Commander, US President Joe Biden's two-year-old German shepherd, has been expelled from the White House for his frequent bites of secret service agents and other staff, according to CNN.

The decision was made after learning that on September 26 the mascot attacked a Secret Service agent, who had to be treated by the medical service.

In this regard, Elizabeth Alexander, Jill Biden's communications officer, indicated that “the president and first lady care deeply about the safety of those who work in the White House and those who protect them every day.”. “They remain grateful for the patience and support of the United States Secret Service and everyone involved, as they continue to work to find solutions,” in a statement reported by CNN.

After the last mishap, the reported incidents amount to eleven, although it is believed that there were more, and they have been repeated since October 2022, a year after his arrival at the official residence of the President.

A family gift

Commander was a gift that the president received from his family, months after the death of Champ, a German shepherd who accompanied the couple for 13 years.

In US history, most presidential families have had the company of a pet in the White House: Barack Obama (2009-2017) had two Portuguese water dogs, Bo and Sunny, while his predecessor, George W. Bush (2001-2009) lived with three dogs and a cat.

In 2018, the Bidens adopted another German shepherd, Major, who was transferred to their Delaware residence after an attack on a member of the presidential security.

This afternoon the kings received at the Alhambra the heads of state and government attending the summit of the European Political Community, whom they will entertain with a dinner in this same enclave, a world heritage site.. Don Felipe and Doña Letizia were received upon their arrival at the Alhambra by the acting President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, and his wife, Begoña Gómez, in the Partal Gardens.

Sánchez and his wife have been in charge of welcoming the attendees in advance in the Arrayanes patio, the axis of the Comares Palace, which has a 34-meter-long central pool and whose long sides stand two large hedges of myrtle, which gives its name to this space.

Later, in the Courtyard of the Lions, the kings greeted the international leaders and their companions, with whom they took the traditional family photo of the summit, which was attended by nearly fifty leaders from the European continent.

After the family photo, the leaders were able to attend a flamenco show by the singer Marina Heredia and, later, enjoy a cocktail at the Parador, which is located on the grounds of the monumental complex, with an Andalusian menu by the Cordoban chef -two Michelin stars- Paco Morales.

The dinner on the occasion of the Granada summit was attended, among others, by the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, and the president of the European Council, Charles Michel, as well as the president of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola.

The EU High Commissioner for Foreign Affairs, Josep Borrell, was also present, who, like many other attendees, took the opportunity to photograph and take photographs in this architectural jewel, which is celebrating the 150th anniversary of its declaration as a National Monument.

The French president, Emmanuel Macron; the German chancellor, Olaf Scholz; the Italian Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni; or the Prime Minister of Portugal, Antonio Costa, have also attended the reception.

Who did not stay for dinner is the Ukrainian president, Volodimir Zelensky, who left the Alhambra after holding a meeting with Felipe VI.

Russian President Vladimir Putin assured today that the plane in which the head of the Wagner Group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, crashed in August, was not shot down, revealed that remains of grenades were found inside the bodies of the occupants and suggested that they themselves were the causes of the tragedy.

“Fragments of hand grenades were found in the bodies of those killed in the air disaster. There were no external factors, that is a fact already confirmed, the result of the analyzes carried out by the Russian Instruction Committee,” Putin said during his speech at the Valday Debate Club held in the seaside resort of Sochi (Black Sea).

Putin, who has been accused by members of Wagner, the opposition and Western politicians of being responsible for the incident, regretted that specialists had not carried out medical tests to look for alcohol and drugs “in the blood of the deceased.”

“Although we know that after the incident at (Prigozhin's) company in St. Petersburg the Federal Security Service found not only 10 billion rubles ($100 million) in cash, but also 5 kilograms of cocaine,” he said.

In this way, the head of the Kremlin suggested that the same occupants of the plane were the causes of the tragedy that occurred on August 23. In turn, he highlighted that several thousand former Wagnerites have already signed contracts with the Armed Forces, something that Prigozhin had always refused to do.

