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4 months, 1 week ago

Spain's spectacular wine region navigated by boat

BBC

Spain's spectacular wine region navigated by boat Getty Images The Ribeira Sacra is located in Galicia, Spain’s north-westernmost region In the Ribeira Sacra's dizzyingly high landscapes, near-vertical vineyards are perched above rivers. Vertiginous views are a hallmark of the Ribeira Sacra, a collection of small towns that mostly hug the Sil and Miño rivers in Galicia, Spain's north-westernmost region. Galicia …

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6 months ago

Spain: Hidden holiday hotspots where you can avoid crowds – and tourist trap prices

The Independent

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. I have been lucky to explore much of the country both on assignment and on holiday and here are some …

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7 months ago

Northern Europe’s only luxury private island is open to tourists

The Independent

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. open image in gallery A traditional wooden batea growing mussels The area is best known for cathedral city Santiago de …

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1 year ago

Spain investigates contamination of Atlantic shore by countless plastic pellets spilled from ship

Associated Press

NOIA, Spain — Countless tiny plastic pellets are washing up on the shores of northern Spain and local authorities declared an environmental emergency on Tuesday after a shipping container fell off a transport vessel last month. One of the six containers contained 1,000 sacks of pellets, with each sack holding 25 kilograms of the tiny plastic balls used in the …

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1 year, 1 month ago

The best beaches in Spain

The Independent

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. La Concha Bay, San Sebastian open image in gallery The ‘Bahia de la Concha’ lies less than 10 minutes from …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Canada House of Commons gave a standing ovation to a member of a Nazi SS unit

Op India

On 22nd September, the Canadian House of Commons gave a standing ovation to Yaroslav Hunka, a World War II veteran who fought for “Ukrainian independence” against Russian aggressors. He is a Ukrainian hero, a Canadian hero, and we thank him for his service.” Associated Press identified Hunka as a war veteran who “was in attendance and fought with the First …

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1 year, 5 months ago

A 200km hike to 'the end of the Earth'

BBC

The Lighthouse Way: Walking Spain's 'other' camino Ruben Bermejo/Getty Images Few know about the vastly more-meditative, nearby Camino dos Faros, or Lighthouse Way, along the wild and deserted Finisterre coast that's known as "the end of the earth". Few knowabout the new, nearby, vastly more-meditative Lighthouse Way, which also ends at the Finisterre Lighthouse, but follows a completely different, liminal …

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1 year, 5 months ago

Spain conservatives entrust Feijóo, the boring guy who wins every election by a landslide

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Alberto Núñez Feijóo, the conservative …

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1 year, 6 months ago

‘I will not stay quiet': Israel evicts Palestinian family from home after 45-year legal battle

Associated Press

JERUSALEM — Israeli authorities evicted a Palestinian family from a contested apartment in Jerusalem’s Old City on Tuesday, capping a decades-long legal battle that has come to symbolize the conflicting claims to the holy city. Activists say the Ghaith-Sub Laban family’s removal is part of a wider trend of Israeli settlers encroaching on Palestinian neighborhoods with the government’s backing and …

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1 year, 6 months ago

As a lengthy legal battle ends, a Palestinian family braces for eviction from Jerusalem home

Associated Press

JERUSALEM — Few places in Jerusalem speak of the larger conflict being waged over the city more than the apartment of 68-year-old Nora Ghaith-Sub Laban. The Ghaith-Sub Laban case is not a dispute over a single property, advocates say, but part of a wider effort by Israeli settlers, with government backing, to cement Jewish control over the contested city, especially …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Popocatépetl volcano in Mexico erupts, threatening millions

LA Times

Each spring, residents of this village tucked at the base of one of the world’s most dangerous volcanoes trek up to a cave near its crater to make a peace offering. Soldiers patrol as ash from the Popocatépetl volcano blankets the streets of Santiago Xalitzintla, Mexico. A woman sweeps ash from the Popocatépetl volcano in Santiago Xalitzintla, Mexico. VIDEO | …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Will bird flu spark the next pandemic?

Al Jazeera

A dramatic series of outbreaks is leading to concerns that a mutation could eventually hit humans and make COVID-19 seem mild. With the virus driving poultry shortages, killing droves of wild birds, and increasingly spilling over to mammals, the situation begs an overarching question: Could avian influenza evolve from an ecological disaster to a full-blown pandemic? But the fast-proliferating avian …

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2 years ago

Why Spain by boat is the most civilised way to travel

The Independent

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. open image in gallery The Brittany Ferries ‘Galicia’ ship I’m onboard the Brittany Ferries service that runs from Portsmouth to …

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2 years, 5 months ago

Spanish royal family attend the national offering to the apostle Santiago

Daily Mail

The Queen of Spain and her daughters looked vibrant in gorgeous bright colours as they attended the annual national offering to the Apostle Santiago in Spain today. Queen Letizia, 49, was accompanied by her daughters Princess Leonor of Spain, 16, and Princess Sofia of Spain, 15, as they attended the regional festivity at the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, alongside …

