Interior this Monday for the charges carried out by the National Police against Barça fans before the match against Elche, in which ‘estelades’ were confiscated. For their part, the post-convergents have submitted a series of questions regarding this action; while the republicans demand an investigation of the facts and have requested the appearance of the Minister of the Interior, Fernando Grande-Marlaska.
Declared a forest fire in Collserola (Barcelona)
About twenty ground crews from the Barcelona Fire Department and the Generalitat, as well as aerial resources, are working on a forest fire that broke out early this afternoon on the Sant Pere Màrtir mountain in Collserola. The alert was received at 3:35 p.m. and the fire, which is believed to have started in the Carretera de les Aigües area, is affecting the Sant Pere Màrtir mountain.
France authorizes assisted suicide and euthanasia with a divided Parliament
After two years of intense national debate, the deeply divided French National Assembly approved this Wednesday, by 291 votes in favor and 241 against, the bill on “the right to assistance in dying.” The decriminalization, under strict conditions and protocols, of assisted suicide and euthanasia – words that the legislative text avoids naming – has had the support of President Emmanuel Macron, who has urged the Government to accelerate the process.
End of the Japanese princesses’ elopement: imperial law reformed to guarantee succession
The Japanese Parliament approved this Friday the reform of the imperial house law to mitigate the issue of the gradual reduction of the Japanese imperial family —in crisis for years due to the lack of male heirs in the family—, but the modification of the rule maintained the traditional system of succession to the throne exclusively through the male line, despite public support for the possibility of having empresses of royal blood.
Joan Ramon Garcés, dermatologist: “Tanning is a sign of damage; healthy tanning does not exist”
It is eight in the morning and the door of Dr. Joan Ramon Garcés at the Institut Dermatologia Garcés de la Teknon opens right on time. He prepares coffee. He is an empathetic, decisive, and cultured man, who lives in peace and is comfortable with himself. He says casually that he always sleeps through the night. Healthy envy. His face and gestures answer the questions before his voice does.
The wind and the pollen of the plane tree, unwanted co-stars of Sant Jordi
The Sant Jordi festival once again transforms Barcelona and other cities and towns in Catalonia into a sea of books and roses from early morning, with crowds in its streets on a very emblematic day despite falling on a weekday. This year, along with flowers and reading, the protagonists in cities like Barcelona are the wind and pollen, especially that from plane trees that flies over many streets and causes eye and throat irritation for many citizens.
A woman buried by mud and a man trapped in a tunnel rescued alive eleven days after the flood in Nepal
A Chinese citizen trapped in the tunnel of a hydroelectric plant and a 64-year-old woman buried by mud in a house were rescued alive this Saturday in Nepal, on the eleventh day after the devastating floods, two findings that keep hopes alive of finding more survivors.
The former mayor of Requena states that there were no deaths there “because the population was warned”
Rocío Cortés, former mayor of Requena, a town flooded by the October 29 flood in which there were no victims, has stated in court that “in Requena there were no deaths or injuries because the population was warned.”