Change.org has established itself as the largest petition platform in the world, but there are many questions that hover over it: how can we trust a model of signatures that is incapable of even verifying its authenticity? What is your business and where do you get your performance? How to…
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The United States threatens Turkey with sanctions for the purchase of S-400 in Russia [in]
“We made it clear that if Turkey buys S-400 … there will be consequences, we will introduce sanctions within the Anti-Adversary Law through Sanctions (CAATSA) of the United States.”
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Fito Cabrales and Albert Rivera: The photo that disturbed the rock
To understand the anger of his followers, it is enough to know a little about the musical history of Fito. The Bilbao musician was the leader of Platero y Tú, an emblematic group from the late 1980s linked to northern underground rock, a scene closely linked to the left (abertzale…
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The cheat of the chef who played dead to keep money from weddings
Jesús Campos, who has served a prison sentence since March, has accumulated at least six cases of fraud or deception with boyfriends who he left lying on the night before the wedding.
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The case of invasive species in Spain is an attack on science and law
It is said lately, with reason, that Science in Spain is “dismayed” because the lack of institutional support is added when it is convenient to disregard its results if they harm certain interests. A case in point is shown in recent times with the case of invasive alien species: species…
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New sales and dismissal record at Renault
The company Renault España announced on May 29 the dismissal of 1,400 workers in its factories in Valladolid and Palencia. This culminates a restructuring process despite a new year with record profits.
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Judge Félix Azón will be the general director of the Civil Guard
The Interior Minister, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, has chosen the magistrate Féliz Azón to be the next general director of the Civil Guard. Azón, who was a member of the General Council of the Judiciary between 2008 and 2013, replaces José Luis Holgado.
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Catenary: Gaudí’s favorite curve that keeps bridges from falling off
The catenary is an ideal curve that physically represents the curve generated by a chain, or thread. Do you know why many architects like Antonio Gaudí used the catenary arch in their constructions?
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Fighting against the sea
The Rhine-Meuse-Scheldt delta along the southern coast of the Netherlands was captured in this photograph taken by an astronaut aboard the International Space Station. Located about 80 kilometers (50 miles) southwest of Amsterdam, this system of islands, peninsulas and waterways was once the site of a disastrous event: the North…
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Collateral damage when removing the headphone jack: the death of the FM radio
The headphone jack has been saying goodbye more or less silently for some time. There had been tests before, although the most striking was the absence of this port in the Apple iPhone. The iPhone 7 was the first and, after him, all the audio has been entrusted to the…
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Lack of access to credit triggers renunciations of inheritance: in 2017, 118 were registered daily
In 2017, 42,987 inheritances were renounced, 10% of the 408,402 procedures that were made during these twelve months. Inheriting, therefore, has become a problem for many families especially during the economic crisis.
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Ten key questions to Álvarez Conde, the master director under suspicion
Did it lead to Cristina Cifuentes having a master’s degree without having passed all the subjects? Did you tutor the TFM to Cifuentes? Did he order the reconstruction of the record of the supposed defense of the TFM of Cifuentes? Did Álvarez Conde reconstruct the record due to the pressure…
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Roures goes ahead and registers the ‘VAR’ brand to exploit its service in Europe
Mediapro will be a technological provider of the Spanish League and local championships in Portugal and Mexico. It does not receive opposition in the registry.
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Interior recognizes difficulties to withdraw the medals to Billy the Child
The Ministry of the Interior, led by Fernando Grande-Marlaska, recognizes difficulties in removing the decorations to ‘Billy the Child’ because they were granted based on legality.
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Announcement of the Anti-Drug Campaign (with Maradona) – 1984
Maradona in the anti-drug campaign of the Generalitat de Catalunya in 1984.
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He returns to the DGT Pere Navarro, the director of Traffic that reduced mortality on the roads by 65%
In his first mandate at the head of the DGT, between 2004 and 2012, the death toll on the roads dropped from 5,399 to 1,903
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A new Spanish nanomaterial for energy storage
Scientists from the Autonomous University of Madrid have discovered a material in the form of sheets of atomic thickness, called antimonene. It has a structure similar to that of graphene, but instead of carbon atoms it is composed of antimony atoms. The results are promising for the development of more…
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A heron lands in the zoo lion area of Amsterdam
Although he is in captivity a lion is still a fearsome hunter.
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They investigate opening of forest track without authorization in a farm of the Koplowitz in the Natural Park of Hornachuelo
Ecologists in Action denounces the path open to the Environment and the Prosecutor’s Office of Córdoba The Junta has inspected the area and has certified that the forest track has been opened without authorization, while the Prosecutor’s Office has just opened proceedings
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