One of the shafts of the Montcada i Reixac undergrounding works has unexpectedly collapsed while operators were working this midday. No personal injuries have been registered, but the open sinkhole is so large that it has swallowed a large crane.
Spain is world champion and on ‘Hay Mundial’ we live the historic conquest of the Spanish national team live. We analyze the final, review the best plays, the reactions of the protagonists, and the impact of a victory that is already part of football history.
Luis de la Fuente has decided to repeat the same eleven with which Spain defeated Belgium in the quarterfinals and France in the semifinals, to face Argentina in the World Cup final.
The circulation of Rodalies R3 line has been interrupted this Thursday between Manlleu (Osona) and Ripoll after a train collided with a tree that had fallen onto the tracks, due to heavy rainfall. The incident, which occurred on a single-track section, resulted in no injuries. The Bombers de la Generalitat, who received the alert at 8:07 PM, dispatched six units and evacuated the six passengers traveling on the train.
Catalunya has reached a new absolute heat record in May. The 39.5 ºC recorded in Vinebre (Ribera d’Ebre) is the highest temperature ever reached in this month, surpassing the previous record: 38.5 ºC in May 2022 in Castellbisbal and Anglès, and matched on Thursday also in Vinebre.
The Tour always calls upon its great champions. But even for legends, a victory in the Grande Boucle is practically a vital goal. This is the case with Mathieu Van der Poel, genetically designed to fly on the bike, the quintessential classics rider, champion of almost everything and several times over. But the Tour… Oh, the Tour! Only two stage wins appeared on his resume as he approaches 32 years old, a meager haul for Poulidor’s grandson. As if that weren’t enough, the design of this edition had left the Dutchman almost without opportunities. But amid the darkness, there was a ray of light. A 150-kilometer hell with a wall 25 kilometers from the finish in Ussel. A torture with constant ups and downs. Perfect for the classics specialists. Ideal for Mathieu van der Poel.
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) considers that the Amnesty law aims to reduce institutional and political tensions and promote a scenario of “reconciliation.” That was one of the central messages conveyed yesterday in the reading of a ruling that supports the law, dispels much of the doubt about its fit within European Union law, and clears one of the main legal obstacles for the return of former president Carles Puigdemont, Antoni Comín, and Lluís Puig.
Àlex Márquez will undergo surgery this Sunday after his brutal accident at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, after he was thrown through the air in the Catalunya GP race.
Iain MacGregor follows the British tradition and narrates the story with the suspense of fiction: “I wrote it almost like a movie, with four key characters driving the action,” he says about Hiroshima Men (Ático de los Libros). “I didn’t want an academic work, but a reading that would captivate you,” he adds in a conversation about the end of the Second World War, about the race to build the atomic bomb and the fateful decision to use it, in which parallels with the contemporary world are intertwined: “There are similarities in the choice of right-wing populists and I am worried about having someone like Trump in power, who has a two-second attention span and with whom you cannot build international relations,” he maintains. However, he does not fear that the President of the United States will press the nuclear button: “It would be reckless,” he points out. “And, fortunately, there are sane people in the military leadership who would not give him the codes,” he concludes.
The Donald Trump Administration is promoting the circulation of a new $250 bill featuring the image of the current U.S. president, according to The Washington Post. If so, it would be the first time since the 19th century that a living person appears on an official United States currency after it was prohibited in 1866.