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Generation Z is breaking a rule Baby Boomers have always followed: don’t talk about money

July 15, 2026 by usatoday24

Nightly, in The Revoltdozens of guests face two of the most uncomfortable questions that can be asked of a person: about your sex life and about money. With the arrival of sex education to the classrooms, the taboo of talk about sex has been reduced, but when it comes to talking about salary, almost everyone hesitates. They change the subject, let out a nervous laugh, or dodge the answer as best they can. Money is still the true taboo of spanish after-dinner. Outside of Spain, something similar had been happening for decades. There was no talk about salary, neither with friends nor family. That unwritten rule, which boomers and generation X strictly followed, generation Z is definitively breaking. We don’t talk about money. The silence about money did not come out of nowhere. It has roots in social comparison: talking about what you earn puts you in a success or failure scaleand that is uncomfortable. The ethics of effort also weigh, the idea that having little money is synonymous with little ambition, something that in Spain is also mixed with a religious component that associates wealth with greed, as the economist Joan Tubau said. in an interview for The World. The sociologist Iván Parro matches in which money stopped being just a means of exchange and began to become a means of identifying social status. Having or not having money defines, in part, your place in the group. That’s why building a wall on your salary also protects your ego. Nobody wants to expose their position on that scale in front of others. Generation Z does not shut up. Mary Julia Koch, editor of the Wall Street Journal, explained it in one of his interventions in Fox Business. His generation has grown up publishing his entire life on social networks: romantic relationships, friendshipsuniversity life and work. Talking about salary was, according to her, the next logical step. And that step is already being taken on a massive scale. According to a Stepstone study74% of those under 30 years old already talk openly about their salary, compared to less than half of those over that age. Economic pressure helps to understand this opening: high rents, precarious jobs and a generation that needs to compare figures to know if they are being paid well. “Generation Z and Millennials are increasingly better informed about the salary they can expect, as they discuss it more openly than older generations,” the report notes. In Spain it is still difficult to talk about money. Here the change goes more slowly. According to data from a Younited analysis collected by The Newspaper51% of Spaniards prefer not to talk about money openly, and up to 60% of those under 40 believe that it should not be done in public. Culture is important, but so is the lack of training. The Bank of Spain itself makes it clear in its latest Financial Competencies Survey: almost half of the population considers that their knowledge is low or very low. When you don’t know how something works, it’s easier to avoid talking about it than to risk appearing ignorant. A new language to talk about money. This change in tone also has its own face in Spain. Streamers like Ibai Llanos have managed to talk about salariesrents or mortgages sound like a normal conversation and not a meeting with the bank, something that has helped the creators become the gateway to financial education for many young people. The secrecy of a lifetime is being dismantled little by little, between reels posted on social networks and a generation that already sees silence about money as more of a disadvantage than a taboo. In Xataka | If the question is how much money does it take to be happy in Spain, a study has the answer: double what you earn Image | Unsplash (Marionel Luciano, Emil Kalibradov)

