At least five dead after an Amazon plane crashes near Miami airport
At least five people died after an Amazon cargo plane crashed off the runway after landing at Miami International Airport, authorities confirmed.
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OECD on PISA 2025: “There are usually no exclusion rates above 10% and Catalonia’s was 23%”
The OECD became aware of the high exemption rate of students in Catalonia in the PISA tests in March 2026, when it received the relevant reports from Spain and its autonomous communities, and immediately communicated the issue to the Ministry of Education and Vocational Training, according to a spokesperson for the organization speaking to La Vanguardia. The tests were conducted in April 2025 and at that time technicians from the Ministry and the Generalitat already warned of the high rate of students exempted from taking the exams, but according to the ministry, they did not report it to their superiors, so there was no room for correction nor, supposedly, the ability to inform the OECD evaluation group.
Sumar rejects the early election proposed by the PNV and vows to regroup the left
Sumar has closed ranks with the PSOE against the hypothesis of an early election that the PNV suggested yesterday and which has gained wide acceptance at the start of this week in Madrid. And it has done so not only to advocate for the continuity of the legislature, but also to demand that its partner accelerate the pace and turn the remaining two years of the term into a period of recognizable reforms. This was endorsed by the general coordinator of Movimiento Sumar, Lara Hernández, during a meeting organized by Nueva Economía Fórum, which also took advantage of the event to launch a proposal with a strategic vocation. To convene after the summer “a great national meeting of all the lefts of this country” that serves as the embryo of a future candidacy for the next general elections.
Oh Cholo, how difficult it is to be a favorite
Accustomed to the righteous diatribes, like the one that said Atleti was the team of the people –something that no one has believed for a long time due to the squad and the checkbook to build it–, the favorite’s suit turned against Cholo. Comfortable in guerrilla warfare, in
Aina Clotet wins the breakthrough award at the Cannes Critics’ Week
The actress and director from Barcelona Aina Clotet has won this Wednesday the breakthrough award of the Critics’ Week, the parallel section of the Cannes Festival dedicated to the discovery of new voices, for her performance in Viva, which is also her debut behind the camera as a director.
Souvenir business offensive to take over Gaudí Avenue in Barcelona
Two weeks ago, the owner of the historic Soriano flower shop on Gaudí Avenue received the latest offer to leave and make way for another store crowded with souvenirs. His gladioli enjoy privileged views of the Sagrada Família temple. “And this time it really was a good offer – admits Xavier Soriano himself –. The truth is that I have been holding on for a few years because of my father and my grandfather, because my father and grandfather dedicated their lives to this flower shop, because my family has been here since 1940. But it has been a long time since I made a living with other businesses, because selling flowers here makes very little sense, because on this avenue there are only problems… I would have accepted this offer, I admit it, and let them start selling souvenirs, but…”.
At least one dead and five injured after a shooting at a rave party in Switzerland
At least one person has died and five have been injured, some seriously, in a shooting that occurred in the early hours of this Sunday at the Schachen racetrack in the Swiss city of Aarau. The incident took place during the celebration of an electronic music party known as “Aarauer Rave.” According to information from the Argovia cantonal police, in northern Switzerland, the shots were fired shortly before three in the morning, in the midst of an event that had gathered several thousand attendees since Saturday afternoon. The perpetrator managed to flee the racetrack where the party was being held.
The PSOE requests an Assembly meeting for Ayuso to give explanations about her penthouse
The socialists have found Isabel Díaz Ayuso’s Achilles’ heel in the penthouse that the Community of Madrid bought in the elegant Madrid neighborhood of Chamberí. The PSOE is not going to miss the opportunity to exploit this vein and, despite being in the middle of the holiday period, has requested an “urgent” meeting of the permanent deputation of the Assembly of Madrid so that the president of the Community can give explanations about this controversial purchase.
The King urges Europe to overcome the crisis and “turn its distant aspirations into reality”
The King entered this Tuesday the plenary hall of the Palau de Congressos in Barcelona welcomed by applause, surrounded by the president of the Cercle, Teresa García Milà, and the president of the Generalitat, Salvador Illa, and urged Europe to wake up and regain its pride above the criticisms it receives in these turbulent times. “To the most skeptical, it should be reminded that one of the constants of the construction of united Europe has been to make real what seemed a distant aspiration, even a utopia. The entire integration process has been a journey from the improbable and extremely complex to the real and tangible.”
Climate change makes extreme heat in the Mediterranean common
The European sea usually reserves its highest temperatures for August or September. But this year, at the end of July, it already reached its highest value since daily satellite records began in 1982. The same happened in the western Mediterranean. A new analysis shows that that previously extraordinary heat is becoming part of the usual climate. Human-caused warming has added around 1.4 °C to the highs off the peninsula and nearly 1.9 °C in the western Mediterranean.