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January 21, 2019

Spanish rescuers don’t expect to reach toddler before Tuesday at earliest

Spanish rescuers working round the clock to find a two-year-old boy who fell into a deep well said Monday they do not expect to reach the spot where he is believed to be before Tuesday at the earliest. There has…

January 21, 2019

Spanish taxi strike against app services spreads to Madrid

Madrid taxi drivers began an open-ended strike Monday against online ride-hailing services like Uber, joining their counterparts in Barcelona who walked off the job three days ago. Barcelona’s striking taxi drivers, many wearing yellow vests like protesters against the government…

January 21, 2019

Ronaldo refused special treatment for Madrid tax fraud hearing

Cristiano Ronaldo will have to enter a Madrid courthouse on foot on Tuesday after he was refused special treatment, officials at the court where he will appear for tax fraud said. According to a court document dated January 18 and…

January 21, 2019

Spanish rescuers don’t expect to reach toddler before Tuesday

Spanish rescuers working round-the-clock to find a two-year-old boy who fell into a deep well said Monday they do not expect to reach the spot where he is believed to be before Tuesday at the earliest. There has been no…

January 20, 2019

Spanish diggers struggle to reach toddler who fell in well

Diggers trying to reach a two-year-old boy who fell into a deep well in southern Spain a week ago saw their progress slowed by harder rock on Sunday, though experts still held out hope he could still be alive. There…

January 19, 2019

Spanish rescuers drill tunnel to search for toddler down well

Rescuers searching for a toddler trapped for a week in a well in southern Spain began drilling a tunnel on Saturday, in the latest bid to reach the boy as part of a massive operation to find him. Julen Rosello…

January 19, 2019

Third US trial finds Spaniard guilty of murdering 3

A US jury on Saturday unanimously found a Spaniard guilty of murdering a nightclub owner and two dancers after the accused’s third trial in 21 years. Pablo Ibar, 46, has already spent years on death row. One of his lawyers,…

January 19, 2019

Child shot during Spanish hunt dies

A four-year-old child shot during a hunting expedition in the southern Spanish region of Andalusia has died, police said Saturday. “I can confirm the death of a child of four years, who was hit by a bullet on a farm…

January 19, 2019

Spanish rescuers drilling tunnel to search for toddler in well

Engineers began drilling a tunnel Saturday to find a two-year-old boy who fell into a well in southern Spain a week ago, joining hundreds of rescue workers already at the scene. Julen Rosello fell down a very narrow shaft more…