While Mexico prepares to be one of the hosts of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, in the state of Sinaloa a much older sport survives: ulama, a pre-Hispanic ball game with more than 3,400 years of history that today fights to stay alive.
An 18-year-old young man, Mäel Le Lagadec, from the French department of Tarn-et-Garonne, has posted a video on the Internet in which he details the ascent to Aneto to place a cross, which he carved himself, after the disappearance of the original piece, placed at the summit in 1951 to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Centre Excursionista de Catalunya (CEC). The news was reported by the French newspaper La Dépêche, which details that the young man made the cross from walnut wood and inscribed his initials on it.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has warned in its latest annual report that last year disinformation campaigns have established themselves as “a prominent vector” of instability for Spain. The body that advises the President of the Government on National Security matters has identified Russia as the main actor from which campaigns aimed at influencing political processes, eroding trust in institutions, shaping public opinion, and weakening international cooperation originated.
Regarding Keir Starmer’s political health, there are three distinct and contradictory medical opinions. One says he is already dead, pending certification by the coroner and the subsequent autopsy. Another says he is in a vegetative state from which it is almost impossible to recover, and only the family’s resignation and authorization to disconnect life support remain. And the last is that he has suffered a deep trauma and is in critical condition, and – although difficult – he is strong and it cannot be completely ruled out that he will wake from the coma, recover, and return to normal life.
In his effort to sell a victory to the American people in the Iran war, Donald Trump has stubbornly repeated that the Persian country has already been “annihilated” militarily, so the “total victory” at the strategic level is just around the corner. “They have no Navy, no communications, no Air Force,” he said two months ago, when he lied by claiming that the war was “practically over.” “They have already fired everything they had to fire,” he added: “Iran’s drone and missile capability has been completely destroyed, the navy has disappeared.”
Ancient China did not leave the cosmic order in the hands of amateurs. For two millennia, the emperor himself was responsible for winning over the gods in the Temple of Heaven. As if his elaborate annual rituals were what kept the world ticking. This Thursday, Chinese President Xi Jinping will accompany the sacred navel of Beijing to his American guest, Donald Trump. And a world on edge may wonder what their respective offerings will yield.
One day after receiving the Honorary Palme d’Or from actor Elijah Wood during the opening gala of the Cannes Festival, Peter Jackson gave a masterclass at the Debussy theater in which he extensively reviewed his career and assessed the challenges of current cinema. Under the chords of the soundtrack that Howard Shore composed for The Lord of the Rings, the audience applauded the entrance of the creator of the successful film saga created by the British writer J. R. R. Tolkien.
The health status of the Spanish citizen with hantavirus who is admitted to the Gómez Ulla hospital remains stable. This description is considered by experts as something “positive,” because it reveals that the 70-year-old passenger from the Hondius is responding to the care provided by the medical team treating him. And indeed, once symptoms appear (fever, stomach problems, respiratory issues…), deterioration is rapid in some of the infected. In this case, the patient, who presented low-grade fever and respiratory dysfunctions, has responded to the oxygen he is receiving, health sources indicate.
It is well known that to rectify is wise. And therefore it is right that the Departament d’Interior finally apologizes for the infiltration of two Mossos d’Esquadra agents in teachers’ assemblies. The problem is that the admission of guilt comes late, after…
The Department of the Interior admitted this Wednesday to the infiltration of two agents from the Mossos d’Esquadra information unit in the teachers’ assembly in Barcelona, within the framework of the protests by Catalan teachers and the conflict they maintain with the Government. The Minister of the Interior, Núria Parlon, has apologized to the teachers and union members, to whom she has offered a meeting. “I apologize for the feeling of distrust and insecurity regarding the right to protest and your assembly work,” said the socialist leader to the teachers’ representatives present today in the Parliament.