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Spanish soccer player Rafa Mir sentenced to 8-and-a-half years for sexually assaulting two women
3+ hour, 12+ min ago (200+ words) MADRID " A court in Spain has sentenced Spanish forward Rafa Mir to eight and-a-half years of prison for having sexually assaulted two women along with another soccer player. A lower court in the region of Valencia ruled Monday that Mir…...
Spain at a Tennessee boarding school, Iraq in a rural West Virginia town: Where World Cup teams live
4+ hour, 59+ min ago (1019+ 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…...
Two police officers assaulted, two people arrested at Toronto Stadium
2+ day, 20+ hour ago (73+ words) Two people have been arrested after an assault on police at Toronto Stadium this afternoon. Toronto police say officers and security personnel responded shortly after 2 p. m. to reports of an altercation in the stands during a match between Canada and Bosnia…...
Pope Leo warns Europe's migrant traffickers to repent or face hell
3+ day, 6+ hour ago (641+ words) SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE - Pope Leo on Friday issued a stern warning to human traffickers and criminal groups who exploit desperate migrants trying to reach Europe through Spain's Canary Islands, telling them to "repent" before God or face being sent…...
Italian beach bans umbrellas for people between the ages of 10 and 65
4+ day, 2+ hour ago (589+ words) ROME " Authorities managing one of Sardinia's most popular beaches have banned umbrellas for people between the ages of 10 and 65, citing safety concerns in the event of an emergency. Sun protection and skin cancer prevention is a priority in most places…...
Spain Eurovision boycott over Israel leaves fans torn
4+ week, 2+ day ago (903+ words) MADRID " No special menu, no themed decorations and no shared suspense over which musician's flamboyant performance proves victorious. For the first time in seven years, Silvia D'az won't get together with friends to watch the Eurovision Song Contest finals on…...
Alex Smalley holds clubhouse lead after two rounds at PGA Championship
4+ week, 2+ day ago (499+ words) NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa. " Alex Smalley closed with a birdie to set the clubhouse lead at 4-under-par 136 on Friday, while Chris Gotterup and Japan's Hideki Matsuyama put themselves in contention at the PGA Championship halfway through the second round at Aronimink…...
3 passengers, French and American, test positive or have symptoms of hantavirus after evacuation
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (700+ words) THE HAGUE, Netherlands " A French woman and an American tested positive for the hantavirus, as nations around the world scrambled Monday to repatriate passengers from a cruise ship hit by a deadly outbreak and quarantine or isolate them. Passengers from…...
Remaining Canadians aboard outbreak-hit cruise ship to disembark in Tenerife
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (342+ words) The remaining Canadians aboard a cruise ship at the centre of a hantavirus outbreak are set to disembark early Sunday morning local time. Oceanwide Expeditions, the ship's owner and cruise organizer, says four Canadians and dozens of other asymptomatic passengers…...
Record amount of cocaine seized by police in Spain
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (175+ words) CP24 Record amount of cocaine seized by police in Spain Video shows a massive cocaine shipment from western Africa that was intercepted in the Atlantic Ocean near the Canary islands. A total of 30 tonnes were seized, making it one of the…...