The mayor of New York, Zohran Mamdani, stated that his Administration is considering the possibility of ordering the arrest of the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, if he attends the UN General Assembly next September.
There are matches that smell of history, that exude rivalry, that are destined to become myths and that will be forever embedded in individual and collective memory. Today’s England-Argentina semifinal in Atlanta is not just another match. Neither for one side nor the other because it directly appeals to their identity. For both, it is the challenge of the great symbol. For the Albiceleste, facing the English refers to avenging national and nationalist wounds, and that is how they sing it – fans and players, by the way. For the Three Lions, the memory of what happened in 1986 at the Azteca is an affront, because of the cheating on the first goal, because of the humiliation of the second.
I experienced a déjà-vu this weekend when Lionel Scaloni tried to downplay the historical tension of the semifinal between Argentina and England. I had a flashback to an interview I did 40 years ago with Diego Maradona before another Argentina-England in a World Cup, the one with “the hand…
When a union loses a consultation by 65% of votes against the agreement it has endorsed, one has to wonder to what extent it negotiates on behalf of its congregation, affiliated or not, and what pulse it has of their feelings. This is what happened to Ustec in the teachers’ vote on…
“If we take a look at our most recent past and if we broaden our view to international developments, we will become aware that Catalonia has left behind the time of paralysis and indecision. Catalonia has left behind the time of division and confrontation. Catalonia is living today the time of solutions to transform the country.” In the traditional institutional message from the President of the Generalitat for Sant Jordi, Salvador Illa has this year painted an optimistic picture of Catalonia, based on an analysis of the global situation, where armed conflicts carry great weight, but also based on the internal diagnosis. Illa believes that “Catalonia is on the move and determined.”
The alleged “plumbing” scheme would have started with a clear directive and an “ultimate goal”: “to protect the interests at stake” of the socialist party and, directly or indirectly, of the Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez. The mastermind would be Santos Cerdán, then the strongman of the president, and it all began when his wife, Begoña Gómez, was charged. What can be inferred from the reports of the Central Operative Unit (UCO) of the Civil Guard included in the case file, which La Vanguardia has accessed, is that Cerdán already had other dangerous connections prior to that April 2024 with Leire Díez and the former president of SEPI Vicente Fernández. In fact, they are being investigated by the National Court for rigging public contracts.
“If we consider that Barcino was a city, let’s say, cool, we must consider that Barcino must have had an amphitheater.”
Gianni Infantino, president of FIFA, gave an interview this Sunday to the Swiss television channel Blue Sport where he opened the door to a new expansion of participating teams in the World Cup. The Swiss official assured that it is “a matter that will be examined after this World Cup.” It is worth remembering that in this edition, which is held in the United States, Mexico, and Canada, the number of national teams was already expanded to 48, 16 more teams than in previous editions.
The Government of Pedro Sánchez makes a move. After Italy rejected the Spanish ultimatum regarding controls at its borders for Spanish citizens – in response to the Ceuta crisis, during which more than 72,000 immigrants entered irregularly a week ago – the Executive will respond in kind. From midnight tonight, Spain will establish controls at the borders of ports and airports for movements coming from the Italian Republic. In Moncloa, they say it is due to the “persistent irregular migratory pressure suffered by the transalpine country.”
The European Parliament is back at it, pushing to extend the “only yes means yes” rule across the entire EU. This means requiring member states to define rape based on the absence of explicit consent, rather than the use of force, following the Istanbul Convention. The plenary of the European Parliament voted on Tuesday in favor of a report to include consent in the directive on gender-based violence in EU law, something it already tried to do during the previous legislature, but which was left pending due to the refusal of some member states, led by France and Germany, who argued the EU’s lack of competence to regulate such a matter at a European level.
