Author: Joseph Wilson
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Dani Alves faces day two of sexual assault trial in Barcelona. Police say accuser wants ‘justice’
Dani Alves sat in silence and listened to a stream of witnesses give testimony during the second day of his sexual assault trial in Barcelona
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Turkey lifts its objections to Sweden, Finland joining NATO
MADRID • Turkey agreed Tuesday to lift its opposition to Sweden and Finland joining NATO, a breakthrough in an impasse clouding a leaders’ summit in Madrid amid Europe’s worst security crisis in decades triggered by the war in Ukraine. After urgent top-level talks, alliance Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said “we now have an agreement that…
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Police, protesters clash outside Barcelona-Real Madrid game
BARCELONA, Spain • Riot police clashed with protesters in the streets Wednesday night outside a soccer match between Barcelona and Real Madrid, as authorities sought to keep Catalonia’s separatist movement from disrupting the game viewed by 650 million people worldwide. The match in Barcelona’s Camp Nou stadium began without incident and was halted only briefly…
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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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Spain: Police think extremists planned massive bomb attack
BARCELONA, Spain — Police put up scores of roadblocks across northeast Spain on Sunday in hopes of capturing a fugitive suspect from the 12-member Islamic extremist cell that staged two vehicle attacks and plotted much deadlier carnage using explosives favored by Islamic State militants. Complicating the manhunt, though, was the fact that police have so…
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Spanish plan for carnage started with botched explosion
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — A cell of at least nine extremists meticulously plotted to combine vehicles and explosives in a direct hit on tourists, and managed to carry off most of their deadly plan, killing 14 people, authorities said Friday. Police in Spain and France pressed a manhunt for any remaining members of the group,…
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Barcelona van attack kills 13 in agonizing repeat for Europe
BARCELONA, Spain — A van veered onto a promenade and barreled down the busy walkway in central Barcelona on Thursday, swerving back and forth as it mowed down pedestrians and turned a picturesque tourist destination into a bloody killing zone. Thirteen people were killed and 100 were injured, 15 of them seriously, in what authorities…
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Messi to extend contract with Barcelona until 2021
BARCELONA, Spain— Lionel Messi will play out the best remaining years of his trophy-rich career at Barcelona. The Spanish club said Wednesday that Messi had agreed a three-year contract extension that will keep him at the club through the 2020-21 season. By then, Barcelona’s all-time leading scorer will be 34 years old and finishing his…
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Former Pikes Peak Marathon champion summits Mount Everest twice in one week
BARCELONA, Spain – Their bodies and brains ravaged by the oxygen-scarce heights of the Himalayas, even the hardiest few who scale the treacherous slopes of Mount Everest cut short celebrations for some well-deserved rest. Not Kilian Jornet. Somehow, he still had some legs left. “My plan was to go up one time,” Jornet said in…