Wes Streeting, British Secretary of Health and representative of the right wing of the Labour Party, has resigned to, presumably, run as an alternative to the Prime Minister, Keir Starmer.
More than a hundred management teams from 300 educational centers in the Valencian Community have submitted their resignation this Thursday at the Corts Valencianes, where President Juanfran Pérez Llorca addressed the teachers’ demands at the end of the morning. The head of the Consell held a conversation with representatives of the school management and families, assuring them that there is a willingness to reach “an understanding” and that “there is no ultimatum for dialogue.” Furthermore, he emphasized that he has financially quantified the proposal for improvements that the Ministry of Education has made to the unions calling the indefinite strike and committed that “if it is signed, it will be fulfilled.”
Traveling by plane is never a pleasant experience for a dog, as traditionally airlines allow pets to travel either under the front seat and inside a carrier (in the case of small animals) or in the plane’s cargo hold, isolated from their owner. However, the Italian company ITA Airways will launch next August a new service so that dogs can travel in a seat like any other passenger, as long as they do not exceed 30 kilograms in weight.
The Donald Trump Administration is promoting the circulation of a new $250 bill featuring the image of the current U.S. president, according to The Washington Post. If so, it would be the first time since the 19th century that a living person appears on an official United States currency after it was prohibited in 1866.
The OPEC+ alliance has agreed to increase its crude oil production by 188,000 barrels per day starting in June, in a decision made this Sunday during a telematic meeting of seven of its main members.
The law to restrict housing purchases in Catalonia continues its processing in the Parliament with a relevant new development: the PSC and ERC propose to limit its application only to large holders (five or more homes) and to companies (legal entities). This is reflected in the amendments that socialists and republicans have introduced on their own and to which La Vanguardia has had access.
A car bomb attack in downtown Moscow cost the lives of three people on Saturday night. According to several local media, the target of the attack was to kill a high-ranking Russian army officer, who was reportedly not hit.
The El Niño phenomenon, which is already developing in the Pacific Ocean, could be the most intense in a century, according to a warning issued this Friday by the British Meteorological Office (Met). Strong storms and rains will hit northwest Europe, including the United Kingdom, this autumn and winter, while in the tropics, southern Africa, and northeastern Australia there will be a higher risk of drought. 2027 is already anticipated to be the warmest ever recorded, explains the Met. Meanwhile, despite the weak connection between El Niño and the climate in Spain, a very strong episode could favor wetter than normal autumns or early winters, according to Aemet.
La Fundació Vila Casas, founded in 1988 by the Catalan patron of art and health Antoni Vila Casas (1930-2023), is engaged in an ongoing legal dispute with its former general director and manager, Joan Torras Ragué. The entity has filed a criminal complaint attributing to Torras the alleged commission of three crimes: breach of trust, embezzlement, and document falsification. Allegedly, the defendant unlawfully appropriated around 400,000 euros in just a year and a half, according to the complaint obtained by La Vanguardia.
After the press conference of the league runner-up president, I watched Star Wars again. Like Pavlov’s dog, after Florentino I wanted Darth Vader. In fact, the staging, white and radiant, messy and lonely, very Soviet, in which we saw someone speak from a…