“In August, with the cool weather, we will reflect on the calendar,” they ironically claim at Moncloa about the key dates Pedro Sánchez is considering for the final stretch of the legislature, in which the only thing he cannot foresee in advance are the judicial landmines that may still explode amid the avalanche of cases of alleged corruption affecting the Government and the PSOE.
Alongside Harry Kane, Jude Bellingham is the other big name of an England team that is already among the top four in this World Cup. His brace against Haaland’s Norway sent the three lions to the semifinals, where they will face Leo Messi’s Argentina. With six goals and one assist in six matches, the Real Madrid player’s performance makes him one of the stars of the tournament. He is the highest-scoring midfielder in the entire championship.
Lamine Yamal has scored a goal in the World Cup and has not provided an assist, according to official data. Lamine’s numbers are very meager for those obsessed with statistics and those who do not pay attention to the subtleties of football. The fact is that Spain will play the semifinal on Tuesday…
The controversial words of the former Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy about the French team continue to cause a stir. The former leader stated in a column in the newspaper El Debate that France, Spain’s next opponent in the World Cup semifinals, “has a very high-level squad, that is true, but without French players.”
The World Cup already has its four semifinalists. France and Spain were the first to confirm their place among the top four, and last night it was the turn of the other two: England and Argentina, who sealed their qualification in two matches marked by refereeing controversy. Switzerland is outraged by Embolo’s expulsion, who saw the second yellow card for a dive in the middle of the field; while in Norway they denounce the strangest play of the tournament. In Nylland’s goal kick, the ball strangely changes trajectory, it seems to touch the aerial camera, and seconds later the play ends with a goal by Bellingham, which went up on the scoreboard.
The Bombers of the Generalitat are working with more than 70 teams and 200 personnel this Sunday afternoon on a new forest vegetation fire in the Vall d’Infern, in Aiguamúrcia (Tarragona), which forces the confinement of the population centers of Ranxos de Bonany, Bon Any, Valldossera, Can Llenes, Mas Gassons, El Mas Vermell, and Pontons. The fire is advancing strongly and already affects about 80 hectares of forest land in the terms of Aiguamúrcia and Querol (Alt Camp) and Pontons (Alt Penedès).
The son of a Belgian man who died in the fires questions the authorities’ claims that his father and other victims ignored official recommendations to shelter in their homes, and asserts that emergency services gave them no guidance.
At the advanced command post in Turre, located just a few kilometers from the serious fire that has been threatening the province of Almería since last Thursday, the atmosphere on Sunday was somewhat different compared to the previous days, something that was confirmed around 11:00 a.m. when the president of the Junta de Andalucía, Juanma Moreno, announced that the fire had been declared stabilized.
Pope Leo XIV asked this Sunday, during the Corpus Christi Mass, that religiosity not be “a museum of the past to visit” and stressed that Christians are “called to be present in the situations and challenges of society” and in the “construction of the common good.” “No one can kneel before the Lord and despise their brother,” he declared during the homily.
Massive Attack is music, but it is also politics. Robert del Nadja, co-founder of the trip-hop group, has positioned himself throughout his career against authoritarianism, war, injustice, and climate vandalism. Now, in its new phase, Massive Attack has…