If it is true, as I insist until I bore myself, that football is the great religion of the world, then FIFA is its Vatican, and Gianni Infantino, the Pope. He, whose official title is president of FIFA, seemed to believe he was infallible. The problem is that his followers…
“On Saturday around half past one in the morning, I started receiving messages from citizens who thought their houses were burning, we also had to start evacuating the nursing home and make more difficult decisions; literally, I thought the whole city was on fire.” This is how Tania Baños, mayor of La Vall d’Uixó, describes the most tense moments experienced after the hellish fire broke out, forcing thousands of residents of the Castellón town to evacuate, who have spent several days on edge facing the threat of fire over their homes.
The Civil Guard rescued this Saturday the three crew members of a boat who were spearfishing and were adrift in a dangerous situation on Santa María del Mar beach, in Cádiz.
Catalunya will be one of the few autonomous communities to approve budgets this year. Oriol Junqueras has just given the green light to the Generalitat’s accounts. The Comuns as well. Salvador Illa will thus be able to reach the end of the legislature in 2028, which will strengthen a period of stability in Catalunya at a very turbulent time in Spanish politics.
He is the name on everyone’s lips at Atlético de Madrid since he declared in the middle of the World Cup that the best option was a transfer and that he wanted to “fulfill his dream.” He is Julián Álvarez, who has had to return to the club and train without any news about his market. On the eve of the league debut of the Colchoneros against Málaga (Wednesday, 21:00), Diego Simeone has spoken about the Argentine.
Barcelona has been debating tourist overcrowding for a few years. The tourism-phobic voices promoted by certain political parties encouraged demonstrations and street gestures of hostility towards tourists that went viral worldwide, such as violent assaults on…
The judge of the National Court María Tardón has decided to broaden the range of information before deciding whether to initiate a formal investigation into what happened in Ceuta. Initially, she limited herself to asking the Police if they had data on who might have been behind the massive entry of migrants, which already amounts to 70,000, in case there was a plan to attack the integrity of the State. However, ex officio, she has also decided to see what is happening with the deceased.
To tip or not to tip (To leave a tip or not) is the latest Shakespearean drama to hit London’s fine dining scene. And it’s not that there’s a movement against tips, stipulated —as an obligation— between 10 and 12.5%, plus any extra the customer deems courteous, but because one restaurant has broken the mold and imposed the American 20%. This is Gordon Ramsay’s Lucky Cat, the Scottish TV personality’s restaurant, which already applied this rate to its Christmas menus.
The payment processing company Stripe and the private equity fund Advent International announced yesterday a $53 billion – or €46 billion – takeover bid to buy the digital payment service PayPal, a pioneering firm in online transactions. The bidders offer $60.50 per share, with a premium of about 28% over the previous closing price. Its shares rose 15% yesterday.
A dizzying election cycle begins in America and Europe that could change international politics
