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international

China announces lowest growth targets since 1990

society

Sexist “Hazte Oír” bus comes to Barcelona

Vatican

Pope to open secret Pius XII archives next year

Pope Francis announced yesterday that in March next year he will open the secret Vatican archives relating to the reign of Pope Pius XII (from 1939-1958), a figure who was very controversial because of...

Philippines

Duterte wants name change for Philippines

Rodrigo Duterte, President of the Philippines, has said he intends to change the name of the country because of the name’s colonial connotations. The archipelago was named in 1543 in honour of the then...

Nieto’s “parallel reality”

Opposition accuses May of trying to bribe MPs

The British government announced yesterday that it will allocate 1.6 billion towards helping the most deprived cities in the country, a gesture that has been received with much criticism from the opposition....

POINT MADE

Speilberg vs Netflix

The Cannes Film Festival has been fighting online platforms like Netflix, Amazon and HBO, refusing to select their films, and put at their service the formidable promotion that its prizes and coverage...

Future of the EU in play

Full steam ahead for Barça

The Catalan footprint in space