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Is it possible to replace the UN? The decline of global institutions

Alen Craig2 months ago2 months ago012 mins

On November 17, 2025, the UN Security Council approved a resolution (2803) creating a Peace Board to oversee Gaza. On January 19, 2026, while President Trump threatened to invade Greenland, the content of a letter he addressed to the Prime Minister of Norway was made public: “Given that your country has decided not to grant me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped MORE than eight wars, I no longer feel obliged to think exclusively about peace.”

Repsol multiplies its profits by 3.7 in the first half to 2,201 million

Alen Craig2 months ago2 months ago03 mins

Repsol obtained a net profit of 2,201 million euros in the first half of the year, which represents an increase of 265% compared to the 603 million euros of the same period of the previous year. The geopolitical environment derived from the war in Iran and the escalation of crude oil prices have boosted the value of its inventories, which has had a positive equity effect of 823 million euros, according to the information the company submitted this Thursday to the National Securities Market Commission (CNMV).

Carissa Véliz, philosopher: “Privacy is a form of power, and we are giving it up”

Alen Craig2 months ago2 months ago08 mins

Mexican Carissa Véliz, professor at the Institute for Ethics in AI and a member of Hertford College at the University of Oxford, has gone from anonymity to being world-renowned. Since Privacy is Power (Debate) was praised by The Economist as one of the best essays of the year, Véliz has become a reference in everything related to digital surveillance. She now collaborates with The New York Times, The Guardian, The Independent, or Nature, among other media.

The phenomenon of men’s choirs to create healthy masculinity

Alen Craig2 months ago2 months ago08 mins

At eight in the evening, in a multi-purpose space of the Federació d’Entitats Calàbria 66 in Barcelona, about fifty men meet every Wednesday to sing. In recent months, they have been preparing Shampoo, a musical with which the Barcelona Gay Men’s Chorus occupied the stage of the Teatre Condal until June 21. In the room, accents from half a dozen countries resonate, a pair of singers rehearses an acrobatic figure à la Dirty Dancing next to a man with a plastered arm who didn’t want to miss the rehearsal.

European punishment to the Venice Biennale

Alen Craig2 months ago2 months ago04 mins

New front of tension between Brussels and the Venice Biennale. The European Commission has confirmed the withdrawal of the two million euro subsidy granted to the Venice Biennale Foundation, after the organization, one of Italy’s most emblematic cultural institutions, allowed the reopening of the Russian pavilion in its 61st edition, inaugurated this spring in a climate of maximum tension.

The fat man and the wise monkeys

Alen Craig2 months ago2 months ago05 mins

Christmas lottery tickets are now on sale. The rush of the present gives no respite, and procrastinating is for idlers. What can be done today, don’t leave for tomorrow. If we buy concert tickets one and two years in advance, there’s nothing strange about getting the lottery tickets…

Sánchez’s nougats

Alen Craig2 months ago2 months ago03 mins

Madrid’s political scene is much hotter than usual, and not so much because of the heatwaves, but because of the judicial investigations affecting Pedro Sánchez and his inner circle. The capital’s rumor mills are full of speculation about the next steps that will be taken…

The Government proposes Yolanda Díaz to lead the ILO

Alen Craig2 months ago2 months ago02 mins

The Spanish Government proposes Yolanda Díaz to lead the International Labour Organization (ILO). This is a possibility that had been speculated about in recent weeks, especially due to the dedication that the current Second Vice-President and Minister of Labour was displaying within the scope of this organization, and today it has been made official.

La Mierla: desolation and outrage over one of Spain’s biggest fires

Alen Craig2 months ago2 months ago04 mins

Desolation permeates the Sierra Norte Natural Park, in Guadalajara, which since last Friday (six days!) has been devoured by flames. More than 32,000 hectares have burned (these are estimates; until it is extinguished, the burned area cannot be reliably verified, forest agents clarify), a good part of one of Spain’s most beautiful and unknown natural spaces, mainly due to its proximity to Madrid, which always turns nearby regions into transit areas.

At least six people are injured by a gas deflagration in metro works at Plaça de Sants

Alen Craig2 months ago2 months ago02 mins

At least six people were injured this Wednesday as a result of a gas leak that led to a large flare-up at the Plaça de Sants metro station in Barcelona, at the connection point between lines L1 and L5. According to La Vanguardia, the injured are operators who were working to control the leak.

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The Spanish university student murdered in Mexico is the fourth victim on that campus

The wonderful country of Illa

Sánchez defends Morocco and warns that the CNI did not alert about the magnitude of the migratory avalanche

Madrid lifts the suspension of the Rayo Vallecano Stadium and it can resume operations

Illa claims to have left behind “a decade of paralysis” and warns of the rise of extremisms

AI alerts shake technology-dependent markets

Almeida points out that Madrid is considering the challenge of the Olympic Games and the IOC is interested

Pregnant woman arrested in Barajas with 69 cocaine pellets hidden in her body

Line 9 of the Madrid metro interrupted between Puerta de Arganda and Sainz de Baranda

Vicent Garcés: “Democracy must be defended before it appears to be in mortal danger”