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2027 budget reaches parliament with PS backing assured

On Thursday the government submitted to parliament the draft 2027 state budget, forecasting 2% growth and a surplus between 0.1% and 0.2% of GDP. Its approval is assured by the Socialist Party, which has said it will abstain in the overall vote.

Canadian poet Anne Carson wins 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature

Anne Carson was among the bookies' favourites to win this year, as her body of work eschews easy categorisation.The Nobel Prize committee singled out her “bold and inventive oeuvre that, in playful dialogue with the classical tradition, has created new forms for contemporary

Christa Pike's lawyer: She woke up and began talking

Christa Pike has regained consciousness after surviving two supposedly lethal doses of pentobarbital during a botched execution. Her lawyer says Pike was believed to be brain dead and close to being taken off life support before unexpectedly waking up and speaking.