House prices down in Spain due to the COVID-19 coronavirus crisis
Madrid / Just two weeks after the expected end of the state of alarm, the residential sector agrees that house prices will drop this year in Spain due to the …
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Health
Harvard Medical School study suggesting that SARS-CoV-2 has been circulating naturally in Wuhan since August 2019
Madrid / August 2019. The SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus may have been spreading in China since the late summer of last year, or even since August or early fall of …
Culture
Music plays again at the Vienna Opera, in front of only a hundred spectators
Vienna / The Vienna Opera House held its first concert with an audience in three months on Monday, in the form of an exclusive recital in front of only a …
World
Mandatory quarantine begins for travelers arriving in the UK
London / The controversial quarantine that forces those arriving in the UK to undergo a mandatory 14-day confinement went into effect today, a measure that …
World
(Español) Entre 70 y 100 millones de personas hacia el umbral de la pobreza por el impacto del coronavirus según el Banco Mundial
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Economy
China’s foreign trade falls 4.9% yoy in May
Beijing / China’s foreign trade fell 4.9% year-on-year in May, according to data released by the General Administration of Customs, to 2.47 trillion yuan …
World
The chief rabbi of Russia, infected and hospitalized with coronavirus
Moscow / Russian Chief Rabbi Berel Lazar has contracted COVID-19 and is hospitalized, his press secretary, Gershon Kogan, reported Sunday. “The chief …
Economy
Chinese foreign exchange reserves rise to $ 3.1017 trillion in May
Beijing / China’s foreign exchange reserves increased in May to 3.1017 trillion dollars (2.75 trillion euros) compared to 3.0915 trillion dollars (2.74 …
World
The delicate dismantling of the Notre Dame scaffolding begins this Monday
Paris / The Notre Dame de Paris cathedral will experience from this Monday the last phase of the delicate operation aimed at dismantling the scaffolding …
Culture
The documentary about Anne Frank with Helen Mirren as main narrator
Madrid / His history is a symbol of the Holocaust and the newspaper he wrote during his confinement, one of the most widely spread books of all time. This …
(Español) El misterio de la estatua de un anciano con mascarilla que recuerda a los muertos de COVID-19 en Benimámet, Valencia
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Culture
Who hid the love of Marie Antoinette and the Swedish Earl?
Paris / In the last hours of Marie Antoinette, a figure rose with special force in her life: the Swedish count and soldier Axel de Fersen. His fidelity marked …
Culture
Sold for 117,800 euros a Nazi Enigma machine to encrypt messages
Vienna / An Enigma machine used by the Nazis to encrypt messages during World War II (1939-1945) was auctioned this Thursday for 117,800 euros in Vienna, which …
Nature
Whoopi Goldberg and XR call for climate action on Environment Day
Madrid / American actress Whoopi Goldberg and Extinction Rebellion launch a global campaign to call for action and show “how people came together to save the …
The drone that will count the number of bathers this summer on the beach of Peñíscola in the Spanish Mediterranean
Castelló (Spain) / The Peñíscola City Council will use a drone with Artificial Intelligence technology to control the capacity on the beaches through video …
Culture
Also in Spanish is J.K. Rowling to read for free on the web www.theickabog.com
Madrid / “The Ickabog”, the new children’s book that the British writer J.K. Rowling has published free online, is available from this …
Spain remains in “state of alarm” until Sunday June 21 by COVID-19
Madrid / The sixth and last extension of the state of alarm, approved this Wednesday by Congress, will enter into force on Sunday and will last until June 21, …
Health
Brazil, the second country with the most cases of COVID-19, will be the first to test the Oxford vaccine outside the United Kingdom
Sao Paulo / The COVID-19 vaccine developed by the University of Oxford, in the United Kingdom, will be tested in a group of 2,000 people in Brazil, the second …
Spanish Covid-19 health workers win prestigious Princess of Asturias Award
Oviedo (Spain) / Spanish health care workers have been bestowed the country’s prestigious Princess of Asturias Award for Concord this year for their …
