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Death toll rises to 11 in Spain as Storm Gloria ebbs

5:32 am January 24, 2020

Barcelona: The death toll from a violent storm that has wrought havoc across huge swathes of Spain’s eastern and southern coastline rose to 11 on Thursday, with rescue workers still searching for four people. The latest victim was a 50-year-old man who was fishing in coastal Ametlla de Mar, according to civil protection authorities in […]

Spain’s Sanchez wins tight parliament vote to remain PM

8:53 pm January 7, 2020

Madrid: Spain’s parliament on Tuesday confirmed Socialist leader Pedro Sanchez by a razor-thin margin as prime minister for another term at the helm of the country’s first-ever coalition government since its return to democracy in the 1970s. Sanchez, who has stayed on as a caretaker premier since inconclusive elections last year, won 167 votes in […]

Spain to probe Mexico embassy incident that angered Bolivia

8:12 pm December 28, 2019

Madrid : Spain pledged Saturday to send investigators to La Paz after its embassy staff were accused of trying to sneak into the Mexican diplomatic mission with several masked individuals, an action denounced by Bolivia as a “violation” of its sovereignty. Bolivia’s foreign ministry said the incident occurred on Friday when “people identified as staff […]

Cinema only spreads love and connects people: Majumder

3:21 pm November 5, 2019

Guwahati: The ruling class, irrespective of political affiliations, is always scared of cinema despite the fact that it “only spreads love and connects people”, renowned film critic and curator Premendra Majumder wondered. He rued that nowadays most of the film festivals have just become a “business platform” to sell movies. “I don’t know why all […]

Dozens of Britons march in southern Spain ahead of Brexit

1:56 am September 23, 2019

MALAGA, Spain: Dozens of Britons marched through the southern Spanish city of Malaga on Sunday to register their concerns about their uncertain status as Britain prepares to leave the European Union. Spain is home to around 300,000 Britons. Together with Portugal, the Iberian peninsula accounts for almost a quarter of all Britons living in Europe, […]