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I have tried the new Create cabin suitcase and there is one detail that has been much more useful than I expected

TSA lock, wheels with 360-degree rotation and a size suitable for many low-cost airlines are some of the features of this model that promises to improve the travel experience.

“I've met someone because they have an attic”: how real estate criteria are conditioning the search for love

Neither political ideology nor height: the new filters of some when looking for a partner seem more worthy of Idealista than of Tinder or Grindr

Neither pizza nor focaccia: let the quick and easy panini return

A love letter to the dinner of our childhood, which serves to take advantage of what is in the refrigerator without complications

12 basic cooking techniques to learn this holiday

From cooking and frying to poaching or poaching: a guide to understanding the cooking methods that make the difference in any recipe

Maxime Carmignac: “My father always says that companies that do not respect the environment will fail”

The daughter of the founder of Carmignac Gestion runs the office in the United Kingdom and acts as heir 'in pectore' of one of the most prestigious investment 'boutiques' in Europe

Why do we drink beer with lemon, homemade or cola?

These mixtures reduce the perception of bitterness, provide acidity and new aromas, maintain carbonation and reduce the alcohol content. The result is a more refreshing drink, very easy to drink and especially pleasant when the heat hits.

In the library of Lucía Solla Sobral, author of ‘You will eat flowers’: “There are books that I do not recommend because I want to keep them”

Between the poetry that made her vegan and the book she keeps like a relic, the writer of one of the best-selling books of the year talks about reading, heritage and craft

Suri now has the last name Noelle: the daughter of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes deletes her paternal surname

The young woman, 20 years old and a university theater student, no longer used the last name Cruise during high school, but she has made the change legal and definitive

A DNA test confirms that Bernarda Vera, considered missing from the Pinochet dictatorship, has been found alive in Argentina

The teacher, a member of the MIR, was until now in the official registry of victims of repression. Her family had lost contact with her in 1973.

Trump tries to return to the negotiating table with Iran after two weeks of open war

The US has stopped attacks in the last three days, but Tehran denies contacts with Washington to achieve a ceasefire

French police arrest man after knife attack on three women in Paris

Two of the victims are in serious condition after being hit, one in the back and the other in the abdomen.

María Casado's emotion when saying goodbye to Informativos Telecinco: “I hope we will see each other again soon”

The journalist has left the weekend edition of the Mediaset newscasts for personal reasons

The Government postpones the approval of the royal housing decree until after the summer due to the lack of support

The Executive decides to delay it to September due to the division of the investiture partners

The festival where friends for life are made

Attendees at the Benicàssim International Festival discovered the Heineken® House experience, which has activities designed to experience music beyond the stages

Miguel Ríos responds to a spectator who asked him not to engage in politics at his concerts: "How can I keep quiet? I am a political being"

The 82-year-old singer reappears on stage and stars in a confrontation with the audience during the Starlite Occident festival in Marbella: “I'm talking about humanism, I'm not talking about colors”

I bought an ice cream maker and ended up using it to prepare my signature summer coffee. Here are the 7 uses you can give to this small appliance

Smoothies, slushies, yogurts and iced coffees are some of the preparations that these appliances promise. I have tried them at home to see which ones achieve a really different result.

The legend of Lilith Fair, the first women-only music festival that inspires the one now promoted by Olivia Rodrigo

30 years ago, Canadian singer-songwriter Sarah McLachlan decided to create a traveling tour with a lineup exclusively made up of women, from Fiona Apple to Sinéad O' Connor to Suzanne Vega, and changed the industry's preconceptions.

With an amputated leg and a dream intact: Gaza women defy war through football

Amid the devastation and restrictions in the Strip, a group of young people has found a way to rebuild their lives in sports, in a territory where more than 5,000 people have suffered amputations since October 2023, according to the WHO.

'X-men '97′: a series to save superheroes

Thanks to some good scriptwriters who knew the characters and loved them, the result of this nostalgic and commercial idea has been much better than expected

Unconscious gossips

I don't know if Generation Z is aware that they are children of the most rampant gossip, but I do know that this type of content is here to stay.

Tadej Pogacar: A magical organism, but without exaggerations

The Slovenian and his coach disdain as “exaggerated” the scientific calculation that concludes that the Slovenian has a VO2max that is around 100 ml, the highest ever measured in any athlete.

The World Cup reconciles gays with football

Many homosexuals have come to the tournament thanks to the social demands of Borja Iglesias or Lamine Yamal, after a life marked by rejection of this sport since childhood.

Protecting freedom of expression is much more than being able to say whatever you want

The European conception on this matter has never been based on the idea that “whoever speaks can say anything and others must remain silent.”

