President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. congratulated Filipino rising star Bianca Bustamante, paying tribute to the teen racer for successfully carrying the country’s colors to the world of motorsport. Filipina racer Bianca Bustamante of the PREMA Racing. (Photo from President Marcos'...
MADRID, Spain- One person died and 25 others were hurt, seven seriously, when a bus carrying Moroccan seasonal workers overturned early on Monday in southern Spain, the emergency services said. The accident, which took place just before sunrise on a road around 50 kilometres (30 miles) from the...
MADRID, Spain- Spain will invest 1.3 billion euros ($1.43 billion) in vocational training to fight youth unemployment, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said Saturday. The measure will create 824 new training centres for digital skills, 45,000 vocational training places and 1,500 classrooms for...
MADRID, Spain -- An unusually early heatwave in drought-hit Spain is set to peak on Thursday and Friday with temperatures expected to break April records in the south of the country. Since Monday, Spain has been enveloped by a mass of warm, dry air from North Africa that has driven up temperatures...
MADRID, Spain -- Two people died and ten were injured in a fire sparked when a waiter at a Madrid restaurant flambeed a dish, accidentally setting decorations ablaze, authorities and local media reported Saturday. Madrid's SAMUR emergency services "treated 12 people in this disaster," two of whom...
VIGO, Spain - Spain's disgraced former king Juan Carlos returned home on Wednesday for the second time since he moved to Abu Dhabi in 2020 amid fraud investigations. The 85-year-old arrived in Vigo in northwestern Spain on a private jet from London, where he attended Real Madrid's 2-0 win over...
MOTRIL, Spain -- A 50-year-old Spanish mountain climber emerged Friday from an underground cave where she spent 500 days in seclusion as part of an experiment on the effects of isolation on the human body. Wearing dark sunglasses, Beatriz Flamini smiled and embraced family members who had gathered...
MADRID, Spain - Thieves operating in Las Vegas, a rural area near Spain's capital Madrid, managed to steal 17.5 tonnes of olives from local farms before being busted, police said Friday as they confirmed 16 arrests. "The Guardia Civil has arrested and investigated 21 people behind the theft of...
MADRID, Spain - US carmaker Ford announced Friday it will cut around 1,100 jobs at its factory in the Spanish city of Valencia as it reorganises its operations in Europe. The cuts are due to the halt of the production of the S-Max and Galaxy models at the factory in April, a company spokeswoman...
MADRID, Spain -- Spanish lawmakers approved Thursday a transgender law letting anyone 16 and older change the gender on their ID card, even as similar measures elsewhere have sparked division over the complexities of the issue. The law, which passed by 191 votes in favour against 60 opposed and 91...
MADRID, Spain -- Spain's parliament approved Thursday a law granting paid medical leave to women suffering severe period pain, becoming the first European country to advance such legislation. The law, which passed by 185 votes in favour to 154 against, is aimed at breaking a taboo on the subject,...
MADRID, Spain -- Thieves stole eight deluxe dildos, six of them gold plated, from a Spanish sex-toy company, swiping premium pleasure products worth tens of thousands of euros, a sales executive said Friday. Dreamlove's Idiared Aponte told AFP that thieves forced their way into a warehouse at...
