USA Corona Outbreak Explodes as Total Cases touche 244,000

The Corona Virus is taking a heavy toll of the USA as its corona affected patients has almost reached 244,000 over the past 24 hours, 28,969 new patients have been diagnosed with the virus, while the death toll rises to 5,883 with fresh 781 cases of deaths in the last 24 hours.

Italy though it seemed to have curtailed the virus onslaught suffered 760 more deaths and Spain saw 951 fresh cases of patients who were consumed by the virus..

France was the most badly hit country as its fresh death cases rose to 1,355. UK has also lost 569 patients in 24 hours.

As of now the total patients worldwide stand at 1,013,748 and increasing with 52,977 deaths. So far 212,015 patients have recovered while 711,058 (95%) are in Mild Condition and 37,698 (5%) are Serious or Critical.

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Spain suffers record 950 coronavirus fatalities in 24 hours

Spain is one of the most corona virus country as it lost 950 people in the last 24 hours, a news report informs.

It is the largest single-day increase so far, after 849 Tuesday and 864 Wednesday, while number of new cases also rose 8,102, bringing total from 102,136 to 110,238.

Although there has been increase of The number of new cases by 8,102, it marks the lowest percentage increase in cases yet - in a sign that lockdown measures put in place almost three weeks ago are working. The rate of increase was 42.7 per cent on March 13, the day before the lockdown was put in place, and has gone as high as 200 per cent during the crisis.

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First royal death from coronavirus{ Spanish Princess Dies of Coronavirus

While we listen to unknown people succumbing to coronavirus, Spain mourns death of its 86-year-old royalty Princess Maria Teresa of Spain's Bourbon-Parma dynasty who died after testing positive.

Her death was announced by her younger brother, Prince Sixtus Henry of Bourbon-Parma.

It may be added that members of the family once ruled as King of Etruria and as Duke of Parma and Piacenza, Guastalla, and Lucca until 1859.

The news of the royal death comes as Spain registered a record number of coronavirus deaths in a single-day period with the army now being handed emergency powers to transfer bodies because undertakers are unable to cope.

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Tourists warned of "Hot like Hell" weather in Southern Europe

The heatwave presently felt severely across souther Europe is taking a heavy toll of tourists intending to spend their holidays there. The temperatures have soared to 43 degrees Celsius and the Europe is hot like hell.

Countries most effected by this enormously hot weather include Croatia, Spain, Italy and Romania.

Already some of the Italian cities or on maximum heat alert status. Tour operators are advising tourists and even residents to stay under shade or indoors during prime sunny times.

Due to the ongoing heatwave spell, nik-named Lucifer in Italy has resulted into 15% more hospital admissions than other days of the year. Many tourists are now heading towards northern Europe or even cool England for their holidays.

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Spain court issues arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu over 2010 Gaza flotilla attack

A Spanish court has issued an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and seven other for the group over 2010 Gaza flotilla attack. 

The judge has directed the police and civil guard to notify him if Mr Netanyahu and other individuals enter the country, as their actions could see a case against them regarding the Freedom Flotilla attack of 2010 reopened.

It may be recalled that the Israel Defence Force had stormed the ship in a raid that left nine human rights activists dead. A tenth activist died later that month due to wounds sustained in the raid.

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Spanish king strips his sister of the Duchess title for tax evasion

King Felipe VI of Spain has removed the title "Duchess of Palma" from his sister, Princess Cristina, who is to go on trial charged with tax evasion.

She was granted the title in 1997 when she married Inaki Urdangarin, a former Olympic handball player who is also accused of tax evasion.

It may be added that Princess Cristina was granted the title in 1997 when she married Inaki Urdangarin, a former Olympic handball player who is also accused of tax evasion.

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Spanish Train was Travelling at 153km/h - and Not required 80km/h 'as driver was on phone'

It has been revealed during the course of investigation that the ill fated Spanish train driver was talking on the phone when it derailed.

The train was travelling at 153km/h (95mph) at the time, investigators at the Court of Justice of Galicia said. Whereas the speed limit on the sharp bend where the train derailed was set at 80km/h (49mph).

