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☆ Disillusioned with life in the US, she moved to Mexico seven years ago. Here’s how it completely changed her life
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-31 | by ( Tamara Hardingham-Gill | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

CNN —Her love affair with Mexico began at a young age, and Marjorie Skouras’ passion for the country only grew with the passing of time. Marjorie Skouras/@Marjorie_Skouras_DesignAs Skouras’ career developed and she started a family, her visits became less frequent, but her affection for the country remained. That’s all completely changed [now].”Skouras and Bardavid officially moved to Merida in 2017. “And I find that to be so peculiar.”Spanish languageMarjorie Skouras and her husband Bruno Bardavid moved from California to Mexico in 2017. There’s nothing going on here.”Seven years after packing up her life in California and heading for Mexico, Skouras’ appreciation for the country, and its people, is stronger than ever.

Persons: Marjorie Skouras, ” Skouras, las, Skouras, Bruno Bardavid, she’d, “, ”, Bardavid, “ There’s, ‘, who’ve, you’re, it’s, “ It’s, Covid, hadn’t, We’ll, Steve Katz, she’s Organizations: CNN, UCLA, CNN Travel, Kookix Music, Skouras, Gran Museo Mundo, Music School, Museo del Arte, Kookix Music School, US State Department Locations: Mexico, California, Baja California, Hacienda, las Torres, Yucatan, Corfu, Greece, Europe, Yucatán, Merida, Argentina, United States, Skouras, Dzemul

☆ I paid $34 to upgrade my room at Disney's Coronado Springs Resort, and it might be the best deal at Disney World
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-10 | by ( Kayleigh Price | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

I stayed in the Gran Destino Tower at Disney's Coronado Springs Resort for two nights. My luxurious Tower room only cost $34 more than the standard offerings. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . Ever since Coronado Springs Resort reopened in 2019, with the added Gran Destino Tower, the resort has been a top option. But in January, out of pure curiosity, I asked how much more a room in the Gran Destino Tower would be than my $103-a-night booking — expecting the answer to be in the hundreds.

Persons: —, I'm, I've Organizations: Springs Resort, Service, Disney Locations: Springs, Coronado Springs

☆ People with shovels descended on a protected sand dune after influencers said they'd buried $1,000 in a suitcase there
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-27 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Read previewThe organizers of a Canary Islands music festival have been fined after a promotional stunt saw dozens of people trying to find a suitcase with 1,000 euros, about $1,085, buried in a protected sand dune, according to local reports. The event aimed to create buzz around the DN7 Festival, set to be held in March at a stadium in Maspalomas, a tourist resort on Gran Canaria, El País reported. The dunes are considered a special natural reserve with "incalculable ecological value," according to the official tourism website for the island. Even so, Gran Canaria said it was fining the festival roughly $650 for breaking the rules, according to the outlet.

Persons: —, El País, Maspalomas, ross, ona Organizations: Service, Canary, Gran Canaria, Business Locations: Maspalomas, Gran, El, London, las

☆ China opens the world's deepest and largest underground laboratory 7,800 feet below a mountain to hunt for dark matter
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-23 | by ( Marianne Guenot | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

China has just opened the deepest and largest underground laboratory in the world. AdvertisementChina has opened the biggest and deepest underground laboratory in the world in a bid to uncover the secrets of dark matter. That leaves us with one overarching theory; that there is another type of matter acting on the universe, or so-called dark matter. CJPL hosts the Particle and Astrophysical Xenon Experiments (PandaX) and the China Dark Matter Experiment. "There is enough replication already," he said, adding that it may be better to try to find a new approach in the hunt for dark matter.

Persons: —, Gran, Ning Zhao, Juan Collar Organizations: Service, Gran Sasso National Laboratory, Nature News, Nature, Sanford Underground Research, Shanghai Jiao Tong, University of Chicago Locations: China, China's Sichuan Province, CJPL, Sichuan, Italy, , South Dakota, Shanghai, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Illinois

☆ Several Hundred Honduran Migrants Prepare to Travel North - Local Media
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-19 | by ( Jan. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +1 min

TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Several hundred migrants have gathered at a bus terminal in northern Honduras in preparation to head towards the United States, local television reported on Friday, seeking to flee poverty and a lack of jobs in the Central American nation. Hoy Mismo news channel estimated that about 300 people had gathered at the Gran Terminal bus station in the northern city of San Pedro Sula, largely young people and families holding children. The caravan, expected to leave on Saturday, would mark the first such group of Honduran migrants traveling north during the administration of leftist President Xiomara Castro, who took office at the start of 2022. The government of Honduras estimates that about 64% of the country's 10 million inhabitants live in poverty. The Honduras migration and security ministries did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Persons: Hoy, San Pedro Sula, Xiomara Castro, Wilfredo Bonilla, Gustavo Palencia, Sarah Morland, Edmund Klamann Organizations: Central, Gran Locations: TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras, United States, Central American, San Pedro

☆ Salmonella: Cases almost double as CDC expands warning of infections linked to recalled charcuterie meats
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-18 | by ( Amanda Sealy | Jamie Gumbrecht | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —As cases of salmonella infections linked to recalled charcuterie meats double, the US Centers of Disease Control and Prevention expanded its warning in a new food safety alert on Thursday. That’s almost double the cases from the last update on January 5th where 24 illnesses and five hospitalizations had been reported in 14 states. The CDC cautions that the true number of illnesses is most likely higher and could also be in present in other states. The warning is now also being expanded beyond one specific lot number of Busseto brand Charcuterie Sampler. Fratelli Beretta recalled more than 11,000 pounds of the charcuterie meat products earlier this month, but only one specific lot code.

Persons: That’s, Fratelli Beretta, Gran Beretta, It’s Organizations: CNN, US Centers of Disease Control, CDC, Costco Locations: Arizona , Colorado , Connecticut , Idaho , Illinois , Kentucky, Maryland , Michigan, Minnesota , Missouri , Nebraska , New Jersey , New York , Ohio , Oregon , Pennsylvania, Texas , Utah, Virginia , Vermont, Washington and Wisconsin

Federal health officials are expanding a warning about salmonella poisoning tied to charcuterie meat snack trays sold at Sam's Club and Costco stores. At least 47 people in 22 states have been sickened and 10 people have been hospitalized after eating Busseto brand and Fratelli Beretta brand meats, officials with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday. The CDC had previously warned about one recalled lot of Busseto brand charcuterie sampler trays, but the agency now advises retailers and consumers not to eat, serve or sell any lots of the foods. They include the Busseto charcuterie sampler sold at Sam's Club and the Fratelli Beretta brand Antipasto Gran Beretta products sold at Costco. The meat trays come in twin packs that include prosciutto, sweet soppressata, and dry coppa or black pepper-coated dry salami, Italian dry salami, dry coppa, and prosciutto.

Organizations: Sam's Club, Costco, Centers for Disease Control, Prevention, CDC, Beretta, Associated Press Health, Science Department, Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Science, Educational Media Group, AP

☆ Mountain goats are adopting a more nocturnal lifestyle, thanks to rising global temperatures
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-17 | by ( Rosa Rahimi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Climate change might be keeping some people awake at night — it turns out it’s the same for mountain goats. Scientists in Italy have found rising temperatures are forcing mountain goats to live a more nocturnal lifestyle, making them more vulnerable to predators. While goats are typically diurnal, warmer temperatures during the day mean they have to expend more energy foraging for food. “With increasing global warming, these shifts from diurnal to nocturnal activity will be increased,” she said. She says it might also be valuable to prevent tourists from visiting areas that the ibex critically need for foraging.

Persons: —, ” Francesca Brivio, ”, ” Brivio, Sergio Pitamitz, Brivio Organizations: CNN, University of Sassari, University of Ferrara Locations: Italy, Sardinia, Gran

☆ My supermarket removed all the self-service checkouts. It's annoyed some customers — but the staff prefer it.
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-14 | by ( Polly Thompson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Booths, a UK supermarket chain, recently removed almost all its self-service checkouts. No more self-checkoutsAligning with those values is part of the reason that Booths has just removed all self-service checkouts. AdvertisementObviously, you have to have more staff on than if you had a lot of self-service machines, but you always had to have someone manning the self-service tills anyway. A lot of our customers are older and find self-service machines really confusing. I don't find the work busier than when we had self-service machines, but there is a drawback.

