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Spain expected to dethrone Japan in life expectancy rankings by 2040: U.S. study
Spain is expected to push Japan to second place in global life expectancy rankings by 2040, estimates by a U.S. research institute show. Spain's Mediterranean lifestyle is key to the change, according to the study by the University of Washington's Institute for Health Metrics and ...
It was an odd scene at Benito Villamarin Stadium in Seville: The few visiting English fans were chanting "Ole" at every touch of the ball by their squad, while the home Spanish crowd was jeering its own players. It was only halftime on Monday and ...
Venezuela activist's 'jumped out of the window' death reminiscent of Franco times: Spanish minister
Spain's foreign minister on Thursday compared the death of a Venezuelan activist in government custody with cases that took place during his country's fascist dictatorship when prisoners being interrogated suddenly "jumped out of the window. Fernando Alban, a Caracas city council member accused of taking ...
Human tower builders in Catalonia kick off with pro-independence protest
Protesters calling for Catalan independence kicked off Spain's bi-annual human towers building competition on Sunday that is being held for the first time since Catalonia's failed 2017 independence referendum. Though the competition is not an official pro-independence event, human towers building is a deep-rooted tradition ...
Renowned Spanish opera singer Montserrat Caballe dies at age 85
Montserrat Caballe, a Spanish opera singer renowned for her bel canto technique and her interpretations of the roles of Rossini, Bellini and Donizetti, has died. She was 85. The Gran Teatre del Liceu opera house in Barcelona, where Caballe performed more than 200 times, described ...
The bodies of 11 migrants were recovered and another 32 people were rescued in the sea north of Morocco, authorities in the North African country said on Tuesday. A boat carrying migrants ran into trouble on Monday off the coast of Nador, in the northeast ...
Catalonia's separatist executive was Tuesday accused of playing a "dangerous" game after the regional leader encouraged radical independence activists to carry out disruptive acts on the anniversary of a banned referendum that culminated in clashes. Hundreds of separatist protesters knocked down barriers at the regional ...
Police clash with Catalan separatists protesting marchers in Barcelona
Police on Saturday clashed with Catalan separatists in downtown Barcelona who had gathered to protest another march by Spanish police demanding better pay. Separatists threw paint at police, covering anti-riot shields, police vans and the pavement in a downtown square in a panoply of bright ...
Five EU countries reach deal to end limbo of 58 rescued migrants
Five European Union countries struck a deal Tuesday to distribute between them 58 migrants rescued in the Mediterranean Sea and left stranded by continuing disagreements in the bloc over how to cope with the influx of people trying to enter illegally from North Africa. A ...
Migrant rescue ship Aquarius was seeking a safe haven for 11 migrants it saved off Libya Thursday, after refusing to return them to the North African country, aid groups MSF and SOS Mediterranee said. The vessel moved in to save 10 men and an unaccompanied ...
1 million protesters rally in Barcelona and again call for Catalan independence
Around 1 million people rallied in Barcelona on Tuesday, banging drums and blowing whistles in a show of support for Catalan independence nearly a year after a failed attempt to break away from Spain. Wearing coral-red T-shirts and waving the red, yellow and blue Catalan ...
Five people died and 20 others were injured Monday when a bus crashed into the pillar of a viaduct in northern Spain, authorities said. The accident took place in Aviles in the Asturias region, a spokeswoman for emergency services told AFP. "Five people have died," a ...
