Deutsche Telekom AG is considering a full combination with its US subsidiary T-Mobile US Inc., a deal that would create a multinational telecommunications group and become the largest public merger and acquisition operation in history, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
Two women have died this Sunday after trying to pull a three-year-old boy out of the water who was drowning in the dam of the town of Baños de Cerrato, in the municipality of Venta de Baños.
A group of 20 French intellectuals has promoted a manifesto addressed to Presidents Pedro Sánchez and Emmanuel Macron to request the release of Algerian journalist and opposition figure Ayoub Aïssiou, who was detained on July 25 at Barcelona airport due to a claim from his country investigating him for alleged forgery of public documents and money laundering. However, his defense denounces “political persecution” and the National Court will have to decide in the coming days whether to extradite him to Algeria.
The voting to choose the winners of the Vanguard of Science award will be open until Sunday, June 28 at 11:59 PM (peninsular time).
The battle is on. On one side, the defenders of a green economy, who warn that the closure of the Strait of Hormuz and the fierce heat wave that has caused at least 12,000 additional deaths in Europe are a reminder of the climate crisis. On the other, the pressures from industry, which is already suffering the consequences of Chinese competition and US tariffs, and is calling for cheaper energy costs.
The details of the case affecting the airline Plus Ultra for allegedly having paid for influence to secure a bailout of 53 million euros reveal their ways of proceeding. In a conversation found on the phone of one of the investigated, there is talk of paying ladies in cash, after having received 50,000 euros in cash. “We have to take care of the judges, police, and officials hehe,” they boast in messages sent on New Year’s Eve 2020.
The discovery of new fossils and tools of the extinct species known as the Denisovans reveals new clues about humans surrounded by mystery who, it is now known, inhabited almost all of Asia and were continuously present in southwestern China for 120,000 years, successfully adapting to very different environments.
A woman died on Wednesday afternoon in a shopping center in Murcia, allegedly stabbed by her partner, who has fled and is being sought by the National Police, sources close to the investigation told EFE.
For weeks, Germany has closely followed the story of a humpback whale trapped in shallow waters of the Baltic Sea. This Saturday, that story reached its most awaited moment: the animal, nicknamed “Timmy” or “Hope,” was finally released into the North Sea in a complex operation that combined technique, private funding, and remarkable public anticipation.
Puig buys from Esteve the 50% it did not control in Isdin for 1.2 billion euros. The operation takes place after the merger with Estée Lauder fell through. According to the company chaired by Marc Puig, which informed the National Securities Market Commission (CNMV), the total purchase price will be paid “900 million euros on the closing date of the operation” and “300 million euros as fixed deferred payment, to be paid in the first quarter of 2029.”