Persons: Marti Stelling, —, it's, There's, we're, It's, Marti, Manning, checkouts Organizations: Service Locations: Rippon , North Yorkshire

☆ Mexican Whiskey Is on the Rise, Powered by Ancient Corn
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-11 | by ( Clay Risen | More About Clay Risen | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

In September, Gran Maizal also began exporting its whiskey to the United States, home to the world’s best-known corn-based spirit, bourbon — a move that its founders see as both a challenge and an opportunity. “Bourbon has been the center of the popularity and growth of whiskey in the U.S. for the last 20 years,” said Gonzalo de la Pezuela, who founded Gran Maizal with Cesar Ayala. ”So why not invite people to try a high-end whiskey from the birthplace of corn?”Despite their common ingredient, Gran Maizal whiskey is a world apart from traditional bourbons, let alone barley-based whiskeys like Irish and Scotch. In bourbon, the charred oak barrel in which it ages is responsible for most of the flavor; in Gran Maizal, the centerpiece is the corn. “And we quickly were able to say, ‘Well, you know what?

Persons: Gran Maizal, “ Bourbon, ”, Gonzalo de la, Cesar Ayala, de, Ayala, ’ Organizations: Gran Maizal Locations: United States, U.S, Gran

☆ This US couple bought a 400-year-old Italian tower on a handshake. Here’s what happened
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-09 | by ( Tamara Hardingham-Gill | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

“I just had a passion for Italy,” Aileen tells CNN Travel. Italian dreamTom and Aileen White purchased a home in the Italian village of Exilles back in 2017. “They met us the next day and we bought the house on a handshake,” explains Aileen, who runs a real estate consultancy. The couple say they faced some minor issues during the sale process, particularly with regards to opening an Italian bank account, but were able to overcome this hurdle with the help of an Italy-based attorney. ‘Magical place’The couple say that they've been embraced "like family" by the local community in Exilles.

Persons: Aileen, Tom Winter, who’ve, “, ” Aileen, Tom, Aileen White, ”, they've, ’, Winters, they’ve, Torre Piccolo, Li Americani, “ Everyone’s, it’s, ” “, Exilles, “ We’ve, they’re, “ Don’t, he’s Organizations: CNN, CNN Travel, realtors, Gran Bosco, Torre Piccolo Locations: Italy, Boulder , Colorado, Susa, Piedmont, Italian, Exilles, Turin, “, ”, Provence, Tuscany, Spain

☆ Planes, tails and mid-flight snacks -Spain's Vueling rolls out pet treats
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-04 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/2] A dog sits as tourists at Gran Canaria airport queue to return to their countries after the closure of hotels during the health emergency of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on the island of Gran Canaria, Spain, March 18, 2020. REUTERS/Borja Suarez/File photo Acquire Licensing RightsDec 4 (Reuters) - Spanish low-cost airline Vueling has started offering treats for pets as part of the buy-on-board menu on its flights, it said on Monday, adding that it was the first such initiative in Europe. A significant part of Vueling's customer base travels with pets and there is demand for such a service, the airline said. "We are trying to be diverse," it added. ($1 = 0.9249 euros)Reporting by Jakub Olesiuk, editing by Andrei Khalip and Susan FentonOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Borja Suarez, Vueling, Jakub Olesiuk, Andrei Khalip, Susan Fenton Organizations: Gran Canaria, REUTERS, Edgard, Cooper, Thomson Locations: Gran, Spain, Europe, Belgian

NEW YORK (AP) — Tim Dorsey, a former police and courts newspaper reporter who found lasting fame as the creator of the crime-comedy novel series starring Serge A. Storms, an energetic fan of Florida history and an ingenious serial killer, has died. Dorsey, who published 26 novels, died Sunday, according to Danielle Bartlett, a publicity director at William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins. Fans of Dorsey appreciated his clever observations and satirical pokes at the weirdness of Florida. He was part of a trio of former newspapermen from Florida — including Dave Barry and Carl Hiaasen — who found a rich vein of absurdist humor in the state. “It was a privilege and honor to work with Tim Dorsey.

