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Why are Barcelona residents protesting against tourists?
People protest against tourism in Barcelona, Spain, Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017.
AP / Manu Fernandez
2024-07-09, Al Jazeera
Videos of Barcelona residents shooting water pistols at tourists at a city restaurant have been widely shared on social media. And it was not fake news. Residents in...
‘Double attack’: The curse of natural gas and armed groups in Mozambique
Mozambique Marines listen to a visit, board, search, and seizure mission brief during exercise Cutlass Express 2017
US Navy / Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Robert Price/Released
2024-06-16, Al Jazeera
Palma, Mozambique – It was late afternoon and darkness was approaching when Awa Salama* heard pops of gunfire and explosions: The fighters were coming. As her neighbours...
2 Germans, a Spaniard and a Senegalese killed in building collapse in Spain's Mallorca island
Rubble is taken away from a collapsed building in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, Friday, May 24, 2024. Spain's National Police on Friday gave details on four people killed when a building housing a bar and restaurant club collapsed on the island of Mallorca. (AP Photo/Francisco Ubilla)
AP / Francisco Ubilla
2024-05-24, Newsday
MADRID — Spain's National Police on Friday gave details on four people killed when a building housing a bar and restaurant club collapsed on the island of Mallorca....
Mallorca launches smart beaches app to book sunbeds and umbrellas2024-07-27
Spanish News Today: The technology will also include free WiFi and drones on five beaches in Palma next summer For the first time ever in the Balearic Islands, Palma City Council is planning to unveil its ‘smart beaches’ app next summer, which means visitors will be...
Canto, ceremonias y sombreros de paja, al inaugurarse Juegos Olímpicos, también en Tahití2024-07-27
Ottumwa Courier: PAPARA, Tahití (AP) — Bailarinas...
New Jersey lottery player wins $1 million in Friday's Mega Millions2024-07-27
northjersey.com: A lucky New Jersey lottery player won $1 million in Friday's Mega Millions. Three tickets sold in Jersey, California and Illinois matched the five white balls to win the second-tier prizes, according to the Mega Millions website. The NJ and Illinois tickets...
‘Let’s change course,’ say Spaniards as they weigh impact of overtourism2024-07-27
The Irish Times: Image of the week: Stop cruises “Tourism yes, but not like this,” was the English translation of one of the placards held up during a demonstration in Palma de Mallorca on the Balearic island of Mallorca, long popular with...
Saturday On The Air2024-07-27
The Day: Australian Rules Football 5:30 a.m., FS1 — AFL: Greater Western Sydney Giants at Melbourne Demons. 1 a.m. (Sunday), FS2 — AFL: Western Bulldogs at Sydney Swans. Auto Racing 6:25 a.m., ESPN2 — Formula OneBelgian Grand Prix practice from Stavelot, Belgium. 9:55...
Our View: Is more military spending just a costly delusion?2024-07-27
CyprusMail: The national guard celebrated its 60th birthday on Thursday by holding manoeuvres in Zygi in the presence of PresidentNikos Christodoulides and the Minister of Defence Vasilis Palmas, both of whom lavished praise on the army’s battle-readiness and the...
SVVSD gives ninth graders a jump on new school year2024-07-27
Daily Camera: Spending a couple of weeks getting to know their new school while brushing up on math and language arts skills has become part of FrederickHigh’s culture for incoming ninth graders. About 170 incoming ninth graders, in a class of about 400, are enrolled...
My new favorite travel gadget is an e-reader that looks like a phone (but isn't)2024-07-26
ZDNet: It turns out, the Onyx Boox Palma, an Android-based e-reader that just so happens to look like a phone, is a brilliant idea. ......
175 fall athletes to watch over 50 days2024-07-26
Monterey Herald: Janos Kommerling, CSUMB: Gaining valuable experience playing for Monterey BayFC2 over the summer, the senior midfielder led the Otters in assists and points last fall...
Spain's disappearing beaches: A race against time2024-07-26
Spanish News Today: According to a Greenpeace report, there is no Spanish coastal region that is not at risk A recent Greenpeace report has sounded the alarm for Spain's most prized resource, its beaches, revealing that dozens are at risk of vanishing within the next decade...
The NG has new multifaceted role 60 years since its establishment, Minister says2024-07-26
CNA: Sixty years since its establishment, the...
‘Acts of hate’ against tourists will not be tolerated, says Balearic tourism minister2024-07-26
AOL: “Acts of hate” towards tourists will not be tolerated, the Balearic Islands tourism minister has warned, as he urged holidaymakers to ignore the protests against them and continue to visit to the Spanish...
Indak-Indak and Pamulak merge on the same day2024-07-26
Sun Star: TWO major events of the Kadayawan Festival—Pamulak and Indak-Indak—will be held on the same day to ensure "livelier celebrations" and minimize traffic congestion, according to JenniferRomero, officer-in-charge of the Davao CityTourism Operations Office...
The British big man is back – and he’s mixing it up on the pitches of Europe!2024-07-26
Yahoo Daily News: THE REALTEAM GB Keir Starmer’s Britain is looking to improve relations with its continental partners, so surely the more sporting ambassadors the country has within the European Union the better. The bureaucratic appointments are being made already, despite...