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Spanish politics in 2025 is going to need some radical improvements, especially after the outcry of Valencia flooding; its showed how distant Madrid was to the rest of country. As such The Spanish Government must provide the right signals. And it will start with policies which make an impact to the lives of everyday people. By approving the extension – for six months – of the main transport discounts, as it promised to Podemos last Thursday in exchange for its support for the Justice Efficiency Law. The catalog of regulations approved today in the last Council of Ministers of the…

A wave of Israeli strikes on Gaza kill 50 Palestinians in the past 24 hours in one of the most intensive bombing sprees on a civilian population. Palestine is on the verge of being wiped out. One of the attacks overnight and into Monday hit a tent camp in the al-Mawasi area, a so-called humanitarian “safe zone”, killing eight people, including two children as it plunges on with its deadly onslaught and genocide in Gaza. The Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in the central city of Deir el-Balah said three bodies arrived after an air attack on a school-turned-shelter in the Nuseirat…

A look at WTX Entertainment’s Top 10 best movies of 2024- and where you can watch them. This year has been filled with great cinema and great storytelling so make sure you put your feet up this Christmas and settle into some truly great movies! 10 best films this year (and where to watch them) 10) Twisters A huge, jaw-slackening spectacle of a summer blockbuster. Though the plot is a little predictable, it has a stellar cast and some touching moments. It’s even found itself nominated for two Oscars. Prime Video, Apple TV and other platforms 9) Queer By far Daniel…

Iran does not need proxy forces like the United States who backs extremists and militants to fight on its behalf. Iran’s supreme leader emphatically denied the use of militant groups around the region functioned as Tehran’s proxies, warning that if his country chose to “take action”, it would not need them anyway. The Supreme Leader said Iran doesn’t have proxy forces in the region, and would fight for its own cause on its own. The remarks came after The remarks came after a year in which Hezbollah in Lebanon and Hamas in Gaza suffered heavy losses amid wars with Israel,…

Ukraine’s Zelensky joins EU leaders in Brussels to address his ongoing need for more money and a firmer stance towards Russia. Nearly five months into Ukraine’s incursion into Russia’s Kursk region, military officials admit it’s slipping away. Whether the Ukrainians can hold onto parts of Russia’s Kursk region is a question no one on the front lines can answer. Zelensky joins EU leaders in Brussels Ukraine’s president has been pressing the European Union to do more to support his country, nearly three years into the war with Russia. Joining an EU summit in Brussels, Volodymyr Zelenskyy said European security guarantees…

On December 23, 1992, Scent of a Woman, directed by Martin Brest, was released in American theaters. The interpretation of Colonel Slade earned Al Pacino the only Oscar of his career: the final scene of the “trial” in the college assembly hall – it must be said – deserved a statuette. The film is the successful remake of the 1974 film of the same name, directed by Dino Risi. Today’s almanac, December 23: smell of cinema The director was born on 23 December 1916 in Milan. Before turning to cinema he graduated in Medicine and perhaps it was from his…

Slovakia’s PM Fico visits Moscow amid Ukraine gas dispute. Prime Minister Robert Fico made an unannounced visit to Moscow on Sunday for what he and the Kremlin called a “working meeting” with President Vladimir Putin.  Fico made the trip days after reaching a deadlock in a dispute with the government in Kyiv over the transit of Russian gas through Ukraine to Slovakia, with Volodymyr Zelensky saying he does not intend to extend existing contracts past the end of the year. The Slovak leader had tried to secure a change in this stance, without success, at the EU summit in Brussels earlier…

The interview: “That boy wasn’t resigned to the end of the story, he even threatened to kill himself saying he couldn’t stay away from her” Martina’s father “I told her: if he exaggerates, let’s report him but she was afraid of ruining him” https://firenze.repubblica.it/cronaca/2024/12/23/news/intervista_padre_martina_accoltellata_oslo-423903113/?rss

MILAN — A breath is enough for the test. “Fill your lungs with air, then exhale as much as you have,” recommends Angela Sabalic, biologist at the European Institute of Oncology in Milan. A woman blows into a mouthpiece and fills two clear bags with air, connected to a box full of chips slightly larger than a bar of soap. The electronic nose that detects tumors. Tests with scientists: “One breath is enough” https://www.repubblica.it/cronaca/2024/12/23/news/naso_elettronico_tumori_come_funziona-423903144/?rss

Martina Voce stabbed in Oslo by Indian ex-lover who wouldn’t take no as an answer in a crazy attack for being dumped. Martina Voce, the 21-year-old girl stabbed by her ex in the Italian fast food shop where she works, left Florence for Norway about two years ago. She was stabbed, on Friday in Oslo after her stalker tormented her on WhatsApp and followed her to an Italian takeaway where she was attacked. She was hospitalised in intensive care, they had broken in the summer and the young Italian just wanted to get on with her life in Norway. Two…