the surreal meeting of Juan Roig and Ana Botín with IShowSpeed at the World Cup

July 15, 2026 by usatoday24

For less than a minute, the president of a bank with almost a hundred billion capitalization spoke like a salesperson from one of its branches. Next to him, the owner of the largest supermarket chain in Spain was waiting for his turn to introduce himself. He streamer The one they were addressing, and which broadcast the match live, is IShowSpeed, with 57 million followers on YouTube. And I had no idea who these gentlemen were. What happened. On the night of July 14, Spain beat France 2-0 and sealed its place in the final of the 2026 World Cup. Among the VIP audience, along with Timothée Chalamet, Javier Bardem and Usain Bolt, were Ana Botín, president of Banco Santander, and Juan Roig, president of Mercadona. They both went to greet Darren Watkins Jr., the streamer known as IShowSpeed, which broadcast the game live. The exchange began with introductions. “It’s like the Walmart of Spain,” they explain pointing to Roig in reference to Mercadona. Botín was not far behind: he defined his bank as “the JPMorgan of Europe.” A few seconds later the commercial offer arrived: “You have to open an account at Openbank”, and ended with a sales pitch which surely captivated Speed: “We pay you 4% for your savings.” The young man managed to tell Botín that he would have to give him “a good credit rating”, but he responded between surprise, curiosity and pure stupefaction. Who is Speed? At just 21 years old, Watkins Jr, or IShowSpeed, has accumulated more than 57 million subscribers on YouTube, and more than 150 million followers across all of his networks. He has been broadcasting live from the stands for weeks at the 2026 World Cup, after his favorite team, Portugal, was eliminated in the quarterfinals. On the night of July 14, the Spain-France match, its live broadcast from the AT&T Stadium reached nearly 58 million connected accounts. That’s why it was Roig and Botín who approached him, and not the other way around. No conventional advertising campaign would have put them in front of a comparable audience, much less that profile: young, digital and absent from traditional channels. Who are the other people? The older ones, we say. We know this very well, but it doesn’t hurt to remember it, because it is their insane fortunes that turn this talk in the box into a piece of Celtiberian memorabilia to take into account. Booty has a personal assets of 350 million euros (Santander has a market capitalization that has touched 100 billion euros this year). A considerable fortune, but far from the 8.8 billion that Forbes attributes to Roig in his latest list of the greatest Spanish fortunes. Rich folks. Throughout the conversation, Roig does not utter a single sentence in English. It is his companions who present it, who seek the comparison with Walmart and act as interpreters. It is a very particular and very Spanish folksiness, which leads Botín to compare Mercadona and Santander with giant American businesses. And it’s not because they lack size or importance, but they find a very simple way to make themselves understood with Speed. Recent rich. This folksiness comes from the fact that Spanish wealth is not the inheritance of several generations of nobles. Mercadona was already born in democracy, when Roig bought Mercadona from his father along with his brothers and his wife, when the chain had eight stores; today exceeds 1,700 and employs nearly 110,000 people; Botín presides over a bank founded by his family in which he maintains a relevant but purely management position. But the type of wealth they represent does fit with a broader and documented pattern of how the Spanish business class was formed: at the death of Franco, two hundred families controlled more than a third of the shares of the country’s large companies and banks, a network of power very close to the State. It is not the aristocracy that endures in the United Kingdom or the United States, the famous old money that goes back generations in the past. In Spain we have rich people from powerful but self-made families, which explains this attitude that leads a multimillionaire to calmly sell the advantageous conditions of an account in her bank: the money has been inherited, but not from generations, they are provincial families with power, and hence the attitude towards the young influencerwhich they see as another possibility to make money. Even with the rich, Spain is different. In Xataka | Mercadona is doing the opposite of other large companies: freezing Roig’s salary to reinvest it

“Madrid is acting like a cheating administration that only wants to get the rooms from Madrid residents”

July 15, 2026 by usatoday24

Since it was first approved under the name of Madrid Central, Madrid’s low-emission zones have lived on a tightrope. Now, like Madrid 360, Justice has been demanding that Madrid return the money to thousands of Madrid residents for two years. With their latest decision they are closer to achieving it. What has happened? The Superior Court of Justice of Madrid (TSJM) has opened a separate piece within the execution of the ruling that annulled the Low Emissions Zone (ZBE) of Madrid in 2024. This decision arrives after Associated European Motorists (AEA) will demand that Justice execute the refund of the fines imposed with the previous mobility ordinance. At the moment, the Madrid City Council and the rest of the affected parties have a period of 20 days to present their arguments regarding this decision. And all this, why? To understand the story we have to go back to 2024. In Septemberthe TSJM declares the Madrid ZBE null and void, alleging that there was not a sufficient study of whether these low-emission zones could produce a “discriminatory effect for the most economically vulnerable groups.” In response, the Madrid City Council filed an appeal to the Supreme Court but this was rejected so the low emissions zone was now de facto cancelled. However, during that time, the Madrid City Council worked to modify its mobility ordinance and keep the ZBE active, which shields the entire city from the entry of unmarked cars. (from outside Madrid) and has two other interior areas of special protection. With the rejection of the appeal, Madrid would have to return the money for all the fines imposed from January 2022 until the entry of the new mobility ordinance but that is not happening. Not, at least, totally. What do they say at the Madrid City Council? In Xataka We have contacted the Madrid City Council who defend that “the sanctions imposed with the previous ordinance, and which exclusively affect Plaza Elíptica and Centro, the Special Protection Zone that annulled the TSJM ruling, will not be returned because they were processed with an ordinance that was in force” The answers to know what fines will no longer be collected must be found in the Madrid City Council website where it is specified that these are: Fines that are in process and have not been paid. Fines that have not been fully collected, even if they are being enforced. The first problem is that Madrid does not return the money for the fines paid and, in that case, the sanctioned driver has to go to court to claim the money. The second problem is that Madrid has only been returning the fines referring to the Low Emissions Zone of Special Protection of the Central District and Plaza Elíptica, two spaces with independent rules which prevents cars labeled C and B from parking on the street. In these areas, only the ECO and Zero emissions labels have free passage to circulate without restrictions. What do they say in AEA? What they defend in AEA is that the Madrid City Council must return all fines (those imposed in these special areas and those at the entrance to the city) regardless of whether they have been paid or not paid. The latest judicial movement, however, only affects fines that are unpaid. Mario Arnaldo, president of AEA, assures in statements to Xataka that Madrid “is acting like a cheating administration that only wants to get the quarters from the people of Madrid.” And it is that, according to the association’s calculations of drivers’ defense, between January 2022 and December 2025 (latest data available), Madrid has fined 3.4 million drivers for a value of 663.29 million euros. Of that money, 203.22 million euros are part of the fines for entering the Madrid municipality that the city refuses to return. In addition, the association remembers that Justice has already agreed with them in the appeals presented to receive money from fines already paid. This procedure must be done individually and what AEA pursues is that the Madrid City Council has to return all the money automatically. That is, the more than 660 million euros raised. So is it legal or not? Right now, breaking the rules of the ZBE in Madrid is grounds for sanctions. And the Madrid City Council hides behind the modification last April to keep alive this low-emissions zone that AEA has already resorted to when it understands that the problems for which the TSJM annulled the previous mobility ordinance have not been solved. At the moment “it has a presumption of legality,” AEA tells us. This means that the Madrid City Council has activated its ZBEs and punishes those who fail to comply with the rules, but Justice will have to decide in the future whether said space restricted to the most polluting cars is legal or, once again, falls into the same mistakes of the past. Photo | Korng Sok In Xataka | A very high percentage of the fines that are appealed in Madrid for the ZBE end up annulled: two reasons explain this

