In a match Tuesday in Arlington, Texas, featuring two of soccer’s biggest heavyweights, Spain put in a masterful performance, frustrating France to the tune of a 2-0 win to advance to Sunday’s World Cup final at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey. It marks Spain’s second-ever appearance in a World Cup final. Spain won the tournament […]
A British man caught up in Spanish wildfires has described how he survived the inferno as his wife and friends died trying to escape. Malcolm Timbrell, 70, lived with his wife Annette Kilgore, 69, in the village of Bedar, in the Almeria province of southeast Spain. The area was scorched by wildfires on July 9 […]
At least 12 people are dead as hundreds of firefighters backed by helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft struggled Saturday to contain one of Spain’s deadliest wildfires. A combination of light winds and high humidity are helping crews, but the sheer size of the fire still poses challenges, Antonio Sanz, head of Andalusia’s emergency services, said. The […]
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At least 12 people died in a wildfire Friday in the town of Los Gallardos in southern Spain, near the popular tourist city of Almeria, authorities said. Eight more were injured and 23 were unaccounted for. The cause of the blaze hasn’t been determined but Spain has been one of many European nations hit by […]