Sports News | India Delivers Best-ever World Para Athletics C'ships Campaign, Medal Tally Reaches 18

New Delhi [India], October 4 (ANI): India registered their best medal tally in the World Para Athletics Championships history, as a bronze from Praveen Kumar, Ekta Bhyan's silver, and Soman Rana's silver took the nation's medal tally to 18 in New...

LIFE IN SPAIN: How Spain’s Christopher Columbus, the world’s greatest explorer, was clapped in chains 525 years ago this week

EVERYONE knows the story of Christopher Columbus – the man who sailed west and opened the door to the New World. But fewer know the darker twists of his life. This week marks 525 years since the world’s most famous navigator, far from glory, was...

Making Spanish Support for Palestine Real

Spain’s prime minister Pedro Sánchez has earned the esteem of much international left-leaning opinion thanks to his stance on Palestine, which is among the least bad among all Western governments. But his powerful rhetoric contrasts with his...

Five of Spain’s most walkable cities (including one with a 6mph speed limit for cars)

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Spain Gaza Flotilla Protest

Demonstrators hold a banner with writing reading in Catalan "Let's stop the genocide in Palestine, no more arms trade with Israel" during a pro-Palestinian rally in solidarity with the Global Sumud Flotilla after ships were intercepted by the...

1,000 silver, gold coins worth $1 million found in historic ‘Treasure Coast’ shipwreck

Shipwreck salvagers have recovered over 1,000 silver and gold coins, valued at approximately $1 million, from a legendary ship that sank off the coast of Florida. This devastating hurricane gave the stretch of coastline its name: the Treasure...

French air traffic controllers call off strike - sparing disruption for thousands of travellers

4 October 2025, 13:09 | Updated: 4 October 2025, 16:25 French air traffic controllers have called off their upcoming strikes, sparing travellers across Europe from disruption. The SNCTA (syndicat majoritaire des controleurs aeriens) union said it...

Long lost treasure chest worth $1MILLION that sunk on Spanish galleon 300-years-ago is finally hauled up from depths

A TREASURE chest worth $1 million has finally been retrieved 300 years after it sank on a Spanish ship. More than 1,000 glistening silver and gold coins were unearthed by a team of divers just off the coast of Florida. 6 More than 1,000 gold and...

Sports News | RSPB Crowned Champions of 5th Hockey India Senior Women's Inter-Department National C'ship

New Delhi [India], October 4 (ANI): Railways Sports Promotion Board was crowned as the champions of the 5th Hockey India Senior Women Inter-Department National Championship 2025 on Saturday after defeating Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. - Women....

Sports News | BFI Cup 2025: World C'ships Silver Medalist Manju Rani, Ankushita, Arundhati, Priya and Parveen Reach Semis

Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], October 4 (ANI): At the ongoing Boxing Federation of India (BFI) Cup, the women's draw produced some standout results as World Championships silver medalist Manju Rani (Railways) led the charge with a commanding 5:0...

Knife salesman claimed 'we sell cutlery' after customs found 'revolver' in shipment

Juan Martinez(Image: Southport Inquiry) A company which sent an unchecked machete to the Southport killer claimed "we sell cutlery" after customs officers found a shipment containing a "pepper-box revolver". Hunting & Knives, an online retailer...

Remembering the cruise ship Monarch of the Sea

Moorhouse takes a reflective look back at the 30-year career of Monarch of the Seas, second of an iconic trio of St Nazaire-built cruise ships, the Sovereign class, and one-time flagship of Royal Caribbean International. Monarch of the Seas, the...

Spanish Springs, Reno, McQueen, Carson, Reed all roll; Manogue edges Douglas

On a night of mostly lopsided scores in the 5A/4A, Bishop Manogue and Douglas provided the fireworks in high school football on Friday night. The Miners held on to edge the Tigers 48-46 thanks to a fourth-down stop with a minute remaining....

Ezhou Airport launches new direct cargo route to Spain

Ezhou Airport has launched a new international cargo route to Spain. An A330 freighter, flight 8S1986, departed Ezhou Huahu International Airport for Zaragoza, Spain, at 9:58 p.m. on October 2, officially launching the regular direct cargo route...

$1 million Spanish treasure discovered off Florida's treasure coast

A team of specialist divers has uncovered a long-lost Spanish treasure worth an estimated $1 million off Florida’s famous Treasure Coast. The haul includes more than 1,000 silver and gold coins dating back to 1715, originally minted in the Spanish...

French air traffic controllers cancel three-day strike

French air traffic controllers have called off a three-day strike that threatened to disrupt European skies next week, a top union said on Saturday. The main union in the sector, the SNCTA, announced the suspension of its "strike notice for...

Mallorca holiday: British government issues Spain travel alert ahead of new entry and exit scheme this month

Within a matter of days, travelling to and from the European Union Schengen zone is going to become more complicated for Britons and other visitors from third party countries and the FCO has issued a warning to remind travellers of what the new...

A massive wooden ship is about to sail into Wales and people will be able to get on it

A stunning spectacle is set to dock at Fishguard Harbour this month(Image: Portland Press Herald, Portland Press Herald via Getty Images) A Welsh coastal town is set to welcome a maritime visitor this October as El Galeón Andalucía, a faithful...

Obsolete electricity grid triggered blackout in Portugal and Spain, experts reveal

Published on 03/10/2025 - 17:40 GMT+2 •Updated 17:55 The Iberian Peninsula blackout that left 60 million people without power in April resulted from cascading power spikes and the electricity grid's inability to automatically absorb sudden power...

Traffic switch starts Friday on US 90A/Old Spanish Trail

HOUSTON - Drivers need to know about a traffic switch coming up on US 90A/Old Spanish Trail beginning Friday night. Big picture view: TxDOT will close eastbound mainlanes of US 90A to begin reconstructing them as part of a rehabilitation project....