The parish of Folgueras de Cornás has found its number one enemy: an invasion of worms

July 15, 2026 by usatoday24

I don’t want to imagine what it’s like to come home after a normal day and discover that I now have new tenants. The idea that thousands of worms have moved in with you, without warning, sneaking under the door. Well, now imagine Manuela Rodríguez’s face, neighbor of Folgueras de Cornásin the council of Tineo: he spent days putting up with the bad smell before packing his suitcase and leaving his own home. AND was not the only one: Several families had to abandon their homes due to a plague that has not subsided for almost two weeks. Who is the bug. Is called Mythimna unipunctaand in Spanish it accumulates half a dozen aliases: grass defoliating caterpillar, armyworm, cereal lizard. It is a moth of the Noctuidae family, native to America and today distributed throughout almost the entire planet. The larva measures between three and four centimeters, greenish or brown, with light longitudinal stripes. They come out to eat at night, in groups, and destroy the corn leaves until only the central vein is left. When the grass is exhausted, they march en masse toward the neighboring plot: hence the nickname “soldier.” And the damaged crop, that is, what they eat the most, is usually specifically ryegrass, the base grass of livestock farming in the area—very relevant in Asturias due to dairy farming. From the farm to the living room. The menu of this caterpillar is grasses: corn, oats, barley, wheat, grass. That is, no closets or clothes. The confusion with clothing is understandable—there is another moth, the textile moth (Tineola bisselliella), which does pierce wool and cotton—but it is a different insect, even with a different biological cycle. To kill them, you can use commonly used insecticides, by the way. What does happen is that, when food runs out in the countryside, thousands of larvae cross to the nearest homes, go through any crack under doors and windows, and many die right there. The result is a smell of decomposition. It is a pattern already described in other outbreaks of this pest: where the invasion is triggered, the larvae can clog exterior gutters and drains looking for moisture. In Tineo, the focus reached an old school, several farms and some homes. Why is it repeated?. And why more and more: the Ministry of Asturias maintains that the phenomenon is cyclical: it reappears every two or three years and is linked to heat. And this year’s temperatures, above 25 degrees, accelerate the reproduction of this type of caterpillars. Furthermore, the lack of rain pushes the larvae to look for moisture wherever there is it. In other words and using as a model feedback from a professional company: Climate change has not invented this pest because it has been on the peninsula for decades, but it does shorten its life cycle and adds extra generations per season, the same mechanism that triggers the fall armyworm in half the world. The more hot, dry summers, the more opportunities the armyworm has to complete an extra generation before the cold weather hits. The drama of the Cantabrian coast. Although what happened in Folgueras de Cornás is an important problem, it is not something local. In 2020, Astillero and Guarnizo, in Cantabria, lived the same script of soldier caterpillars devouring meadows and sneaking into homes in several neighborhoods. This same summer, Galicia drags another outbreak in Monterroso, Portomarín and Taboada. And they are capable of leaving corn plots completely defoliated in a matter of days. A pattern repeated almost every summer along the Cantabrian coast. The political fight, aside. In the background we have the government agencies, because the plague also generated noise from offices. The popular deputy Luis Venta Cueli accused the Barbón Government of “dereliction of functions”, and denounced that the official response to the neighbors’ request for help was that they could not act because the worm is not poisonous. It is not poisonous per se, although it can trigger an infectious chain. The technicians of the Animal and Plant Health Laboratory of Asturias They have already collected samples and are working alongside cleaning professionals. The authorized phytosanitary treatments on corn and ryegrass are complicated to apply when the crop is already growing tall. And on the street, there is no choice but to apply urban biocides on homes and public areas. The general director of Livestock and Animal Health, Rocío Huerta, asked for calm: the plague is common, cyclical, and the Principality acts with the same protocol that the PP governments apply in Galicia and Cantabria when it is their turn. A rancher from Ayones, Rosa López, interviewed about the issue, He said that the population grew from one day to the next and that it will be common for a rural environment, “but not here.” Because, although everyone agrees that the armyworm does not pose any danger to human (or animal) health, the fact that thousands of these bugs sneak into homes, no matter the cause, does not sit well with anyone. Images | Illustrative image of apartments in Navelgas / LVdT In Xataka | The boxwood moth has hatched in Pamplona en masse. The real problem is in its tracks. In Xataka | From pest in Southern Spain to “super food” for fish: we already know what to do with 60,000 tons of invasive Asian algae

