Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky expressed “deep gratitude” on Tuesday for the “strong resolve” shown by US President-elect Donald Trump to end Russia’s war in Ukraine, after the pair met for three-way talks organized by French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris on Saturday.
Jon King lands in New York in 1976 and at the airport someone hands him a piece of paper with a skull on it and a warning: do not enter Manhattan. A student of fine arts at the University of Leeds, King is in the city because he has won a scholarship to write his final dissertation: an in-depth article on the great American artist Jasper Johns. His friend Andy Gill, from a different course year, decides to join him on the trip. There they meet Mary Harron, who will be their local guide. Over the years, Harron will…
A French filmmaker accused of sexually assaulting actor Adèle Haenel when she was 12 went on trial in Paris on Monday, December 9, five years after her allegations fired France’s #MeToo movement. Christophe Ruggia is accused of sexually assaulting Haenel – star of films including Portrait of the girl on fire (Portrait of a Lady on Fire) and 120 Beats per minute (120 Beats Per Minute) – in the early 2000s when she was between 12 and 14 and he was in his 30s. The Ruggia case is one of a string that has raised questions about sexual violence in…
French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday, December 9, called cross-party talks aimed at “forming or making possible a government of national interest” after the ouster of Prime Minister Michel Barnier triggered a political crisis. Party leaders were invited to Macron’s Elysee Palace office for 2:00 pm (French time) on Tuesday, the presidency said, in a departure from Macron’s previous method of meeting leaders individually. Macron’s office said that only those who had “shown they placed themselves in a framework of compromise” had been called upon for Tuesday’s talks – appearing to exclude the far-right Rassemblement National (RN) and hard-left La…
Endless rows of mountain olive trees surround the valley where Mogón sits, a town in Jaén of barely 800 inhabitants that is the gateway to the Sierra de Las Villas in Jaén, one of the three (along with Cazorla and Segura) that make up the second largest protected natural area in Europe. Embraced by the Guadalquivir and Aguascebas rivers, this annex, known as the paradise of water, has an olive cooperative with more than 1,300 members. That is to say, there are more cooperative members than neighbors, although it is true that many of them live in other parts of…
The independentistas will raise in the debate the need for Sánchez to renew his political commitments because to date he considers them unfulfilled. Read Winning horse for Junts: transfers in exchange for support and a single exit for the PSOE
French President Emmanuel Macron invited party leaders to engage in cross-party talks on Monday, as he attempts to form a new government following a historic no-confidence vote last week which toppled his Michel Barnier-led government only 12 months after Barnier’s appointment. Macron calls cross-party talks on forming new government
The rebirth of a stone phoenix, attended by political phoenix Donald Trump, and the French president, who was celebrating the genius of a nation of great builders, even while it is wracked by turmoil. These were the metaphors used by foreign media outlets in their coverage of the sumptuous ceremony that marked the reopening of Notre-Dame de Paris on Saturday, December 7. Many media outlets hailed the “miracle” of the cathedral’s restoration, like The Wall Street Journalas well as the skill of the 2,000 craftsmen who had restored it to its near-thousand-year-old beauty within the “impossible” deadlines set by Emmanuel…
On December 7 and 8, the reopening of Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris after the 2019 fire was more than just a religious event. The event was transformed into a symbolic staging in which each actor − state, church and international community − played a precise role. The reopening was a theatrical global event that revealed how religious, political and diplomatic dimensions fed off each other to assert their legitimacy. A cathedral that rises again is also a state displaying itself, reminding us of the symbols and ties we have in common. Much more than just a building, Notre-Dame is a…
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Junts’ fatigue with Sánchez is great and Puigdemont does not forgive him for making Illa president. Read Puigdemont and an unlikely motion of censure by Vox
Antonio was driving his £260,000 Ferrari FF, which collided with a tree in Theydon Bois on Saturday. The impact tore the driver’s side apart, leaving the striker trapped and confused. He had to be cut free from the wreckage and was believed to have been thrown across to the passenger seat during the crash. Michail Antonio first words after horror car crash revealed The footballer is now recovering from surgery on a broken leg, miraculously surviving the devastating supercar smash. Witnesses described the scene as shocking, with Antonio appearing highly disoriented after the impact. Jump to section:
