Spain advances AI and social media regulation despite pressure from Big Tech

Spain is moving forward with stricter rules on social media platforms and artificial intelligence systems, even as major technology companies intensify lobbying efforts against new regulatory measures. The Spanish government has stated that the rapid expansion of digital platforms and AI tools requires stronger legal safeguards to protect......

Spanish meat exports decline as global demand shifts sharply

Spanish exports of meat and processed meat products fell by 13 percent during the first quarter of 2026, reflecting weaker international demand and major changes across key export markets. Data from Spain’s agricultural export monitoring system showed total overseas shipments reached 393,585 tonnes between January and March, while March......

MV Hondius arrives in Tenerife amid Hantavirus concerns

The cruise ship MV Hondius arrived Sunday morning on the Spanish island of Tenerife as authorities prepared to evacuate more than one hundred passengers and crew members following concerns linked to Hantavirus cases detected on board. The vessel, which departed from Ushuaia in Argentina on April 1, docked at the port of Granadilla de Abona......

Xiaomi hires former Tesla factory chief to lead its European electric vehicle push

Xiaomi has appointed two senior executives to steer its electric vehicle division through its next phase of development, pairing a company veteran with a former Tesla manufacturing leader as it prepares for its first international automotive sales. The moves signal that Xiaomi's ambitions in the global EV market have moved from aspiration......

Spain identifies two flight contacts linked to cruise ship hantavirus outbreak

Spanish health authorities have identified two individuals under surveillance on their territory connected to the hantavirus outbreak aboard the MV Hondius, as the difficulty of tracing secondary exposures beyond the ship itself becomes increasingly apparent. A 32-year-old woman in the southeastern province of Alicante is being tested for......

Amadeus predicts decline in Air Travel bookings amid global disruptions

Amadeus IT Group has forecast a decline in air travel bookings during the second quarter of the year as geopolitical tensions in the Middle East and airline strikes across Western Europe continue to affect passenger demand. The Spanish travel technology company stated that booking activity remains under pressure despite signs of gradual improvement......

WHO rules out pandemic risk from hantavirus outbreak on cruise ship MV Hondius

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......

Three US states monitor residents who traveled on hantavirus cruise ship as Andes strain confirmed

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......

Morocco and Spain hold joint meeting in Tangier to prepare for Operation Marhaba 2026

Moroccan and Spanish officials held a joint meeting in Tangier on Wednesday to coordinate preparations for Operation Marhaba 2026, the annual large-scale transit operation that facilitates the return of Moroccan citizens living abroad. The meeting was co-chaired by Khalid Zerouali, Wali and Director of Migration and Border Surveillance in......

Spain to repatriate all passengers from cruise ship hit by deadly hantavirus outbreak

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......

Pope Leo XIV to celebrate mass at Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia on June 10

Pope Leo XIV is scheduled to celebrate a mass at Barcelona’s iconic Sagrada Familia basilica on June 10, according to the official itinerary of his visit to Spain released by the Vatican and the Spanish Episcopal Conference. Major religious event in Barcelona The mass at the Sagrada Familia, one of the most famous landmarks of the......

Europe's EV sales surge as fuel prices spike on Middle East conflict

Electric vehicle registrations rose sharply across Western Europe in April 2026, with several countries recording record or near-record battery electric vehicle market shares as consumers increasingly turned away from combustion-engine cars amid fuel price surges driven by the ongoing conflict in the Middle East. Norway set a new monthly......

Canary Islands leader opposes docking of hantavirus-hit cruise ship at Tenerife

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......

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