Spain’s prime minister calls snap election after heavy regional losses
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Monday called a snap election for July 23, a day after his left-wing coalition government suffered heavy losses in regional ballots.
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Spain’s PM calls snap election after conservative and far-right wins in local polls
Pedro Sánchez says Spanish people need to ‘clarify’ what they want after ruling socialists suffer losses in regional and municipal electionsSpain’s socialist prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, has called a snap general election in response to the triumph o…
Spanish Prime Minister Calls Snap Election for July
Pedro Sánchez made the announcement after his Socialist Workers’ Party suffered defeats in regional and local elections over the weekend.
Spain heads to polls amid rows over Eta and allegations of voter fraud
Socialist party accuses Pedro Sánchez of relying on former Basque group ‘who used to go about in balaclavas with pistols’ in order to cling to powerSpaniards are voting in regional and municipal polls that will serve as a gauge of the political mood ah…
Rows over Eta and racism loom large as Spain holds local elections
Votes will allow the parties to hone their strategies before December’s general electionSpain heads to the polls on Sunday to elect 12 regional governments and 8,000 municipal councils in votes that will allow the governing Socialists and the oppositio…
Weather tracker: Typhoon Mawar narrowly avoids landfall as it hits Guam
Wind and rain bring island to a standstill but eye replacement cycle fortuitously weakens it temporarilyEarlier this week, Typhoon Mawar whipped up a storm in western Micronesia as the category 4 storm came close to landfall on the island of Guam. Star…
Young Rappers in Seville, Spain, Turn ‘Tears Into Rhymes’
For the young men in this community, many of whom are immigrants, a public basketball court is a place of joy and strength, and a sacred ground for musical improvisation.
Lockheed eyeing plans to keep SPY-1 radar active in fleets globally through 2060
The SPY-1 radar, after first coming online in the 1970s, is used by the US Navy as well as the navies of Australia, Japan, Norway, Spain and South Korea.
Spanish police make arrests over ‘hate crimes’ targeting Vinícius Júnior
Three detained after racist slurs directed at Real Madrid forward, with four more held over mannequin hanging from bridgeSpanish police have arrested three people in connection with the racist abuse suffered by Real Madrid’s Brazilian forward Vinícius …
Spanish prosecutors investigate racist football abuse against Vinícius Júnior
Judicial sources say incident during Real Madrid’s match with Valencia is being treated as possible hate crimeSpanish prosecutors have opened an investigation over racist chants hurled at Real Madrid’s Brazilian forward Vinícius Júnior during a weekend…