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Brazilian flotilla activist returns home, alleges torture during Israel detention
1+ hour, 13+ min ago (413+ words) Posted today at 7: 48pm SAO PAULO, May 11 (Reuters) " Brazilian activist Thiago Avila returned to Sao Paulo on Monday following his detention and deportation from Israel, where he alleged he was tortured and witnessed abuses of Palestinian prisoners during 10 days in custody....
Last two evacuation flights from hantavirus-hit ship to depart Monday afternoon
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (171+ words) Posted today at 6: 51pm (Corrects country reference in paragraph 2 to the Netherlands instead of New Zealand) TENERIFE/MADRID, May 10 (Reuters) " The final two flights to evacuate passengers from the cruise ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak docked near Tenerife will…...
Spain's Nico Williams leaves Athletic game with injury ahead of World Cup
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (236+ words) Posted today at 2: 38pm Spain's World Cup roster appeared to take another blow when midfielder Nico Williams departed Sunday's La Liga game for Athletic Club with an apparent left leg injury. Williams was replaced in the 36th minute against Valencia with a…...
Israel deports 2 activists detained for leading an aid flotilla to Gaza
1+ day, 18+ hour ago (589+ words) Posted today at 4: 20am The two, Spanish-Swedish citizen of Palestinian origin Saif Abukeshek and Brazilian citizen Thiago "vila, were among dozens of activists intercepted by the Israeli navy off the coast of Crete. Both are members of the Global Sumud Flotilla's…...
Spanish health officials board hantavirus-hit ship to start evacuating passengers
1+ day, 20+ hour ago (526+ words) Posted yesterday at 10: 35pm By Corina Pons and Victoria Waldersee TENERIFE/MADRID, May 10 (Reuters) " Spain has begun the evacuation process of passengers from the hantavirus-hit cruise ship anchored near Tenerife on Sunday, with health officials boarding the boat to conduct a…...
Hantavirus-stricken cruise ship arrives at Tenerife in Spain's Canary Islands
1+ day, 21+ hour ago (405+ words) Posted today at 1: 19am The World Health Organization, Spanish authorities and cruise company Oceanwide Expeditions have said that nobody on board the MV Hondius is currently showing symptoms of the virus. Three people have died since the outbreak, and five passengers…...
Israel deports two activists detained over Gaza-bound flotilla
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (132+ words) Posted today at 9: 44pm May 10 (Reuters) " Israel deported Saif Abu Keshek, a Spanish national, and Brazilian Thiago "vila on Sunday after completing an investigation into their participation in a Gaza-bound flotilla, the foreign ministry said. Israel's foreign ministry said Abu Keshek…...
All passengers on hantavirus-hit ship considered high-risk contacts, EU health agency says
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (266+ words) Posted today at 7: 57pm May 9 (Reuters) " All passengers on the cruise ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak are considered high-risk contacts as a precautionary measure, Europe's public health agency said ahead of the ship's expected anchoring on Sunday off the…...
Experts wonder "Where is the CDC?" as a hantavirus outbreak unfolds on a cruise ship
2+ day, 13+ hour ago (1170+ words) Posted today at 8: 18am In the midst of a hantavirus outbreak that involves Americans and is making headlines around the world, the U. S. government's top public health agency, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has been uncharacteristically missing in action, according…...
European states to send planes to evacuate citizens from hantavirus-hit cruise ship
2+ day, 14+ hour ago (452+ words) Posted today at 5: 02am MADRID, May 9 (Reuters) " Germany, France, Belgium, Ireland, and the Netherlands will send planes to evacuate their citizens aboard the Tenerife-bound cruise ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak, Spain's interior minister said in Madrid on Saturday. The…...