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The death of a woman hospitalized in Virgen del Rocío brings the death toll from the Los Gallardos fire to 14

Three other people are still admitted to the hospital, injured by the flames of the deadliest fire in Andalusia, which was extinguished on July 25, 16 days after its declaration.

Sandra Barneda and Pascalle Paerel announce their engagement: “The best 'yes' of our lives is yet to come”

The presenter and the former dancer have confirmed the news through a joint Instagram publication. They started dating in 2022, after the Catalan woman broke up with Nagore Robles, and now they live between Madrid and Amsterdam

Elon Musk is experiencing a black month on the stock market: SpaceX and Tesla lose more than 1.2 trillion dollars in capitalization

The shares of the space services company fell more than 52% from their all-time high after its historic jump onto the stock market

The archdiocese of Madrid decrees the suppression of a religious association denounced for alleged exorcisms, sexual assaults

The Daughters of Merciful Love had been denounced by more than a dozen victims who claimed to have suffered abuse at the hands of the mother superior.

Sánchez assures that the pact against climate change is “the most necessary thing for the country” but does not plan to call Feijóo

The president vindicates the progress of the economy and regrets the “political cause” against his wife and brother

Police find the bodies of five newborns in a couple's home in France

The hospital alerted officers after a woman gave birth to a healthy baby following a pregnancy she denied detecting. At his home, the bodies have been found in cardboard boxes

The keys to Sánchez's balance sheet: from the defense of his wife and brother to Puente's tweets and the “impeccable” rescue of Plus Ultra

"Does the president's partner have to give up their career? Is that the Spain we want?" asks the chief executive.

Willy Hernangómez will try to straighten his career at Unicaja

The center chooses Málaga after three disappointing seasons in a Barcelona team where he never fit in

Did the dinosaurs burn up in a few hours? The meteorite created a layer of dust that turned the planet into a grill

A study suggests that heat from fires trapped in the atmosphere wiped out most terrestrial life in moments 66 million years ago

Real Madrid closes the season with record income of 1,221 million

The white club spends more than 1,400 million on the remodeling of the Santiago Bernabéu

“Pain and rage”: the return of the residents of La Vall d’Uixó to their homes on a charred mountain

Up to 7,000 people are still waiting for authorization to return to their homes in Castellón

The Judiciary sees two possible minor faults in the actions of Judge Peinado and elevates him to the Superior Court of Madrid

The CGPJ files four other investigations against the instructor of the 'Begoña Gómez case', among them the one presented by Félix Bolaños

Treasury postpones the meeting on regional financing at the request of the Popular Party communities

The PP councilors requested on Monday to postpone the appointment, alleging lack of time and information to analyze the ministry's proposal, which delays it to September 4

The Bank of Spain warns: “A future without cash is a high-risk scenario”

The loss of ATMs, branches and distribution networks can leave citizens without an alternative to pay in the event of blackouts or technological failures.

Italy calls Mancini again to lift an Azzurra in low times

The FIGC closes the chaos after the frustrated attempts to sign Pirlo and Guardiola and appoints Claudio Ranieri as technical director

Two PSOE employees point to Cerdán as the person who authorized the expenses and the entry of Leire Díez into the party headquarters

Celia R. and Covadonga S. P. have agreed to let the UCO copy part of the content of their phones

Zaragoza will be the headquarters of the State Public Health Agency, an organization provided for by a 15-year-old law

The entity will play a leadership role in responding to emergencies and establishing priorities in health policies.

Juan Carlos I returns to Mallorca seven years later: a discreet reunion with Queen Sofia and the celebration of a friend's birthday

The emeritus king briefly visited the Marivent Palace, where his daughters, some grandchildren and other relatives were also present, before spending the night at Manuel Piñera's house. It coincided with the departure of his son, Felipe VI, from the island, who interrupted his summer agenda due to the severity of the fires in Spain.

Diary of a firefighter: “This fire has a life of its own and behaves in a very strange way”

A 13-hour shift worked in the tough fight against the flames that ravage the Sierra Oeste de Madrid, told in the first person by an effective

The Italian Supreme Court confirms that the custody of Juana Rivas's youngest son belongs to his father

The Spanish woman's lawyers affirm that they will go to international justice. The criminal trial of his ex-partner for alleged child abuse is still ongoing in Sardinia

The Community of Madrid extinguishes the concession to the Vallecas Stadium Rayo to undertake “urgent” works for two to six months

The Madrid Minister of Culture, Tourism and Sports, Mariano de Paco Serrano, has announced the measure that forces the club to look for a new venue for the start of the League against Alavés on August 20

Neither sneakers nor flats: the Adidas Samba Jane that are sweeping among those who know the most about style

The perfect mix between aesthetics and a sporty spirit that transforms any outfit without giving up comfort.

