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Municipal personnel from Chamartín and Hortaleza describe an environment of threats, punishments and dismissals in the district meetings

A dozen workers accuse a councilor and two senior municipal officials of humiliation in public and private, coercion, arbitrary dismissals and withholding salary supplements as retaliation

Sporadic absences and stateless tax persons, the Treasury's assets to try to turn around the 'Shakira case'

Prosecutors and officials from the Tax Agency explain that the case could turn around if the State Attorney's Office manages to turn intermittent departures from the country into a legal issue.

Zapatero and the Three Wise Men

In X there were those who celebrated the accusation of the former president as the long-awaited scalextric along with the shoes on January 6

The real danger of hantavirus is ignorance

More than this media case, we would do well to fear that some new flu virus with few mutations will become truly dangerous.

The shy judges

“I listen, but I do not judge.” Well judge, man, judging is one of the most fun things there is

When the political is too personal, and vice versa

With the accusation of former President Zapatero, it is time to choose between the uniform or the friend

Zapatero, accused

The judicial investigation of the former president for influence peddling requires an immediate and public response from the Government and the person under investigation

Who is who in the “financial boutique” allegedly led by Zapatero?

The instructor points out people close to the former president and describes a business network linked to the rescue of Plus Ultra

Cher turns 80 amid well-deserved tributes and family turbulence

The American diva blows out 80 candles with no intention of retiring, in love with a music industry executive and fighting to rehabilitate her 49-year-old son, admitted to a psychiatric hospital for various addictions.

Cooking at low temperature: the secret of roner to get restaurant meats at home

The device moves and heats the water in a controlled manner to cook vacuum-sealed foods and achieve the desired doneness, without overdoing it.

'Sardinian' pasta with tomato, Creole chorizo ​​and saffron

We adapt the classic Sardinian recipe to the ingredients available here. Don't fear, it's just as good and no Italian will come for you

How to learn to cook from scratch: thirteen more tips to lose your fear

Second installment of recommendations to get started in the kitchen, from pantry basics to layers of flavor to dishes, including recipe books and courses

Exquisite and without bones in the meat: this is the San Pedro rooster, a little-known fish that “is good in every way”

The species, with great demand and fame in provinces such as Almería, is one of the most unknown on the Mediterranean coast despite the fact that it never fails in cooking.

The EU gives way to the tariff agreement with the United States amid Trump's threats

European negotiators unblock the controversial trade pact with the US that must be ratified by Parliament and the Council

Trump imposes his law in Kentucky: his candidate beats the rebel Thomas Massie in the most expensive primaries in history

Ed Gallrein, a former member of the SEAL, prevails over the libertarian congressman who opposes the war in Iran and forced the White House to release the Epstein file

The climate crisis hits football: scientists and players ask FIFA to reject oil sponsorships

A study warns that 25% of World Cup matches, sponsored by the largest fossil fuel company, may be held in conditions dangerous to health

Yulixa Tolosa's body found on a road six days after her disappearance

The body of the 52-year-old woman was located in an area of ​​the municipality of Apulo, about 100 kilometers from Bogotá, where she had undergone a cosmetic procedure in an illegal clinic.

Arsenal win the Premier League again after 22 years of abstinence

Manchester City's defeat at Bournemouth (1-1) gives the championship to the team led by Arteta, champion after completing a reconstruction that began at Christmas 2019

The incident in the metro unleashes criticism from the opposition in the Community of Madrid: “It is the most serious suffered by the underground”

After nine hours of work, the metro recovers full service

Pedro Almodóvar returns to the promised land of Cannes with his most metalmodovarian film

The Spanish filmmaker competes in the official section of the festival for the seventh time with 'Bitter Christmas', released in Spain last March, and which begins its international career in France

This will be the new España Crece fund: without deadlines, centralized and with an emphasis on housing

The Government takes the first step towards the constitution of the new vehicle and asks the Economy to develop the investment strategy

The Austrian Prosecutor's Office investigates one of its citizens in the case of the Sarajevo 'human safaris'

The Public Ministry opened a procedure in April to clarify suspicions about participation in organized trips to shoot civilians in the Bosnian war

From university group to Spanish technology giant

In just over four decades, GMV has gone from being a project that was created in a university study group to becoming a leading company in areas such as space, cybersecurity and defense, with projects of international impact and more than 4,000 employees.

The rector of the University of Castilla-La Mancha Julián Garde will preside over the CRUE for three years

The vice-presidency of private centers remains in the hands of the rector of the Oberta de Catalunya, dependent on the Generalitat, so the conference turns towards the public

The jewelry that Travis Kelce has given to Taylor Swift and that brings the singer even closer to Elizabeth Taylor

The artist revealed her admiration for the legendary actress to her fiancé during a car ride. From that conversation, she would compose a song and he would participate in an auction to get a set of jewelry from the 'Cleopatra' singer.

