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ADOLF HITLER 'ESCAPED GERMANY AND FLED TO COLOMBIA' CLAIMS REPORT IN DECLASSIFIED CIA DOCUMENT
Former Nazi leader Adolf Hitler escaped Germany after the war and fled to Colombia where he continued to be idolised by former Nazis... READ MORE›
BREXIT HAS MADE THE UK 'THE SEVENTH BEST VALUE HOLIDAY DESTINATION IN THE WORLD'
Estonian capital Tallinn is number one, followed by Lanzarote in the Canary Islands and the US state of Arizona... READ MORE›
ARTICLE 155: THE NUCLEAR OPTION THAT COULD LET SPAIN SEIZE CATALONIA
Whatever Mr. Rajoy's government decides, Spain's judiciary could also step in more forcefully and even order the arrest of Mr. Puigdemont and others for sedition... READ MORE›
IS THIS THE CONSTITUTIONAL KEY TO UNLOCK THE CRISIS IN CATALONIA?
One option open to Mariano Rajoy's government is to invoke an obscure and never-before- used part of Spain's 1978 constitution, article 155... READ MORE›
A SLOW, DANGEROUS GAME OF POLITICAL CHESS
The article was threatened once before in the late 80s against the Canary Islands' government, which backed down immediately... READ MORE›
SPAIN'S HOTEL CHAMBERMAIDS 'LAS KELLYS' FIGHT FOR FAIR PAY
But Las Kellys reported the contractor to officials in the Canary Islands... READ MORE›
SPAIN SENDS IN RIOT POLICE TO SHUT DOWN CATALAN REFERENDUM
Spanish police moved in to shut down polling stations across Catalonia as voting began Sunday in an illegal referendum on independence... READ MORE›
WORLD WEATHERWATCH: HURRICANES, WILDFIRES - AND EARLY SNOW
Over 2,000 hectares 5,000 acres of forest have recently been scorched by wildfires in the central mountainous area of Tejeda in Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands... READ MORE›
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CAUGHT ON FILM FOR THE FIRST TIME
Natacha Aguilar de Soto has studied beaked whales for 15 years... READ MORE›
BULLS KILL SEVEN AT SPAIN SUMMER FESTIVALS
Among them was a 36-year-old town councillor gored in Penafiel a town near Valladolid north of Madrid... READ MORE›
NOISE POLLUTION IS DROWNING OUT NATURE EVEN IN PROTECTED AREAS - STUDY
The sounds of the natural world are being overwhelmed by the blare of human activity, even in protected wildlife areas, new research has revealed... READ MORE›
SWEDISH PARENTING HAS CREATED NATION OF BRATS
New book on parenting warns that children in sweden have been turned into self-centred brats... READ MORE›
MONIQUE, THE HEN WHO IS SAILING AROUND THE WORLD
You can follow Guirec and Monique on Instagram and on Facebook... READ MORE›
BRITISH ATHLETES CELEBRATE RECORD-BREAKING TRIUMPH IN WORLD'S TOUGHEST ROWING RACE
Experienced sailors Angus Collins and Alex Simpson, both 27, were part of the Anglo-American quartet who won the Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge, dubbed the world's toughest row... READ MORE›
AIR CANADA JET WAS 30 METRES FROM COLLIDING WITH 2 PLANES IN SAN FRANCISCO
Air Canada jet was 30 metres from colliding with 2 planes in San Francisco TSB report... READ MORE›
FASCISM HELPED CREATE A TIME ZONE ODDITY IN SPAIN 70 YEARS LATER IT MAY FINALLY BE UNDONE
Fascism helped create a time zone oddity in Spain 70 years later it may finally be undone... READ MORE›
SEAWORLD SAYS IT WILL END BREEDING OF KILLER WHALES
Mr. Manby said, however, that SeaWorld's whales would remain in captivity... READ MORE›
CRUISE SHIP BOUDICCA HIT BY ENGINE ROOM FIRE
Fred Olsen, the company which owns the ship, said it was now fully stable and had five engines running with two still not working... READ MORE›
MIGRANTS AND ASYLUM IN THE EU
Mediterranean disasters, in which hundreds of migrants drowned, shocked Europe in 2013-2014... READ MORE›
CATALAN BULLFIGHTS: SPANISH TOP COURT OVERTURNS BAN
Bullfighting was banned in Catalonia in 2010 on the grounds that it was incompatible with Catalan tradition... READ MORE›
UNDERSEA MUSEUM KEEPS FISH FEEDING AND ITS SOCIAL COMMENTARY BITING
LANZAROTE, Spain -- In the dim underwater light, a man lies on a funeral pyre, his arms outstretched... READ MORE›
DID THE NAZIS LOCATE A SECRET U-BOAT BASE IN SPAIN?
