#Female filmmakers denounce festival prize for Johnny Depp

#Female filmmakers denounce festival prize for Johnny Depp

“#Female filmmakers denounce festival prize for Johnny Depp” Female filmmakers are decrying the upcoming honor being presented to embattled actor Johnny Depp. It was announced this week that the 58-year-old “Pirates of the Caribbean” star would receive the Donostia, a lifetime achievement award, during the 69th annual San Sebastián International Film Festival in Spain. Cristina…

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#Barcelona helps disabled beachgoers frolic in waves

#Barcelona helps disabled beachgoers frolic in waves

“#Barcelona helps disabled beachgoers frolic in waves” BARCELONA, July 20 – Seven-year-old Max Segui has a huge smile on his face as his father carries him ashore at Barcelona’s Nova Icaria beach after a splash in the sea. Segui has cerebral palsy and uses a wheelchair, making beach trips difficult, but today he is using a…

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#Hilaria Baldwin just won’t let it go

#Hilaria Baldwin just won’t let it go

“#Hilaria Baldwin just won’t let it go” How you say . . . totally bats–t loca? Hilaria Baldwin, outed late last year as neither Spanish nor interesting, has now doubled down on Instagram, claiming that she — as Walt Whitman and Bob Dylan before her — contains multitudes. “When you are multi, it can feel…

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#Spain restricts nightlife as virus surges among the young

#Spain restricts nightlife as virus surges among the young

“#Spain restricts nightlife as virus surges among the young” MADRID — Faced with soaring numbers of new coronavirus infections among unvaccinated young people, some Spanish regions are reinstating curbs on nightlife only weeks after dropping them. Fearing that the surging contagion could strain health care services as stressed employees try to go on summer holidays,…

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# Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party pens public digital currency initiative

# Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party pens public digital currency initiative

“# Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party pens public digital currency initiative ” The Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party (PSOE), the governing political body in Spain, is backing a new national digital currency initiative. PSOE, Spain’s oldest active party and the leading force in the Congress of Deputies, has introduced a non-law proposition to launch a national digital…

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#Spain on path to legalizing gender self-identification

#Spain on path to legalizing gender self-identification

“#Spain on path to legalizing gender self-identification” MADRID, June 29 – The Spanish government on Tuesday approved the draft of a bill to allow anyone over the age of 14 to change gender legally without a medical diagnosis or hormone therapy, the Equality Ministry said. The draft bill, which will go to a public hearing…

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# Demand for digital euro not yet clear, says BBVA exec

# Demand for digital euro not yet clear, says BBVA exec

“# Demand for digital euro not yet clear, says BBVA exec ” An executive at major Spanish bank Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA) has raised concerns about the digital euro and questioned what customer demand it would meet. Pablo Urbiola of BBVA’s digital regulation team has called on European financial authorities to carefully explore the…

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