“They want; and if they want, it means that they will take part in military actions,” he said, adding that by law private military companies do not exist in Russia and that the press gave that name to Wagner, who received state funding.

In fact, Putin recently met in the Kremlin with former Wagner commander Andrei Troshev, with whom he discussed the creation of “volunteer units” in the Ministry of Defense.

The day after the accident, Putin described the event as an “air disaster”, alluded to the “mistakes” committed by Prigozhin, alluding to the failed armed rebellion that he carried out two months earlier, and promised that the investigation would go “to the end.” to clarify what happened.

The presidential spokesman, Dmitri Peskov, who ruled out the possibility of the participation of international institutions in the investigation, has categorically denied that the head of the Kremlin gave the order to liquidate the leader of the Wagner Group, whose functions would now be carried out by other private companies attached to it. to the Ministry of Defense and by the National Guard.

According to the Russian press, the Interstate Aviation Committee, an entity based in Moscow that investigates incidents and accidents in the post-Soviet Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), will not investigate this event in accordance with international standards.

The Center for Research and Prevention of Aeronautical Accidents of Brazil (Cenipa) and the Empresa Brasileira de Aeronáutica (EMBRAER), manufacturer of the damaged aircraft, expressed their willingness to participate in the investigation of the accident.

The Embraer plane in which Prigozhin was traveling along with nine other occupants, some senior officers of the Russian mercenary group Wagner, crashed on August 23 in the Tver region while en route from Moscow to Saint Petersburg. In mid-September, the Russian Government dismissed the head of the civil aviation agency (Rosaviatsia), Alexandr Neradko, whose structure confirmed the tragedy of Prigozhin's private Embraer plane.

The popular economic magazine Forbes has published its most popular edition: the list of the richest people in the United States in this year 2023. The list made public by Forbes echoes, like every year, the great fortunes of the North American country, which have already recovered from the pandemic: the magazine article indicates that among the 400 fortunes they add up to about 4.5 trillion dollars after having lost 500 billion dollars in 2022. Forbes has also expanded the limit to enter the ranking: only fortunes of more than 2.9 billion dollars enter.

Forbes attributes the rise of technology companies in an increasingly interconnected world: half of the growth comes from the recovery of this sector, since eight of its magnates added more than $10 billion to their fortunes.

Technology companies lead the millionaire list

The owners of big technology companies lead the list as the richest men in the United States: the owners of Oracle, Google, Microsoft, Facebook or Dell are at the top of the ranking. Names like Larry Ellison, Larry Page, Bill Gates or Mark Zuckerberg are joined by the owners of financial companies such as Michael Bloomberg or the president and owner of Berkshire Hathaway, Warren Buffett.

Another classic on this list is the undisputed leader of the ranking: the owner of Tesla, SpaceX and the social network the owner of Amazon and The Washington Post, Jeff Bezos, who occupies second position.

Moguls, filmmakers and a former basketball player

Aside from the more or less unknown owners, although present in our lives through ownership or investment in technology, energy, conglomerates or investment funds, there are some well-known names among the richest in the United States.

Media mogul Rupert Murdoch and his family, for example, are 40th on the list with a fortune of 17 billion. Todd Boehly, current owner of Chelsea FC, is ranked 176 on a list that also includes George Lucas, director and producer of Star Wars, ranked 227.. Shortly after, another filmmaker appears, Steven Spielberg, at number 238, and in one of the last positions on the list, at number 379, appears the legendary former basketball player Michael Jordan, with 3,000 million dollars.

Only 60 women among the 400 richest in the US

The youngest person on the list, at 37 years old, is in 31st place with a fortune of $24 billion: Lukas Walton, one of the owners of the multinational store chain Walmart.. The oldest, 100 years old, is David Murdock, former president of the multinational fruit company Dole Food Company, in position 338 in the ranking. The first woman in the ranking, in 14th place, is Alice Walton, from the family that owns Walmart, with 66.5 billion dollars. Among the 400 richest people in the world, there are only 60 women.

