The eternal indecision of Trump on Iran

The eternal indecision of Trump on Iran

“Will we wake up to air raid sirens tonight?” asks a Jerusalemite to his friend in a café in downtown Jerusalem. “I’ve already made plans. If war comes, let it come; I try not to worry too much,” replies the other, without looking up from his coffee. The scene sums up the mood of a population that no longer reacts to Donald Trump’s threats against Iran: they have heard them too many times.

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Three passengers of the 'Hondius' infected with hantavirus evacuated to the Netherlands

Three passengers of the ‘Hondius’ infected with hantavirus evacuated to the Netherlands

The Dutch Government has sent two medicalized air ambulances to Cape Verde that are evacuating the two passengers from the luxury cruise ship ‘Hondius’ who are in the most serious condition and supposedly infected with hantavirus, as well as a third who has begun to show symptoms, according to sources close to the matter. The three patients will be transferred to the Netherlands to receive medical care.

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The plot tried to "give form" to instrumental societies to simulate

The plot tried to “give form” to instrumental societies to simulate

Judge José Luis Calama detects in the case file related to the investigation of the environment of José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero several practices regarding the shell companies used to simulate activity. He accredits cases such as that of the company Caletón, in which the secretary of the Plus Ultra board, Santiago Fernández, encouraged to “make more movements” to “give it content” and “dilute” the payments. It is about “giving substance” and hiding operations.

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Albares calls for launching a European defense to avoid having to depend on external sources

Albares calls for launching a European defense to avoid having to depend on external sources

“We are at a decisive moment. We must go further than autonomy, and instead move towards sovereignty.” This was expressed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, José Manuel Albares, on the occasion of the first day of the Annual Meeting of the Cercle d’Economia. According to Albares, “Europeans must guarantee security in a broad sense, and for that a federal leap is needed. It is not ideas that we lack, but the will to put them into practice. We must remove the obstacles in the internal market, particularly the capital market, and ensure it finances innovation in Europe, so that it is not in the hands of foreign companies.”

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The uncontrolled fire strikes the livestock heart of the Guadalajara mountains: “The livelihood of a lifetime is burning”

The uncontrolled fire strikes the livestock heart of the Guadalajara mountains: “The livelihood of a lifetime is burning”

The forest fire that started in La Mierla, which has already ravaged more than 26,000 hectares in the Sierra Norte of Guadalajara, is not only leaving behind a scorched landscape and a long list of confined or evacuated municipalities. It also threatens to destroy the way of life of dozens of farming families who watch helplessly as the fire devours the pastures, forces the displacement of hundreds of livestock, and puts the work of entire generations at risk.

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N-240 closed in Tarragona due to teachers' strike

N-240 closed in Tarragona due to teachers’ strike

About a hundred teachers and educational community staff blocked the N-240 in both directions in Tarragona on Thursday morning, at the height of the Sant Pere i Sant Pau neighborhood, as part of the teachers’ strike in Catalonia. The teachers also block vehicle access to the roundabout leading to the N-240 and the Sant Pere i Sant Pau neighborhood from the A-7 highway, where the Sescelades campus of the Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV) is located.

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