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Del Torro fabricates facts

spain

Cifuentes remains silent as Masters case continues

oecd

Global growth forecast for 2019 downgraded

The OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) has downgraded its growth forecasts for major world economies for this year and the next, particularly in the eurozone and the United Kingdom....

france

France introduces new tax on internet giants

The French government has unveiled a new tax on internet giants (Google, Amazon, Facebook and Apple). The new tax will tax 3% of the income these companies obtain in France. The government, which expects...

united states

Trade deficit at its highest in last 10 years

The trade deficit in the United States rose in 2018 to 621 billion dollars. This is the highest it has been in ten years, despite President Donald Trump’s policy of commercial protectionism, according...

spain

Former minister Pérez-Llorca died yesterday

José Pedro Pérez-Llorca, ex-minister of UCD and one of the seven who shaped Spain’s constitution, died yesterday in Madrid at the age of 78. MP and minister with Suárez and Calvo-Sotelo, he was a...

Millo: “Supporters of rebellion”

society

No great concern over Internet impact on minors

Only 20% of families think the Internet has a negative impact on their children, in a country where almost 90% of those under ten have access to the network. According to a study by the digital security...

culture

Palau Sant Jordi architect wins top architecture prize

Japanese architect Arata Isozaki, 87, who designed the Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona, has won the Pritzker 2019 Prize for a work that “goes beyond the framework of architecture to raise issues that transcend...

Society

Jesuits open investigation into historical abuse

Two former brothers of the Jesuits of Sarrià in Barcelona publicly reported having suffered sexual abuse at the hands of two priests in 1982 and 1984. Almost thirty years on, Enric Masllorenç, general...