Author: Aritz Parra
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Gibraltar detains Syria-bound supertanker with Iranian oil
MADRID • Authorities in Gibraltar said they intercepted an Iranian supertanker Thursday that was believed to be breaching European Union sanctions by carrying a shipment of Tehran’s crude oil to war-ravaged Syria. A senior Spanish official said the operation was requested by the United States. Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency called the incident “an illegal…
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New blow for Uber as top EU court says it’s a taxi company
BARCELONA, Spain — Ride-hailing service Uber suffered a new blow Wednesday as the European Union’s top court ruled that it should be regulated like a taxi company and not a technology service, a decision that crimps its activities around Europe and could weigh on other app-based companies too. Uber, which is wrapping up a particularly…
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Barcelona cathedral evacuated amid anti-terror investigation
MADRID — Police in Barcelona say explosives experts are checking a van in the surroundings of the landmark Sagrada Familia cathedral in what they are describing as an anti-terrorism operation. A spokesman with the Mossos d’Esquadra regional police said the church has been evacuated and several streets cordoned off to allow police work in the…
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Police: Fugitive’s death ‘breaks’ cell behind Spain attacks
Traffic on southbound I-25 in Wyoming as eclipse chasers head home Monday afternoon, August 21, 2017. (Photo courtesy of Wyoming Travel Information Service)
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Exhumation of Dali’s remains finds his mustache still intact
FIGUERES, Spain — Forensic experts in Spain have removed hair, nails and two long bones from Salvador Dali’s embalmed remains to aid a court-ordered paternity test that may enable a woman who says she is the surrealist artist’s daughter to claim part of Dali’s vast estate. Officials said Friday that the artist’s mummified remains were…
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Dozens of countries hit by huge cyberextortion attack
NEW YORK — Dozens of countries were hit with a huge cyberextortion attack Friday that locked up computers and held users’ files for ransom at a multitude of hospitals, companies and government agencies. It was believed to the biggest attack of its kind ever recorded. The malicious software behind the onslaught appeared to exploit a…
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Malware, described in leaked NSA documents, cripples computers worldwide
NEW YORK — Dozens of countries were hit with a huge cyberextortion attack Friday that locked up computers and held users’ files for ransom at a multitude of hospitals, companies and government agencies. It was believed to the biggest attack of its kind ever recorded. The malicious software behind the onslaught appeared to exploit a…