An international team of scientists has made a discovery that researchers had been pursuing for almost 20 years: the identification of a new species of primate in the depths of the rainforest of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, made possible by the sighting of two adult females and one male.
The summer soap opera still has a proper name: Julián Álvarez. While the Atlético de Madrid forward prepares to play the World Cup final with Argentina this Sunday against Spain, Atlético and Barcelona continue exchanging statements. And the latest have been forceful. Miguel Ángel Gil Marín has responded firmly to Laporta to reiterate that the player is not for sale.
The battle is on. On one side, the defenders of a green economy, who warn that the closure of the Strait of Hormuz and the fierce heat wave that has caused at least 12,000 additional deaths in Europe are a reminder of the climate crisis. On the other, the pressures from industry, which is already suffering the consequences of Chinese competition and US tariffs, and is calling for cheaper energy costs.
Both Junts and the PSOE –also Esquerra Republicana– expected a ruling that would endorse the Amnesty law in European justice, but sharing that goal does not bring the positions of the two political groups closer. From JxCat they emphasized this Friday that nothing changes in the political sphere, although within the socialist ranks they hoped that a favorable ruling and a possible return of the party leader, Carles Puigdemont, could help build bridges and grease again a relationship that has not flowed since last autumn. “This changes nothing,” said today the secretary general of JxCat, Jordi Turull, who made it clear that he has not spoken with the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, and that they do not plan to do so.
The Minister of Transport, the socialist Óscar Puente, spoke out this Friday about the CJEU rulings that the day before endorsed the amnesty. “They are very serious, not only because they highlight the legal error made by the Supreme Court or the National Court when arguing that the Amnesty law violates community law, which had no basis, but because they prove that there is a part of the judiciary in Spain that does not respect the legitimacy of the legislative power, and believes it is above it to say what can or cannot be legislated,” he warned on RNE.
The increase in State investment in Catalonia last year has not been sufficient, and the community remains at very low levels of budget execution in 2024 and 2025 in relation to its weight in Spain’s GDP and population.
A large brown cloud greeted the teams of Spain and Argentina in New York. The hundred forest fires currently burning in southern Canada have covered the Big Apple with smoke, and the air quality has reached worrying levels that could jeopardize the World Cup final taking place this Sunday in New Jersey.
The Deputy Operational Director (DAO) of the Civil Guard, Manuel Llamas, is giving many explanations. Yesterday he testified before the judge of the National Court Santiago Pedraz as a suspect for the alleged crimes of obstruction of justice and malfeasance in the so-called Leire case, the PSOE plumber, for more than two hours.
El Síndic de Greuges has issued a resolution urging the guarantee of school colonies for their pedagogical value, essential in the right to education, and calls on the Govern to establish a framework that allows their implementation with guarantees for the workers.
The White House has suspended the operator of Donald Trump’s teleprompter amid suspicions that he was using his position to place bets on the speeches of the US president on the prediction platform Kalshi.