Cisco to open its first EU chip design center in Barcelona
The US company said the project will help grow Europe’s semiconductor ecosystem at a time when the continent is trying to reduce dependence on China
US military: out-of-control Chinese rocket booster breaks up over South Pacific
Authorities allowed a Long March-5B Y4 core stage to detach in a chaotic manner, triggering fears of dangerous falling debris hitting land
Zombie fires and soaring temperatures: What happens when it gets to 100ºF in Siberia
Satellite data shows that blazes swept through nearly 12 million acres in the Siberian Arctic between 2019 and 2020, resulting in unprecedented carbon dioxide emissions
The race against time to save Óliver, a toddler with a brain tumor stranded in Mexico
The family of the small child says he has just two weeks left to live if he does not receive life-saving surgery
Prosecutors seek eight-year prison term for Shakira on tax fraud charges
The popular singer also faces a fine of over €23 million in connection with six counts of tax offenses allegedly committed between 2012 and 2014
Shakira loses final battle to avoid trial for tax fraud
A court has thrown out the singer’s appeal, meaning she is one step closer to taking the stand over allegations she evaded €14.5 million in taxes
Court ruling casts doubt on future of Barcelona’s cannabis clubs
The 225 associations in the Catalan capital may be forced to close after a tribunal banned these spaces from promoting the consumption, sale and cultivation of marijuana
Marketer by day, warrior by night: Meet the graffiti artists risking their lives to paint Spain’s trains
They meet up in stations, haunt hidden passageways and ignore no-entry signs. The infrastructure behind cities’ Metro and rail services has become as familiar to them as their own houses. Hooded and fast, they seek out carriages to spray as a cocktail of romanticism, art, adrenaline and risk courses through their veins. They are the ‘guerillas’ and this is their paint war
Barcelona’s homeless model Nastasia Urbano is back in front of the cameras
The former face of Yves Saint Laurent has returned to the studio after living on the streets of the Catalan capital
La Rambla: Bearing the scars of jihad
On August 17 last year, 16 people were killed by Islamic extremists in Barcelona and Cambrils. Eight of the terrorists died. They belonged to a jihadist cell that appeared, from the outside, to be an ordinary crowd of youngsters hanging out together, a band of brothers who aroused no suspicion whatsoever. A year on, we review the events of that fateful day to seek out the reasons for their radicalization and the political and social response to the jihadist phenomenon
The Barcelona cannabis clubs that are now plugging their wares online
The 400 marijuana associations in Catalonia are reporting a boom in drug tourism in the region