The World Health Organization moved Wednesday to contain alarm over a hantavirus outbreak detected aboard the expedition cruise ship MV Hondius, with Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus stating in Geneva that the situation does not resemble the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic and that the risk to the wider world remains limited. The......
Health authorities in at least three American states are monitoring residents who were aboard the MV Hondius, the Dutch expedition cruise ship at the center of a deadly hantavirus outbreak that has killed three passengers and left several others seriously ill during an Atlantic crossing. None of the individuals under surveillance are showing......
Spain has agreed to receive the MV Hondius, a luxury expedition cruise ship struck by a fatal hantavirus outbreak, at the port of Granadilla in southern Tenerife, from where all passengers and crew will be repatriated to their home countries. Spanish Health Minister Mónica García announced Wednesday that everyone remaining on......
Argentina is weighing the possibility of approaching financial markets with lower interest rates, according to a senior government official, as the country continues to grapple with persistent inflation and economic uncertainty. Speaking at a recent economic event in Buenos Aires, Secretary of Economic Policy José Luis Daza indicated......
A hantavirus outbreak aboard the cruise ship MV Hondius has been identified as the Andes strain, the only known hantavirus capable of spreading from person to person, as the Dutch-flagged vessel sailed from Cape Verde toward Spain's Canary Islands on Wednesday amid a growing international health response. Three passengers have died and......
Spain's National Statistics Institute reported that 1,165,955 Morocco-born residents lived in the country as of January 1, 2025. This group remains the largest foreign-born community, outnumbering Colombians at 978,041 and Venezuelans at 692,316. Foreign-born individuals totaled 9,464,210, or one in five of Spain's 49,128,297 residents.......
María Nieves, one of the most influential figures in Argentine tango, has passed away at the age of 91. The celebrated dancer and choreographer died in Buenos Aires, according to sources from the cultural community, though no official cause of death has been disclosed. Born into a modest family in Buenos Aires, Nieves rose to international......
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