Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook and CEO of Meta, and his wife, Priscilla Chan, have bought Strancally Castle, a neo-Gothic style mansion located in County Waterford, in southeast Ireland. The estate consists of 178 hectares and the price of the transaction has not been made public, although The Irish Times estimates its value between 20 and 30 million euros. The purchase, made off-market, has been confirmed by a Meta spokesperson.

The sun was just beginning to rise when the National Police and the Civil Guard deployed a huge operation this Thursday in the El Trampolín beach in Ceuta to evict the thousands of immigrants – there are no official figures to know how many there are – who were living there in subhuman conditions since the massive influx at the end of July. Escorted by the police and with the support of social organizations, about 1,700 people have paraded on foot to the first two temporary reception centers that the Spanish government has just opened to try to restore normality to the African city, broken by the arrival of thousands of immigrants. Just a few hours later, when municipal brigades were still cleaning up trash and all sorts of items that the immigrants had used to set up a precarious camp, about 500 people returned, forcing the municipal brigades to stop their work. Their fear is that, in an official place, they will be returned to Morocco, as some have explained to ARA.

The founder and former president of the Chinese real estate giant Evergrande, Xu Jiayin, was sentenced this Thursday to life in prison by a Shenzhen court for financial fraud. The sentence, issued in the first instance, also orders the confiscation of all his assets and the deprivation of political rights for life. The conviction culminates the downfall of one of China's most powerful businessmen. Xu became the richest man in the country in 2017, when Forbes estimated his fortune at 42.5 billion dollars.

Luís Filipe Costa Póvoas (Porto, 1996) had always imagined that he would end up having an academic career. He liked science and for years he saw himself one day directing his own laboratory or being a university professor. His doctorate, however, has changed his plans. Not because he has stopped loving research, but because he now has other priorities: "Having a flat, having a family, a stable life." And he is not sure that all this is compatible with a scientific career.

German footballer Jamal Musiala has explained what is behind the two episodes in which he collapsed on the pitch in just four days. The Bayern Munich player has revealed on social media that he suffers from brief and temporary episodes of absence caused by a neurological dysfunction. Musiala, 23, has assured that he is receiving medical treatment and that he is "very optimistic" about his recovery.

The President of the United States, Donald Trump, has once again had a confrontation with the press, this time with Kristen Holmes, a CNN correspondent. During an event in the Oval Office, while the journalist was asking him about his contacts with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, and about the decision to reduce the scale of joint military maneuvers with South Korea; Trump interrupted her and ordered her to be quiet. "Shut up, shut up, shut up!", he told her insistently on several occasions. He then also called her "noisy" and "scandalous" and accused her of "spreading fake news".

La Toñi, the oldest orca in the Iberian population and matriarch of a group of specimens known as Gladis, has appeared with ten pellet impacts on her dorsal fin, some still lodged in her body. A scientific team detected the wounds on Monday, when they spotted the animal in the Strait of Gibraltar, after two years without seeing her in the area.

The Empordà left-back Pep Chavarría signed this Wednesday for Xabi Alonso's Chelsea until 2031 in a deal worth 19 million euros fixed plus 3 in variables. The 28-year-old player leaves Rayo Vallecano after four seasons in the First Division and now makes the leap to the Premier League. A transfer that, moreover, will have a direct effect on Catalan football: UE Figueres and UE Olot will receive a part of the operation's money thanks to FIFA's solidarity mechanism.

The magnitude 7.4 earthquake that Monday shook western Colombia has left at least 132 dead and over 700 injured, according to the latest toll. Images of the quake show the extent of the devastation, with buildings and infrastructure affected, hospitals evacuated, and emergency teams working to rescue people trapped under the rubble.

In the summer, when coastal waters warm up, the presence of a bacterium that can cause serious infections in humans increases. It is Vibrio vulnificus, a microorganism that naturally lives in marine and brackish waters in different parts of the world. The U.S. state of Louisiana has reported nine cases of infection this 2026, five of which have resulted in the death of those affected. All cases have required hospitalization, and authorities have linked them to the exposure of wounds to seawater. During the previous ten years, the state had reported an average of about seven cases and one death annually.

