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CHINA NORTH KOREA – Kim: China friendship ‘sealed in blood’ will continue growing
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un defended the friendship between Pyongyang and Beijing, a relationship he said is “sealed in blood” and that it would continue to…
Catalonia’s separatist parliament speaker suspended over corruption charges
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez on Wednesday publicly defended two former presidents of Andalusia, Manuel Chaves and José Antonio Griñán, following the confirmation of their…
Is Spain as corrupt as it was a decade ago?
In January 2022, it emerged that Spain had dropped in the global ranking of the 2021 Corruption Perception Index (CPI) compiled by NGO Transparency International.
It dropped two…
Prosecutors in Spain call for eight-year sentence for Shakira
Prosecutors accuse the 45-year-old “Hips don’t Lie” songstress of defrauding the Spanish tax office out of €14.5 million ($14.7 million) on income earned between 2012 and 2014.…
EXPLAINED: How Spain is overhauling its university entrance exams
There are around 1.3 million students in higher education in Spain, according to the latest statistics available and the number of foreign students who studied in the Spanish…
EasyJet flight crews in Spain end strike after getting raise
The series of rolling strikes over pay and working conditions at Ryanair in Spain – where there are some 1,900 employees — began on June 24th as European schools started breaking…
US CHINA – No change in US policy on Taiwan, Biden tells Xi
President Joe Biden told Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on Thursday that the policy of the United States toward Taiwan remains unchanged, the White House said.
The statement…
SOCCER BARCELONA – Kounde headed to Barça from Sevilla
French defender Jules Kounde is set to join FC Barcelona from Sevilla pending completion of a medical check, the Catalan club said Thursday.
“FC Barcelona and Sevilla FC…
US CHINA – Biden, Xi speak for over 2 hours amid Taiwan tensions
United States president Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping held a telephone conversation for over two hours on Thursday at a time of simmering tensions between the…
Priest outlaws coffins at Spain’s strange ‘Living Dead’ festival
Some say it’s little more than savagery, other say it’s an integral part of Spain’s cultural heritage.
Bullfights are, to this day, still reported in the cultural sections of…