Francisco Jose Garzon Amo - the driver of ill fated Spanish train

Crash investigators had opened the train's "black-box" data recorder to find the cause of the crash, which left 79 people dead. and it has been found that Francisco Jose Garzon Amo was speaking to members of staff at the state-owned railway company, Renfe to get directions.

Moments before the accident the train was travelling at a speed of 192km/h (119mph), the court said in a statement.

Investigators say the brakes were activated shortly before the crash.

It may be added that all eight carriages of the train careered off the tracks into a concrete wall as they sped around the curve on the express route between Madrid and the port city of Ferrol on the Galician coast. The train accident cost 79 lives.

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Spanish train derailment leave 77 dead

 Spanish train derailment leave 77 dead

A train derailment in Spain kills at least 77 of its 218 passengers, while leaving more than 100 injured in the Galicia region.

Railway firm Renfe said the train came off the tracks on a bend about 3 or 4km (2-2.5 miles) from Santiago de Compostela station at 20:41 local time (18:41 GMT).

A survivor said after the accident that the train was travelling rather fast while negotiating a bend. Media reports say the train may have been travelling at more than twice the speed limit around a curve.

All eight carriages of the Madrid to Ferrol train came off the tracks near the city of Santiago de Compostela. 

The derailment happened on the eve of Santiago de Compostela's main festival where thousands of Christian pilgrims were expected to flock to the city in honour of Saint James.

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Horse Meat Scandal: Nestle removes beef pasta meals from market with traces of horse DNA

It has been reported that Nestle, the biggest food company of the world has removed beef pasta meals from shelves in Spain and Italy after tests revealed that the product contained traces of horse DNA.

A spokesman for the company said levels of horse DNA were very low but above 1%.

Upon discovery of horse DNA, Nestle immediately withdrew two chilled pasta products, Buitoni Beef Ravioli and Beef Tortellini, in Italy and Spain.

Lasagnes a la Bolognaise Gourmandes, a frozen product for catering businesses produced in France, will also be withdrawn.

Nestle is also reported to have halted deliveries of products containing meat from a German supplier.

Read more about it at: BBC Europe
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Spain to miss deficit targets in 2012, 2013: says IMF

As per IMF, Spain will miss its deficit targets in 2012 and 2013 and its debt will jump to more than 90 percent of gross domestic product next year as it recapitalizes its banking sector.

The International Monetary Fund said in its fiscal monitor report that the country's deficit would reach 7 percent of GDP in 2012 and 5.7 percent in 2013, compared with European Union-agreed targets of 6.3 percent of GDP this year and 4.5 percent of GDP next year.

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Spain replaced Greece, Portugal and Ireland as the epicenter of the euro zone debt crisis after it missed its budget targets by a wide margin in 2011.

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Spanish and Italian Bonds Ease

Spanish and Italian bond yields eased further Monday, extending last week’s rally as Spain’s prime minister indicated the country may ask for aid from the euro zone’s bailout fund.

Last week, Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy suggested that the debt-laden country may ask for European Financial Stability Facility aid. This followed comments from European Central Bank President Mario Draghi who said any future purchases by the central bank to tackle the euro zone’s sovereign-debt crisis would focus on short-dated debt, resulting in a sharp fall in shorter-dated Spanish and Italian bond yields and a rise in the euro against the dollar.

In addition, ECB officials have said the bank could intervene and buy the bonds of struggling euro-zone countries without unanimous approval, raising hopes that a bond-buying program is still a possibility.

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Spanish PM to unveil fresh cuts

Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has begun addressing parliament, setting out a new raft of austerity measures aimed at balancing the budget.

His speech comes as hundreds of Spanish miners arrived in Madrid to protest against government cuts to subsidies.

Mr Rajoy is expected to unveil a rise in VAT as well as cuts to social security and unemployment benefits.

The measures are in return for a eurozone bank bailout and an extension to Spain's deficit reduction targets.

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Pamplona's running of the bulls - Day 4: Four Hurt

Four people suffered bumps and bruises but no one was gored in the fourth day of the running of the bulls at Pamplona on Tuesday.

Pamplona's running of the bulls [ Photo:  hermitblogger ]

The six fighting bulls weighing as much 620 kilos (1,360 lbs) stayed together in a pack for much of the dash, which was good because an isolated bull is more likely to get disoriented and charge at people. They run with steer that are supposed to keep the bulls in a tight pack.

