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Moto GP star airlifted to hospital after horror crash at Catalonia Grand Prix as health update given

1+ hour, 27+ min ago  (224+ words) Moto GP competitor Alex Marquez was airlifted to hospital following a devastating collision at today's Monster Energy Grand Prix of Catalonia in Montmelo (Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya). The 30-year-old Gresini Racing rider slammed into the rear of Pedro Acosta's machine on…...

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Ireland, Slovenia, and Spain will not show Eurovision this week [because Israel]

1+ week, 53+ min ago  (168+ words) RT" and other public service broadcasters in Slovenia and Spain will not show the Eurovision Song Contest this week as they boycott the event over Israel's participation. The world's biggest live televised music event holds its first semi-final in the…...

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Patient Zero" in deadly hantavirus cruise ship outbreak was Dutch ornithologist Leo Schilperoord

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (485+ words) Patient Zero in the cruise ship hantavirus outbreak has been identified as ornithologist Leo Schilperoord, whose passion for birds may have cost him his life. The 70-year-old man and his wife, Mirjam Schilperoord, 69, were on a five-month trip to South…...

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US moving to evacuate American passengers aboard hantavirus cruise ship, quarantine in Nebraska

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (491+ words) The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the risk to the American public remains extremely low as officials move forward with a medical repatriation flight for passengers aboard the M/V Hondius. President Trump said earlier Friday that the…...

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Hantavirus outbreak on cruise ship not start of pandemic, UN health agency says

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (535+ words) An outbreak of hantavirus on board a cruise ship is not the start of a pandemic, the UN health agency has said. Maria van Kerkhove, an infectious disease epidemiologist at the World Health Organization (WHO), told a news briefing that…...

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Black Weekend in Spain: Multiple Stabbings Kill Two

2+ week, 6+ hour ago  (761+ words) The concentration of knife attacks in the Barcelona metropolitan area widens the gap between the official discourse on crime and public perception of security. Crime scene cordoned off iby the regional police in Barcelona on May 4, 2026 - @Alerta Mundo News on…...

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Impending diplomatic clash? Spain demands release of flotilla activists

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (310+ words) Spain's Foreign Ministry has called for the immediate release of a Spanish citizen detained by Israel following the interception of a Gaza-bound flotilla, after an Israeli court extended his detention by two days. Saif Abu Keshek, a resident of Barcelona,…...

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Estibaliz Kortazar, a far-left Spanish activist, did what good comrades do, she opened her home to a North African migrant.

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (339+ words) Once he got what he wanted, the man started sexually harassing her, insulting her, and beating her. Then he threw her out, changed the locks, and took over the house. She called the police for help. Their response? "We can't…...

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Javier Milei: Mass Migration Pushing Europe to the 'Brink of Extinction'

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (314+ words) Argentinian President Javier Milei warns that progressive policies and open borders are pushing Europe to the "brink of extinction." Milei delivered his new condemnation of Europe's uncontrolled migration on Tuesday during his participation at a economy debate in Buenos Aires…...

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Sunken fleets near Gibraltar reveal 1, 000-year history, naval myths

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (146+ words) Spanish archaeologists have documented over 30 shipwrecks in the waters between the Rock of Gibraltar and the port of Algeciras. This discovery follows a three-year study titled Project Herakles. Led by the University of C'diz, the team identified 151 archaeological sites and…...