The US war to save bees from the invasion of a murderous creature

July 15, 2026 by usatoday24

South Carolina bee inspectors describe America’s battle against a tiny but devastating invader with biblical quotes. We talk about Asian yellow-legged horneta predator that, in just three years, has gone from arriving hidden in a freighter to forcing deploy thousands of trapselectronic trackers and specialized equipment to prevent it from turning one of the regions with the largest bee population in the country into an immense buffet. The silent invasion. Jackie Currie told to the New York Times who had been keeping bees in South Carolina for more than a decade when he observed behavior he had never seen before. Instead of leaving the hive to search for pollen, hundreds of them remained motionless at the entrance, crowded together like bathers who refuse to return to the water after seeing a shark. In front of them floated two Asian yellow-legged hornets. The bees knew that going out meant risking their lives, but staying inside meant slowly condemning the entire colony due to lack of food. “The saddest thing is that my bees don’t know how to defend themselves. The ones that know how to deal with these hornets live in Asia, not here,” summarizes the beekeeper. Turn beehives into slaughterhouses. The Asian yellow-legged hornet measures less than a clipbut it is one of the most effective insect hunters in the world. It hovers in front of the hive like a hummingbird until a bee ventures out. Then the catch in full flight and the pieces with disturbing precision, removing its head, legs and wings to leave only the abdomen, the most nutritious part. Unlike Asian bees, which have developed collective strategies to surround and suffocate these predators by raising the temperature, European bees introduced to the United States They lack those defenses natural. For them, the hornet represents a completely new enemy. The invader’s paradise. Native to Southeast Asia, this hornet first appeared in the United States in 2023, probably after arriving hidden on a freight ship which docked in the port of Savannah. From there it quickly crossed into South Carolina and found a perfect setting to multiply. Georgia is the third honey producer of the country and South Carolina is home to tens of thousands of bee colonies, a true feast for an insect that, furthermore, does not disdain practically any food. It can feed on bees, other insects, deer remains, abandoned shrimp heads, oyster shells and even alligator carcasses. The warm climate and abundance of prey have made the coastal region known like Lowcountry in it equivalent to a resort for this invasive species. Evil personified. The person who best summarizes the seriousness of the situation is Brad Cavinthe state’s chief bee inspector and one of the people leading the response against the invasion. The son of a pastor, he often describes his work with biblical references that reflect the extent to which he considers the mission transcendental. “This is the Garden of Eden and we are fighting Satan,” tells the NYT explaining why he spends a good part of the year traveling hundreds of kilometers looking for nests hidden among trees, buildings and gardens. The comparison may sound exaggerated, but just look at the figures to understand it: in 2024 his team located 16 nests; before the end of June 2026 already had eliminated 345. Each of them can host thousands of hornets capable of spreading the invasion even further. Thousands of liters of juice to find the enemy. Yes, because the war against the hornet is being fought with unconventional tools. The researchers have deployed more than 4,300 traps made with buckets and plastic jugs hanging from trees. The bait is also nothing sophisticated: a mixture of grape juice and brown sugar syrup named like “Georgia Juice”as irresistible to hornets as it is harmless to bees. Only during the first half of 2026 had the team used more than 15,000 liters of juice and more than four tons of sugar. When the traps capture numerous specimens, the real research begins: scientists place new baits, triangulate flight routes and even mark some insects with colored paint to follow them among the vegetation. Small electronic “spies”. The next step seems like something out of a spy movie. Some captured hornets are anesthetized on ice and equipped with tiny transmitters of radius, just a little larger than a grain of rice and with a weight similar to that of a quarter of a raisin. Subject to the body using Kevlar thread and fed honey before being released, these insects instinctively return to their nest while researchers follow them with receivers that emit increasingly intense beeps the closer they are to the target. The system allows you to locate hidden colonies tens of meters high between the treetops, where they would otherwise go completely unnoticed. Eliminating a nest requires precision. Once the hiding place is located, they go into action specialized teams of exterminators. Equipped with beekeeping suits and ladders or lifting platforms, they face swarms that react extremely aggressively when they perceive a threat. To reduce the use of pesticides, operators first plug the entrance of the nest with a small sponge, turning it into a closed chamber where the treatment is much more effective. They then carefully detach the structure, place it in a plastic bag and transfer it to a laboratory, where it is frozen to eliminate any survivors and later preserved as study material. Some of these nests reach the size of a beach ball and house thousands of individuals. Saving bees is much more than protecting production. If you also want, the fight against the Asian hornet goes far beyond avoiding losses for beekeepers. The bees play an essential role in the pollination of crops and entire ecosystems, so that its disappearance would have enormously far-reaching economic and environmental consequences. That is why the battle that is being fought today in South Carolina It is closely followed throughout the United States. What began with a beekeeper seeing her bees paralyzed by fear has … Read more