The president of the Generalitat, Salvador Illa, is laying the foundations of his mandate pending the tense renewal process of the Esquerra executive, which has so far prevented the budgets from being agreed. Illa proposed at the beginning of his mandate to have the accounts ready on January 1, but he has already admitted that the deadline will be extended to the first quarter of the year. The Republicans will choose their new executive next Saturday and from then on the Government hopes to accelerate the talks. The situation, however, has been clouded by the two ERC candidates who aspire…
“The improvable services of Minister Albares could have resolved the issue with a simple phone call” Of all the fires in history, only two have made a place in my memory: the one in Lisbon, which devastated the Chiado district in August 1988, and the one that destroyed Notre Dame in April 2019. There were bigger ones: the one in Rome and the great fire of London in the 17th century, but I was too young to remember them. In these two that I knew about, I do remember the terror with which I followed the images of the disasters…
The UN Security Council will convene Monday afternoon for an emergency closed door meeting on Syria in the aftermath of president Bashar al-Assad’s flight from the country. The emergency session had been requested by Russia, Moscow’s deputy ambassador to the UN Dmitry Polyansky said in a post on Telegram Sunday. Follow our liveblog for the latest developments. Live: UN Security Council to hold meeting on Syria after Assad's ouster
Liturgical celebration, architectural and technical event, diplomatic summit, global spectacle, unifying symbol in the midst of a political crisis… The reopening of Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris on Saturday, December 7, and Sunday, December 8, is an event with a multitude of meanings. Its scope is commensurate with the immense international emotion provoked by the fire on April 15, 2019. Overwhelming, but with no one to blame, the disaster had all the makings of one of France’s notorious clashes, between state-church controversy, the quarrel between the old and the new, the search for scapegoats and a demonstration of administrative inertia. The…
Newly restored Notre Dame cathedral held its first mass on Sunday, December 8, with Christians celebrating the return of the French capital’s most famous place of worship after a grand re-opening ceremony. The beloved Paris monument nearly burned down in 2019, but has been fully renovated and fitted with a new roof and spire during a frenzied five-year reconstruction.
The latest survey of the 40dB institute. for EL PAÍS and Cadena SER shows that the party that rises the most after the devastating damage in Valencia is Vox, with almost three percentage points more than in the previous barometer. The party chaired by Santiago Abascal achieved 13.1% in vote estimates, which represents an improvement of almost one point compared to the result obtained in the general elections of July 2023. The PP, which in April reached an estimate of vote 2.4 points higher than the percentage obtained at the polls (33.1%), increasing its advantage over the PSOE to five…
The person investigated in the ‘Koldo case’ was invited by the Armed Institute in June 2021 to the GAR shooting practice center in Logroño Read The Civil Guard instructed Aldama in the use of assault rifles in his elite camp a year before awarding him for his "tributes to Spain"
Jay-Z faces lawsuit alleging he and Sean Combs raped a 13-year-old at a 2000 MTV VMAs after party, court filings reveal. The updated civil complaint accuses the musicians of the assault, which Jay-Z denies.
“Too much attachment screws up relationships.” “Rank your red flags.” “Dissociating: why it happens to you, me and all of us.” These are just three titles of videos, photos and reels on Instagram and TikTok, which touch on psychology, certain types of attachment, toxic dynamics and other topics related to mental health.
Of course, nothing went according to plan. The Elysée had its dreams, but the weather made sure of this. On Saturday, December 7, the risk of a storm, with the wind blowing violently and the heavy rain forecast for the evening, forced the State and Church authorities to make a strategic and concerted withdrawal into the cathedral for the reopening ceremony of Notre-Dame de Paris, which had been so carefully planned. If you could call it a retreat. For the president spoke not on the parvis, but inside the cathedral. Admittedly, not behind the altar, nor on the rostrum,…
“Is it thanks to these few centimeters that you think you’re going to get rich?” one of the first contributors to the movement took offense, in a video published on November 3. Like several other consumers, this woman was astonished by the short length of the sanitary pads she had just bought.
The PP only loses one national deputy in Valencia. Abascal’s party rose 1.4 points and returned to its level of 33 seats. Sumar moves away from Podemos Leer again Feijóo resists the ‘Mazón effect’ and Vox gains ground while scandals lead the PSOE to its worst data since before 23-J
South Korea’s opposition on Monday accused the ruling party of staging a “second coup” by clinging to power and refusing to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol over his declaration of martial law.
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