“For some more or less timid, prudent or idealistic cadres, the PSOE will transcend Sánchez” Read A breath of post-sanchism floats in the bunker
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Syrian rebels said Sunday that President Bashar al-Assad had fled the country, calling on citizens abroad to return to a “free Syria” and saying that Damascus was free of the “tyrant”. Follow our liveblog for the latest developments. Live: Syria rebels say 'tyrant' Bashar al-Assad has 'fled'
The Archbishop of Paris re-opened Notre-Dame Cathedral on Saturday, December 7, by symbolically knocking on the doors and entering the 12th-century landmark, which has been restored after five years of renovations following a devastating fire in 2019.
France on Saturday, December 7, re-opened the doors of Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral after a five-year closure, in a ceremony celebrating the rebirth of the Paris landmark ravaged by a devastating fire in 2019. Rescue workers walk past the main entrance of Notre-Dame on Saturday morning. THIBAULT CAMUS / AP Soldiers patrol in front of Notre-Dame on Saturday moring. LOUISE DELMOTTE / AP French President Emmanuel Macron scored a major coup by attracting US President-elect…
Two young people play on the beach in Barcelona during the last wind storm, in an archive image.Toni Albir ((EPA) EFE)The change in weather in Catalonia is leaving this weekend with an episode of strong winds throughout the territory and significant snowfall in the Pyrenees. This Saturday, as reported by Civil Protection on social networks, a woman was seriously injured in Cornellà de Llobregat (Barcelona) when a tree fell on her due to the wind.…
Four out of ten Spaniards hold the Consell responsible for the management of the tragedy and more than a third also point out the central government. Read Mazón should resign for his management of DANA according to 65% of Valencians and 47% of his voters
Former American president Donald Trump meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at Trump Tower in New York on September 27, 2024. JULIA DEMAREE NIKHINSON / AP Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and US President-elect Donald Trump could meet this weekend in Paris, where both leaders are to attend the re-opening of Notre Dame cathedral, a Ukrainian official told Agence France-Presse (AFP) on Friday, December 6. This would be the first meeting between the two since the…
Let’s set aside the exaggerations. The objections concerning the “feminists in front of the courthouse, a knife between their teeth.” The suggestions to expatriate them “to Afghanistan,” “to Iran,” “to Yemen,” on the grounds that “they’ll have work there.” the reckless comparisons equating the accused – whose names have been published on the walls of the southern city of Avignon, where the trial is taking place, and on social media – to Jews during WWII,…
Everything happened on the same day, the 46th anniversary of the Constitution, in the same parliamentary headquarters decorated for the party and just a few minutes apart. First, the leader of the opposition, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, arrived, supported by his territorial barons, with the Madrid-born Isabel Díaz Ayuso on the front line. The president of the PP approached the microphone installed this Friday in the courtyard of Congress and unloaded his dark diagnosis: we are…
Updated Friday, December 6, 2024 – 14:19Former Minister of Transport José Luis Ábalos has asked the Supreme Court to postpone his voluntary declaration scheduled for next December 12 in the call Koldo casesince you need more time to study the summary.In a letter, Ábalos’ defense explains that he accessed the entire case this Thursday “around 2:00 p.m.” and needs time to “take due account” of the “extensive volume of the case.”The lawyer explains that this…
Forty years ago some of the world biggest music stars joined together under the name Band Aid to record a fundraiser single for Africa. The song, Do They Know It’s Christmas, was a global smash and still a holiday perennial. But its rerelease on the fortieth anniversary has put a spotlight on the damaging story it told about Africa. We look at how voices on the continent are now pushing back against the narrative of…
‘The story of Notre-Dame’ (5/5). Republican, ecclesiastical and televisual − these are the three elements of the ceremonies that will return Paris’s cathedral to worship, on December 7 and 8, in the presence of a host of heads of state and prelates. Reopening of Notre-Dame: A behind-the-scenes look at the ceremony
This photograph shows Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral illuminated on the eve of its official reopening, after more than five-years of reconstruction work following the April 2019 fire, in Paris on December 6, 2024. LUDOVIC MARIN / AFP The ceremony for the grand reopening of France’s Notre-Dame Cathedral will be held entirely indoors due to an inclement weather forecast, the Elysée Palace and Paris diocese said on Friday, December 6. Saturday’s reopening, which comes five years…
