More than 40 injured, three of them hospitalized, after pyrotechnic material exploded at the Noáin (Navarre) festivities

More than 40 injured, three of them hospitalized, after pyrotechnic material exploded at the Noáin (Navarre) festivities

Several people have been injured, three of whom have required hospital transfer, after the explosion of pyrotechnic material on the balcony of Noáin Town Hall at the start of its patron saint festivities. At the Hospital Universitario de Navarra, three males aged 53, 54, and 41 are being treated for burns and are currently undergoing assessment, according to information provided by the Health Department of the Navarrese Government. According to the Town Hall of Elorz Valley, to which Noáin belongs, two of the seriously injured have a reserved prognosis.

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The register in Zapatero's office: agendas, about thirty jewels in the safe, and several hard drives

The register in Zapatero’s office: agendas, about thirty jewels in the safe, and several hard drives

The UDEF agents who entered the official office of former Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero last Tuesday seized numerous documents, which are currently being analyzed by the investigators. As stated in the case file accessed by La Vanguardia, the agents seized more than twenty folders, another twenty agendas, and several hard drives.

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The sense of humor improves the health of older adults: “It promotes blood flow, contributes to cardioprotection, and is key to delaying dependency”

The sense of humor improves the health of older adults: “It promotes blood flow, contributes to cardioprotection, and is key to delaying dependency”

It is about replacing the saying “at once, smallpox” with “at once, vital.” This is the goal promoted by specialists in aging, physical activity, and mental health of older people to achieve a hopeful symptom: laughing again. It appears in older people who manage to regain vitality and emotional stability. “One day you hear your laughter and you are surprised. But it happened to me after a long time trying to go out more when I didn’t feel like it, after being widowed, already tired of hearing my daughter almost forcing me to leave the house.” This is told by Rosa Serra, 76 years old, who lives in a village in the Sierra of Madrid.

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The trompe-l'œil of the photo of Pedro Sánchez without legs in La Mareta

The trompe-l’œil of the photo of Pedro Sánchez without legs in La Mareta

The President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, held a videoconference yesterday with four of his ministers regarding the situation in Ceuta from his summer break at the La Mareta estate in Lanzarote, and from La Moncloa a video and a photograph of the moment were sent to the media. The fact is that the still image of the episode distributed by the EFE agency has raised some controversy because the head of the Executive’s legs are not visible below the desk in his office while he speaks addressing the ministers who appear on a screen.

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Malkovich raises the bar in Venice with a satire about the CIA that could earn him an Oscar

Malkovich raises the bar in Venice with a satire about the CIA that could earn him an Oscar

At a highly politicized Venice Film Festival that this year has experienced a notable boycott by Hollywood studios unwilling to be exposed to uncomfortable questions, the news this Thursday is the presence of an intelligent and poetic film that could well win the Oscar and that, with John Malkovich’s performance, sets the bar very high at the Lido. It is Wild Horse Nine, a satire that goes beyond what would be a simple denunciation of the CIA’s modus operandi in its decades-long effort to destabilize governments in Latin America to, through an agent at the exit doors (Malkovich), lead the audience to a scenario of existential beauty.

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Lamine Yamal turns 19: the most surprising facts you might not have known about his life

Lamine Yamal turns 19: the most surprising facts you might not have known about his life

Lamine Yamal celebrates his 19th birthday this Monday on a stage that very few footballers his age have experienced, concentrated in the United States with the Spanish national team at the 2026 World Cup. While trying to bring La Roja closer to a new title, the FC Barcelona winger remains one of the most high-profile figures in Spanish sport. His life is no longer only of interest for what he does on the field, but also for everything that happens off it, from his family environment to his love life or the controversies that inevitably accompany a celebrity of his stature.

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Festival closures: bubble or stabilization?

Festival closures: bubble or stabilization?

Few terms are as terrifying in this country as that of the bubble, whether it be the dot-com, the real estate, or now the festival bubble in a time that boasts having a thousand of them spread across the entire geography. The trickle of cancellations in recent months, crowned by the disappearance of the massive Reggaeton Beach Festival, which gathered 600,000 people in 12 cities, has inflated the debate at the same time that solo artist tours are increasing and residencies are arriving, such as those of Shakira or Bad Bunny, both in Madrid.

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