In James Joyce’s novel Ulysses, the protagonist, Leopold Bloom, explores how to philosophically cope with the discovery that his wife is cheating on him with half of Dublin. He comes up with a long list of possible consolations, but the one that, for me, should bring him the most equanimity…
Catalonia recorded this Friday the hottest September day it has experienced so far, on a day when temperatures exceeded 40ºC and reached 42.5ºC in Vinebre (Ribera d’Ebre). Barcelona recorded its highest temperatures for a September.
The Government has committed to working “tirelessly” to ensure that Volkswagen maintains the Seat brand and that the workforce at the Martorell plant is not reduced. This was assured on Saturday by the Minister of Economy and Finance, Alícia Romero, who admits that the future of the company is a “very important” matter for the economy of Catalonia. Romero recalls that it is not just about protecting the direct jobs at Martorell, but also the more than 3,000 companies that provide auxiliary services to the automotive industry.
For nearly forty years, Anna Wintour’s most extraordinary talent may not have been deciding what was fashionable, but making her judgment seem unquestionable. Designers, advertisers, celebrities, billionaires, and even one of the world’s great museums learned that a no in front of her could be just the beginning of a negotiation. With John Galliano, for the first time, it stopped being so.
Amos Gitai manages at the Venice Film Festival to make the reflection on the unsustainable Israeli situation resonate deeply, in that space of consciousness to which only art has access. The Road to Jericho, a hybrid documentary that was rushed to be made – “my friend Alberto Barbera encouraged me to speed it up to make it in time for the Biennale” – and that unusually mixes the present, the past, archival material, and the landscapes where all this geographically takes place, resulting in a powerful audiovisual poem about the destinies of humanity.
Russian President Vladimir Putin is expecting Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner this Saturday, who are bringing him a proposal from U.S. President Donald Trump to end the war between Russia and Ukraine. The mission of the American envoys will be completed with a visit to Kyiv to meet with the Ukrainian leader, Volodymyr Zelensky.
“The change is getting closer, but it is not done… and we cannot think that everything will fall like forbidden fruit.” With the general elections increasingly present, although they still have no date, memories of 2023 remain very alive in the Popular Party. Alberto Núñez Feijóo wanted to start his speech at the beginning of the political season in Madrid from there. Even before confronting Pedro Sánchez, the popular leader warned his followers of the risk of becoming complacent and called for an extra effort to maintain tension until the polls. Because the goal is no longer just to win. It is to do so with enough margin to remove Sánchez from La Moncloa “without the investiture pacts” frustrating his plans again.
The central government has taken control of the port of Ceuta to install a tent where immigrants who remain in the autonomous city can be housed. It is estimated that around a thousand people could access these new facilities that the Ministry of Inclusion, Social Security, and Migrations is going to install. The central government had to sign an emergency resolution, which was done by the Minister of Transport, Óscar Puente, to be able to take this measure that was negotiated in the board of directors of the Port Authority but that the president of Ceuta, Juan Jesús Vivas, refused to concede at the last minute.
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…
The death toll from the devastating floods in Nepal has risen to 1,344 and the number of missing persons stands at 4,886 as search and rescue operations continue in the affected areas, according to the latest report from authorities published this Saturday.