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Tennis-French Open day six
5+ hour, 51+ min ago (524+ words) PARIS, May 29 (Reuters) " Highlights of the sixth day at the French Open on Friday (times GMT): 1336 ANDREEVA THROUGH TO LAST 16 Last year's semi-finalist Russian Mirra Andreeva brushed aside Czech Marie Bouzkova 6-4 6-2 to reach the fourth round. 1154 RUBLEV "EDGES BORGES Former…...
Factbox-The court cases plaguing Spain's ruling Socialist Party | WKZO | Everything Kalamazoo | 590 AM " 106. 9 FM
6+ hour, 4+ min ago (690+ words) MADRID, May 29 (Reuters) " Spain's ruling Socialist Workers' Party faces several court cases involving allegations of graft, influence-peddling and other crimes that have implicated members of Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's inner circle. Sanchez has not been named in any of the…...
Spain's 12-month EU-harmonised inflation rises to 3. 6% in May
8+ hour, 44+ min ago (106+ words) May 29 (Reuters) " Spain's European Union-harmonised 12-month inflation rate "rose to "3. 6% in May, from 3. 5% in the period through April, "preliminary "data from "the National "Statistics Institute (INE) showed on Friday. The 12-month EU-harmonised inflation was in "line with the 3. 6% "expected by…...
Colombia presidential candidate De La Espriella proposes mega-prisons, crime crackdown
23+ hour, 46+ min ago (451+ words) By Luis Jaime Acosta BOGOTA, May 28 (Reuters) " Abelardo De La Espriella, a lawyer and businessman with no political experience, is seeking to become Colombia's next president on Sunday, challenging both the left and the traditional right with a promise "to…...
EU secures emergency deliveries of potential treatment against hantavirus
19+ hour, 35+ min ago (210+ words) May 28 (Reuters) " The first doses of an experimental antiviral for hantavirus treatment are being dispatched to France, Spain "and the Netherlands, the European Commission "said on Thursday. In the absence of a specific treatment for hantavirus, the European Medicines Agency…...
Italy heatwave triggers blackouts across Turin, exposing grid strains
20+ hour, 25+ min ago (290+ words) MILAN, May 28 (Reuters) " The northwestern Italian city of Turin continued to suffer power blackouts on Thursday, with the repeated outages, blamed on the European "heatwave, exposing the strain on the local electricity "network. Outages have hit multiple districts in recent…...
Tennis-Sinner set to switch from night owl to early bird in Roland Garros heat
1+ day, 17+ hour ago (747+ words) PARIS, May 27 (Reuters) " French Open second round action continues on Thursday with top seed Jannik Sinner opening proceedings on Court Philippe Chatrier while women's number one Aryna Sabalenka is also playing in the day session. Defending champion Coco Gauff and…...
Penelope Cruz says message mattered more than screen time in "The Black Ball
6+ day, 21+ hour ago (474+ words) By Miranda Murray and Hanna Rantala CANNES, France, May 22 (Reuters) " Penelope Cruz wanted to be in Cannes Film Festival entry "The Black Ball" no matter how small the role because she felt the ambitious gay epic about Spanish history could…...
Spain to introduce job-matching plan for migrants granted legal status
1+ week, 6+ hour ago (440+ words) MADRID, May 22 (Reuters) " Spain will introduce a plan to match migrants to jobs under a programme to grant legal status to about 500, 000 undocumented workers to help drive economic growth, the country's top immigration official "told Reuters. The programme, announced in…...
In Spain's greenhouses, migrant amnesty brings hope of better conditions
1+ week, 2+ hour ago (523+ words) By Horaci Garcia and Nacho Doce NIJAR, Spain, May 22 (Reuters) " After seven years living as an undocumented migrant in Spain, doing day jobs and staying in shanty towns, Moroccan Abdelmoujoud Erra hopes a mass amnesty launched by the leftist government…...