A Catalan city council fined an individual for “cutting down some trees.” They have discovered an international network of illegal garbage trafficking

July 15, 2026 by usatoday24

The Civil Guard, Europol and the French Gendarmerie They just arrested four people for illegally bringing at least 46,000 tons of French waste into Catalonia. And the case has a crumb. Because when you talk about ‘international garbage trafficking’ you imagine trucks passing in the dark through lost ports in the Pyrenees and ships unloading in the middle of the night. But the truth is that no truck had to hide: they crossed the border between France and Spain without any problems. The papers were, “in theory”, in order. In theory? There was the kid of the matter and what confused the authorities. It made no sense to bring garbage into Catalonia from France because the Catalan fee (75 euros) is higher than the French one (69): although the overall costs are higher, the savings would be very small. The key was something else: that the trucks moved around Europe declaring that what they were carrying in their vats was “soil.” And that was what was new. The network had gone one step further and was no longer “selling” cheap landfills, it was selling completely reclassifying the waste. In this way, the garbage traveled to Spain as material and ended up buried in a fruit field. By using the term “land” everything was radically simplified: no one got paid, no file was activated. Do we have a legal loophole? Not exactly: the legislation is not only clear, but even in this case, the alerts were activated. Sant Esteve Sesrovires detected the irregular actions, opened a file, informed the Prosecutor’s Office and proposed a fine of 814,900 euros. Why concept? Due to land spills and felling of trees. It was when investigating the matter that the bottom of the matter was discovered. Why is it important? Because it is the third episode of the same pattern in four months: in March, a European macro operation with 337 detainees; in April, 167,000 tons of rubble and asbestos in Axarquía; now, this. And, above all, because Spanish legislation continues to be very lax. Our management requires “seriously damaging the balance of natural systems.” It must be modified (it is a European requirement), but we have not done so yet. Therefore, this case will be judged in terms of document falsification, tax crime, money laundering. That is to say, although environmental crimes are among the crimes charged, recent experience suggests that the conviction, if it comes, will come because of the paperwork. It is a good metaphor for a country that has built one of the most expensive tax systems in Europebut we have left it entirely in the hands of responsible self-declaration. Image | Zibik In Xataka | Europe has a problem with waste management, to the point that there are mafias illegally “exporting” it from Italy to Cuenca