Persons: — Tim Dorsey, Serge A, Dorsey, Danielle Bartlett, William Morrow, Dave Barry, Carl Hiaasen —, Tim Dorsey, Serge, Storms, Emily Krump, Coleman, Florida grifters, ”, “, ’ ”, Bruce DeSilva, Kurt Vonnegut, hasn’t, ” Dorsey, ___ Mark Kennedy Organizations: HarperCollins, Maltese, Torino, The Associated Press, “, Auburn University, The Alabama, The Tampa Tribune Locations: Florida, Tabasco, Indiana, Tribune’s Tallahassee

☆ Rare Racer Runs Again Under Actress’s Direction
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-10 | by ( A.J. Baime | Photographs Gustavo Soriano For The Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Emelia Hartford , a car builder and an actress currently appearing in the film “Gran Turismo,” who is based in the Los Angeles area, on her Cape Advanced Vehicles Ford GT40 replica, as told to A.J. I lost my dad when I was young, so I didn’t have that fatherly figure to help me figure out what to buy as my first car. I bought an Infiniti G35 with a manual transmission. I didn’t even know how to drive stick, so I pretty much roasted the clutch getting the car home.

Persons: A.J Organizations: Turismo, Advanced Vehicles Ford, Infiniti Locations: Hartford, Los Angeles

☆ 100 cruise passengers injured as ship lurches to a halt in storm
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-08 | by ( Julia Buckley | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —A dream trip turned into a nightmare for the 1,000 passengers on board a cruise ship that was hit in storms, injuring 100. Everything went to plan until day 10 – November 2 – when the ship was en route to Gran Canaria, as storms approached. The ship remained safe at all times, but due to the impact of the storm some guests sustained injuries. It was last tracked off the coast of southern England, having departed Portsmouth for Lisbon, according to tracking website Vesselfinder. The route will take the ship through the Bay of Biscay again – hopefully with a smoother crossing this time.

Persons: Nigel Blanks, “, ”, Rob Wood, Ben Micthell, – Organizations: CNN, Gran Canaria, Coruña, Portsmouth –, Passengers, Canaries, BBC, Press, AP Locations: Bay, Biscay, France, Spain, Portsmouth, Spanish, Africa, Madeira, La Palma, Tenerife, Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, La, Gran, lurch, England, Lisbon

☆ Netflix DVDs, Scorsese and Me
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-03 | by ( Gabe Cohn | More About Gabe Cohn | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +4 min

The DVD service was particularly handy when I decided to embark on a career-spanning marathon of all Martin Scorsese’s movies. The most rented movie overall was “The Blind Side” (never saw it) and the most rented TV show “Dexter” (a video store rental for me in 2010). The “Tár” outlier speaks to one of the beautiful aspects of the Netflix DVD. (Don’t sleep on De Niro’s deliciously unhinged performance in “The King of Comedy.”) For all Netflix DVD users, though, De Niro rests at a healthy but comparatively modest fifth place. In this way, the DVD service acted more as an overstuffed old-school video store.

Persons: Martin Scorsese’s, Bertha ” —, ‘, Dexter ”, Tom Cruise, ”, “, Cate Blanchett, Paul Newman, weren’t, Morgan Freeman, Matt Damon, Liam Neeson, Scorsese, Robert De Niro, Niro’s, De Niro, Meryl Streep, Catherine, Clint Eastwood, Eastwood, Steven Spielberg, Catherine Scorsese, Marty, Mark Wahlberg Organizations: Netflix, D.C, Washington , D.C, Gran Torino ’, Hulu, Disney, Apple Locations: ’ Washington, Washington ,, Scorsese’s, The

☆ Spain to create emergency accommodation for 3,000 migrants
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

REUTERS/Borja Suarez/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsMADRID, Oct 26 (Reuters) - Spain said on Thursday it would create additional emergency accommodation for 3,000 undocumented migrants in military barracks, hotels and hostels amid a 55% jump in arrivals by sea this year, which has triggered political tension. Escriva declined to disclose how many additional beds will be created, but a ministry source told Reuters it would be around 3,000 in total. But this time the central government's approach has been to expand emergency accommodations across the country, hoping to ease pressure on the Canaries. Following police screenings, migrants will be placed in the military barracks, hotels, hostels and other types of accommodations on a voluntary basis, the ministry source said. Escriva argued the situation was well-handled and manageable, and said some conservative politicians were whipping up what he called xenophobic rhetoric.

