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GUADALAJARA, SPAIN – 2022/07/19: A helicopter works to extinguish a wildfire near Valdepeñas de la Sierra, where several fires have forced to evacuate nearly 100 residents from the area. Wildfires have broken out across Spain amid a severe heatwave. (Photo by Marcos del Mazo/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Europe counts cost of heatwave as Spain PM says more than 500 died

Climate change protesters said the scorching weather should be a wake-up call for the continent

Vodafone, the world’s second largest mobile operator, displayed its tracker called Kippy, which is available across Europe, at the fair. (Kippy.eu)

Mobile tech is going to the dogs… literally

Among countless new ‘wearable’ gadgets presented this week at the Mobile World Congress trade fair were monitors that attach to dog or cat collars

Samsung Galaxy Fold

Foldable phone outlook hinges on the bend

Samsung, the world’s biggest seller of smartphones, unveiled a handset that folds open like a book

Spanish right celebrates landslide election win

Spanish right celebrates landslide election win

Spain’s conservative Popular Party has gained its biggest election win ever from voters desperate to end the soaring unemployment in the country.

Spain’s cautious Rajoy thrust into crisis role

Right storms towards win in crisis-hit Spain

Spain’s right storms towards a landslide win in Sunday elections, carried by popular anger over an economic slump.

Al-Qaeda suspect ‘plotted to poison water’

An al-Qaeda suspect plotted to poison tourists’ water supplies to avenge the killing of Osama bin Laden, a Spanish judge has said.

Endangered sites see boom in ‘tourism of doom’

Tracking endangered wildlife in politically troubled, impoverished Zimbabwe might not seem the ideal holiday spot but it’s in hot demand.

Golf legend Ballesteros diagnosed with brain tumour

Spanish golf legend Seve Ballesteros, a five-times Major winner, said on Sunday he had been diagnosed with a brain tumour.

Portuguese slum welcomes tourists to improve reputation

With its unpaved roads often strewn with litter, the Cova da Moura slum on the outskirts of Lisbon has long been seen as Portugal’s byword for crime and decay — and a place to be…

Portuguese clubs fall on hard times

Portugal’s football clubs have produced top players such as Luis Figo and Cristiano Ronaldo, but they are facing their biggest financial crisis in years, which has left some…

Green Day, Coldplay win but no luck for Zamajobe

United States punk-rock trio Green Day and British act Coldplay shared top honours at the MTV Europe Music Awards on Thursday, picking up two prizes each in an event broadcast…

Portuguese wildfires rage on

Nearly 3 000 firefighters and soldiers on Tuesday battled dozens of wildfires that continued to rage in parched Portugal as police found the charred body an elderly woman…

Portugal struggles to control wildfires

Firefighting aircraft from Germany, Italy and The Netherlands headed to Portugal on Monday as the country struggled to contain its biggest wave of wildfires to hit so far this…