To measure the situation that Ceuta is still going through, one can use, as the political authorities insist, the figures of immigrants who remain in the autonomous city. Although they vary: about 5,000 people according to the central Government, which the people of Ceuta raise to 9,000.
Laura Autonell (Taradell, 1963) had been writing all her life, like many people, without many pretensions. But six years ago her husband passed away and her priorities changed: “The hours I would have spent with him I have dedicated to writing, I have filled his absence with stories. It’s as if I had remarried, but to literature,” she says, because from that loss first came a self-published novel, Un polsim de sal, and recently a novel that in a few weeks has established itself among the bestsellers thanks to word of mouth, La Llibreria de les Hores Mortes (Columna), alongside authors like Regina Rodríguez Sirvent, Gil Pratsobrerroca, Siri Hustvedt or even Homer himself with the new Catalan translation of his Odyssey.
Rescue operation. After being exonerated on Monday due to age and health reasons, the children close ranks with Jordi Pujol i Soley. Five of them emphasized this morning in the trial ongoing at the National Court against the family that they “never” had an account in Andorra nor had any participation or benefited in any way from the ‘legacy’ of their grandfather, Florenci Pujol i Brugat.
Gianni Infantino (Switzerland, 1970) appeared in the newspapers a few days after he was born. And his parents were by no means famous. Originally from Calabria (Italy), they emigrated to the Swiss country for a better future. He worked on a railway line and she had a newsstand. And Gianni was born on March 23 with a health problem that required an urgent blood transfusion. His blood type was uncommon (RH null), so only a few dozen people in the world could help him. The hospital obtained the willingness of an Englishman and a Yugoslav, Milica Mucalica, whom Infantino, 46 years later, located to thank her for the vital gesture. That extraordinary chapter combines two of the qualities that have led him to preside over FIFA: coincidences and his cosmopolitan nature. The others are boldness and his obsession with growing the business.
“Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds” (1841), by Charles Mackay, is scorned by historians and revered among stock traders. The book is best known for its vivid accounts of the 17th-century tulip mania and the 18th-century South Sea Bubble. However, those who want to understand the business world in the 21st century should rather look at Mackay’s chapter on “the epidemic terror of the end of the world.”
Representatives of Israel and Lebanon agreed this Friday in Washington to extend the ceasefire declared on April 16 by 45 days, announced the United States Department of State, which acts as mediator.
The month of April almost always brings good news in terms of employment, and this year it has brought it twice over. Due to the 223,685 new registered affiliates, the third largest increase in the series for this month, although slightly less than last year, and also because it represents a new record, surpassing 22.1 million contributors. The Spanish labor market had never reached 22 million before, and now it has done so by a wide margin.
The United States Navy deployed in the Gulf of Oman reportedly opened fire on an Iranian-flagged cargo ship that was trying to overcome the blockade established by Washington and took control of it, according to Donald Trump announced on his Truth Social account this Sunday.
The former secretary general of the Union of Farmers and Ranchers of Aragon (UAGA), Javier Sánchez, and his wife, Esther Latorre, have been found dead in their home in the town of Tauste, Zaragoza. Their bodies show signs of violence, according to sources from the Delegation of the Government of Aragon. The discovery took place early on Saturday night.