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Spain
‘I’m so happy as a woman and as a Spaniard’: World Cup joy in Madrid
Jubilation at victory over England will take a while to sink in – and there are hopes it will bring lasting changeBy mid-afternoon on Sunday, the August-quiet, sun-fried streets around Madrid’s WiZink Center had begun to fill with red strips, dazed and…
Spanish Fans Rejoice at World Cup Win
The final against England brought out fans of all stripes and rallied girls in both countries to hit the field and play.
Tenerife wildfire ‘started deliberately’ as blazes in Greece force evacuations
Canary Islands regional president opens inquiry into fire, while people flee from four Greek villagesAn out-of-control wildfire on Tenerife that has forced thousands to flee was started deliberately, authorities have said, as four more villages in Gree…
‘A win will change everything’… World Cup victory for Spain would kick out sexism, say fans
If La Roja beat England, Spain’s apathetic media would finally have to take notice Slicing sourdough on the stainless-steel counter of a London tapas restaurant, Ana Lorenzo hopes victory for La Roja will banish the sexism she says still stalks women’s…
To Stop an Extinction, He’s Flying High, Followed by His Beloved Birds
Using an ultralight aircraft, Johannes Fritz once taught endangered ibises a migration path over the Alps. Because of climate change, he is now showing them a much longer route to a winter’s refuge.
‘I don’t know why our boobs are so frightening’: why musicians in Spain are going topless as a radical gesture
Singer Eva Amaral this week created headlines by baring her chest at a festival, joining a string of other artists asserting this freedom in the name of defending women’s rightsIn the middle of her performance at the Sonorama festival in the northern S…
Cape Verde boat disaster: vessel drifted for month after alarm raised, says NGO
Walking Borders said it told authorities in four countries on 20 July about vessel with more than 100 asylum seekers onboardA Spanish NGO alerted authorities from four countries on 20 July about a boat carrying an estimated 130 asylum seekers that was …
Wildfires in Tenerife force thousands to evacuate or stay indoors
Worst wildfires in the Canary Islands in at least 40 years drawing closer to the capital Santa CruzMore than 7,500 people have been evacuated or ordered to stay indoors as the worst wildfire in at least four decades ravages the Canary island of Tenerif…
More than 60 migrants feared dead after boat rescued off Atlantic island
The Spanish migration advocacy group Walking Borders said the vessel was a large fishing boat, called a pirogue, which had left Senegal on July 10.