These are the 20 richest in the US according to the Forbes list

An Egyptian court has deemed a woman who beheaded her five-year-old son with a machete and ate his head “insane” after hearing in her confession that she “wanted her son to be with her forever.”

The terrible events have occurred in Egypt. Hanaa Mohamed Hassan, 29, has just been tried for the murder of her own son, Youssef. However, judges have ruled that he was not in a position to plead guilty.. In the verdict they consider that she killed the child “in a state of madness” and ordered her psychiatric admission.

The woman was detained after Youssef's uncle found body parts in a bucket at the family home in Faqus, northern Egypt.. The mother confessed to the police that she had eaten part of her son's head because “she wanted him to stay with her forever.”

He also confessed that he killed him in the bathroom before stewing his head and other pieces of meat in boiling water on the stove to eat it.

The Prosecutor's Office, for its part, tried to prove that Hassan had killed her son because she feared losing custody of the child to her ex-husband.

Conflicting reports

A preliminary psychiatric report determined that he was responsible for his actions, which were premeditated, as he had obtained a club and a machete and had locked all the doors and windows of his home.

However, the court ordered a more detailed evaluation of her mental state, and a panel of independently appointed psychiatric experts concluded that the mother was “delusional” and had wild notions that her relatives were using witchcraft against her son.. The report confirmed that the woman suffered from problems with perception and judgment and did not appreciate the seriousness of her actions.

“Spain will continue to support Ukrainian capabilities to defend its cities, energy infrastructure and ports”. That is the message that Pedro Sánchez sent to Volodimir Zelenski in their bilateral meeting before the start of the summit of the European Political Community in Granada. Thus, the acting president of the Government has promised his Ukrainian counterpart more anti-aircraft weapons, anti-drone systems and demining equipment, with the idea that Kiev can continue to defend itself from the Russian invasion, especially during the next winter.

The meeting, held before the official start of the summit, lasted about 20 minutes and was “very cordial”, as explained by sources from Moncloa, who also clarified that part of the meeting took place in the presence of the teams of each party.

“We will focus on European unity, the security and stability of Europe, our defense and the strengthening of Ukrainian warriors,” Zelensky himself summarized after the conversation with Sánchez. In it they also addressed the process of Ukraine's accession to the EU. kyiv in fact hopes that there will be progress before the end of the Spanish presidency of the Council and for now the first step in this regard could be the opening of negotiations.

The sources consulted reiterated that Spain “supports” Ukraine's path towards the Union, but upon his arrival in Granada, Sánchez himself pointed out that first the country has to comply with the reforms and demands contemplated in the Treaties. “We are preparing to open accession talks during the Spanish presidency of the EU. “I thank Spain for supporting us in our aspirations,” Zelensky said on this matter.

“We are working together with partners to improve the European security architecture, in particular regional security. Ukraine has substantial proposals in this regard,” he continued, showing that his country comes with demands but also with a constructive position.. In fact, how the future of Europe is going to be built is the key topic of the meeting, which brings together almost fifty European leaders. “We will pay special attention to the Black Sea region, as well as our joint efforts to strengthen global food security and freedom of navigation,” concluded the Ukrainian president.

A 14-year-old boy stabbed his teacher in the middle of class in Coahuila, Mexico. The events took place this Wednesday at a secondary school in Ramos Arizpe, a city 14 kilometers from the state capital, Saltillo.. However, the teacher's injuries are not serious and her life is not in danger.

Video surveillance cameras have been able to capture the moment of the attack. In the images you can see how the student, identified as Alberto, is next to the blackboard with the teacher, Patricia Burciaga. Shortly after, she gets up to go towards the classroom door, with her back turned to him, when the young man takes the opportunity to stab her three times with a knife, subsequently hitting her in the face.

