The fires that are devouring thousands of hectares throughout Spain during this torrid summer are not an isolated phenomenon. Nor are the heatwaves that are lashing us. It is possible that there are still those who believe that the climate crisis is an invention of annoying environmentalists. All…
A week ago, while thousands of people tried to get close to the doors of the Teatre Grec, Olivia Rodrigo was singing in Barcelona before barely 2,000 guests at a concert organized by Spotify. Outside, hundreds of fans were left without tickets. Inside, Rodrigo celebrated that nine of her songs have surpassed one billion streams and also debuted a new aesthetic stage coinciding with the release of You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So In Love. Hours later, the internet had decided that the important thing was neither the concert nor her music. It was her look.
The UN General Assembly adopted a resolution this Friday to stop using the current world map design and replace it with one that is more faithful to the size of the continents, especially Africa, which for centuries has appeared disproportionately small.
With its characteristic black and white fur, the first giant panda born in Indonesia is growing and thriving ahead of its public debut this month.
Israel opened a war front after Hamas’ attack on October 7, 2023, but also launched a diplomatic war against António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, the institution that was created to resolve armed conflicts and that is seen as incapable in its task.
Just turned 19, Lamine Yamal appeared before the media ahead of the World Cup semifinal between France and Spain in Dallas, and before addressing the match, he made his position clear regarding the controversy sparked by Mariano Rajoy about the French internationals.
Mexican Carissa Véliz, professor at the Institute for Ethics in AI and a member of Hertford College at the University of Oxford, has gone from anonymity to being world-renowned. Since Privacy is Power (Debate) was praised by The Economist as one of the best essays of the year, Véliz has become a reference in everything related to digital surveillance. She now collaborates with The New York Times, The Guardian, The Independent, or Nature, among other media.
The judge of the National Court Santiago Pedraz is investigating an alleged scheme dedicated to sabotaging judicial processes affecting the PSOE and the Government and the payments that would have been made for them from the management of the socialist party.
The court judging the Kitchen case, the alleged parapolice operation to spy on the former PP treasurer Luis Bárcenas between 2013 and 2015, finished yesterday hearing the recordings submitted as evidence in the case and today will begin to listen to the ten accused, including former Interior Minister Jorge Fernández Díaz and former Secretary of State for Security Francisco Martínez. The Prosecutor’s Office is asking for 15 years in prison for both.
At the advanced command post in Turre, located just a few kilometers from the serious fire that has been threatening the municipality of Los Gallardos and nearby towns since last Thursday, the atmosphere yesterday was somewhat different. This was confirmed around 11 a.m. when the president of the Junta de Andalucía, Juanma Moreno Bonilla, announced that the fire had finally been declared stabilized, so it was downgraded to “operational situation 1” and the gradual return of the thousand people who had been evacuated was authorized. The negative note of the day came at night, when the death of a 93-year-old British woman who was hospitalized at the Torrecárdenas Hospital was confirmed, bringing the death toll to 13. In addition, seven other people remain hospitalized.