1+ hour, 38+ min ago   (227+ words) MADRID, Aug 14 — Barcelona have agreed to sell Spain’s World Cup final hero Ferran Torres to Paris Saint-Germain for almost 50 million euros (US$57 million), Spanish media reported yesterday. The two European giants have reached a deal in principle for the 26-year-old…...

2+ hour, 21+ min ago   (588+ words) PARIS, Aug 14 — Millions of people across Europe—particularly in France, Italy, Spain and the UK—sweltered through another wave of extreme temperatures yesterday as the continent’s latest heatwave intensified. Weather agencies recorded temperatures of more than 35C in several European countries,…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (454+ words) LONDON, Aug 10 — La Liga president Javier Tebas claims Gianni Infantino is “destroying the very essence” of football and believes his time as Fifa president has come to an end, PA Media/dpa reported. Infantino has faced criticism following his failed…...

5+ day, 1+ hour ago   (302+ words) MADRID, Aug 9 — Spain on Saturday started border checks on travellers arriving from Italy, responding to similar measures Rome imposed following a massive migrant rush into the Spanish north African enclave of Ceuta. “I don’t see a lot of the word…...

6+ day, 14+ hour ago   (537+ words) MADRID, Aug 7 — A wave of disinformation on social media drove the deadly rush of tens of thousands of migrants into Spain’s north African territory of Ceuta last week, analysts told AFP. An unprecedented 72,000 people poured into Ceuta from Morocco from…...

6+ day, 13+ hour ago   (537+ words) MADRID, Aug 7 — A wave of disinformation on social media drove the deadly rush of tens of thousands of migrants into Spain’s north African territory of Ceuta last week, analysts told AFP. An unprecedented 72,000 people poured into Ceuta from Morocco from…...

6+ day, 16+ hour ago   (280+ words) MADRID, Aug 7 — Spanish police said today they had dismantled what they called one of the largest criminal networks involved in smuggling migrants across the Mediterranean, arresting 78 people and seizing 18 high-speed boats. The network allegedly used the vessels to transport synthetic…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (586+ words) PARIS, Aug 6 — Suddenly, the world is plunged into an eerie, violet darkness. The temperature drops. Birds and other animals, bewildered by unforeseen night, start behaving strangely. Stars and planets appear in the sky next to the blotted-out Sun. It is…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (156+ words) LONDON, Aug 5 — Lionel Messi has donated money to help restore an area outside Madrid that has been affected by wildfires, reported German Press Agency (dpa). Isabel Diaz Ayuso, the president of the Community of Madrid, revealed the former Barcelona star…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (787+ words) TUNIS, Aug 5 — Witnesses and experts have suggested to AFP that an easing of controls by Morocco in the border area of Ceuta contributed to the recent mass influx of migrants into the Spanish enclave. If so, what interests could Rabat…...