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2 years, 10 months ago

Spanish fishing boat sinks off Canada; 7 dead, 14 missing

Associated Press

MADRID — A Spanish fishing boat sank early Tuesday in rough seas off Newfoundland in eastern Canada, killing at least seven people, an official in Spain said. The 50-meter long fishing boat named Villa de Pitanxo, which operates out of northwest Spain’s Galicia region, sank in the dark, Spain’s regional representative, Maica Larriba, told Spanish public radio. The signal from …

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3 years, 2 months ago

Trump to go under oath for first time as ex-president

Salon

Donald Trump is expected to answer questions under oath about a 2015 assault that allegedly occurred during a demonstration just outside of Trump Tower, marking the first public deposition that the former president has agreed to since leaving office. "This is a case about Donald Trump's security guards assaulting peaceful demonstrators on a public sidewalk," Benjamin Dictor, a lawyer representing …

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3 years, 4 months ago

Spanish volunteers remove eucalyptus in bid to prevent wildfires

Al Jazeera

People in northwest Spain fear that the prevalence of the highly inflammable tree species is a significant risk. They have signed up to work in the public land that surrounds Froxan, to removing eucalyptus trees and other “invasive” species. Originally from Australia, eucalyptus trees, which are highly inflammable, have been rapidly expanding across Galicia. They are also influenced by climate …

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4 years, 5 months ago

Shanghai Int'l Film Festival a perfect event for us, says Spanish film director

China Daily

MADRID -- For Spanish film director Paula Cons, the Shanghai International Film Festival, which opens this week, is the perfect place to exhibit her new film La Isla de las Mentiras. The film, which is Cons' third work after Dirty Wolves and La Batalla Desconocida, is based on true events surrounding a shipwreck off the coast of Galicia in northwest …

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4 years, 5 months ago

Shanghai Int'l Film Festival a perfect event for us, says Spanish film director

China Daily

MADRID -- For Spanish film director Paula Cons, the Shanghai International Film Festival, which opens this week, is the perfect place to exhibit her new film La Isla de las Mentiras. The film, which is Cons' third work after Dirty Wolves and La Batalla Desconocida, is based on true events surrounding a shipwreck off the coast of Galicia in northwest …

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4 years, 8 months ago

Mexico coronavirus: Medical workers are being attacked over infection fears

CNN

Mexico City CNN — Dr. Alondra Jovanna Torres was walking her dogs on a tranquil street near her house in Guadalajara when the attack happened. “It is deeply outrageous that medical personnel are being attacked,” said Deputy Health Secretary Hugo López-Gatell, the official leading Mexico’s coronavirus response. “It’s alarming that there are people channeling very basic emotions like fear and …

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5 years, 3 months ago

Ed Sheeran joined by wife Cherry Seaborn at bar launch in Notting Hill

Daily Mail

He's branched out from music by opening a pub in Notting Hill with his manager Stuart Camp. Pub launch: Ed Sheeran was celebrating the launch of his new venture alongside a host of his celebrity friends, throwing an epic party on Sunday night at his new bar Bertie Blossoms, joined by his wife Cheery Seaborn Ed was in his element …

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5 years, 5 months ago

Instagrammers warned against swimming in turquoise lake – that’s actually a toxic water-filled quarry

CNN

CNN — Instagrammers have been warned not to dive into an idyllic-looking, turquoise lake in northern Spain, because its toxic waters could lead to health issues. “Bathing for a brief time could cause irritation to the skin and the eyes while drinking the water could cause colic, diarrhea and vomit,” Manuel Ferreiro, doctor at the nearby A Coruña hospital, told …

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6 years ago

Camino de Santiago: How to walk Spain’s famous pilgrimage trail without roughing it

The Independent

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. We walked and drove along the entire length of the most popular route, the Camino Francés, which starts in France …

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Spain's spectacular wine region navigated by boat

Spain: Hidden holiday hotspots where you can avoid crowds – and tourist trap prices

Northern Europe’s only luxury private island is open to tourists

Spain investigates contamination of Atlantic shore by countless plastic pellets spilled from ship

The best beaches in Spain

Canada House of Commons gave a standing ovation to a member of a Nazi SS unit

A 200km hike to 'the end of the Earth'

Spain conservatives entrust Feijóo, the boring guy who wins every election by a landslide

‘I will not stay quiet': Israel evicts Palestinian family from home after 45-year legal battle

As a lengthy legal battle ends, a Palestinian family braces for eviction from Jerusalem home

Popocatépetl volcano in Mexico erupts, threatening millions

Will bird flu spark the next pandemic?

Why Spain by boat is the most civilised way to travel

Spanish royal family attend the national offering to the apostle Santiago

Spanish fishing boat sinks off Canada; 7 dead, 14 missing

Trump to go under oath for first time as ex-president

Spanish volunteers remove eucalyptus in bid to prevent wildfires

Shanghai Int'l Film Festival a perfect event for us, says Spanish film director

Shanghai Int'l Film Festival a perfect event for us, says Spanish film director

Mexico coronavirus: Medical workers are being attacked over infection fears

Ed Sheeran joined by wife Cherry Seaborn at bar launch in Notting Hill

Instagrammers warned against swimming in turquoise lake – that’s actually a toxic water-filled quarry

Camino de Santiago: How to walk Spain’s famous pilgrimage trail without roughing it