An ash cloud from an erupting volcano has caused the closure of the airport on La Palma in Spain's Canary Islands. Cumbre Vieja began exploding a week ago and has forced 7,000 people to evacuate their homes.
Its lava has destroyed 420 buildings and (...)
Tour de France champions Lance Armstrong and Alberto Contador trained together Wednesday for the first time since the American came out of retirement to join the Astana team.
Armstrong and Contador were paired in one of three groups of riders, (...)
A boat carrying about 60 would-be
immigrants and a dead body Friday crossed over from Africa to the
Spanish Canary Island of La Gomera, officials said according to DPA.
The migrants included several minors. Further details were not
immediately (...)
Spanish firefighters were Thursday working to extinguish two huge wildfires which have wreaked havoc on the
Canary Islands of Gran Canaria and Tenerife, according to DPA.
The fires on both islands were under control after circling a
total area of (...)
