Scientists revealed this Monday the discovery of a new species of small blue octopus in the Galápagos archipelago, located about 1,000 kilometers from the Ecuadorian continental coasts and a Natural Heritage of Humanity since 1978.
With the Spotify Camp Nou as a backdrop and backed by the 38 trophies she has lifted in her 14 years as a blaugrana, Alexia Putellas said goodbye. “Yesterday I felt a huge emptiness, my heart hurt, and today I am full of love,” said the eternal culé captain, who tried to hold back her emotion.
Ready for sentencing. The trial against the Pujol family ended at 13:49 this Thursday, after 38 sessions, in which more than 200 witnesses and experts appeared, and thirteen years, five months, and one day after the visit of Victoria Álvarez, Jordi Pujol Ferrusola’s ex-lover, to the Canillas police complex, accompanied by the so-called “patriotic police,” in which she explains that she saw with her own eyes how Pujol Ferrusola carried bags of cash to Andorra.
The Andalusian elections have left an especially harsh picture for the PSOE. Juanma Moreno’s Popular Party came close to an absolute majority, falling just two seats short of governing alone, while the socialists recorded one of the worst results in their history in a community that for decades was one of their major electoral strongholds. For Jaume Aroca, head of the Politics section at La Vanguardia, the scenario left after the polls reveals a deep crisis in Andalusian socialism: “The PSOE is absolutely decimated.”
How are Valencian teachers? Will there be any progress? When will the strike end? The questions pile up in concentrations, protests, at the school gates, among families… The indefinite education strike that has been shaking public education in the Valencian Community since May 11 -yesterday with a 5.29% follow-up, according to Education- soaks everything, dyes everything green but, for now, with no solution in sight.
In broad daylight and in full view of everyone in a busy square in Figueres, a man stabbed his ex-partner to death this Tuesday. The victim, a 33-year-old transgender woman of Honduran origin, received several stab wounds to the chest, arms, and neck, injuries that proved fatal. The attacker, 48 years old and of Spanish nationality, had a restraining order against the victim but had violated it twice in the past few hours.
Madhukar Upadhyay is a veteran hydrologist, a scholar of climate changes. Few know the rebellious waters of Nepal better than him, both in their underground currents and on the surface, as well as the mountains that feed them. He responds from Kathmandu, still under the impact of last Wednesday’s flood, which has left at least 669 dead and about three thousand missing.
The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, received very good news from Brussels this Wednesday. Hungary has formally withdrawn the veto it had maintained for the past two years on Kyiv’s request to join the EU, which will allow the opening of the first chapter of negotiations in a key breakthrough that occurred unexpectedly during a routine meeting of ambassadors in the community capital.
Reading is at its peak. 70% of Spaniards over 14 years old read books. And 66.2% choose them for leisure, according to the latest Reading and Book Buying Habits Barometer in Spain from the Ministry of Culture. An interest that is evident on social media, where content about books has multiplied. The most common format there is now video reviews of new releases, with young adult romance being the most popular genre, with two million mentions on Instagram and TikTok: reviews generated by profiles that do not necessarily belong to literary figures, but to ordinary citizens – generally young women – who share the latest titles that have thrilled them.
The new CUPRA Raval is not just another 100% electric urban vehicle. Its arrival on the market represents a true revolution and the beginning of a new era. Electrification is combined with exceptional dynamic performance that brings excitement to the segment, a spacious cabin and trunk despite being only four meters long, a striking style, equipment features typical of higher segments, and multiple customization options.