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Israel's participation strikes a sour note at annual Eurovision Song Contest
1+ hour, 42+ min ago (37+ words) Tensions about Israel's participation loom over the annual Eurovision Song Contest. Israel's participation strikes a sour note at annual Eurovision Song Contest Tensions about Israel's participation loom over the annual Eurovision Song Contest. Become an NPR sponsor...
Greetings from Seville, where springtime means caracoles
17+ hour, 11+ min ago (189+ words) Spring is snail season in Seville. Caracoles in southern Spain differ from the well-known French escargot " they're smaller and eaten directly from the shell. And everyone has a favorite tapas bar that serves them. This is the time of the…...
French hantavirus patient is critically ill as outbreak grows to 11
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (782+ words) An ambulance enters the Bichat Hospital where a woman who tested positive for hantavirus remains in intensive care, in Paris, Tuesday, May 12, 2026. Michel Euler/AP hide caption PARIS " A French woman infected in the deadly hantavirus outbreak on a cruise…...
Why cruise ship passengers with possible hantavirus exposure went to Nebraska
2+ day, 12+ hour ago (814+ words) The National Quarantine Center is located at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha. Nebraska Medicine hide caption Sixteen of the 18 passengers transferred to the U. S. from a cruise ship where there was an outbreak of hantavirus arrived in Omaha,…...
U. S. cruise passengers head to Nebraska for hantavirus monitoring
3+ day, 8+ hour ago (679+ words) Seventeen U. S. cruise passengers are expected to return stateside early Monday, after weeks aboard the M/V Hondius, the cruise ship at the center of a deadly hantavirus outbreak. The Americans are disembarking the cruise in the Canary Islands and boarding…...
Passengers on the cruise ship struck by a Hantavirus outbreak flown to home countries: NPR
3+ day, 13+ hour ago (27+ words) The passengers from the MV Hondius, the cruise ship at the center of the recent Hantavirus outbreak, are being evacuated - and flown home to their respective countries....
Spain readies for evacuations as a hantavirus-hit cruise ship heads for Canary Islands
6+ day, 58+ min ago (613+ words) Health workers in protective gear arrive to evacuate patients from the MV Hondius cruise ship at a port in Praia, Cape Verde, Wednesday, May 6, 2026. Misper Apawu/AP hide caption MADRID " Spanish authorities on Friday were preparing to receive more than…...
After making Oscar shortlist, 'Homebound' returns to the remote village it's based on
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (521+ words) A rare Indian movie centered on the true story of a friendship between a Muslim and Hindu man reached the Oscars, but will it reach their village? (SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "BORDER 2") (SOUNDBITE OF JAVED ALI, ET AL.'S "YAAR MERE…...
After Spain's blackout, critics blamed renewable energy. It's part of a bigger attack
7+ mon, 5+ day ago (1298+ words) When the power went out in Spain this spring, many theories about the blackout centered around renewable energy. A new expert panel report contradicts the narrative that too much solar and wind was to blame. Cristina Quicler/AFP via Getty…...
Alt. Latino: Flamenco meets M'sica Mexicana: NPR Music
2+ week, 1+ day ago (235+ words) Fusion is at the heart of so much of the music we cover - especially on this week's episode. Flamenco producers descend on Hermosillo to experiment with regional Mexican music. Young Argentine artists blend trap with folk and rock en Espa'ol....