1+ day, 4+ hour ago  (602+ words) BERLIN " Five European Union countries are calling for a windfall tax on energy companies" profits in reaction to rising fuel prices due to the Iran war, according to a letter from finance ministers to the EU Commission seen by Reuters…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (422+ words) MADRID " Tourists in Barcelona could be taxed as much as 15 euros ($17.70) a night after the city raised its tourism fee to one of the highest in Europe on Wednesday as part of efforts to curb visitor numbers and help finance…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago  (237+ words) QUITO " Ecuador has arrested the leader of one of the country's biggest drug trafficking gangs, Los Lobos, in an operation with Spanish police, President Daniel Noboa said on Sunday. Wilmer Geovanny Chavarria Barre, known as "Pipo," helms a powerful group…...

9+ mon, 18+ hour ago  (720+ words) The most extreme heat event on the planet is happening not on land but at sea. A prolonged, record-smashing marine heat wave is scorching the Mediterranean, where water temperatures have hit levels unprecedented for the early summer. The Mediterranean's average…...

8+ mon, 1+ week ago  (421+ words) Wildfires driven by searing temperatures and strong winds ravaged Turkey and parts of Greece in recent days, leaving four people dead and forcing hundreds of residents and tourists to flee the flames. Two fires broke out in Turkey's western province…...

9+ mon, 1+ week ago  (964+ words) In any other year, May 14 may well have been a disaster in Texas. Temperatures climbed to seasonal levels not seen in over a century: 92 degrees in Dallas, 95 in Houston and 104 in Laredo. Air conditioners hummed en masse and power demand…...

11+ mon, 5+ day ago  (489+ words) MADRID " Life in Spain and Portugal began to return to normal Tuesday, a day after a massive power outage paralyzed the Iberian Peninsula, leaving governments, companies and experts scrambling to figure out what went wrong. As questions build, it may…...