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Spain readies for evacuations as a hantavirus-hit cruise ship heads for Canary Islands:
1+ hour, 28+ min ago (186+ words) Spanish authorities are preparing to receive over 140 passengers and crew from a hantavirus-stricken cruise ship headed for the Canary Islands. Health officials plan careful evacuations when the ship arrives in Tenerife this weekend. At least three passengers have died, and…...
Hantavirus Outbreak: Cruise ship heads to Canary Islands as U. S. officials monitor passengers
20+ hour, 18+ min ago (106+ words) WRAL Hantavirus Outbreak: Cruise ship heads to Canary Islands as U. S. officials monitor passengers A luxury cruise ship at the center of a deadly hantavirus outbreak is back on the move, heading toward the Canary Islands as global health officials race…...
The Latest: 3 passengers from virus-hit cruise ship evacuated to the Netherlands: : WRAL. com
1+ day, 19+ hour ago (1744+ words) About 150 passengers are isolating aboard the Dutch ship at the center of the outbreak. The MV Hondius is near the Cape Verde islands off West Africa, waiting to sail to Spain's Canary Islands. Officials say those on board show no…...
Pope to inaugurate Barcelona's Sagrada Familia tower and meet with migrants in June trip to Spain
1+ day, 22+ hour ago (507+ words) The June 6-12 visit will first bring Leo to Madrid for meetings with the government, Parliament and King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia. He'll also preside over a prayer vigil with young people that will recall the last time a pope…...
Activists" detention deepens Spain-Israel tensions as aid group says men have begun hunger strike
5+ day, 17+ hour ago (355+ words) Saif Abukeshek, a dual Spanish-Swedish citizen of Palestinian origin, was detained for questioning in Israel on Saturday along with Thiago "vila of Brazil. A legal aid group said both men had launched a hunger strike. Dozens of other activists were…...
Exorbitantly expensive tickets for early World Cup games still on general sale
6+ day, 11+ hour ago (593+ words) But prices are exorbitantly high, topping out at $4, 105 for the United States' opening game against Paraguay in Los Angeles, and many costing around $2, 000. Tickets are still available on FIFA's official website through its "last-minute sales" section after batches had been…...
FIFA leader Infantino starts race for re-election in 2027 vote hosted by African ally Morocco
1+ week, 9+ hour ago (663+ words) Infantino on Thursday announced the 2030 World Cup co-host will stage a March 18 election meeting of FIFA's 211 member federations who currently figure to re-elect him unopposed for a third time since his first win in a five-candidate contest in 2016. "I am…...
Indonesia delays again deportation of Scottish crime boss to Spain
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (424+ words) Steven Lyons, 45, described by law enforcement as a senior figure in an international crime syndicate, was scheduled to be flown to Spain late Thursday night via Doha, a day after his deportation was postponed without explanation. Lyons was taken back…...
Spain begins Holy Week with processions, palm branches and familiar faces
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (298+ words) After singing a hymn inside the church of Saint John, Banderas, dressed in a traditional penitent's robe in bright beige with dark green detailing, gave the order to set in motion the float on which the bearers carry the Virgin…...
Europol task force nets 280 arrests as 'violence for hire' spreads across Europe
1+ week, 2+ day ago (230+ words) The arrests underscore a trend across the continent of criminals hiring people " many of them youngsters " via social media and messaging apps to carry out acts of violence ranging from assaults to murders in a chilling form of a gig…...