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"Seems Disrespectful": Spanish Influencer Faces Backlash For Swimming In Banned Canary Islands Cave
A Spanish social media influencer is facing backlash online for taking a dip in a cove where bathing has been banned following several deaths.
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Thousands Forced To Flee Homes As Wildfire Spreads On Spain's Tenerife Island
Emergency services said the fire was now affecting 10 towns, although 11 had been evacuated as a precaution.
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Over 2,500 People Evacuated After Fire On Spain's La Palma
Spanish officials said Saturday they had evacuated more than 2,500 people from La Palma in the Canary Islands, where fire has destroyed 4,500 hectares (11,000 acres) of land.
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Spain Declares Canaries Volcano Eruption Officially Over
The eruption of a volcano on the Spanish island of La Palma that destroyed hundreds of homes and large swathes of farmland has ended, officials said Saturday over three months after it began.
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A Drone Company Will Try To Airlift Dogs Stranded By Spanish Volcano
A Spanish drone operator on Tuesday received permission to try to rescue three emaciated dogs trapped near a volcano in the Canary Islands, by catching them with a remote-controlled net and flying them out over a stream of lava.
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Lava Pours Out Of Volcano In Spain's Canary Islands
A volcano erupted on the Spanish Canary Island of La Palma on Sunday, sending lava shooting into the air and streaming in rivers towards houses in two villages from the Cumbre Vieja national park in the south of the island.
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Spain to Trial Coronavirus Tracing App on Canary Island
Spain will try out a new smartphone app aimed at thwarting the spread of the coronavirus by injecting hundreds of false cases into the system in a test run starting on Friday on the Canary Island of Gomera.
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"Environmental Tragedy" As Canary Islands Fire Out Of Control
A fire raged out of control on the Spanish holiday island of Gran Canaria Monday, forcing evacuations as flames rose so high even water-dropping planes could not operate in what was dubbed an "environmental tragedy".
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Spain: 3 Injured In Canary Island Building Collapse
Spanish police say an apartment building has partially collapsed in the popular Canary Island tourist town of Los Cristianos, injuring at least three people.
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47 African Migrants Rescued Off Gran Canaria
A Spanish coast guard ship rescued 47 African migrants today from a boat found adrift off the Spanish island of Gran Canaria, officials said.
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Spain Arrests Woman for Recruiting Girls for Islamic State
Spanish police on Tuesday arrested a woman in the Canary Islands on suspicion of recruiting adolescent girls to join Islamic State in Syria, the interior ministry said.
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Spain Detains Suspected Female IS Group Recruiter
Spanish police arrested today a woman on the Canary Islands suspected of recruiting girls and teenagers for the Islamic State group, the interior ministry said.
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Boy Smuggled Into Spain in Suitcase to be Reunited With Mother
An African boy found inside a suitcase at a Spanish border crossing will be reunited with his mother since DNA tests proved the two are related, the family's lawyer said today.
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Spain Checks Six More Patients Over Ebola Fears
Spanish doctors identified six more cases of possible infection with the deadly Ebola virus on Thursday as a nurse being treated for the disease showed signs of improvement, officials said.
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Spanish Zoo Vet Shoots Keeper in Gorilla Escape Drill
A Spanish zoo vet shot a keeper with a tranquillizer dart when a gorilla escape drill went awry, knocking out the unfortunate victim who spent the next three days in hospital.
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"Seems Disrespectful": Spanish Influencer Faces Backlash For Swimming In Banned Canary Islands Cave
A Spanish social media influencer is facing backlash online for taking a dip in a cove where bathing has been banned following several deaths.
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Thousands Forced To Flee Homes As Wildfire Spreads On Spain's Tenerife Island
Emergency services said the fire was now affecting 10 towns, although 11 had been evacuated as a precaution.
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Over 2,500 People Evacuated After Fire On Spain's La Palma
Spanish officials said Saturday they had evacuated more than 2,500 people from La Palma in the Canary Islands, where fire has destroyed 4,500 hectares (11,000 acres) of land.
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Spain Declares Canaries Volcano Eruption Officially Over
The eruption of a volcano on the Spanish island of La Palma that destroyed hundreds of homes and large swathes of farmland has ended, officials said Saturday over three months after it began.
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A Drone Company Will Try To Airlift Dogs Stranded By Spanish Volcano
A Spanish drone operator on Tuesday received permission to try to rescue three emaciated dogs trapped near a volcano in the Canary Islands, by catching them with a remote-controlled net and flying them out over a stream of lava.
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Lava Pours Out Of Volcano In Spain's Canary Islands
A volcano erupted on the Spanish Canary Island of La Palma on Sunday, sending lava shooting into the air and streaming in rivers towards houses in two villages from the Cumbre Vieja national park in the south of the island.
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Spain to Trial Coronavirus Tracing App on Canary Island
Spain will try out a new smartphone app aimed at thwarting the spread of the coronavirus by injecting hundreds of false cases into the system in a test run starting on Friday on the Canary Island of Gomera.
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"Environmental Tragedy" As Canary Islands Fire Out Of Control
A fire raged out of control on the Spanish holiday island of Gran Canaria Monday, forcing evacuations as flames rose so high even water-dropping planes could not operate in what was dubbed an "environmental tragedy".
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Spain: 3 Injured In Canary Island Building Collapse
Spanish police say an apartment building has partially collapsed in the popular Canary Island tourist town of Los Cristianos, injuring at least three people.
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47 African Migrants Rescued Off Gran Canaria
A Spanish coast guard ship rescued 47 African migrants today from a boat found adrift off the Spanish island of Gran Canaria, officials said.
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Spain Arrests Woman for Recruiting Girls for Islamic State
Spanish police on Tuesday arrested a woman in the Canary Islands on suspicion of recruiting adolescent girls to join Islamic State in Syria, the interior ministry said.
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Spain Detains Suspected Female IS Group Recruiter
Spanish police arrested today a woman on the Canary Islands suspected of recruiting girls and teenagers for the Islamic State group, the interior ministry said.
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Boy Smuggled Into Spain in Suitcase to be Reunited With Mother
An African boy found inside a suitcase at a Spanish border crossing will be reunited with his mother since DNA tests proved the two are related, the family's lawyer said today.
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Spain Checks Six More Patients Over Ebola Fears
Spanish doctors identified six more cases of possible infection with the deadly Ebola virus on Thursday as a nurse being treated for the disease showed signs of improvement, officials said.
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Spanish Zoo Vet Shoots Keeper in Gorilla Escape Drill
A Spanish zoo vet shot a keeper with a tranquillizer dart when a gorilla escape drill went awry, knocking out the unfortunate victim who spent the next three days in hospital.