The teacher ends up falling to the ground to the stupor of the rest of the students, while the aggressor ran away from the scene of the incident.. Finally, he was detained by other teachers at the school and has already been arrested, which is why he is in the offices of the Public Ministry.

The Attorney General's Office of the State of Coahuila has assured, according to El Heraldo de México, that the teacher had called the student's attention.. He, upset by the reprimand, then decided to attack his teacher.

One of the things that has been on the EU's agenda in recent years has been a deeper look at the youngest, new generations that take the European project for granted and recognize it in initiatives such as Erasmus.. But the European Parliament has taken this legislature as that of youth, since 2022 was also the year dedicated precisely to them. Thus, from the European Parliament they have been – together with the rest of the institutions – chaining measures to make life easier for those who are called to build the Union of the future. What are these steps?

Goodbye to the “exploitation” of interns

This has been one of the most resounding positions, on the way to a directive that ends the labor exploitation of young trainees.. For the European Parliament, this regulation must set minimum quality standards, including rules on the duration of internship periods, their remuneration and the access of trainees to social protection, in accordance with the laws and practices in force in each Member State.

Internship periods, Parliament states, must have adequate compensation, which covers at least the cost of basic needs, such as food, accommodation and transportation, taking into account the cost of living in each country, Parliament indicates.. The plenary encourages Member States to make internships more accessible to people with disabilities or from disadvantaged backgrounds, and to support internships in other Member States. MEPs also want the Commission to review the current quality framework for traineeships and introduce more binding rules for Member States in this area.

Labor internships facilitate young people's access to the job market, recalls the European Parliament. A recent Eubarometer survey shows that four out of every five young people surveyed (78%) have completed at least one internship period, and for one out of every five (19%) their first work experience was an internship.. However, there are doubts about the quality of the practices. MEPs believe that their quality must be guaranteed so that young people can gain experience and obtain adequate remuneration.

Gender equality in senior positions in companies

Equality is one of the challenges of the present and the future and it is also an intergenerational issue, although it directly involves young people.. Thus, in this case the directive will oblige companies to establish transparent recruitment processes, so that at least 40% of non-executive director positions or 33% of all director positions are occupied by people of the lesser gender. represented before the end of June 2026.

Merit should continue to be the key criterion in the selection processes. Listed companies will have to report on the representation of men and women on their boards of directors to the competent authorities once a year; If they have not met the objectives, they must detail their plans to do so. This information will be published on the company website so that it can be easily found. The law will not apply to SMEs with fewer than 250 employees.

Member States must establish effective, dissuasive and proportionate sanctions – such as fines – for companies that do not apply open and transparent procurement processes.. In addition, the courts may annul the appointment of any board of directors that fails to comply with the principles of the board.

The European Commission first presented its proposal in 2012 and the European Parliament adopted its negotiating position in 2013.. The file remained blocked in the Council for almost a decade, until the employment and social affairs ministers finally agreed on a position in March 2022.. Parliament and Council negotiating teams reached an agreement in June.

Minimum wages across the EU

In September of last year, the European Parliament took a giant step in terms of standardizing minimum wages throughout the EU, despite the fact that this is a responsibility of the Member States.. The European Parliament has nevertheless played its role. This directive seeks to improve the working and living conditions of all EU workers, as well as promote economic and social progress.. To achieve this, it establishes minimum requirements that guarantee adequate minimum wages either through national legislation or collective agreements.. In addition, it improves effective access for all workers to minimum wage protection.

The new regulations will apply to EU workers who have an employment contract or an employment relationship. EU countries where the minimum wage is already protected exclusively through collective agreements will not be obliged to introduce these rules or to apply these agreements universally.

Setting the minimum wage will remain a responsibility of Member States, which will have to ensure that it allows workers to lead a decent life, taking into account the cost of living and the general salary level.. When assessing whether their current legal minimum wages are adequate, Member States may take as reference a basket of goods and services at real prices, or 60% of the median gross wage and 50% of the average gross wage.