all plans, content, monthly and annual price

July 15, 2026 by usatoday24

We bring you a small guide in which you can see What are the DAZN subscription prices? in 2026. Thus, in case you want to hire this sports streaming service, you will be able to know how much it will cost you depending on what you want. In this article we are going to talk to you about the different packs that you have available, detailing what each of them offers. We will also tell you how much they cost, something that will depend on the payment method you choose. What DAZN includes DAZN has five different subscriptions, each aimed at a different type of audience. Therefore, What DAZN includes depends on the subscription you choosebecause each of them can include different sports packages. You should also know that the price of each pack is different. Wanting to watch all football is not the same as wanting to watch all basketball, and focusing on American sports is the cheaper option. How much does DAZN cost: plans, content and prices Now we are going to leave you a table in which you can see contents and prices of each of the plans available on DAZN. Remember that prices may change, since from time to time there are some specific promotions. subscription content price free One match per day of LALIGA EA SPORTS One NFL game a week One NHL game a week premium LALIGA EA SPORTS (5 LALIGA matches: 5 matches in 35 of the 38 matchdays and the open match on every matchday) ALL LALIGA HYPERMOTION, Premier League, Bundesliga, Serie A and League F ALL Formula 1®, MotoGP™, NASCAR and WSBK NBA: 180 regular league games + All-Star Weekend + Playoffs + Conference Finals (one live and one on demand) + NBA Final on demand All acb competitions: Endesa League, Copa del Rey and Endesa Super Cup NFL: 5 weekly games, the playoffs, the Super Bowl and Game Time. All in Spanish. Also RedZone in English Annual single payment: 351.99 euros (now promoted to 219.99 euros) Annual with payment in installments: 31.99 euros per month for 12 months (now promoted to 19.99 euros per month) Monthly payment: 44.99 euros per month engine The entire Formula 1® World Championship The entire MotoGP™ World Championship NASCAR, WSBK and DTM Special content: previews, interviews and documentaries All the competitions on the Red Bull TV and Eurosport channels: Australian Open, Roland Garros, selected UFC fights, all cycling… All the content of the Premium plan at no extra cost, outside the motor season Annual single payment 219.99 euros Annual with payment in installments: 19.99 euros per month for 12 months Monthly payment: 29.99 euros soccer LALIGA: 5 matches in 35 of the 38 days and the open match of all days ALL LALIGA HYPERMOTION, Premier League, Bundesliga, Serie A and League F NFL: 5 weekly games, the playoffs, the Super Bowls and Game Time. All in Spanish. Also RedZone in English All the competitions on the Red Bull TV and Eurosport channels: Australian Open, Roland Garros, selected UFC fights, all cycling… All the content of the Premium plan at no extra cost, outside of the football season Annual single payment: 219 euros (now promoted to 109 euros) Annual with payment in installments: 19.99 euros per month for 12 months (now promoted to 9.99 euros per month) Monthly payment 29.99 euros Basketball All acb competitions: Endesa League, Copa del Rey and Endesa Super Cup NBA: 180 regular league games + All-Star Weekend + Playoffs + Conference Finals (one live and one on demand) + NBA Final on demand Special content: previews, interviews and documentaries All the competitions on the Red Bull TV and Eurosport channels: Australian Open, Roland Garros, selected UFC fights, all cycling… All the content of the Premium plan at no extra cost, outside of the basketball season Annual single payment: 109 euros Annual with payment in installments: 9.99 euros per month for 12 months Monthly payment: 14.99 euros Made in usa NBA: 180 regular league games + All-Star Weekend + Playoffs + Conference Finals (one live and one on demand) + NBA Final on demand NFL: 5 weekly games, the playoffs, the Super Bowls and Game Time. All in Spanish. Also RedZone in English All NASCAR races All the competitions on the Red Bull TV and Eurosport channels: Australian Open, Roland Garros, selected UFC fights, all cycling… Annual single payment: 54.99 euros Annual with payment in installments: 4.99 euros per month for 12 months Monthly payment: 7.99 euros In addition to the content that appears in the table, the DAZN app offers you information with all the results and statistics of the matches, statistics and fanzone. you also have multi-screen optionwith which you will be able to have several events at the same time on a single television. How many devices can it be used on? You can see DAZN content on two devices at the same time. Of course, there is an important restriction, and that is that both must be connected to the same network access point. Come on, both devices they must use the same WiFi. This is a measure to prevent users from sharing their accounts and subscriptions with third parties. In Xataka Basics | Scheduling on DAZN: how to see upcoming events and activate reminders to let you know when they are going to start

Albarracín is one of the best places in Spain to see the eclipse. And also the biggest cartographic hell in the country

