The search for survivors continues in Nepal and Tibet after last week’s floods in the Himalayas, which left a trail of destruction in the towns and villages of the country’s valleys, as well as across the border in China.
Human brain organoids implanted in mice have developed and formed neural networks of the cortex, the layer of gray matter that controls functions such as cognition, language, and decision-making. The breakthrough, presented today in the journal Nature, improves the ability to grow human brain tissue for medical research.
A tragic railway accident has shocked Belgium. Four people have died: two teenagers, the vehicle driver, and another adult after a school minibus was hit by a train in the Flanders region, Belgium, according to the Belgian Minister of Transport and reported by the RTL network. The death toll confirms the initial reports from the newspaper Le Soir, which already indicated the severity of the accident at a level crossing in Buggenhout.
The event faces its final week with three essential names on the agenda of any music lover. María Becerra, Rubén Blades, and Morrissey headline a luxurious closing that consolidates the festival as one of the great cultural offerings of the summer in Barcelona.
There was a time, not so long ago, when becoming independent was a natural part of the transition to adulthood. With more or less difficulties, a stable job and a reasonable salary allowed paying rent or facing a mortgage. Today that idea has collapsed. In the big…
Vito Quiles is now formally the first ultra agitator sanctioned by the Congress of Deputies after months of files, complaints, and altercations accumulated in parliamentary premises. The Lower House has decided to withdraw his parliamentary accreditation for three months due to his repeated irregular practices, provocations, unauthorized recordings, and interruptions to deputies and journalists. The decision, adopted with the votes of PSOE and Sumar, has also represented a further step in the practical application of the regulation reform promoted last summer to try to contain this type of behavior.
Sweden faces a tight general election this Sunday, with polls showing how the right-wing bloc of the conservative Prime Minister, Ulf Kristersson, is increasingly closing the gap with the center-left opposition, which had been leading for weeks and was pointing to an almost certain victory. This possibility is due to the fact that, according to the latest survey by the market research institute Novus, the Liberal Party – a minor partner of Kristersson – would surpass the 4% threshold necessary to obtain parliamentary representation.
La Guardia Civil has dismantled a makeshift apartment in Ceuta where more than twenty people who entered the autonomous city irregularly during the mass crossing were staying overnight. The 25 migrants, among whom were six minors, lived in very precarious conditions, “with no sanitary conditions,” according to the armed institute.
The diplomatic clash and rising tension between Rome and Madrid over the Ceuta migration crisis has led to an exceptional situation in the middle of summer, with the suspension of the Schengen area between both countries and the reintroduction of border controls. The Government established them yesterday randomly at some air and sea border posts for travelers coming from Italy. This is the response to the refusal of Giorgia Meloni’s Executive to lift the suspension it decreed a few days ago of the Schengen area with Spain.
The King will receive tomorrow Thursday, at the Marivent palace, the president of the Autonomous City of Ceuta, Juan Vivas, as announced this Wednesday by the Zarzuela. The audience, a gesture of rapprochement and support to the people of Ceuta, will allow the head of State to learn firsthand what the situation in Ceuta is when a week has passed since the serious events that involved the illegal entry into Spanish territory of around 70,000 people, mostly Moroccans.
