The prowess of the US armed forces has been clearly demonstrated in the skies over Iran. During the 38-day air campaign, fighter jets flew more than 13,000 sorties, devastating Iranian armed forces, industrial and nuclear facilities. The operation has been an example of meticulous planning and tactical brilliance. All this, moreover, while the US military leadership was also fighting another internal battle: with its own Secretary of Defense.
The protests in schools do not subside. This Tuesday marks the start of the first of 16 planned educational strikes in the public sector by the unions. Many are local, corresponding to educational territorial zones, but today’s, May 12, the one on the 27th of the same month, and the one on June 5 will be for all of Catalonia. In practice, each center can strike for five days in these remaining 40 days to finish the school year.
If we ask Arthur Fils (21) what he thinks, how he sees himself a month from now, now that the silhouette of Roland Garros looms on the horizon and the French are in need of myths, then the man, the new RCTB champion, covers his face with his hands, shakes his head and answers:
Comuns has given their approval to the Generalitat’s budget agreement for this year after reaching a pact with the Govern on an update to the agreement already reached in February, which highlights an additional investment of 2.5 billion euros in housing policies that are added to those already agreed upon then, 1.2 billion for the Pla de Barris, and a new law to convert empty offices and premises into official protected housing (HPO).
Almost 1.5 million votes were obtained by Juanma Moreno in the Andalusian elections, only 9,900 less than Isabel Díaz Ayuso in the Madrid elections. Between them, three million voters. Moreno (1970) and Ayuso (1978) have known how to adapt perfectly to the idiosyncrasy of their community.
Koldo García wanted to become yesterday the protector and squire of his former boss, José Luis Ábalos, during his interrogation as an accused in the trial held at the Supreme Court for the so-called mask case. The former advisor took on as his own the actions that were for the former Minister of Transport because, as he said, “he will always be grateful” for appointing him as his personal advisor after meeting him during the PSOE primaries in 2017, after which Pedro Sánchez was proclaimed secretary general.
What do global artists today like Kendrick Lamar, Rosalía, C. Tangana, and Bad Bunny have in common? They connect with their identity and claim a cultural heritage, whether it be Las Grecas, George Clinton, Camarón, or the Puerto Rican Héctor Lavoe. To the point that this identity ends up being embraced by anyone from any generation, social stratum, and geographic location. This explains why among the fans of Bad Bunny who will gather at the Estadi Olímpic de Barcelona this Friday and Saturday, in his first appearance in Spain on the Debí tirar más fotos tour, you can find both fifteen-year-old Catalan girls from affluent backgrounds as well as young Latin American immigrants or professionals from Barcelona’s avant-garde cultural sector.
Diving into the life crisis of Bárbara, a screenwriter in her thirties who binges on benzodiazepines and spends a character as honest as cynical in the series Se tiene que morir mucha gente, is the latest feat of actress Anna Castillo (Barcelona, 1993).
The pressure that the U.S. president, Donald Trump, wants to exert on Germany, from where he has just withdrawn his troops, also extends to trade agreements. Yesterday, out of nowhere, Trump announced that he will raise tariffs on European cars again, from 15% to 25%, stating that the European Union does not comply with the agreements of the Joint Declaration that both parties signed last July.
A 10-year-old girl has been injured after being hit in the arm by a stray bullet in a shooting in Badalona. The events occurred this afternoon around 7:15 PM when the minor was caught in a gunfire exchange in the Sant Roc neighborhood, according to the Mossos d’Esquadra. According to initial hypotheses, the bullet ricocheted and struck the girl’s arm. The girl was taken to the Esperit Sant hospital with minor injuries in a private vehicle of her family members.