July 15, 2026 by usatoday24

What if when you changed streets in your town you moved to another? How does this affect the cadastral level? What demonym do you use if in reality your region is “kidnapped” by others? In Spain there is a riddled place in its cartography and that place is called Albarracín, a municipality in the province of Teruel (Aragón) which, for centuries, was surrounded by villages that sought autonomy, organized themselves into their own community and ended up purchasing their independence in 1689, which fragmented the term into 24 municipalities that today act as enclaves within their territory. A political-administrative delirium that goes from the medieval to the modern and leaves us with an impossible map that on August 12 will also be one of the best viewpoints of the total eclipse. A map full of holes. To the southwest of Teruel and with just over a thousand inhabitants, Albarracín is one of the strangest terms in Spain. Within its term there are “islands” that do not belong to Albarracín, but to villages separated centuries ago. 24 independent municipalities, just like that. These fitted pieces de facto delimit the territory, generating a network of villages that turns the map into a puzzle. And how does this affect day to day life? For example, selling a plot of land in Albarracín requires surgeon-like precision. Before closing the operation, it is necessary to check with a magnifying glass which municipality governs that land, if the plot matches exactly between Cadastre and Registry, and if its boundaries have changed due to the history of the municipal area. In such a fragmented area, the problem is usually not “the sale” itself, but the identification of the property: if there are discrepancies in area, space or limits, if rectifications, annexes or extra certificates appear and, sometimes, topographic measurements to prevent the buyer from inheriting a lawsuit or a tax surprise. Something as obvious as in which municipality the IBI is settled is here a geological escape room. At a legal level, Any conflict of boundaries, easements or discrepancy between Cadastre and deed may delay the signing. A problem of mountains and boundaries. First it was an independent manor (that of the Azagra). Later, after the conquest by Pedro III in 1284, the Christian repopulation of the area and the definitive incorporation of the city to the Crown of Aragon around 1300, Albarracín remained the center of a large mountain territory. At the beginning of the 14th century, the towns of the mountains began to organize themselves into a supra-municipal entity distinct from the city to manage mountains, pastures and taxes and, above all, to gain margin against the Albarracinense tutelage. That early structure had few powers at first, but over time it reinforced its autonomy and prepared the ground for jurisdictional rupture. Buy independence. In 1689 the point of no return arrived, when that entity was formalized as the Community of Villages of Albarracín. A jurisdictional separation granted by Charles II himself. Thus he managed to definitively separate from the city. The villages paid 45,000 ducats to achieve full jurisdictional separation, becoming their own municipalities under the umbrella of the Community. From this process, among others, Bronchales, Gea de Albarracín, Orihuela del Tremedal, Tramacastilla, Griegos, Jabaloyas or Villar del Cobo were born, which today circumvent or directly pierce the original terminus. It’s sesmas time. To understand this community we must talk about its four “sesmas” (Jabaloyas, Bronchales, Royuela and Frías). These blocks grouped villages and resources into subdistricts. Each municipality inherited scattered plots, hills and pastures, creating a mosaic that makes you laugh at private property in Ireland. Small portions nested within each other whose seal, under political geography, has its own administration: they are defined as enclaves. And in Albarracín they are counted in dozens. Wars and Carlists. The Community of Villages remained a public law institution for almost two centuries, coexisting with the city of Albarracín. Until the Carlist Wars and their great liberal provincial reform dissolved it, in 1833. The Spanish administrative map was reorganized and Albarracín, with a Carlist tendency, was occupied by liberal troops, punishing the region for a conflict that neither went nor came to them. But no one beat the stubborn ones and the new division maintained the multiplicity of municipalities. Decades passed and these municipalities continued to function independently within the province of Teruel. We are already talking about the 20th century and even the 21st: Albarracín is a heritage and tourist reference. In 2003, the Government of Aragon created the Sierra de Albarracín region through Law 1/2003which once again grouped Albarracín and its 24 municipalities into the same regional entity. The region respects the municipal boundaries, so the cartographic hell persists, but with a layer of supra-municipal coordination that is reminiscent of the ancient medieval community. Total eclipse over the labyrinth. As the great Bonnie Tyler sang, may she rest in peace, the “total eclipse” will bathe these lands. Cartographic irony wants the total solar eclipse of August 12, 2026 to cross Spain from west to east at sunset and cross the Sierra de Albarracín. This area is, without a doubt, one of the best viewpoints in the entire world. In Albarracin, The partial eclipse will begin around 19:36:45totality will begin at 20:30:59, reaching its maximum at 20:31:46 with the Sun only 6 degrees high and magnitude 1.032. It will end at 20:32:32, with the end of the partial around 21:04, already close to sunset. And what are the best viewpoints? Note: the natural space of Rodeno, that of Muela de San Juan in Griegos, that of Santa Barbara in GuadalaviarEl Batán in Tramacastilla and Carrizuelo in Villar del Cobo, although Santos de la Piedra in Pozondón and Alto Cabezo in Saldón are also great. Let us keep in mind that, for the eclipse, what is important is the west orientation, the height and a clean horizon. The Sierra de Albarracín starts with that natural advantage: little light pollution, high relief and a network of ideal … Read more

FIFA had been trying for years to get soccer into the US. In this World Cup it has been American culture that has entered football

July 15, 2026 by usatoday24

Each match in the 2026 World Cup has been stopped twice for players to drink water. What FIFA sold as a medical standard has become one of the largest sources of advertising revenue in the history of football. The hydration break It is reminiscent of the one you already see in a LaLiga match in August, when the heat at four in the afternoon justifies it. Here, repeated in air-conditioned stadiums where more than one fan is seen wearing a cardigan, it sounds more like an excuse. It’s just the most visible symptom of something bigger. The panoramic. FIFA has been pursuing the American market for years without soccer finally gaining ground against basketball, American football or hockey. This summer he has changed his strategy: instead of selling football as it is, he has redesigned it with the cultural and television codes of the United States. Pauses that cut off the game, advertising in the middle of the game, celebrities paid to occupy the box, hospitality overflowing, very expensive tickets, a break from the final that doubles its usual duration to accommodate a concert… The tournament has also been played in Mexico and Canada, but it has not stopped sounding like the NFL and the NBA. The party has stopped being the product. He show prior, rest and show Later they are also products, they also compete for the same attention. In detail. The centerpiece is the hydration breaks: three minutes in the 22nd and 67th minutes of each of the 104 games, without discriminating by temperature. FIFA announced them in December as a health prevention and authorized television stations to fill the gap with up to two minutes and ten seconds of advertisements. It is not the only piece of the decoration: Halftime in the finals has been extended to about 30 minutes to accommodate a Super Bowl-style musical performance. One has appeared backroom VIP, very similar to the NFL boxes, where authorities, family and celebrities follow the game. Television production has adopted shots, access to locker rooms and tunnels that until now were the domain of American football. Between the lines. It is tempting to blame the United States for “Americanizing” soccer. But the one who has made every decision (breaks, calendar, 48 teams…) is FIFA, which has seen in the American entertainment model the fastest way to continue increasing income just when Europe, its traditional place, begins to show signs of stagnation. The French Ligue 1, without going any further, lost his television deals and has had to set up its own direct sales platform. behind the scenes. The change is not only a matter of changes in the regulations, it is also noticeable in how it is broadcast. The networks constantly cut to celebrities, boxes and reactions in the stands in search of the viral shot. Every break, every corner, every substitution is an opportunity for sponsorship, not just hydration. The fan in the stadium is no longer just a spectator, he is part of the set. The stands are lit, focused and edited, NFL style. In figures. The numbers explain why FIFA has been compensated for the change in model. The organization’s audiovisual income has grown by 36% compared to Qatar 2022, up to about 3,925 million dollars. Fox calculates entering between 250 and 500 million dollars only with the advertising of hydration breaks. A 20-second ad during a break has been sold in France for 425,000 euros. For the rights bid for 2030 and 2034, offers in the United States could start at $1 billion and reach $2 billion if both tournaments are packaged. Yes, but. Not all football has jumped on the bandwagon. The Premier League, the richest and least in need of new income, does not contemplate breaks: British regulations limit live advertisements and in England it is rarely as hot as would justify them. UEFA has said that He will not take them to the Champions League or the Euro Cup in 2028. And now what. CONMEBOL has already announced 90-second breaks for the Libertadores and the Sudamericana 2026. The MLS and the NWSL will negotiate their next rights with the World Cup precedent on the table. And FIFA is preparing the 2030 bid, with Spain as one of the venues, knowing that the networks will no longer pay only for the 90 minutes of the match: they will also pay for the minutes in which it stops. Featured image | FIFAXataka In Xataka | It is possible that today you will hear your neighbor sing Spain’s goal before you: the delay of streaming compared to DTT

