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British and French scientists share Spain’s top science prize for Covid-era DNA breakthroughs

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British chemists David Klenerman and Shankar Balasubramanian shared Spain’s leading science prize on Wednesday with French biophysicist Pascal Mayer for pioneering DNA sequencing research that...

Greggs expands abroad with Tenerife airport launch and Spanish breakfast twist

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British bakery giant Greggs is set to open its first overseas outlet in almost two decades at Tenerife South airport later this month, as the...

WHO says ‘work not over’ as new hantavirus cases emerge after Spain evacuation

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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO), warned in Madrid on Tuesday that efforts to contain the hantavirus outbreak linked to...

Spain joins Ireland and Slovenia in boycotting Eurovision TV broadcast over Israel’s participation

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Public broadcasters in Spain, Ireland and Slovenia announced Monday they will not air this week’s 70th anniversary Eurovision Song Contest, joining a boycott over Israel’s...

US-German couple jailed in Spain after keeping children locked indoors for over 3 years

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A US-German couple were sentenced in Spain on Monday to almost three years in prison after keeping their three children confined inside their home for...

Spain defends hantavirus response after new cruise ship infections

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Spanish authorities said on Monday that they had taken ‘all measures’ necessary to stop hantavirus spreading among passengers evacuated from a cruise ship linked to...

Hantavirus cruise passengers flown home from Canary Islands under strict precautions

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Military and government aircraft began flying passengers home on Sunday after the cruise ship at the centre of the hantavirus outbreak docked in Spain’s Canary...

Guardia Civil mourns two officers killed in drug boat chase tragedy off Andalusia

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Spain’s Guardia Civil is mourning the deaths of two officers killed during a high-speed pursuit of suspected drug smugglers off the coast of Andalusia, as...

WHO chief heads to Canary Islands to oversee hantavirus cruise evacuation

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The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) was set to travel to Tenerife on Saturday to help oversee the evacuation of passengers affected by...

Renault puts Spanish production expansion on hold in labour dispute

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Renault’s Spanish division has announced that it is putting on hold plans to assign new vehicle production to its factories in Spain after failing to...

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