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Spain and Portugal power cut: experts rule out cyber-attack
Experts investigating the largest power cut in recent European history, which plunged cities in Spain and Portugal into darkness on Monday…
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Spain and Portugal scramble to restore electricity after a still-unexplained power outage
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Officials in Spain and Portugal were racing to restore electricity early Tuesday after a huge power outage that…
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Power being restored to Spain and Portugal as cause investigated
A massive power outage that has caused chaos in Spain and Portugal is beginning to be fixed but many remained without electricity on…
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There’s a massive power outage cross Spain, Portugal and parts of France
Spain, Portugal and parts of France have experienced a massive power outage. The interruption of service extends to the capital cities…
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Spain scraps €6.6m arms order from Israeli company after outcry
Spain has scrapped a €6.6m (£5.7m) order for millions of bullets from an Israeli company after the junior partners in its coalition…
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A rebel group begins handing weapons over to the Colombian government as peace talks advance
PASTO, Colombia (AP) — A rebel group called the Commoners of the South has begun handing its weapons over to Colombia’s government, the…
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Spain's PM Sanchez sees defence technology upgrade as EU's priority
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Thursday in Brussels that the European Union should focus on bolstering…
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Spain PM proposes 100% tax on homes bought by foreigners
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez on Monday proposed a range of measures to combat a housing crisis in the country, including a 100%…
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Spain’s prime minister is battling legal cases he calls a smear campaign. Here's what to know
MADRID (AP) — Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez was reelected as secretary-general of his Socialist Party over the weekend despite…
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Angry crowds throw mud and shout insults at Spanish king as he tours flood damage
Anger and frustration erupted in Spain on Sunday as King Felipe VI arrived in the town of Paiporta to survey the damage from historic…
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Spain dreads more flood deaths as rain pounds Catalonia
Rescuers plunged into inundated garages on Monday to find victims of Spain's deadliest floods in a generation as fresh downpours sparked…
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Search for missing continues after flood disaster in Spain
The search for missing people in the area of eastern Spain hit by severe flooding continued on Monday, almost a week after the disaster…
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Woman freed from car after three days as Spain flood deaths reach 211
Emergency forces in Spain were able to rescue a woman trapped inside a car alongside the dead body of her sister-in-law for three days…
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Spain sends thousands more troops to flood zone
Spain is deploying 10,000 more troops and police officers to the eastern Valencia region devastated by historic floods that have killed…
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Spain's government to send 10,000 soldiers and police to Valencia after deadly floods
MADRID (AP) — Spain is sending 5,000 more soldiers and 5,000 more police to the eastern region of Valencia after deadly floods this week…
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Spain mourns as death toll passes 150 in catastrophic floods
At least 158 people have died in Spain's worst flooding disaster in generations as rescuers battle odds to find survivors. On Thursday…
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Spain Skips Mexican President’s Inauguration Amid Colonial Spat
(Bloomberg) -- Relations between Mexico’s president-elect and Spain are off to a bad start over grievances about abuses against Indigenous…
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Spain’s leader in Senegal concludes West Africa tour aimed at tackling irregular migration
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez met with Senegal's President Bassirou Diomaye Faye on Thursday to conclude his…
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Spain’s leader visits Gambia as part of a West Africa tour to tackle irregular migration
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez visited Gambia on Wednesday as part of a trip through three West African…
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Spain's prime minister visits Canary Islands to discuss irregular migration and unaccompanied minors
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spain’s leader met with the regional president of the Canary Islands on Friday to discuss irregular migration as…
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Fugitive Catalan ex-leader Puigdemont back in Spain despite arrest warrant
Carles Puigdemont, the former leader of Catalonia who fled Spain over his role in a failed 2017 independence bid for the wealthy region,…
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Argentina's Milei visit to Spain irritates some, pleases others
Argentinian President Javier Milei arrived in Madrid on Friday afternoon, beginning a European tour that will also include a visit to…
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Too much of a good thing? Spain's green energy can exceed demand
The patchwork plains of Castilla-La Mancha, in central Spain, were once known for their windmills. But now it is wind turbines, their…
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Spanish court summons the prime minister's wife for questioning in a corruption probe
MADRID (AP) — A Spanish investigative judge has summoned the wife of Spain’s prime minister to give testimony as part of a probe into…