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Another World Cup stunner: Cape Verde gets 1st goal of tournament and holds Uruguay to 2-2 draw
2+ day, 6+ hour ago (299+ words) MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. " Cape Verde's magical start to its first World Cup isn't over. It might just be getting started. The tiny island nation that stunned tournament favorite Spain last week did it again against Uruguay on Sunday, coming from…...
Cape Verde stuns Spain with a 0-0 draw in the tiny island country's World Cup debut
1+ week, 1+ day ago (645+ words) ATLANTA "So much for a supersized World Cupdiluting the quality of soccer's biggest tournament. Tiny Cape Verde, making its World Cup debut, pulled off a stunning upset to shut out heavily favored Spain in a 0-0 draw Monday. "This means everything…...
From a Tennessee boarding school to a West Virginia mountain resort: Where the World Cup teams are based
1+ week, 1+ day ago (1012+ words) In the shadow of Tennessee's Signal and Lookout mountains, 8-year-old Beckham has been balancing on a fence for more than three hours, gripping a handwritten note and waiting for Spain's national team to emerge. "I love you and I look…...
Pope returns to Rome on Spanish king's plane after his own charter flight suffers a problem, Vatican says
1+ week, 4+ day ago (461+ words) SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE, Spain " Even popes have travel delays. Lucky for Pope Leo XIV, King Felipe VI offered a way out, and a way home. Leo's Iberia charter, due to take him back to Rome after a weeklong visit…...
In first papal speech to Spanish parliament, pope demands respect for migrants
2+ week, 1+ day ago (841+ words) MADRID " Pope Leo XIV called Monday for respect for migrants" rights and international law during an address to the Spanish parliament that signaled a new level of acceptance of the Catholic Church in the overwhelmingly secular country. In the first…...
Pope Leo's visiting Europe's migration hot spots. Catholics hope he'll ease political tensions
2+ week, 4+ day ago (1301+ words) BARCELONA, Spain " Pope Leo XIV is delving into the hotly contested issue of migration by visiting two flashpoints " Spain's Canary Islands in the Atlantic next week, and Italy's Lampedusa island in the Mediterranean in early July. These rocky, remote outposts…...
5 American cruise ship passengers exposed to hantavirus leave Nebraska quarantine facility
3+ week, 1+ day ago (442+ words) OMAHA, Neb. " Five of the 18 American cruise ship passengers who have been staying at a national quarantine facility in Nebraska after being exposed to hantavirus are going home, U. S. health officials said Monday. The five people will complete their monitoring at…...
Evacuations begin for passengers on MV Hondius cruise ship off Tenerife hit by hantavirus
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (879+ words) TENERIFE, Canary Islands " The first passengers to be evacuated from the hantavirus-hit cruise ship that is off Spain's Canary Islands arrived Sunday afternoon in Madrid, where they are being taken to a military hospital. Spanish nationals were the first to…...
Experts wonder "Where is the CDC?" as a hantavirus outbreak unfolds on a cruise ship
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (1115+ words) NEW YORK " No quick dispatching of disease investigators. No televised news conference to inform the public. No timely health alerts to doctors. In the midst of a hantavirus outbreak that involves Americans and is making headlines around the world, the…...
WHO head seeks to reassure Tenerife residents about hantavirus
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (882+ words) TENERIFE, Spain " The head of the World Health Organization sought Saturday to reassure residents of the Spanish island where passengers of a hantavirus-stricken cruise ship'are expected to be evacuated, issuing them a direct message that the virus was "not another…...