Peru has taken to naming its children after soccer stars. Now he has more than 500 new Haalands

July 15, 2026 by usatoday24

Whatever happens Sunday at MetLife Stadiumone thing is certain: the 2026 World Cup will end, its players will become international football history and FIFA will begin the countdown to the 2030 tournament. What will last much (much) longer is the mark that the 2026 World Cup has left in the official census of Peru. There the officials have met with a curious phenomenon: Hundreds of parents are calling their babies “Haaland” in a nod to the Norwegian striker, one of the most viral of the competition. In reality there is little surprising about it. What has happened? Norway’s World Cup dream disappeared on saturdaywhen they were defeated 2-1 by England, that does not mean, however, that the Nordic team welcomes one of the most iconic players of the World Cup: Erling Braut Haaland. His exploits in the field, his Viking appearance (Scandinavian blonde, almost two meters tall) and some other viral video retouched with AI They have turned it into a mass phenomenon in recent weeks. And that has left its mark on Civil Registry of the Republic of Peru. Trace, in what sense? In a quite forceful one. According to the data provided by the National Registry of Identification and Civil Status (Reniec) and disseminated by local media such as Peruvian News Agency (Andean), hundreds of people who bear the name of Haaland now live in the country. To be more precise, the Reniec includes 560 people who include Haaland in their name. Most are limited to the last name, but there are 91 people who have been registered as Erling Haaland. To make matters worse, there are four named Erling Braut Haaland, exactly like the Manchester City player. Why’s that? Good question. Difficult answer. Reniec does not specify when this ‘boom’ of babies who have become walking tributes to Haaland occurred, but it is not unreasonable to think that the trigger was the FIFA Cup. In fact, the registry has shared the information just now, coinciding with the World Cup and (above all) the viral success of the Norwegian forward. In any case, Haaland is not the only ball star who is leaving his mark on Reniec. To be honest, it’s not even the most popular. Are there more cases? Yes. Euro News remember that the Civil Registry already has 3,402 Peruvians named Messi, including the almost 300 who are directly and officially called Lionel Messi. They are a good handful, but they come to nothing when compared to the 33,809 that Neymar shows on his card, which makes him the most popular first name of football resonances. There are almost 1,200 ‘Cristianos Ronaldos’ and the list goes on and on with many other references to stars. Which footballers succeed? The most famous, regardless of their nationality. The Peruvian News Agency precise that the Peruvian registry includes 1,502 people named Griezmann, 1,241 who respond to the name Yamal, 319 baptized in a nod to Salah, 238 to Mbappé and 175 to Pedri. If you dig a little deeper we still find dozens of Neuer, Bellingham, Lewandowski, Rashford, Harry Kane, Rodrigo de Paul or Luka Modric. Also some Vinícius Junior, Lukaku, Kai Havertz, Dibu, Dembelé, Courtois or Michael Olise. After all, the history of football is not only written in the big stadiums… it also has its echo in the civil registry offices. Images | Gustavo Leighton (Unsplash), Wikipedia and Deb Dowd (Unsplash) In Xataka | Spain’s stadiums want to arrive on time for the 2030 World Cup. The problem is who pays for it

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