3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (455+ words) By Emma Pinedo, Jesús Aguado and Victoria Waldersee MADRID, Sept 9 (Reuters) – Spanish intelligence services warned their Moroccan counterparts and Madrid of plans to storm Ceuta a day before more than 70,000 migrants crossed into Spain’s North African enclave, according to documents…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (302+ words) ARGUINEGUIN, Spain, Sept 3 (Reuters) – Five migrants were found dead aboard a boat rescued off Spain’s Canary Islands, maritime rescue authorities said on Thursday, while a migrant rights ​group reported that survivors said dozens more had died during ‌the crossing. Three…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (551+ words) By Victoria Waldersee and Miguel Pereira CEUTA, Spain, Sept 2 (Reuters) – Residents in Spain’s Ceuta appealed for calm on Wednesday as hundreds of rallies were planned nationwide in solidarity with the North African enclave, which is suffering an unprecedented migration crisis…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (506+ words) Aug 31 (Reuters) – Argentina’s Lionel Messi announced his retirement from international soccer on Monday. The following are quotes and reactions: “The captain of our dreams. That kid, ‘La Pulga’, that alien who made possible what so often seemed impossible… You are…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (242+ words) BUENOS AIRES, Aug 31 (Reuters) – Lionel Messi, who captained Argentina to World Cup victory in 2022 and the final in 2026, is retiring from international football, he said on Monday. The ​record eight-times Ballon d’Or winner is his country’s record appearance-maker ‌and scorer…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (391+ words) MADRID, Aug 31 (Reuters) – Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Monday there were signs Russia and Israel had spread the disinformation over Spain’s migration policy that triggered last month’s rush of migrants into Ceuta, but ​no evidence of Moroccan involvement....

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (714+ words) By Danilo Arnone and Giselda Vagnoni FLORIDIA, Sicily, Aug 21 (Reuters) – Five years after Floridia registered Europe’s highest-ever temperature, residents say extreme heat is no longer measured by records but by its impact on daily life, keeping people indoors, reducing social…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (867+ words) CEUTA, Spain, Aug 15 (Reuters) – In the weeks before a rush of more than 70,000 migrants into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, border workers warned Spain’s central government that more people, spurred on by social media, were arriving by sea, adding they…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago   (534+ words) OMIS, Croatia, Aug 14 (Reuters) – A wildfire engulfed homes in a picturesque Croatian resort overnight, injuring 40 and forcing 1,200 to evacuate, officials said, as EU officials warned that pockets of “very extreme” wildfire conditions were stretching right across the continent. Hundreds more…...