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Plus Ultra's auditor assures that the 1% commission for achieving the rescue was in the airline's accounts

The person in charge of the company's audit denies in the Senate that he has received pressure to disguise the company's situation

The end of 'The Boys' ends with an elongated joke that lost its humor a long time ago

The series always worked better in the 'meme' and in the provocation than in its development and, when it became a franchise, it fell into the parody of the superhero cinema that it criticized so much.

Actor Cristo Fernández goes from forward in 'Ted Lasso' to professional soccer player in a Texas club

After abandoning his dream as a youth due to a knee injury that led him to discover his passion for acting, El Paso Locomotive FC has signed the 35-year-old performer

Up to 160 minutes of autonomy: the definitive robot vacuum cleaner and mopping floor at an unbeatable price

The device allows you to automate the cleaning of floors and carpets. It has a compact design and a sensor that avoids obstacles

The director of Moldova's public television resigns due to the few points he awarded in Eurovision to his neighboring countries

The three points that Romania received and the fact that Ukraine did not obtain any from the Moldovan TRM jury has caused a scandal in the country

The Svalbard Seed Vault, humanity's insurance against hunger, receives the Princess of Asturias Award for International Cooperation

Located on the closest inhabited island to the North Pole, it is home to more than one million varieties of 6,500 species of plants from all climates and continents.

The Government indicates that the car has indications but no evidence against Zapatero and opts for caution

The Executive admits that the judge has done a serious job, but he does not see clear elements as he did with Ábalos and Cerdán

A witness testifies before the judge that he knew “many days before” the magnitude of the damage

The head of news at public television À Punt reports that viewers called the network to ask for rescue after the collapse of the Generalitat's emergency switchboard.

Salvador Illa responds to ERC: “The budget agreement is a starting point, not an arrival point”

The Republicans urge Illa to solve the “chaos to which he has led Catalonia” and Junts calls the pact a “propaganda curtain”

Health expands breast cancer screening to women between 45 and 74 years old

The communities have three years to apply the measure, which will cost 534 million. Specialists support the expansion, although they admit that there is no solid evidence

The king of OnlyFans leaves Andorra for fear of ending up in jail for pimping

The Spanish Sergio Fuentes goes to Dubai before the penal reform that would condemn his work as a model representative progresses

Kylie Minogue reveals in her new documentary that she secretly dealt with a second cancer in 2021

The Australian singer premieres 'KYLIE' on Netflix, where she reviews her long career, talks about her experience with fame and tells details about her personal life, such as the illness that was detected in a routine check-up.

The driver's silent enemy

Drowsiness causes 30% of traffic accidents, according to the DGT estimates. The Abertis Foundation launches an awareness campaign in which it describes the risk situations that trigger drowsiness in the driver, as dangerous as alcohol, and the irreversible consequences that it can entail.

Mercedes Milá is not shy with Broncano and scolds him for not reading his guests' books: “I don't understand how you make a program”

The journalist, who presents 'I get into a garden' on La 2, starred in the last episode of 'La revuelta' this Tuesday

The problem with the beret: John Travolta joins Coppola and Uclés to vindicate a vilified accessory

The actor has been honored with the Palme d'honneur at Cannes and has presented his first film as a director, but the world has fixed its gaze on what is in his head.

Sánchez gives “full support” to Zapatero but avoids further explanations

Feijóo: “We are governed by corrupt people and I am going to be in charge of changing all this”

Isak Andic planned to leave part of his assets to a foundation as a “legacy to the world”

The founder of Mango planned to leave his children as patrons of the charity in exchange for an economic allowance

Rufián, to Sánchez about Zapatero: "I'm screwed. If this is true, it's bullshit"

The ERC spokesperson in Congress assures that there is “a judicial hunt” after the accusation of the former socialist president

Jalen Brunson's Knicks come back in a big way against the Cavaliers

New York overcomes a 22-point deficit in the last quarter with 38 points from the point guard and takes the lead in the Eastern final against Cleveland after finishing in overtime (1-0)

Amaia dazzles in Cannes singing 'Volver' on the piano

The Navarrese artist participates in the latest film by Pedro Almodóvar, whom she accompanied at his presentation at the film festival this Tuesday

Sotheby's obtains 260 million euros in a day of auctions with a 'picasso' sold for 42 million

The largest amount of the bids held on Tuesday was paid for the work 'La Chaise lorraine', by Matisse, with 42 million

The Mestre of Cabestany, Sixena and the destruction of the patrimony

The remains of two exceptional Romanesque works coincide with the MNAC: the cover of the monestir of Sant Pere de Rodes (Girona) and the paintings of the monestir of Osca, which show the creative and destructive capacity of the human being

A multiple traffic accident in Madrid leaves a woman seriously injured

The event, which occurred this Tuesday night in Villa de Vallecas, has left two other people injured

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Stephen Kinzer, historian: “Any government that comes to power in Iran backed by the United States will have no legitimacy”

The expert maintains that everything that has happened in the Islamic Republic in recent decades derives from the coup d'état that Washington promoted in 1953 against a democratic Executive.

