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View From The Dolan: Reading Don’t Get The Job Don
The Tilehurst End
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August 17, 2025
It’s fitting that the last time I saw us play AFC Wimbledon at home was just as bad as this one: a 3-0 reverse in the bleak midwinter of 2003, Boxing Day to be exact. I’ve seen us play them since then: a pre-season friendly at The Cherry Red...
How we survived a Spanish holiday with our teenagers
The Guardian
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August 17, 2025
They’ve packed too much, surely? The cabin crew do not look thrilled as I try to help squeeze each bag into the overhead lockers or the footwells under the seats in front. My 19-year-old has brought five and a half bikinis – we are away for a week...
"Didn't you want independence? Go fuck yourself, Long live Spain!": Koldo García collected audio recordings against the independence process.
Ara
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August 16, 2025
Madrid"What's up, kids? They told me that with the application of Article 155, I'm coming to replace Major Trapero. Didn't you want independence? Well, go fuck yourself. Long live Spain!" This is one of the 22,000 audio recordings contained in the...
Summer travel chaos looms as Spanish airport strikes hit key holiday destinations
Aviation24.be
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August 16, 2025
© Adrian Pingstone (Arpingstone) – Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2326308ERAStrikes by baggage handlers at Azul Handling, part of Ryanair Group, began on 15 August and will continue every Wednesday, Friday,...
Rustic Roots Sanctuary awarded nearly $1 million to boost local food access in Spanish Lake
St Louis American - Missouri
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August 16, 2025
Stay Informed, Stay Empowered in STL Subscribe to The St. Louis American‘s free weekly newsletter for critical stories, community voices, and insights that matter. Rustic Roots Sanctuary, a community farm and wellness space in north St. Louis...
Some delays but no flights cancelled on first day of Ryanair strike in Spain
The Local - Spain
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August 16, 2025
Ryanair staff began strike action at Spanish airports on Friday but had little impact on travel heading into one of the busiest weekends of the year. The first day of strike action by Ryanair staff at Spanish airports had minimal impact on Friday,...
With names like Domecq, Cartier and Oppenheimer in the mix, no wonder Sotogrande in Spain is the Mediterranean playground of the rich and famous
Olive Press
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August 16, 2025
By Dilip Kuner and Jon Clarke THERE is nowhere in Spain like Sotogrande in summertime. The country’s most exclusive private enclave, this is the go-to destination for the discreetly wealthy and famous. Even the privileged tourists who come to...
Spain airport strikes: Where major disruption is set to hit passengers this summer
The Independent
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August 15, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
I moved from Chicago to Spain. It's harder to be an entrepreneur here, but I work less and still have a great life.
Business Insider
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August 16, 2025
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Giovanna Gonzalez, a 35-year-old who moved from Chicago to Valencia, Spain, in April 2025. The conversation has been edited for length and clarity. In college, I wanted to study abroad in Italy...
The trap of extremes: how to break the vicious cycle in Spanish politics
Atalayar
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August 16, 2025
Like a perverse dance, both extremes feed off each other, turning public debate into a battlefield where reason and coexistence are relegated to the sidelines. How did we get to this point and, more importantly, how can we escape this trap? When...
‘Unlike any other kind of fear’: wildfires leave their mark across Spain
The Guardian
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August 16, 2025
On Saturday, the people of Paüls will celebrate the feast of their patron saint, Sant Roc, with a mass, followed by a communal meal eaten at stone tables, jota folk dances and a profound and lingering sense of relief. Last month’s wildfire – which...
Trump’s ‘refugees’ settle in Spain: ‘We’re not going back to the United States’
El País
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August 16, 2025
Spain has become a refuge for Americans escaping Donald Trump’s authoritarian drift. Families who, without looking back, have landed with the intention of staying. For now, there aren’t too many. This isn’t an exodus or a migration crisis. But the...
Spanish Startup Multiverse Computing Shrinks AI Models by 95% Without Compromising Performance
Top News
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August 15, 2025
Spanish startup Multiverse Computing has made a bold move in artificial intelligence by unveiling remarkably compact yet powerful AI models, challenging the prevailing momentum toward ever-larger systems. With the debut of the SuperFly and...
Ontario teen chasing soccer dream in Spain
Collingwood Today
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'The big question was: ‘How would you like to come play in Spain on scholarship?' This was the moment I was dreaming about my entire life,' says 17-year-old Tyler Blackburn NEWMARKET - After a frustrating exercise getting all the necessary...
Spain’s beaches are the stuff of holiday dreams — these are our favourites
The Times
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Spain has been the top destination for UK holidaymakers over the past 25 years and, with more than 3,000 beaches to its name, it’s hardly surprising. Visitors could set up camp on a different stretch of golden sand every day for a year and still...
Immigration attorney offers pro bono hearing representation to detained Emiliano's employees
WTAE 4 Pittsburgh - Pennsylvania
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August 15, 2025
An immigration attorney in Pittsburgh is offering to represent the Emiliano’s Mexican Restaurant employees detained in an ICE raid of the restaurant last week.Joseph Murphy is asking for the public’s help in contacting the individuals still in...
In Hartford, a Spanish-speaking Catholic church is now a shrine
Connecticut Public Radio
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August 15, 2025
Every pew at Maria Reina de la Paz Parish in Hartford is packed on a weeknight. You’d think it was Christmas or Easter, but the crowd of mostly Latinos has come out to celebrate their space honoring Mary, mother of Jesus, being elevated to the...
Duthie on board as city manager; lawsuit against former employer
Yuma Pioneer - Colorado
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August 15, 2025
Eric and Susan Duthie have taken a liking to Yuma. The new city manager and his wife have been in town since late last month, as Duthie began his new role on July 28. “The reception we have received here has been marvelous,” he said. Duthie shared...
Jannik Sinner Finally Speaks Up on Controversial Decision Behind Hiring Teammate Responsible for Doping
Essentially Sports
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August 15, 2025
Jannik Sinner may be in his best form of late, but the dark thoughts of his doping controversy continue to hang over him. In one of the most shocking pieces of news in the tennis world last year, Sinner was caught in a doping scandal that lasted...
Can companies in Spain require employees to answer calls and WhatsApp messages outside normal work hours?
SUR in English
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August 15, 2025
The term is known as 'digital disconnection'. It is nothing more - as its name suggests - than the legally protected right of employees to not be forced to connect to corporate electronic devices outside of work hours and to not have to respond to...