When Joel Vilarrasa (Sant Joan les Fonts, 1997) finished high school, he did the same as many other young people of his generation: study at university. For years he had felt that this was the natural path for any student who achieved good academic results, while vocational training courses were often relegated to a second option. He studied industrial engineering at the University of Girona and, once graduated, joined an engineering office in Olot. But the routine of an office job didn't quite convince him. "It was a very good work environment, but I missed a more physical, more manual and more varied job," he explains. The decision to leave and join the family carpentry business was his. "My father had always told me to study. Then I would decide what I wanted to do."

The large flare that was burning since Wednesday night at the Plaça de Sants metro construction site has been extinguished, more than twelve hours after the explosion that left eight workers injured, two of them seriously. The Barcelona Firefighters have managed to completely cut off the gas flow and have declared the emergency over. Now, however, the drilling machine that caused the incident must be moved and its causes clarified.

New incident with metro works in Barcelona. This Wednesday night, an explosion followed by a fire occurred at the metro works in Plaça de Sants, leaving eight people injured, all men. Two of the affected are in serious condition, three in less serious condition, and three in mild condition. Nine units from the Barcelona Firefighters and eight ambulances from the Emergency Medical System (SEM) were dispatched to the scene of the accident. This Thursday morning, a large flare-up continues to burn in the area while emergency teams work to control the gas leak.

The investigation into the death of Mango founder Isak Andic has incorporated a new witness who claims that the family therapist commissioned her to find a mountain route for Jonathan Andic. The woman, a British interpreter who collaborated occasionally with the psychotherapist, has voluntarily presented herself to the Mossos d'Esquadra to explain her role in the days leading up to the businessman's death, as reported by El Periódico and confirmed by the agency 'Efe'.

Europe lived through a true "hell" of forest fires 201 million years ago, during the mass extinction that ended the Triassic period. This is the conclusion of a study led by Utrecht University and published this Tuesday in Nature Geoscience, which links these persistent fires to an episode of extreme global warming caused by intense volcanism associated with the fragmentation of the supercontinent Pangea. According to the researchers, the fires were not only a consequence of this climate change, but also contributed to accelerating the collapse of terrestrial ecosystems.

The 2026 World Cup final between Spain and Argentina, which was decided by a 1-0 Spanish victory, left several controversies beyond the result. From refereeing decisions to post-match incidents, including the unexpected prominence of Donald Trump, these are some of the scenes that have generated the most controversy.

A fragment of a meteorite that pierced the roof of a house in Hillsborough, in the US state of New Jersey, on July 16, 2024, has become one of the most important findings in recent years for science. A study published in the journal Science Advances concludes that the rock contains amino acids, carbon, and other prebiotic molecules; all are chemical compounds considered essential for the emergence of life.

The CEO of Google DeepMind and Nobel laureate in Chemistry, Demis Hassabis, has warned that artificial general intelligence (AGI) could arrive "in three or four years," urging "urgent measures" to ensure this technology is developed safely.

The British government has asked FIFA to investigate the Argentine team after several players displayed a banner with the message "Las Malvinas son argentinas" at the end of the World Cup semi-final against England. The tournament regulations prohibit political demonstrations on the pitch. The banner appeared during the celebration of the Argentine victory 2-1 against England. Several players from the combined team sky blue they held it over the grass of the Atlanta stadium. Argentina continues to claim the archipelago, under British sovereignty, and which the English call the Falkland Islands.

The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) suggests that impact with a flock of birds is the most probable cause of the helicopter accident in which a Catalan family and the pilot died on April 10, 2025, in the Hudson River, New York. The report, published this Thursday, concludes that there is evidence compatible with a bird strike before the aircraft lost control and plunged into the river. The report, published this Thursday, concludes that there is evidence compatible with a bird strike before the aircraft lost control and plunged into the river.