The seismic episode affecting Granada and its metropolitan area, which had its maximum impact with the very shallow earthquake of magnitude 4.8 that occurred on Saturday, August 15, has already recorded 348 tremors since Friday, most of low magnitude (less than 2) and all at very shallow depths (less than 10 kilometers). Of these, 37 have been felt by the population.
The car of instructor José Luis Calama reconstructs through messages from those investigated in the Plus Ultra case how the airline company strove during the pandemic to access public funds (“we need to get the aid”) through political means (“we contacted Ábalos,” “the bridge with ZP has just been made”) in exchange for payments to whoever agreed to it (“We are going to screw even if we have to pay a little”). These conversations have been obtained by the National Court thanks to the international collaboration of the United States agency Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), which extracted them from the phone of the also investigated Rodolfo Reyes, Venezuelan partner of the airline.
Excessive heat causes up to about 1,000 deaths annually in the 36 municipalities of the Barcelona area, according to a study by the Institut Metròpoli for the Metropolitan Administration. The work has analyzed the impact of climate change on health during the hottest months, specifically between May 15 and October 15 in this territory during the period 2002-2022. This research calls for the implementation of adaptation policies aimed at the population during extreme heat episodes, especially when intense heat levels exceed 32 ºC.
West of the Greek island of Crete, in waters of international jurisdiction -according to Greece-, and 1,100 kilometers from Gaza, the Israeli armed forces intercepted on Wednesday night at least 22 of the 57 vessels of the Global Sumud Flotilla, which were heading with humanitarian aid to the Palestinian strip, according to reports from the flotilla and Israel. The Israeli Foreign Minister stated that about 175 activists have been detained, who are being transferred to the Hebrew country.
Catalan hospitals are planning organizational measures to counteract a potential decrease in activity due to the Ni un minut més campaign, through which numerous specialists have refused to perform care activities beyond their regular working hours, in demand of labor improvements. Metges de Catalunya (MC) attributes a significant increase in the surgical waiting list in Catalonia to this campaign, launched on June 1, while the Department of Health downplays this impression, arguing that the study period is too short to draw conclusions.
“Will we wake up to air raid sirens tonight?” asks a Jerusalemite to his friend in a café in downtown Jerusalem. “I’ve already made plans. If war comes, let it come; I try not to worry too much,” replies the other, without looking up from his coffee. The scene sums up the mood of a population that no longer reacts to Donald Trump’s threats against Iran: they have heard them too many times.
The prowess of the US armed forces has been clearly demonstrated in the skies over Iran. During the 38-day air campaign, fighter jets flew more than 13,000 sorties, devastating Iranian armed forces, industrial and nuclear facilities. The operation has been an example of meticulous planning and tactical brilliance. All this, moreover, while the US military leadership was also fighting another internal battle: with its own Secretary of Defense.
In the Manresa crime, Aliança Catalana and Vox – with the acquiescence of Junts – poured the gasoline of hatred: “They are Maghrebi unaccompanied minors.” During a day that felt long, on Tuesday, that was the narrative. The first one that took hold. The one that spread on social media, the one that settled in the…
Casa Cupra Raval hosts this Tuesday, June 2, at 6:30 p.m. a special and exclusive edition of the new podcast El mundo de ayer by La Vanguardia, which recovers great historical events through the pages of the newspaper’s archive and the current perspective of the journalists
Pedro Sánchez went to the Congress of Deputies yesterday with the urgent need to regain the initiative and gain some political breathing room. After almost a month of secrecy and fruitless damage control over the migratory and humanitarian crisis unleashed in Ceuta on July 30 and 31, the Prime Minister insisted on dissociating Rabat from the authorship of the assault. “It cannot be concluded” that the massive entry was designed by Morocco, he maintained, although he admitted that it will be investigated whether there was “inaction or incapacity” on the part of the neighboring country’s authorities.