Merkel maintains popular support more than four years after leaving power

German politics returns to the public stage amid the internal crisis of the Merz coalition government and tensions with the United States

The EU intensifies its diplomacy in Greenland amid a new Trump offensive to control the island

Brussels seeks to strengthen political and commercial relations with Nuuk, a key point for its new strategy for the Arctic region, in the midst of the rivalry between China, Russia and the United States

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Riki Blanco: we will have to think

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Dora Postigo: "Singing in English now seems too easy to me. In Spanish you have to have more art"

At only 22 years old but almost a decade of experience in various genres, Dora Postigo is already a music veteran. Now he returns with renewed maturity and a new single that talks about the city where everything has happened

Walking through Sudder Street, a legend in the street of Calcutta

The Indian Museum, street bazaars, hotels and restaurants follow one another in this lively street of the Indian city

We neither love nor hate so much

A certain reductionist tendency is limiting all emotions to just two verbs, coincidentally the most extreme

Canvis Nous, the Barcelona winery that claims El Born: “There are almost no tourists passing through here, our customers are local people”

With a menu made of seasonal dishes and a decoration inspired by the favorite places of its members, it is proof that there is still room for places with personality in the era of global tourism

The Hormuz blockade makes fuel more expensive in Kenya, revives protests and worsens fertilizer shortages

The Government announces the suspension of the strike in the transport sector, which ended with four deaths, while negotiating a solution to alleviate the impact on citizens' pockets, one year before the general elections

Ali Cherri, the artist who took the war to court: “We are all becoming little soldiers ready to die”

The sculptor and filmmaker, who lost his parents in an Israeli bombing in Beirut, presents 'La sentinelle' in Cannes, a project about the growing militarization of today

Clara Sánchez wages “a literary battle against time” in her new novel

The writer and academic builds an intrigue with a possessed child as the protagonist in 'The Unexplainable'

Eric Garcia: “Watching games helps me understand the coaches”

The versatile Barça footballer, who worked with Guardiola, Míchel and Flick, was chosen in the LaLiga ideal eleven

How long can a civilization live before collapsing? “Stable utopias are the least likely scenarios”

Research explores various scenarios up to a thousand years from now and concludes that the chances of civilizations collapsing increase when they consume resources faster than the rate at which they regenerate.

Criticism of the Supreme Court for allowing family members to resort to euthanasia: “We intended to avoid the intervention of third parties”

The high court endorses that people with “a particularly close connection” can appeal the will of the applicant, even when the regulations are complied with.

Young people who neither study nor work are fewer than ever and Spain is already close to the EU average

The Spanish 'NEET' rate falls to 11.5% in 2025, half a point from the Twenty-Seven average, compared to the gap of more than six points during the Great Recession

When moving away from the capital does not make houses cheaper: eight municipalities that lead prices in their provinces

Benidorm marks the greatest distance, with a difference of 41% compared to Alicante. Sant Cugat is the most expensive

An operational spy, without face or name, appears for the first time before a congressional investigative commission

“The question was not if there was going to be a jihadist attack, but when, how and where,” says the former head of the CNI in Girona

Spain is the European country least satisfied with its monarchy, according to a study by the University of Murcia

The research indicates that 51.5% of Spaniards would prefer the republic

The Cambridge posture: the supposed benefits of not crossing your legs thanks to the most snobbish pose

Also known as 'Duchess Slant', it refers to a way of sitting where the back is kept straight, the knees and ankles together, while the legs are tilted to one side.

Victoria Martín demystifies female friendship in ‘Many people have to die’: “Hating oneself is something latent in all generations”

The comedian adapts her novel as a series for Movistar Plus with Anna Castillo and Macarena García as protagonists

Scotland or Ireland? No: Galicia already wants to play in the first whiskey league

Ovalle distilleries, in Meaño (Pontevedra), are committed to aging the distillate in wine barrels linked to the Camino de Santiago

Henry Todd or how the 'king of LSD' ended up creating the first low-cost agency for Everest tourists

This year is the first spring in the last quarter of a century without the Scotsman at the base camp, where he arrived after serving seven years in prison as the mastermind of one of the largest drug productions in the United Kingdom.

Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, actress: "Filming coincided with my mother's cancer diagnosis. The character's pain is mine"

The interpreter repeats in Cannes and in Almodóvar's films with her character of Mónica in 'Bitter Christmas', the director's assistant who feels her privacy and friendship have been betrayed.

Why the jury has given a setback to Elon Musk: the keys to the great AI trial

OpenAI wins the complaint due to a “calendar technicality”, without the judge going into to assess the underlying issue