Teresa Ribera, vice president of the Commission: “Europe is not prepared for the consequences of climate change”

Ribera advances that Brussels is preparing a plan to shield adaptation policies from “criminal denialism.” And it warns of a new type of “fires that take on a life of their own and are much more difficult to manage”

The Government injects 45 million urgently to house university students in the face of the housing crisis

Equity in access to higher education is in danger: there is only one place in a residence hall or residence for every four students who travel to study

Trump puts the global economy on a rollercoaster

Companies and central banks navigate blindly through the ups and downs of oil and the swings of US tariffs

Martín Rodrigo Alharilla, historian: “The known Catalan slave families are just the tip of the iceberg”

The expert studies the economic benefits that the trafficking of Africans left in Catalonia for two centuries

The plan to kill Aisha: hitmen, insurance contracted days before and an attempt to finish her off in the hospital

The 29th victim of gender violence leaves three orphans and the investigation of her crime reflects how her husband “contrived and premeditated” to end the woman who wanted to separate from him

Ansu Fati, from football to music as an escape route

The player releases 'Sea como sea', a song that has accumulated more than a million views in its first month on digital platforms

Rosa Vañó (Castillo de Canena): “Madonna is one of the most complicated people with the most ego I have worked with”

An economist by training, he left his successful management career at Coca-Cola to develop, together with his brother Francisco, the olive farm that his father had created in Jaén. In addition, he knows the world of record labels very well since he worked for Warner Music and Universal.

'Pole pole' to the top of Kilimanjaro: seven days to conquer the roof of Africa

Ascending its 5,895 meters is possible without alpine experience, but it requires good physical preparation and moving slowly to promote acclimatization and reduce the risk of altitude sickness.

The problem with paper clips is here: AIs can accidentally destroy the world

More than 20 years ago, a group of technologists imagined what would happen when a machine was commissioned to manufacture an object without limits: it could end everything. This week we have seen an example that something like this is possible

Zapatero's treasure that the PSOE does not want to lose

The socialists want to preserve the political legacy of the former president

The three-way cinema of Bardem, Sorogoyen and Luengo

'The Loved One' will hit theaters at the end of August after passing through Cannes. The director wrote the script with Isabel Peña for them, but did not let them rehearse together

Do you use citronella candles as a mosquito repellent? you're wasting money

For years I thought they were a must for summer dinners. Now, I have discovered that they do not work and that there are much more effective alternatives

Notice to high-end humans: no matter how much they drag me this summer, I'm not going to back away

Arrogant drivers who go 1,000 miles per hour are one of the best embodiments of the spirit of these times.

José María Maravall, sociologist: "We were friends with Felipe González. I don't understand his current political position"

The former Minister of Education of the PSOE of the eighties publishes a book about political intrigues. He says that the discontent of some young people with democracy is not new

To San Andrés de Teixido, along the Camiño Vello

A walking route along the wild Costa Ártabra, in the far north of Spain, looking for the second most visited sanctuary in Galicia, which has stood since ancient times at the foot of the highest cliffs in Europe

Students of the Opus and the Jesuits, McKinsey consultants or state lawyers: these are the clans that run the large Spanish companies

Many of the directors and directors of the Ibex 35 share ties as they come from the same consulting firms, business schools or certain public administration positions. Experts warn of the risks of these power networks due to their endogamous nature

Sofía Balbuena: “In Iowa I realized that those of us who write in Spanish are a zero on the left and that put me in my place”

The writer explores different female life stages in the stories of 'Secondary Character'

Judith Butler, Slavoj Žižek, Byung-Chul Han: how to be a 'rockstar' of ideas

There are authors who jump out of the thoughtful academic seminars and reach the general public, among whom they arouse passions. Why do they have fans and not just readers?

This is how the secret sale of luxury homes works: “The price starts at 1.5 million euros, reaching operations of 12 or 14 million”

'Off market' transactions, executed privately and outside traditional channels, gain weight due to the desire for privacy of large fortunes

How to ensure that the wind also blows in favor of rural municipalities where wind farms are installed

The creation of an association whose purpose is to make the generation of wind energy compatible with the protection of the environment or Vitoria's plans to continue being a world reference for a green city among the positive news of the month

Vall d'Hebron performs the first transplant in Spain among people with HIV

The intervention, a robotic surgery to implant a kidney, comes one year after Health authorized donations among HIV-positive people

Gregorio Casamayor: “I would give anything to understand string theory”

In 'Rafa wants us to have a child', the writer constructs three stories based on the trigger of the phrase that gives the novel its title.

Christopher Anderson, the last man who photographed Epstein: “The first thing I remember is the young woman who opened the door”

In 'Index' the war correspondent and photojournalist reviews 30 years of career that includes everything from territories in conflict to celebrities and powerful people

From the ball to the weights: why the gym is becoming the new playground for teenagers

There are more and more minors who choose to go to the gym to train as a sport, although it may not be the most appropriate space for these ages.

Two large fires advance in France, with 20,000 people evacuated near Bordeaux

The French Government has estimated the area burned since the beginning of the year at around 44,000 hectares, a figure much higher than that of 2025 in the same period.

A new map of the human genome reveals a key dimension to understanding life

Major research shows how the physical organization of DNA controls gene activity and shapes cell identity

Concha Alós, the forgotten novelist who chronicled the middle class during the Franco regime

The writer belongs to the generation of children of the war, and was an anomaly in the Spanish literary system. His novel 'La madama' is recovered without the clumsy cuts of censorship