Zinedine Zidane, elected new France coach until 2030

The French coach, who led his country as a player to the 1998 World Cup, has not sat on the bench for five years, since he left Real Madrid

Kitchen's trial seen for sentencing after more than three months of sessions

The lawyer of Bárcenas' former driver, captured as a confidant, alleges that he never knew about or participated in any illegality: "My client is the last monkey in this operation"

The family of the Barcelona cleaning worker who died a year ago in the heat wave: “We still don't have the autopsy”

Montse Aguilar's sister assures that the trial remains paralyzed due to the lack of the necessary documents

Johnson & Johnson will pay almost 5,000 million in the US to settle the claims of talc as a cause of cancer

The company accepts a comprehensive resolution to end thousands of lawsuits open for up to 15 years

The definitive trick to defrost food without losing its juice or nutrients and without wasting electricity

It won't take you more than two hours to do it with a defrosting tray like the one we just signed up for: now, it costs less than 14 euros on Amazon

Catalonia extends rent caps for one year and expands the municipalities affected

The Generalitat excludes Lleida and Figueres from the list but includes Tordera and Martorell

What The Fav, the agency of Zapatero's daughters, shot up revenue and profits to record figures in 2025

The company, highlighted in the Plus Ultra case, increased its sales by 25% last year

Ariana Grande sues two hackers for stealing and leaking her songs and photographs that “were not intended for public consumption”

The singer and actress assures that the defendants, whose identity is unknown, have been infiltrating the devices of her inner circle for years to sell content "on the 'dark web' for significant sums of money." Their goal is “to hold them accountable for their invasive and reprehensible behavior.”

The Seville City Council approves the work of the great mosque, despite Vox's threat to withdraw its support

The PP gives the green light to construction after finding no legal impediments to the project, conceived as an Islamic cultural center

Distributed energy, the new lever of business control

The photovoltaic company Quantica Renovables promotes a self-consumption model that integrates generation, storage and PPA, with 38.5 million in turnover and 39.1 megawatts installed in 2025

Santander, awarded as the best bank in the world

Euromoney recognizes its global, simple and connected model, backed by record results, disciplined capital management and a sustained commitment to technology

How many hectares have burned? The map of the most serious active fires

The satellite data collected by the EFFIS project makes it possible to follow the evolution of active fires

The latest from OMA: a building like a puzzle

The Rotterdam studio completes with The Martin the transformation of the former Bijlmerbajes prison into a new sustainable neighborhood in the south of Amsterdam

The unemployment rate falls below 10% again in the second quarter, the lowest since 2008

The number of people working in Spain marks a new record, touching 22.8 million, after 486,000 jobs were created between April and June

The Supreme Court applies the amnesty to a former councilor of the 1-O Government and four former members of the Parliament

Serret and the deputies Simó, Corominas, Barrufet and Guió were convicted of a crime of disobedience by the Superior Court of Justice of Catalonia

158,000 exams in question: Mexico's largest public university investigates the use of AI to cheat

UNAM faces one of the biggest crises in its history due to the massive use of technology in its access tests

Amazon sells off these 10 summer bestsellers with discounts of up to 73%

We have reached almost the halfway point of this summer period, signing a dozen top sales with outstanding discounts in technology, home, beauty and fashion and footwear

The alarm sensor for doors and windows that reinforces the security of your home for less than 25 euros

This magnetic device, which has a compact and minimalist design, emits a powerful acoustic signal to deter possible intruders

Milei's insults to Lula lead Argentina and Brazil to the worst diplomatic clash in years

The attacks of the ultra president on the leftist, which have motivated the call for consultations of the Brazilian ambassador, coexist with a strong economic relationship between both countries

Spanish energy companies are preparing to lead the creation of great trans-European champions

Iberdrola, Naturgy, Enagás, Acciona and Repsol lay the foundations for the consolidation of a sector at the community level that wants to face the threat from the United States, China or Russia

The three keys to understanding hunger in the 21st century

Investing in food security, nutrition, sustainable agriculture or social protection contributes to reducing inequalities, strengthening communities and generating long-term prosperity

The lack of application of protocols against sexist violence spreads silence in the culture

After years of certain optimism due to the development of new regulations, the sector sees little real progress and denounces the persistence of impunity

Madrid negotiates for Diomande, the most expensive African footballer in history

Leipzig is asking for around 120 million euros for the 19-year-old Ivorian winger, the most effective dribbler of last season

Digital friends with AI, the new threat to adolescents' mental health

Psychologists warn that young people are increasingly turning to tools like ChatGPT in search of emotional support, a practice they consider highly dangerous

What does a child gain when he spends a few days away from home?

Summer camps help develop autonomy, responsibility, coexistence or tolerance for frustration, but they are not the only way for children to learn during the holidays.

The error in Catalonia's PISA and the mirage of reducing education to a figure

They say that the Catalan data will not be comparable, but no data is comparable if it is not integrated into the complex network of social relations that makes it understandable.

A court will review the 'hype' that assigns the destinations of diplomats

The consul in Mendoza appeals against the marginalization of those who have spent most of their careers outside Spain

These are the Salomon men's recovery clogs that your feet will appreciate

Neither sandals nor sneakers: this footwear is designed to relieve the feeling of fatigue after exertion