At least 27 people died in a fire at a pub in Bangkok, the Thai capital, according to an official from the municipal emergency services. According to initial reports, there were 18 injured, eight of them in serious condition. This is one of the deadliest incidents of this type in the tourist capital in recent years.
The Italian Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni, and her Danish counterpart, Mette Frederiksen, published a joint statement this Monday in which they reject “uncontrolled immigration” and call for repatriation centers in third countries.
Almost 90 drones fell from the sky over Darling Harbour in Sydney during a popular winter light show, with footage showing the devices plunging into the water near the audience. The organizers of Vivid Sydney, an annual three-week festival featuring large light installations, stated that the failure on Monday night, local time, was due to “unforeseen technical difficulties” and have canceled several upcoming shows.
The European Commission recommends that Spain limit the use of the reduced VAT and specifically points to hotels and restaurants, as, in its view, these preferential rates have a “very limited redistributive effect” on society despite their high cost to the State. That is, they benefit higher incomes more than lower ones because they consume it the most, according to community sources. Meanwhile, the impact of this tax that is not collected is enormous: the 10% VAT for hospitality is costing Spain 0.4% of GDP, or the equivalent of almost 7 billion euros each year.
The Aneto Cross, the historic emblem located at an altitude of 3,404 meters on the highest peak of the Pyrenees, has disappeared from its location, sources from the Civil Guard confirmed to La Vanguardia. The Huesca Civil Guard Command, through its Special Mountain Intervention and Rescue Group (GREIM), has launched an investigation to clarify the facts after receiving notification from the Benasque City Council last Thursday afternoon.
Shortly before getting bogged down in the Iran war, Donald Trump launched the Peace Board, the initiative with which the US president sought to consolidate the pacification and reconstruction of Gaza. The project was surrounded by doubts from the start, and the passage of time seems to be proving the skeptics right: four months after its establishment, the body lacks official funding and has not made any progress on the ground.
Europe needs more shared infrastructure, more scale, and more strategic vision if it wants to remain a relevant player in the global digital economy. Connectivity, network resilience, and investment capacity in telecommunications are no longer just technical issues: they are part of industrial competitiveness and its autonomy in increasingly critical sectors.
The therapist Maria Julia Lüderwaldt traveled along with her collaborator Johanna the same route of Montserrat where Isak Andic died thirteen days later. Both women walked along the Camí de les Feixades de Collbató on December 1, 2024, with the intention of locating a route with ravines to carry out a confrontation therapy designed for another patient, a man named Salvador, diagnosed with schizophrenia. A treatment for which, according to Johanna’s later statement to the Mossos d’Esquadra, Jonathan Andic had shown interest.
The Spanish national team began preparing this Thursday for the World Cup final, which will see them face Messi’s Argentina on Sunday at MetLife Stadium. And they did so with Lamine Yamal and Pedro Porro on the sidelines during the initial rondos, an open space for the media.
The head of Barcelona’s investigating court number 24, María Antonia Coscollola, has closed the case opened against three Mossos d’Esquadra officers accused of having helped the former president of the Generalitat, Carles Puigdemont, during his fleeting visit to Barcelona on August 8, 2024, coinciding with Salvador Illa’s investiture session in the Parliament as president of the Generalitat.