Persons: Borja Suarez, Jose Luis Escriva, Escriva, Isabel Diaz Ayuso, Belén Carreño, Joan Faus, Emma Pinedo, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: Gran Canaria, REUTERS, Rights, Union, Canaries, Madrid, Thomson Locations: Spanish, Arguineguin, Gran, Spain, Rights MADRID, Madrid, West Africa, Canary, Italy, Lampedusa

☆ Vivaldi's Four Seasons gets climate change makeover
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-24 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

If today someone were to compose 'The Four Seasons' from an absolutely realistic perspective, it would be frankly daring," composer and producer Hache Costa told Reuters. It will be accompanied by projected images of wildfires and other effects of climate change, such as drought. [1/5]Spanish music director Hache Costa rehearses prior to performing an adaptation of Antonio Vivaldi's famous “The Four Seasons” concertos as a screen shows an image of flowers in spring on International Day against Climate Change in Madrid, Spain, October 24, 2023. Scientists have linked searing temperatures and dry and windy conditions in many parts of the world, including southern Europe, to climate change. Ernesto Rodriguez Camino, president of the Spanish meteorology association, said the impact of climate change in Spain was evident.

Persons: Antonio Vivaldi's, Vivaldi, Hache Costa, Hache, Costa, Ernesto Rodriguez Camino, Antoine Demaison, Silvio Castellanos, Andrei Khalip, David Latona, Bernadette Baum Organizations: Reuters, Thomson Locations: MADRID, Spanish, Italian, Madrid, Spain, Europe

☆ Sony’s PlayStation Access controller offers a new social lifeline for gamers with disabilities
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-24 | by ( Catherine Thorbecke | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Sony Interactive Entertainment is the maker of the wildly popular PlayStation consoles and a lineup of fan-favorite PlayStation games. Paul Amadeus Lane, an accessibility consultant working with Sony Interactive Entertainment, is pictured here with the Access controller, a Sony device specifically designed for gamers with disabilities. After years of tinkering and consulting with gamers who have disabilities like Lane, Sony Interactive Entertainment unveiled a first look at its Access controller for gamers with disabilities earlier this month. Gamers get a first look at Sony's Access controller, a highly-customizable device designed specifically for people with disabilities, at an event in San Mateo in September. “The industry needs to understand that the Xbox controller, the PlayStation controller, while they’re great and while they’re very beneficial, they cannot help everyone,” he said.

Persons: CNN — Grant Stoner, ” Stoner, I’ve, Stoner, Grant Stoner, Paul Amadeus Lane, quadriplegic, Lane, ” Lane, Alvin Daniel, ” Daniel, Daniel, “, ”, he’s, there’s Organizations: CNN, Super Nintendo, “, Pittsburgh, Sony, Sony Interactive Entertainment, Xbox, PlayStation, Nintendo, Gamers, Sony’s PlayStation, Gran Turismo Locations: San Mateo

[1/5] Bass-Baritone Gerald Finley and soprano Julia Bullock perform during an opera rehearsal "Antony and Cleopatra" at Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona, Spain, October 18, 2023. REUTERS/ Albert Gea Acquire Licensing RightsBARCELONA, Oct 23 (Reuters) - Barcelona's opera house has hired an "intimacy director" to ensure performers are comfortable taking part in passionate scenes, in a first for Spain and a rarity for continental Europe. The role's creation comes after the #MeToo movement rocked the movie industry but also the opera world with sexual harassment accusations. Intimacy director Ita O'Brien will oversee William Shakespeare's adapted play, 'Antony and Cleopatra', which opens at Barcelona's Gran Teatre del Liceu opera house on Oct. 28. Lesca said there should be an intimacy director in every opera.

Persons: Gerald Finley, Julia Bullock, Antony, Cleopatra, Albert Gea, Ita O'Brien, William Shakespeare's, O'Brien, Adriana Bignagni Lesca, Charmian, Lesca, Luis Rubiales, Placido Domingo, Joan Faus, Aislinn Laing, Deborah Kyvrikosaios Organizations: Gran Teatre del Liceu, REUTERS, Rights, Gran Teatre del, HBO, Netflix, Thomson Locations: Gran, Barcelona, Spain, Rights BARCELONA, Europe, Gran Teatre del Liceu, United States, Britain, Spanish

☆ Over One Thousand Migrants Reach Spain's Canary Islands in Single Day
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-21 | by ( Oct. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +1 min

ARGUINEGUIN, GRAN CANARIA (Reuters) - Over 1,000 migrants arrived in Spain's Canary Islands in a single day on Saturday after making the dangerous journey from Africa, including on a boat carrying 320 people that rescuers said was the most packed vessel they had ever seen. The Red Cross, which was helping to treat the migrants, said a wooden boat that arrived on the island of El Hierro marked a record number of arrivals in a single boat. The previous record was a boat carrying 271 people that arrived in El Hierro on Oct. 3. Saturday's arrivals included 783 in El Hierro, 98 in Tenerife and 150 in Gran Canaria, the Red Cross said. In Gran Canaria, the coast guard towed a wooden boat carrying migrants, including a toddler, into the port of Arguineguin.

