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Spain has been placed under a nation-wide lockdown as the Prime Minister bans people from leaving homes except for work or to buy groceries as part of desperate measures to tackle the outbreak of deadly coronavirus as cases soar.Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announced the restrictions on movement on Saturday following a…

BARCELONA, SPAIN - MARCH 07: A FC Barcelona supporter wears a medical face mask during the Liga ... match between FC Barcelona and Real Sociedad at Camp Nou on March 7, 2020 in Barcelona, Spain. (Photo by Claudio Chaves/Eurasia Sport Images/Getty Images) Getty Images FC Barcelona’s Champions League clash with…

French zouave during the Crimean war. Zouave was the title given to certain light infantry regiments in the French Army, normally serving in French North Africa between 1831 and 1962. The name was also adopted during the 19th century by units in other armies, especially volunteer regiments raised for service…

Image copyright PA Media Image caption Professor Clara Ponsati outside Edinburgh Sheriff Court Extradition proceedings for an academic at St Andrews University have been suspended.Professor Clara Ponsati is wanted in Spain on a charge of sedition over her role in Catalonia's unsanctioned independence referendum in 2017.But the academic, who denies…

By Associated PressThe Associated PressTues., March 3, 2020timer1 min. readMADRID - A jailed pro-Catalan independence politician was allowed to leave prison Tuesday to take up part-time teaching work at a university.Oriol Junqueras, a former vice-president for Spain’s wealthy northeastern Catalonia region, is serving a 13-year sentence for his role in…

MADRID (AP) — A jailed pro-Catalan independence politician was allowed to leave prison Tuesday to take up part-time teaching work at a university. Oriol Junqueras, a former vice president for Spain’s wealthy northeastern Catalonia region, is serving a 13-year sentence for his role in the illegal secession push against Spain…

Vox won the third largest share of the vote in Spain’s general election in November. But is the success of the party a temporary phenomenon or a sign that populist radical right parties are destined to become a permanent feature of the Spanish party system? Lisa Zanotti and José Rama…

What if they played a game and nobody came? Pro sports leagues in places as far-flung as Italy and South Korea are about to find out. With government approval, both Serie A soccer and the Korean Basketball League are opting to broadcast regularly scheduled games played in empty stadiums and…

What if they played a game and nobody came? Pro sports leagues in places as far-flung as Italy and South Korea are about to find out. With government approval, both Serie A soccer and the Korean Basketball League are opting to broadcast regularly scheduled games played in empty stadiums and…

/ France Issued on: 29/02/2020 - 20:02 Catalan separatist supporters hold Esteladas (Catalan separatist flags) during a rally in Perpignan, France February 29, 2020. REUTERS - NACHO DOCE Tens of thousands of Catalan independence supporters gathered in Perpignan, southern France, on Saturday at a rally in support of exiled former…