That December 5 was another frenetic afternoon in the Congress of Deputies, one of those that happen every 15 or 20 days in the last legislatures, where nothing is predictable or stable anymore. There were about ten minutes left before five in the afternoon, the plenary session was holding at that moment an appearance by Albares on Palestine and the news of Podemos’s break with Sumar revolutionized the chamber, which until that moment was more…
He emphasizes that they are “essential” in the processing of the accounts and shows total predisposition regardless of the judicial revelations: “We are going to contribute what is in our power” Read Ortuzar reveals that the PNV has "two or three weeks" already negotiating the Budgets with the Government and rejects that the ‘Aldama case’ is going to be a problem
After five years of intense reconstruction efforts, a grand reopening ceremony will be held on Saturday to mark the return of the Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral before its doors open to the public once again on Sunday. The historic event comes after a devastating fire damaged the UNESCO world heritage site. Follow our liveblog to see how the day’s events unfold. Live: Follow the grand reopening of the Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral
The execution lasted less than a minute. The gunmen opened fire in a restaurant in Plaza Miyana in Polanco, one of the most luxurious neighborhoods of Mexico City, and by the time emergency services arrived it was too late. The attack shook the capital, which has repeatedly taken refuge under the illusion that drug violence is a phenomenon that affects only the states in the interior of the country. But when the authorities confirmed the…
An architectural masterpiece with religious, artistic, economic and political significance, the Parisian monument that will soon reopen is, above all, a fascinating repository of symbols, some dating back to the Middle Ages. Notre-Dame: How to decipher the cathedral’s old and new symbols
SEVERIN MILLET Hand-delivered cash envelopes and Bulgarian shell companies… For over a year, investigators have been working at a complex task to untangle the financial flows involved in the so-called “foreign interference” case. In the case, with its many ramifications, the shadows of Qatar and Israeli companies loom large. Two lobbyists were indicted in 2023, the mysterious Jean-Pierre Duthion and Qatar specialist and Islamologist Nabil Ennasri. They are suspected of bribing BFM-TV journalist Rachid M’Barki…
On Día de las Velitas, which is celebrated from December 7 to 8, Colombians experience their most beloved holiday. Families decorate their doorways with colorful lanterns, parks are illuminated with wishes that are made every time a candle is lit, and the sky is covered with fireworks. That day Christmas officially begins in the Andean country. In Colombia, December has a special smell, it is a mix between the aroma of buñuelos, custard and brandy.…
“Will Abascal understand that the Constitution is not the property of Sánchez and that refusing to agree with him has nothing to do with not recognizing the best that Spanish democracy has had in its history? Read An interesting age
More than 18 million voters in Ghana are eligible to cast their ballots in the presidential election on 7th December. Twelve candidates are vying for the top job, including current vice president Mahamudu Bawumia and former president John Mahama. We get a feel for the pre-election atmosphere in the capital Accra. Final countdown before Ghana's presidential poll
LETTER FROM ATHENS Speed camera sign in Crete, Greece. IMAGEBROKER / GAME The Conservative government aims to reduce the number of deaths and serious injuries by 50% by 2030. To achieve this, it plans to install 1,388 cameras across the country by 2026, starting with 388 in Attica, the region surrounding Athens, by 2025, focusing on the busiest roads. “Unfortunately, human resources cannot respond to all criminal behavior on the roads. The solution [to reduce…
CHRISTELLE ENAULT A “metaphor for the life of the nation”: On November 29, during his last visit to the cathedral’s construction site, Emmanuel Macron evoked Notre-Dame de Paris in these terms. Less than a year earlier, on December 31, 2023, in his New Year’s address to the French people, the president described the forthcoming reopening of the building as a “French pride.” For Macron, these ceremonies are an opportunity to celebrate a great success for…
The Minister of Transport and Sustainable Mobility, Óscar Puente, assures that only one of the public works contracts that according to the accused businessman Víctor de Aldama were “pre-awarded” by Puente’s predecessor, José Luis Ábalos, in exchange for commissions was signed in the time when Ábalos was minister and that after an initial analysis of his ministry, no irregularities were found in his file. For Puente, after the accusation of Aldama, the alleged ringleader of…