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Second-hand cars reduce their price after years of rising thanks to Chinese brands

The price war of these firms is pulling down the new market and, due to the contagion effect, also the second-hand market, according to the latest report by Ganvam and Dat

Josep Rius, vice president of Junts: “It seems that Spain does not want Puigdemont to return”

The vice president of Junts denies that the party is tied to criticism but doubts that there is a real will to deploy the amnesty

Orriols filed a complaint with the head of the Ripoll Local Police coinciding with the selection process that his daughter won

The City Council points to “negligence” by Francesc Campayo for not recording his work hours at the end of June

The Constitutional Court of Peru annuls the prison sentence of former President Ollanta Humala

The former president, imprisoned for money laundering since 2025, is free. “We have been victims of political and judicial persecution,” he says.

FIFA accepts defeat: Gianni Infantino reverses his proposal to privatize the World Cup

The president has reported that the project will not go ahead due to the lack of support from the member associations

Penalties frustrate Hamza Abdelkarim's Barça

The Egyptian international's two goals did not prevent the Barça defeat in the preseason opener against Birmingham

Morocco orders to stop the exodus of 50,000 migrants from Ceuta

The initial inhibition of Rabat's security forces amplifies the largest migration crisis with Spain

Dennis González remains on the verge of the podium and Spain achieves a deceptive eighth place in the premiere of the European Artistic Swimming Championships

The Spanish swimmer falls just four tenths away from bronze in the technical solo, while Iris Tió and Lilou Lluis pay a single penalty in a technical duo that had started with the best artistic impression of the final

The Labor Inspection joins the recommendation to anticipate the retirement of truck drivers

The organization sends its favorable verdict to the commission that studies the establishment of coefficients to advance the retirement age due to the high accident rate in the profession

What happened in Ceuta is not immigration, it is a hybrid attack

Beyond the causes, it is a problem that needs to be addressed from the humanitarian, political, legal and diplomatic spheres.

The assault on Ceuta: Spain's weakness against Morocco

As much as some say, cooperation with the Maghreb kingdom on migration matters is anything but exemplary.

The UNAM will ask candidates who obtained very good results to repeat the exam in person

The resolution with a “control” test is limited to the threshold where the atypical distribution of correct answers occurs and takes as a reference the average score in previous years.

Tax collection grows 10% until June despite tax cuts due to the Iran war

The Tax Agency enters 148,944 million in the first half of the year

Brazilian police will investigate Lula's son for alleged corruption and influence peddling

The president affirms that 'Lulinha' will have to prove that he is innocent and that he will not use the position to protect him

An error from 35 years ago nullifies Manuela's eviction: “There was no right to be thrown onto the street for being a woman”

The Social Housing Agency suspends the judicial launch after reviewing the file and admitting that the woman has been the winner of the home since 1991

Iran and Ukraine clash in the Caspian

In the first direct clash between the two countries, Zelensky celebrated an attack by his troops on Iranian ships on an essential route for aid to Moscow. Tehran and kyiv try to contain the escalation

Amador puts the two apartments in Chamberí that he shared with Ayuso up for sale for 3.3 million euros

The businessman Alberto González Amador has uploaded the sixth floor apartment and the one above it, the attic, to a real estate portal.

The Rayo squad charges against the Community of Madrid and the club: “We want to continue playing in Vallecas, this could have been avoided”

Óscar Valentín, captain of the Madrid club, and the rest of the team's players issue a statement rejecting the closure of the stadium and the lack of solutions two weeks before the start of the League

The magic continues in the ACB: Ricky Rubio renews for Penya

The legendary point guard from El Masnou will play one more season at Asisa Joventut

An Elon Musk rocket that has been drifting for more than a year will hit the Moon in a few days

The impact of the Falcon 9 next Wednesday, which may be observed from Earth, shows the poor management of trash lost in space

A man arrested in Santander for the murder of his 27-year-old partner

The arrested man, 39 years old, has confessed to the police that he is the author of the crime

Nirmal Purja, the controversial record-breaking Himalayan climber, disappears along with nine other climbers on Broad Peak

Four lifeless bodies have been located after the avalanche that swept the group of the Nepalese mountaineer from the mountain on Thursday, famous for ascending the 14 eight-thousanders in six months, and who had left the base camp looking for the summit a few hours before.