Mandy Moore responds to Ashley Tisdale's accusations about her “toxic” group of mothers: “It's disturbing”

“The biggest conclusion of this whole ridiculous thing is that I feel that it perpetuates this absurd stereotype that women cannot support each other,” the singer and actress said in a radio program.

The company that seeks to de-extinct the mammoth announces the birth of the first chickens hatched from an “artificial egg”

The American company Colossal wants to resurrect the moa, a giant New Zealand bird that disappeared six centuries ago

'From Barcelona World to Elysium City': Spain, converted into a casino

Fernando Abad Vicente finds the data to show the 'modus operandi' of gambling megaprojects: the conversion of public assets into private assets sold as a golden opportunity

Cereals only “for males”? Food becomes the new battlefield of the 'manosphere'

The most misogynistic sector of the Internet has found a niche in selling traditional products but appealing to a polarized and toxic vision of masculinity: soaps, cereals or creams only for very masculine men.

The battle behind the 'babydoll' dress: why women's fashion continues to generate moral panic

The controversy surrounding Olivia Rodrigo's recent looks reopens an uncomfortable debate about sexualization, femininity and cultural control of the female body

East Africa monitors the borders for Ebola and asks the population for caution: “Why do only we suffer epidemics?”

Uganda suspends a massive celebration to avoid the arrival of pilgrims from the neighboring Democratic Republic of the Congo, origin of the outbreak

Generational rejection of AI? Why college students boo her at US graduation ceremonies

Eric Schmidt, former CEO of Google, and two other speakers have been whistled at by students at three graduation events

New drugs against Alzheimer's: between expectation and evidence

Despite decades of research, there is no cure for this neurodegenerative disease.

Why changing our accent to integrate is an effect of colonialism

Linguistic shame, that fear of not fitting in, responds to inertia inherited from the colonial era, writes the American philosopher Mariana Alessandri in the collective book 'Capital Pain', from which 'Ideas' publishes an extract

Tarazona, between an exceptional heritage and the memory of Bécquer

In this city of Three Cultures, Christians, Muslims and Jews lived together for four centuries. The Episcopal Palace, the cathedral or the Tórtoles mosque are today shown in all their splendor thanks to the Tarazona Monumental Foundation

Charlize Theron's biggest repulsion is being told to “make love”: is this expression condemned to ostracism?

Why has the verb 'fuck' been naturalized while saying 'make love' is disgusting? Are they really different things?

Chess videos | Gulko: high risk to take down Bronstein

A fight of the titans, from 1968, where the future dissident shows a boldness that transforms into beauty against the mythical world runner-up

Spaniards in quarantine for hantavirus test negative in the PCR and will be able to start receiving visitors

The positive case continues to evolve favorably and has almost no symptoms

Luigi Mangione's gun and his manifesto against healthcare companies will be valid evidence in the trial

A judge only partially admits the lawyers' request, who considered that the police obtained the evidence illegitimately

Elon Musk loses trial against Sam Altman over OpenAI

The court decision is a setback for the founder of Tesla. The ruling will affect the future of the company that created ChatGPT, paving its way to going public

Ángel Simón dispenses with De los Mozos after a month and a half at Indra and looks for a new CEO

The state-controlled technology company announces the non-renewal of the CEO after three years in office. His term will end at the shareholders meeting on June 30

The death of a woman in Navarra is being investigated as a possible sexist murder

The body has been located in a home in Arguedas after a man showed up at the Valtierra Civil Guard barracks on Monday.

Some 145,000 American minors have been separated from their families due to Trump's anti-immigration campaign

The Republican Administration neglects the well-being of children when their parents are detained by ICE or deported, experts say

2025 closes as one of the eight warmest years in Latin America and the Caribbean

A regional report from the World Meteorological Organization warns that glaciers are losing faster than the global average

Emma Vilarasau will be Mother Courage in Carme Portaceli's last season at the TNC

The programming, under the motto 'Barcelona', will start with a concert by Sílvia Pérez Cruz special for the theater

Before the WHO, Sánchez claims global health over “national priority”

The director general of the organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, calls for “leaving behind the era of dependence on donors and opening up to a new era of health sovereignty”

Puigdemont's former secretary Josep Rius resigns from being mayor to pacify the party in Barcelona

The most trusted figure of the 'ex-president' and spokesperson for the formation, states that he does not want to confront Jordi Martí Galbis, a disciple of Xavier Trias

The UN accuses Israel of a possible crime of genocide in Gaza

A report from the agency's Human Rights Office holds the Netanyahu Government responsible for violations of international legality and the possibility of crimes against humanity

The record without a prize of the PP: this is how Adelante crossed Moreno's path to the “sufficient majority”

Moreno's party increased its votes by 9.2% and reached its historical maximum number of ballots in regional elections, but was harmed by an increase in participation driven by the Andalusian left.

'Magnifica humanitas': Pope Leo XIV will publish his first encyclical on the 25th, dedicated to AI

The pontiff will present the document personally, something unprecedented in recent history, accompanied by the co-founder of the American company Anthropic