Isabella Walker, autor en Straytrees

Jan

2024

Benidorm Fest 2024: Angy Fernández, Nebulossa, Sofia Coll and Miss Caffeina, first finalists | Television

Benidorm Fest 2024 already has its first four finalists. On Tuesday evening, the music festival chose Nebulossa (149 points), Angy Fernández (137 points), Sofia Coll (116 points) and Miss Caffeina (105 points) as the top four candidates to win the Alicante competition.Their performances were the ones that received the most acclaim in the first semi-final of the competition that selects the Spanish representative in the 68th edition of Eurovision, which will be held in Malmö (Sweden). This Thursday (La 1, 10.50pm) the four singers who will accompany them in the final on Saturday (La 1, 10.00pm) will be decided.At the…

Jan

2024

By Isabella Walker

Elon Musk’s Tesla Pay Package Is Voided by Judge

Science and Technology

Elon Musk, the chief executive of Tesla, suffered a stunning rebuke Tuesday when a Delaware judge voided the pay package that helped make him a billionaire many times over and the world’s wealthiest human being.In a decision that cast a harsh light on the behavior of Mr. Musk and Tesla’s board of directors, Chancellor Kathaleen St. J. McCormick of the Delaware Court of Chancery said the chief executive had effectively overseen his own compensation plan — currently worth about $50 billion — with the help of compliant board members.“The process leading to the approval of Musk’s compensation plan was deeply…

Jan

2024

By Isabella Walker

N.C.A.A. Investigates Booster Club Funding for College Sports

Investments and Business

The N.C.A.A. is investigating the University of Tennessee’s football program for recruiting violations involving a group of outside donors, signaling an escalation of efforts to rein in the growing influence of money flooding into college sports, according to documents and people familiar with the case.The investigation is focused on Tennessee’s high-profile donor collective, a group of alumni and wealthy boosters who support the team by channeling payments and other benefits to players. The inquiry is looking at, among other things, the group’s role in flying a high-profile recruit to campus on a private jet while the football team was wooing…

Jan

2024

By Isabella Walker

US military deployment becomes Biden’s weak point in Middle East crisis | International

Politics

There is already a decision. President Joe Biden assures that he already knows how the United States will respond in the Middle East to the drone attack, allegedly launched by pro-Iranian militias, which resulted in the death of three soldiers and the wounding of 40 others in an outpost in Jordan. Washington must carefully calibrate its response at a time when the spotlight is growing on its 30,000 troops in the region, in a conflict that already extends beyond the war between Israel and Hamas and threatens to drag other powers into the area. conflict.In his decision, Biden faces a…