Esther Palomera and Gonzalo Miró will be the new presenters of 'Malas Lenguas' on La 2

Changes begin in RTVE's current affairs magazines, with Jesús Cintora very close to inheriting the role of Javier Ruiz in 'Mañaneros'

Salvador Illa defends the good progress of Catalonia and its Government despite the fiasco of the Pisa report

The president affirms that his priority is to approve the financing model and urges the PP communities to support it and follow the example of the Canary Islands

The fresh unisex cologne that sweeps every summer on Amazon is worth less than 9 euros

A fresh and long-lasting classic, with a clean aroma and an irresistible price

Judge Pedraz authorizes tracking six PSOE accounts in search of payments to Leire Díez and other defendants

The magistrate opens a separate room to store banking information

Madonna's gloves, Shakira's costume in 'Dai Dai' and other items worn by BTS at halftime of the World Cup final, sold for thousands of euros

The auction house Christie's has raised just over half a million euros thanks to the donation of pieces from celebrities such as the K-Pop band, Justin Bieber, Coldplay, David Beckham and Lionel Messi

Sign up for the 41st promotion of the EL PAÍS Master's Degree

The deadline to submit applications ends next September 8

The Vall d'Uixó fire is considered stabilized and the evacuation of all towns is lifted after burning 9,568 hectares

The fire has affected 12% of the surface of the Sierra de Espadán natural park

Franco Baresi, historic Milan captain and Italian football legend, dies

The legendary player, one of the best defenders in history, won a multitude of titles in the 'rossonero' club, as well as the 82 World Cup in Spain with the Azzurra

Anthropic announces that its AI programs also hacked three companies on their own after the OpenAI incident

The company that created Claude has reviewed more than 140,000 sessions and discovered that they escaped from a testing environment like ChatGPT

From housing to the climate threat: this is how the way we protect the things that matter to us has changed

In the last 50 years, the insurance priorities of Spaniards have evolved and companies like Allianz have adapted by taking another step: adapting to the great challenge of anticipating the risks derived from new digital threats and climate change.

When a democracy stops meeting

The sit-in of the 11 communities governed by the PP prevented two different meetings from being held and blocked funds for public universities

Learning doesn't start with letters

Experts from the SEK Schools and the Camilo José Cela University explain why play, autonomy, curiosity and emotional regulation constitute the true learning of the first six years of life

Of kangaroos and centaurs: how to reanimalize a disoriented humanity

In León, the Cerezales Foundation dedicates an exhibition to the French duo Art Orienté Objet, which imagines hybrids, rituals and artifacts to rethink the relationship between humans and animals in the face of ecological collapse

From Y2K excess to restrained elegance: the multiple lives of wedge mules

The shoe that best summed up the exuberance of the 2000s returns with a much more refined identity. From the slingback pump to the 'peep toe' or 'thong' versions, we review the reinterpretations that explain its return

'DTF St. Louis': life in seven chapters

DTF (Down to fuck, translated as where everyone fucks) is seeing yourself through a hole and in a mirror, the stretch marks and butterfly wings on your arms, which still resists the passage of time

Carmen Tur, bookseller: “Formentera is becoming a theme park for the rich”

The owner of the island's emblematic bookstore remembers with nostalgia when everything was “magical and simple”

Ripoll experiences the controversy between Orriols and his daughter coldly: “It is very hard, there is more and more silence”

The mayor and leader of Aliança Catalana hired her first-born daughter as a local police officer after a contest that the opposition oversees

Catalonia's error in the PISA exam affected a large number of centers although it does not invalidate the national comparison

One in four students who passed the test was ultimately left out. On September 8, the global results will be known

A crisis the size of a penthouse with 200 meters of terrace that no one saw coming in the Community of Madrid: “A silly mess”

Ayuso's team believes that the remoteness of the transfer had made them lower their guard regarding the matter and they postponed the discussion until “the end of October or the beginning of November.”

A sunrise alarm clock, a desktop fan or the viral mascara: the best-selling products among all those we have tested this month of July

Over the past few weeks we have reviewed dozens of beauty, home, kitchen and technology products. This selection brings together the ones that have most convinced our readers.

Cold gilda soup, the most classic banderilla turned into a spoon recipe

We join the rise of the perfect pincho with a cream that is as light as it is nutritious and satiating, perfect for taking a break from the traditional gazpacho

Curry Barker, the director who went from serving coffee to finance his YouTube shorts to becoming a millionaire with his first film

The 26-year-old American actor and filmmaker debuted in theaters with 'Obsession', a phenomenon that has become the seventh highest-grossing horror film in history. He says that the inspiration to create it arose while watching an episode of 'The Simpsons'

Svend Brinkmann, psychologist: “If you put conditions on forgiveness, love or freedom, you have already destroyed them”

The psychologist claims classic values ​​and thinkers against the instrumentalization of the culture of the search for your best version

“Pervert glasses”: Meta no longer knows how to stop the ridicule and suspicion towards its star product

The launch of new models of glasses with integrated cameras has sparked a global campaign to discredit one of the company's great hopes

The BBVA remodeling removes the last directors affected by the Villarejo case

Paul G. Tobin and Juan Asúa, who were accused, and María Jesús Arribas and Domingo Armengol, who testified as witnesses, leave the steering committee.

Trump announces an agreement for the “total disarmament” of Hamas

The US president affirms that the pact “is a crucial step for Gaza to finally be governed by a new Palestinian government”

Kanye West: this could have been a 'reel'

The rapper's concert in Madrid leaves fascinating images for social networks, but difficult to sustain for two hours live

The Government mobilizes the Army deployed in Ceuta and closes the border with Melilla

Spain and Morocco agree to “strengthen coordination.” Pedro Sánchez travels to the autonomous city this Friday