Better conditions for digital workers

Already at the beginning of 2023, Parliament wanted to focus on a fundamental sector for young people: that of digital workers. These conversations are already underway. The idea is to establish rules on the use of algorithms and artificial intelligence to monitor and evaluate workers by platforms.

The importance of the social pillar

All in all, young people are a decisive part of the social pillar of the European Union, which MEPs do not want to abandon despite the change in priorities, and especially in the midst of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.. Precisely for Iratxe García, leader of the social democrats in the European Parliament, it is also important to “strengthen the European social pillar, with measures that will, for example, improve access to housing for young people or the implementation of a strategy against poverty with binding objectives”.

The leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, Tino Chrupalla, was hospitalized this Wednesday after a “violent incident” during an election rally in the city of Ingolstadt, located in the state of Bavaria. , in the south of the country.

The German formation itself has reported that Chrupalla has been admitted to a hospital after the event, which occurred in the crowd and before Chrupalla spoke.

The Ingolstadt Police have confirmed that they had to intervene during the rally and that they will investigate whether there is a third party involved and that no “obvious injuries” have been found during the medical assistance prior to their transfer to the hospital.

“In order to clarify the more detailed circumstances of this medical incident, the Ingolstadt Criminal Investigation Department has taken over further investigations,” the police said.

This incident occurs in the run-up to the elections in Bavaria, scheduled for Sunday, and after the AfD co-leader, Alice Weidel, canceled on Tuesday for security reasons her participation in another rally in Mödlareuth, a small village between Bavaria and Thuringia.

AfD was founded by eurosceptics a decade ago. Since then he has become radicalized, especially in his clearly anti-immigration positions.. In several German states, including Bavaria, the German intelligence agency monitors AfD affiliates as possible extremist groups.

The latest polls put support for the AfD between 12 percent and 14 percent in Bavaria and, although it is not expected to have much influence on the formation of the future state government, the AfD's support among Bavarian voters may be one of the most significant aspects of Sunday's elections.

Donald Trump's defense lawyers on Wednesday appealed the summary ruling of a judge who a week ago found the former president responsible for persistent fraud at the Trump Organization for inflating the company's assets to obtain financial advantages.

Trump's defense, which had already anticipated that it would take action in response to the ruling, delivered the appeal documents while the third day of the civil trial was being held in which six other charges brought by the New York Prosecutor's Office regarding the alleged fraud are being settled. in the Trump Organization.

Judge Arthur Engoron ruled that Trump, his children Donald Jr.. and Eric, his company and two partners were responsible for fraud for years and ordered the cancellation of the operating licenses of his entities in the state, which resolved the main charge in the case and put the Trump family's income in check.

Since the trial began this Monday, Trump has appeared in the courtroom every day, taking the opportunity to vindicate the validity of his asset valuations and his businesses in general, and also to attack the judge, prosecutor Letitia James and the civil process, which considers political persecution.

On Tuesday, the former president was reprimanded by Engoron after posting a photograph of the judge's secretary accompanied by a personal attack, and received an order limiting his use of social networks and an order that he also imposed on the lawyers of both parties.

During the break of this third day, the Republican favorite for the White House sent a campaign email to raise funds in which he indicated that he had “left the court for today”; It is not clear if he will appear again.

Prosecutor James, who remained silent on Tuesday, spoke out after her absence: “I am not going to allow myself to be harassed.”. Mr. Trump is no longer here. Donald Trump's 'show' is over. “This was nothing more than a political ruse, a fundraising stop,” he said, according to CNN.

Until now, the trial, which will last until the end of December, has focused on the testimony of a former accountant for the firm Mazars, who prepared the financial condition statements – on which the case is based – for the Trump Organization and the former president.

The accountant, Donald Bender, entered fully into accounting matters and declared during the interrogation by the Prosecutor's Office that the Trump Organization was in charge of providing him with his data and that for some years it hid relevant documents from him, while the defense today tried to reduce his credibility.