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Customs and Ports coordinate vessel traffic management
The Customs and Excise Division, the Port Authority of Trinidad and Tobago, the Port of Port-of-Spain, and the Point Lisas Industrial Port Development Corporation Limited have announced joint measures to manage vessel...
Train vs. Plane in Europe: When Each Wins in 2025
The European travel landscape has never been more complex than it is today. Despite every promise about sustainable transport and green initiatives, the reality remains surprisingly contradictory. While environmental concerns push us toward rail...
Truck drivers in Almeria may soon retire at 60 after new initiative
Unions push for early retirement for Almeria’s ageing truck drivers. Photo Credit: Sander Yigin via Unsplash A NEW initiative will bode very well for more than 13,000 truck drivers in the province of Almeria: the Spanish Confederation of Freight...
Guess That Jet: Only True Aviation Buffs Can Identify These Fighter Jets from Their Outlines
Key Points Only true aviation experts can identify these fighters by their outline Do you think you can pick out some of the most advanced aircraft on Earth by their shadow? Are you ahead, or behind on retirement? SmartAsset’s free tool can match...
Spanish firm in legal challenge over awarding of €650m fleet contract
Irish Rail’s plans suffer blow over judicial review and battery problems delaying roll out of hybrid trains Swiss manufacturer Stadler was set to be named as the winner in the procurement process but runner up Construcciones y Auxiliar de...
Malaga to be at forefront of clean energy for aviation – jobs & economic boom around the corner
Plane refuelling with Sustainable Aviation Fuel. Credit: Bulent camci - Shutterstock Two green hydrogen plants in Malaga, Spain, will start producing sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) in 2029, a huge step towards cleaning up air travel. Repsol leads...
Man dies and another critical after 'hotel railing gives way' in Lanzarote
Benedict Tetzlaff-Deas News Reporter and Rita Sobot 11:42, 26 Oct 2025 Costa Teguise, Lanzarote(Image: Getty Images) A 56 year old British holidaymaker has tragically died in the Canary Islands after plummeting nearly 20ft when a hotel railing...
Lanzarote holiday tragedy as man dies after 20ft fall when 'hotel railing gave way'
10:27, 26 Oct 2025Updated 10:34, 26 Oct 2025 The incident happened at a resort in Lanzarote (file photo)(Image: Getty Images) A holidaymaker has died and another is in a critical condition after reportedly falling nearly 20ft in Lanzarote when a...
Brit tourist dies and another injured as hotel railing 'gives way' in horror fall
The Brit dies in Lanzarote(Image: Getty Images/age fotostock RM) A 56-year-old British holidaymaker has tragically died in the Canary Islands after a hotel railing 'gave way', causing him to fall nearly 20ft. Another tourist, aged 54, was...
Spain arrests ringleader of deadly migrant route network linked to Morocco
Spanish police said they have dismantled the operational arm of one of the most dangerous international networks trafficking migrants from Morocco’s southern coasts to the Canary Islands via the perilous Atlantic route. The operation, dubbed...
British tourist, 56, dies in 20ft fall from Canary Islands balcony 'after railings broke'
A British holidaymaker has died after falling around 20 feet from a hotel balcony barrier when its railings broke. The tourist plummeted alongside another Briton, 54, in Lanzarote resort Costa Teguise during the early hours of Saturday. The...
Spanish Missions of California
Starting in 1769, Spain built a chain of 21 missions across the length of Alta California—from San Diego to Sonoma—as a way of gaining a foothold in the new frontier. California’s mission era ended in 1834, but you can still see the architectural...
Spain flight crisis: Connections between Balearics and the mainland up in the air despite pay out
In the coming weeks, the government will settle 720 million euros of the debt it owes to airlines for subsidies on flights between the mainland and the Balearics and the Canaries, as well as Ceuta and Melilla, although the companies say it still...
Spain’s top court investigating steel firm for complicity in Israel’s Gaza genocide
Spain’s Supreme Court has opened an investigation into a steel company for supplying material to an Israeli arms manufacturer amid the regime’s genocidal war on Gaza. Supreme Court judge Francisco de Jorge initiated a criminal case against the...
Chatham Square Redesign Unveiled by Dept. of Transportation
Located at the junction of five streets and multiple cultural histories, Chatham Square has been many things to many people over the centuries—not that one would know this from reading a recent Department of Transportation (DOT) press release on...
Brit, 56, dies and another critical after falling 20ft when 'hotel railing gives way'
A 56-year-old British man has died in a hotel fall in Lanzarote ( Image: Getty Images) A 56-year-old British tourist has died in the Canary Islands after plunging nearly 20ft when the railing of a hotel 'gave way'. Another holidaymaker, aged 54,...
Spanish Springs hands Manogue first league loss in four…
The first-place showdown turned out to be a little anticlimactic. Spanish Springs turned on its power on both offense and defense to rout Bishop Manogue, 46-14. It was the first time Bishop Manogue has lost to to a Northern Nevada team since...
Tourist dies in Lanzarote after plunging 20ft when 'hotel railing gave way'
22:21, 25 Oct 2025Updated 22:41, 25 Oct 2025 A 56-year-old British man has died in a hotel fall in Lanzarote(Image: Getty) A 56-year-old British tourist has died in the Canary Islands after plunging nearly 20ft when the railing of a hotel 'gave...
Ruffian President of Spain?
MadridSince last February, the Center for Sociological Research (CIS) has included Gabriel Rufián among its response options to the question: "Of the main political leaders, who would you prefer to be the president of the Spanish government?" Six...
British tourist killed in plunge from Canary Islands hotel balcony ‘after railing broke’
The name of the hotel is yet to be revealed A British tourist has died and another is fighting for his life in the Canary Islands after falling nearly 20ft from the balcony of a hotel. The incident happened in the Spanish resort of Costa Teguise,...