Four more runs remain at Spain's most famous summer festival. Three people — an American and two Britons — were gored in Monday's run but none was seriously hurt.

The festival became world famous after Ernest Hemingway wrote about it in his novel "The Sun Also Rises."

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30bn euros for Spain Banks

Eurozone finance ministers have agreed to lend Spain 30bn euros (£24bn; $37bn) this month to help its troubled banks.

It will be the first installment of a bailout of up to 100bn euros, which was agreed in June.

The ministers will need to get approval from their own parliaments and hope to make the payment by the end of July.

The eurozone finance ministers also agreed to extend the 2013 deadline for Spain to cut its budget deficit to the EU limit of 3% by one year.

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Spain pledges to avoid full bailout

Spanish prime minister Mariano Rajoy said the "credibility of the euro won" in Saturday’s request by his government for as much as €100 billion in European Union aid to restructure the nation’s banks.

"Yesterday, the credibility of the euro won, yesterday the future won," Mr Rajoy said yesterday at a press conference in Madrid. "Yesterday, the European Union won." 

Without planned reforms and deficit reduction, what happened on Saturday "would have been an intervention" instead of "the opening of a credit line," Mr Rajoy went on to say.

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Bank bailout alone will not save Spain

Amid the reports and denials about a bailout deal for Spain's banks, it is easy to lose sight of the nation's much larger problem which has yet to be addressed: The Spanish government's debt. The nation's regional governments owe a total of $175 billion and can no longer afford to borrow on the international bond markets.

Reuters is reporting that Madrid will request a European Union bailout on Saturday, while the BBC is reporting denials of this from officials across the EU. Whichever one of these is right, there is no doubt that most of Spain's banks are in desperate need of recapitalization.

The IMF is expected to release a report Monday saying they need $90 billion to recapitalize, $50 billion of which would have to be foreign aid. However, analysts at Fitch Ratings released a report yesterday saying that Spain needs $126 billion to recapitalize, roughly $86 billion of which would have to come from abroad. This is a huge increase from Fitch's previous total estimate of $37 billion

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European shares dip as Spanish banks fall

The euro neared a three-month low and safe-haven German bonds and the Japanese yen rose on Wednesday as political disarray in Greece and the rising costs of fixing Spain's banks fueled fears the euro zone debt crisis would take a sharp turn for the worse.

The concerns over Europe added to worries about the impact of softer growth in the U.S. on the global economy to push down European shares. 

Spanish 10-year bond yields climbed back above 6 percent - a point away from levels deemed unsustainable - and investors kept a wary eye on Athens, where efforts to form a government were expected to fail, putting its bailout deal in doubt and raising the possibility of Greece being forced out of the euro.

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Spain unveils austerity budget

Spain is cutting 27bn euros ($36bn; £22.5bn) from its budget this year as part of one of the toughest austerity drives in its history.

Changes will include freezing public sector workers' salaries and reducing departmental budgets by 16.9%. The government says it will raise 12.3bn euros this year, aided by an increase in tax for large companies.

Deputy Prime Minister Soraya Saenz de Santamaria said the nation was in an "extreme situation".

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Spain police and protesters clash

Spanish police have clashed with demonstrators on the day of a general strike called in protest at the government's labour market reforms, Thursday 29 March.

Some of the marchers in Barcelona smashed windows and set rubbish bins alight. Police responded with tear gas and baton charges.

There were also protests in the capital, Madrid, and other cities. Land and air travel were all affected, and domestic and European flights cut to a fraction of normal levels.

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Spain to sue French TV over Nadal skit

Spain's tennis federation said Wednesday it will sue French TV broadcaster Canal+ over a sketch which implied that Rafael Nadal and other Spanish athletes use performance-enhancing drugs.

Screen shot of the video showing skit on Nadal

The sketch featured a likeness of world number two Nadal being pulled over by police for speeding after he filled the gas tank of his car from his own bladder.

At the end of the sketch appeared the message: "Spanish athletes. They do not win by chance," along with the logos of the tennis federation and several other Spanish sports bodies.

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