If on the day of his inauguration as mayor Jaume Collboni had been told that his first three years in office would be politically smooth, he would not have believed it. Especially because his election was so tense with suspense until the last minute. Despite having
They dance, run, do somersaults, and even practice martial arts. Now they also trade on the stock market. Unitree, the company that has turned its humanoid robots and robot dogs into one of the most recognizable images of Chinese technological advancement, debuted this Wednesday on the Shanghai stock exchange and sparked euphoria among investors: its shares soared 629% as soon as they started trading. Why has this frenzy broken out?
One of the shafts of the Montcada i Reixac undergrounding works has unexpectedly collapsed while operators were working this midday. No personal injuries have been registered, but the open sinkhole is so large that it has swallowed a large crane.
The assembly of teachers responsible for grading the University Entrance Exams (PAU) in the Valencian Community has increased pressure on the Ministry of Education this Tuesday amid the ongoing conflict with public school teachers, who are engaged in an indefinite strike. The approximately 250 teachers responsible for reviewing and grading the university exams have warned that they might not join the panels in charge of supervising and grading the tests, a decision that would seriously jeopardize the normal conduct of the examination session.
The text has been kept in the drawer for months and, it seems, its time has finally come. The Council of Ministers is expected to approve today the expansion of the Comprehensive Protection Law for Children and Adolescents against Violence (LOPIVI), promoted by the Ministry of Youth and Childhood, which among other things, removes the 12-year age limit for minors to be heard obligatorily in processes that affect them.
The State Meteorological Agency (Aemet) has raised the high temperature warning to red for tomorrow, Thursday, on the southern coast of Valencia and Alicante, where temperatures could exceed 42º C.
The spark that puts Ceuta on the brink of social explosion began to ignite yesterday. Literally. After days in which tension was starting to overflow the autonomous city, Benítez beach became the image that depicts the state of the autonomous city almost a month after the massive entry of more than 80,000 people. A cordon of riot police separates two realities: in front of the police, hundreds of Ceutans increasingly fed up shout for the immediate expulsion of the “invaders”; behind the officers, also hundreds of immigrants, defiant, show their intention to resist, not to return to their country. The smoke, like a pressure cooker about to blow up, envelops the beach. The smoke comes from the huts of the camp that a group of neighbors set on fire, after destroying it. Neither side is willing to give in anymore. The protesters leave, the Police deploy, the Maghrebis rebuild the settlement.
It was a match to inflate numbers and aim for records, and it did not disappoint. Miami witnessed the highest-scoring game among the 103 played in the World Cup. England took the bronze after a great first half in which France did not show up. The French reaction in the second half served to add excitement and for Mbappé to achieve his double scoring objective. With a double to make it 3-4, he extended his lead in the Golden Boot (10 goals, two more than Messi) and became the top scorer in World Cup history with 22 goals (one more than Leo). The final is still to come.
A woman was injured after receiving at least one gunshot inside a home in Badalona. The events occurred at 4:37 a.m. this Friday, Mossos d’Esquadra confirmed to La Vanguardia. The incident took place in a home in Badalona located on Simancas Street, which belongs to the Artigues neighborhood.
From the peak of China’s great fortunes to spending the rest of his life behind bars. A court in Shenzhen sentenced Xu Jiayin, founder of Evergrande and one of the businessmen who best represented China’s dizzying real estate boom, to life imprisonment this Thursday. This is due to a long list of financial crimes committed during the group’s years of expansion. The sentence, issued in the first instance, also includes the loss of his political rights for life and the confiscation of all his assets.
