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scmp.com > news > world > europe > article > 3344181 > spains-sagrada-familia-reaches-full-height-144-years-after-foundation-stone-laid

Spain’s Sagrada Familia reaches full height 144 years after first stone laid

31+ min ago  (212+ words) The Sagrada Familia became the world's tallest church last October, rising over the spire of Germany's Ulmer Munster Barcelona's towering Sagrada Familia basilica reached its maximum height on Friday, though the magnum opus of Catalan architect Antoni Gaudi remains years…...

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scmp.com > news > world > europe > article > 3344176 > co-founder-british-retailer-asos-dies-after-falling-balcony-thailand

Co-founder of British retailer Asos dies after falling from balcony in Thailand

1+ hour, 51+ min ago  (124+ words) Quentin Griffiths" friend told police the Briton had been worried about lawsuits from his former wife, a Thai national Police said that Griffiths, 58, had fallen from the 17th floor of a flat block in the seaside resort city of Pattaya on…...

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scmp.com > news > world > africa > article > 3343529 > missing-french-tourist-chad-found-dead-after-fall

Missing French tourist in Chad found dead ‘after a fall’

1+ week, 3+ hour ago  (14+ words) Missing French tourist in Chad found dead "after a fall'South China Morning Post...

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scmp.com > news > world > europe > article > 3342787 > fatal-floods-strike-spain-and-portugal-thousands-evacuating

Fatal floods strike Spain and Portugal, thousands evacuating

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (196+ words) Spain and Portugal on Saturday braced for another storm heading for the Iberian Peninsula, just days after the floods caused by Storm Leonardo proved fatal in both countries. The latest depression, christened Storm Marta, has prompted the deployment of more…...

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scmp.com > news > china > diplomacy > article > 3342352 > china-and-spain-talks-pm-pedro-sanchez-visit-beijing-again

Exclusive | China and Spain in talks for PM Pedro Sanchez to visit Beijing – again

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (145+ words) Sanchez is expected to become the latest Western leader to go to the Chinese capital as the US" policies prompt a reassessment Miguel Otero-Iglesias, a senior analyst at the Madrid-based Elcano Royal Institute, said the prime minister had suggested in…...

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scmp.com > news > world > europe > article > 3341453 > spain-buck-trump-trend-and-legalise-thousands-migrants

Spain to grant legal status to migrants defying Trump trend, Europe’s policies

3+ week, 3+ day ago  (182+ words) New decree offers status to roughly 500,000 residents, in contrast to the deportation focus of Trump's administration and some EU leaders Spain's government announced on Tuesday it will grant legal status to potentially hundreds of thousands of immigrants living and working…...

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scmp.com > news > world > europe > article > 3341349 > spain-busts-cocaine-trafficking-operation-used-floating-bases-sea

Spain busts cocaine trafficking ring that used ‘floating bases’ at sea

3+ week, 3+ day ago  (229+ words) Spain seizes 10 tonnes of drugs and arrests 105 suspects, while Portugal intercepts a record haul from a "narco-sub" Spanish police have broken up a vast cocaine trafficking operation "that used speed boats to bring the drug "onshore from floating bases in…...

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scmp.com > news > world > europe > article > 3341123 > spanish-police-free-15-chinese-women-forced-prostitution

‘Slavery’: Spanish police free 15 Chinese women forced into prostitution

3+ week, 6+ day ago  (165+ words) Fourteen people were arrested, including Chinese nationals, after a woman escaped her captors and reported sexual and physical assaults Spanish police on Saturday said they had freed 15 Chinese women forced into prostitution in "conditions of slavery" in Palma de Mallorca,…...

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scmp.com > sport > football > article > 3340600 > south-koreas-women-footballers-threaten-boycott-matches-training-ahead-asian-cup

South Korea’s women footballers threaten to boycott matches ahead of Asian Cup

4+ week, 2+ day ago  (193+ words) Team complained of "clear and undeniable differences" from the conditions enjoyed by the men"s national players when on international duty South Korea"s women"s football team threatened to boycott matches ahead of March"s Asian Cup over "discriminatory…...

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scmp.com > news > world > americas > article > 3340354 > chile-declares-state-emergency-wildfires-kill-least-18-people

Chile declares catastrophe as wildfires spread and kill at least 18

1+ mon, 1+ day ago  (201+ words) President Boric deploys the military to hard-hit regions as fast-moving blazes devour hundreds of homes Wildfires raging across central and southern Chile on Sunday left at least 18 people dead, scorched thousands of acres of forest and destroyed hundreds of homes,…...