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December 3, 2020

Spain religious order finds 25 cases of sexual abuse

The Marist Brothers congregation in Spain said Thursday that 25 minors were sexually abused by former teachers of Roman Catholic religious order at its schools the country. The order launched an commission to investigate sexual abuse at its schools after…
December 3, 2020

CORRECTED: Record 8,157 migrants reach Canaries in November

A record 8,157 migrants landed in Spain’s Canary Islands in November, in what was believed to be the highest monthly figure on record, interior ministry figures showed Thursday. The increase means almost 20,000 migrants now reached the archipelago since the…
December 3, 2020

Shareholders in Spain’s Caixabank approve Bankia merger

Caixabank shareholders on Thursday approved a planned merger with smaller rival Bankia which will create Spain’s biggest domestic bank once the deal is approved by regulators. The move comes two days after shareholders in Bankia, Spain’s fourth-largest bank, approved the…
December 3, 2020

Record 8,157 migrants reach Canaries in November

A record 8,157 migrants landed in Spain’s Canary Islands in November, in what was believed to be the highest monthly figure on record, interior ministry figures showed Thursday. The increase means almost 20,000 migrants now reached the archipelago since the…
December 3, 2020

Conditions at Madrid, Catalan elder care homes ‘alarming’: NGO

Conditions at elderly care homes in the Spanish regions of Madrid and Catalonia, where thousands died when the pandemic began, remain “alarming” despite improvements, Amnesty International warned on Thursday. In a sharply worded report on retirement homes during the pandemic,…
December 3, 2020

Without tourists, some Barcelona hotels get creative to survive

Sergi Pino recently moved to Barcelona, but rather than renting a flat, he’s staying at a hotel which has been forced to get creative to compensate for the absence of tourists. Hugely popular with international visitors, the city has seen…
December 2, 2020

Britain okays vaccine as global Covid death toll nears 1.5 million

Britain on Wednesday became the first western country to approve a Covid-19 vaccine for general use, while Japan and Italy pledged free inoculations for all even as the global death toll rose towards 1.5 million. Just 12 months after the…
December 2, 2020

Spain to invest 600 mn euros in artificial intelligence

Spain is to invest 600 million euros (725 million dollars) in developing artificial intelligence over the next two years as part of plans to transform its national economy, the premier said Wednesday. The programme would run from 2021 to 2023,…
December 2, 2020

For young Senegalese, perilous journey to Europe worth the risk

Djiby Dieng packed just a tiny backpack when he boarded a brightly coloured wooden boat at the Senegalese port of Mbour to seek his fortune in Europe. The 21-year-old left on October 18, without telling his mother, hoping to reach…

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