Bales of cocaine adrift arrive on Catalan beaches

Bales of cocaine adrift arrive on Catalan beaches

It was the beach lifeguards who discovered it. Last Monday the 10th, at the Pescadors beach in Badalona, the rescuers spotted a suspicious package floating a few miles off the coast. It was almost five in the afternoon and both the beach and the water were packed with bathers easing the heat of this infernal August. Later it was confirmed that the doubts of the sea workers were well-founded. It was a one-kilogram package of cocaine adrift that was recovered by the Mossos d’Esquadra.

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22% of the population over 60 will be at risk if global warming reaches 1.5 degrees

22% of the population over 60 will be at risk if global warming reaches 1.5 degrees

That extreme heat is one of the leading causes of death related to weather events was already an undeniable scientific fact. Now, a study published in The Lancet Planetary Health once again alerts the scientific community by demonstrating that prolonged high temperatures will affect a broader portion of the population than previously expected. Also outside of the summer months.

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Mourinho explains why Rodri did not sign for Madrid: “He had doubts and he made me have them too”

Mourinho explains why Rodri did not sign for Madrid: “He had doubts and he made me have them too”

The day Real Madrid held the official presentation of Jose Mourinho without press or fans and two months after his arrival, the Portuguese coach, who until then had only commented on his time at the white club on his social networks and the club’s television, gave an interview to the Energy program ‘El Chiringuito’, presented by Josep Pedrerol. Florentino Pérez had already been on their set in May, after the absurd press conference to announce that he was calling elections and for which he was heavily criticized.

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Russia threatens London if it continues sending drones to Kyiv

Russia threatens London if it continues sending drones to Kyiv

The relations between London and Moscow are enormously complex and not exactly friendly (poisonings, persecution of dissidents on British territory, expulsion of spies, disinformation and fake news campaigns, hacks, attempts to destabilize democracy and influence elections, sabotage, attacks on infrastructure, economic sanctions…). But politics is one thing and finance another, and none of that prevents the Russian state and allied oligarchs from using the City without opposition as a giant money laundering machine.

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The Government does not plan to transfer migrants to the Peninsula despite the unrest they cause in Ceuta

The Government does not plan to transfer migrants to the Peninsula despite the unrest they cause in Ceuta

The people of Ceuta, who, filling the void left by public administrations, have voluntarily taken charge of welcoming people who crossed irregularly into the autonomous city, have exploded. Days go by, about twenty already, but the authorities still have not provided a decent (and safe) space for thousands of immigrants who continue to be exposed to the elements, despite the Government’s promise to deploy “immediately” four centers with 1,500 beds. “If there is no solution now, the volunteers will not take care of anyone else,” warned Hafida Mustafa yesterday, a resident of the Príncipe neighborhood who has been guarding the sports court for more than a week, which became the refuge for girls and adolescents who arrived alone in the city, in a situation of enormous vulnerability to sexual violence, exploitation, or trafficking. Patience is running out on the streets, with neighbors feeling tired and insecure and immigrants living in inhumane conditions, while the new spaces have yet to be enabled. Nor do they have an opening date.

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The Moroccan Gambit

The Moroccan Gambit

Bismarck –who said that laws are like sausages and it is better not to know how they are made– wrote that there are times when the strong are weak because of their scruples and the weak are strong because of their audacity. I do not believe that the problem of the last few weeks…

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Deny the evidence

Deny the evidence

For more than two weeks the Government showed its inflexible face in the face of the flood of migrants arriving in Ceuta. It was assumed that the priority was to seal the border and this required securing the cooperation of Morocco and warning those who intended to enter illegally that…

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