How a house at top of a hill is thought to have been used as a secret Nazi base in the Canary Islands... READ MORE›
BITS SPECIAL SECTION INGRESS HAS THE WORLD AS ITS GAME BOARD
Last year, Google spun out the development team into a separate company called Niantic... READ MORE›
A POWER DINING ROOM FOR HUDSON YARDS
Legacy Records A Power Dining Room for Hudson Yards... READ MORE›
CANARY ISLAND TOURISTS WARNED TO AVOID TOXIC 'SEA SAWDUST' ALGAE
Global warming helping spread of micro-algae, forcing the closure of several beaches including popular Teresitas at Santa Cruz de Tenerife... READ MORE›
RAJOY FAILS AGAIN IN BID TO FORM NEW GOVERNMENT
Spain Rajoy fails again in bid to form new government... READ MORE›
SPANISH MINISTER STEPS DOWN OVER PANAMA PAPERS
At that time, Mr. Soria was mayor of the city of Las Palmas, in the Canary Islands... READ MORE›
'FACE OF HATRED' PICKED AS WORLD PRESS PHOTO CONTEST WINNER
Three Canadian photojournalists -- Amber Bracken, Darren Calabrese and Giovanni Capriotti -- had winning entries this year... READ MORE›
ALL FOUR SUSPECTED EBOLA CASES IN SPAIN TEST NEGATIVE FOR THE DISEASE
He was brought to Madrid's Carlos III hospital, the designated centre for treating Ebola patients in the city... READ MORE›
'WORLD'S LARGEST TELESCOPE' RELOCATES TO PALMA AFTER OUTRAGE IN HAWAII OVER PLAN TO BUILD ON SACRED MOUNTAIN
But time is running out for Mauna Kea, chosen as the optimum site by the TMT board in 2009... READ MORE›
THE LEADER OF GERMANY'S ANTI-IMMIGRANT MOVEMENT HAS BECOME A MIGRANT HIMSELF
Jens Schlueter European Pressphoto Agency Lutz Bachmann has frequently been criticized for not sticking to his own principles... READ MORE›
MAGALUF FAILS TO TELL BRITISH TOURISTS IT HAS CLEANED ITSELF UP
Magaluf crackdown Majorcan resort fails to tell British tourists it has cleaned itself up... READ MORE›
EX-HEROIN ADDICT SETS RECORD AS FASTEST SOLO ROWER IN WORLD'S TOUGHEST RACE
Ex-heroin addict sets record as fastest solo rower in world's toughest race... READ MORE›
SKIPPERS AIM FOR ROUND-THE-WORLD RECORD IN VENDEE GLOBE YACHT RACE
Prince Albert of Monaco will launch the race on France's Atlantic coast at 13 02 12 02 GMT Sunday, with very good conditions forecast by race director Jacques Caraes... READ MORE›
TUNISIA ATTACK: THOUSANDS OF UK TOURISTS BEGIN ARRIVING HOME
Thousands of tourists arrived back in the UK from Tunisia at the weekend after the deadly attack on the beach at Sousse on Friday... READ MORE›
CRA CONVICTS A FRACTION OF OFFSHORE TAX EVADERS
Of these only six had an identifiable connection to offshore tax havens... READ MORE›
ATLANTIC TEAMS GET SET FOR CHALLENGE KNOWN AS WORLD'S TOUGHEST ROWING RACE
The teams will need to be ready to face tropical storms, sleep deprivation and sweltering heat... READ MORE›
TOWEL WARS OVER AS THOMAS COOK'S HOTELS UNITE BRITS WITH GERMANS
And German markets and is getting some of the best customer-feedback scores in the group, according to Thomas Cook... READ MORE›