Stuck in Spain, Wuhan soccer team gets to watch Madrid-Barça
MADRID (AP) — It’s been a tough journey for the first-division soccer club from Wuhan, the city at the epicenter of the ...
Plácido Domingo revises apology, as Spain drops more shows
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Opera star Placido Domingo amended his apology to the multiple women who have accused him of sexual...
Spain takes first European moves against Plácido Domingo
MADRID (AP) — The Spanish government canceled upcoming performances by Plácido Domingo in Madrid on Wednesday following ...
Messi demands calm after chaotic 2 months for Barcelona
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Barcelona has been hit recently by a series of setbacks on the field and conflicts inside the cl...
Spain looks to adopt digital tax that has angered the US
LISBON, Portugal — Spain’s government approved Tuesday the introduction of new taxes on digital business and stock market transactions, following simi...
Virus worries force cancellation of major tech show in Spain
LONDON — Organizers of the world’s biggest mobile technology fair are pulling the plug over worries about the viral outbreak from China.
Spanish police arrest former oil executive sought by Mexico
MEXICO CITY — The former head of Mexico's state oil company was arrested Wednesday in Spain on a international warrant issued by Mexico, authorities s...
Virus fears play out ahead of shrinking global tech event
LONDON — The impact on travel and commerce from the viral outbreak in China is playing out ahead of one of the world's biggest technology fairs schedu...
Spanish government renews efforts to legalize euthanasia
LISBON, Portugal — Spain’s new Socialist-led government has launched another attempt to legalize euthanasia and doctor-assisted suicide.
Spain searches for 67 missing at sea, rescues 119 others
MADRID — Spain on Tuesday resumed the search for 67 migrants missing from a boat trying to reach European shores a day after maritime authorities resc...
Spain, UK see new virus cases; French focus on ski resort
LISBON, Portugal — The U.K. confirmed its fourth case of the new virus from China and Spain reported its second Sunday as European authorities pressed...
Former NBA player Garbajosa revitalizes Spanish basketball
MADRID — A former NBA player who first got into basketball because it was the only sport with shoes big enough for him has been leading Spain to its m...
Spanish government to begin talks with Catalania this month
BARCELONA, Spain — The Spanish government and the regional leaders of Catalonia will start holding formal talks this month in a bid to end one of the ...
Virus impact: Airlines extend flights suspensions
BEIJING — Airlines are extending their suspension of flights to mainland China, while more retailers are putting an estimate on the economic damage th...
Scientists dive into ‘Midnight Zone’ to study dark ocean
BARCELONA, Spain — A team of scientists is preparing to dive deep into the depths of the Indian Ocean — into a “Midnight Zone” where light barely reac...
Isabel Allende talks about migration, life, aging and love
NEW YORK — Over the last year, Isabel Allende has been coping with loss and grief after the passing of her mother, a stepfather whom she “adored”, and...
6 Catalan separatist prisoners return to regional parliament
BARCELONA, Spain — Six former members of Catalonia’s regional government have been escorted from prison to attend a hearing at the regional parliament...
AP PHOTOS: Spanish towns embrace peculiar old festivals
ACEHUCHE, Spain — Spain has a rich tradition of colorful, and sometimes bizarre, festivals.
Spain-Venezuela encounter by tarmac unleashes speculation
MADRID — A secretive meeting this week by the tarmac of Madrid's international airport between two prominent officials from Spain and Venezuela trigge...
Storm Gloria kills 11 in Spain, causes wide coastal damage
MADRID — A calamitous storm has killed at least 11 people in Spain and left five others missing, as well as causing rivers to overflow their banks and...
Winter storm lashes Spanish coast, leaves 4 dead, power cuts
MADRID — A winter storm lashed much of Spain for a third day Tuesday, leaving 200,000 people without electricity, schools closed and roads blocked by ...
Spain declares climate emergency, gets climate plan ready
MADRID — Spain’s new government declared a national climate emergency on Tuesday, taking a formal first step toward enacting ambitious measures to fig...
Catalan ex-police chief on trial for role in secession bid
MADRID — The former head of Catalonia's regional police and three others are standing trial on charges of rebellion and sedition for their alleged rol...
Spain: Chemical plant explosion kills 1, injures at least 9
MADRID — A massive explosion at a petrochemical plant in northeastern Spain on Tuesday killed one person and injured at least nine others, three serio...
Nadal urges tennis organizers to compromise on one World Cup
SYDNEY — Rafael Nadal won a revamped Davis Cup in November and he reached Sunday's final of the ATP Cup, the new international team competition.
Spanish leader fails to form left-wing government on 1st try
MADRID — Spain’s interim Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez failed Sunday on the first of two chances to win the endorsement of the Spanish Parliament to fo...
Djokovic clinches Serbia’s win; Nadal’s Spain beats Georgia
BRISBANE, Australia — Novak Djokovic got more than he bargained for in his first competitive match of 2020 before fending off Kevin Anderson 7-6 (5),...
Spain: Socialists pin future government on Catalan’s release
MADRID — Two left-wing parties striving to form Spain's first coalition government in decades joined forces Monday announcing plans to hike taxes on t...
In Gambia, heartache and few answers after migrant deaths
BARRA, Gambia — Tina Gomez told no one in her family when she boarded a boat with more than 200 people here in Gambia last month, setting off in hopes...
Reports: UK family drowned in Spain didn’t know how to swim
MADRID — Spanish news reports said Thursday that a member of the British family whose father and two children died in a swimming pool on Christmas Eve...