Persons: Borja Suarez, Jessica Jones, Toby Chopra Organizations: GRAN CANARIA, Reuters, Gran Canaria, Borders Locations: GRAN, Canary, Africa, El Hierro, Tenerife, Gran, Arguineguin, Spain, Senegal

☆ Over one thousand migrants reach Spain's Canary Islands in single day
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-21 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/6] Rescuers disembark a migrant baby from a Spanish coast guard vessel, in the port of Arguineguin, on the island of Gran Canaria, Spain, October 21, 2023. The Red Cross, which was helping to treat the migrants, said a wooden boat that arrived on the island of El Hierro marked a record number of arrivals in a single boat. The previous record was a boat carrying 271 people that arrived in El Hierro on Oct. 3. Saturday's arrivals included 783 in El Hierro, 98 in Tenerife and 150 in Gran Canaria, the Red Cross said. In Gran Canaria, the coast guard towed a wooden boat carrying migrants, including a toddler, into the port of Arguineguin.

Persons: Borja Suarez, Jessica Jones, Toby Chopra Organizations: Gran Canaria, REUTERS, GRAN CANARIA, Borders, Thomson Locations: Spanish, Arguineguin, Gran, Spain, GRAN, Canary, Africa, El Hierro, Tenerife, Senegal

☆ Over 8,500 migrants reach Spain's Canary Islands in two weeks -ministry data
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-16 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

MADRID, Oct 16 (Reuters) - At least 8,561 migrants have reached the Canary Islands over the past two weeks, representing more than a third of this year's total arrivals, data from Spain's interior ministry showed on Monday. Between Jan. 1 and Oct. 15 of this year, the islands in the Atlantic received 23,537 migrants, an 80% increase from the same period last year, the data showed. The archipelago's seven islands have become the main destination for migrants from Senegal and other African countries trying to reach Spain. One aircraft will patrol the waters off Senegal and Mauritania and a second will monitor the waters around the Canary Islands. The Atlantic migration route to the Canary Islands, typically used by sub-Saharan African migrants trying to reach Spain, is one of the world's deadliest.

Persons: Borja Suarez, Fernando Grande, Marlaska, Emma Pinedo, David Latona, Christina Fincher Organizations: Atlantic, Gran Canaria, REUTERS, EU, Acting, Thomson Locations: MADRID, Senegal, Spain, Spanish, West Africa, Arguineguin, Gran, Mauritania, Africa's, Europe, Canary

☆ Spanish airline Air Europa hit by credit card system breach
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-10 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

An Air Europa customer service booth is seen at Gran Canaria airport, in Telde, Gran Canaria, Spain, February 21, 2023. REUTERS/Borja Suarez/File photo Acquire Licensing RightsMADRID, Oct 10 (Reuters) - Spanish airline Air Europa has suffered a cyberattack on its online payment system that let some of its customers' credit card details exposed, the company said on Tuesday. The airline emailed customers whose credit card details were affected and notified the relevant financial institutions, it added. Air Europa reported that incident 41 days after it happened, whereas companies are required to do so within 72 hours. Madrid-based Air Europa is in the process of being taken over by British Airways-owner International Consolidated Airlines Group (ICAG.L).

Persons: Borja Suarez, Corina Pons, Inti Landauro, Louise Heavens Organizations: Air Europa, Gran Canaria, REUTERS, Rights, Spanish, Reuters, Europa, British Airways, International Consolidated Airlines Group, Thomson Locations: Gran, Telde, Spain, Rights MADRID, Spanish, Madrid

☆ Spain rescues 262 migrants off Canary Islands
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-06 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

A view of a wooden boat that migrants used, to reach the Canary Islands, at the port of Arguineguin, in the island of Gran Canaria, Spain April 20, 2023. Emergency services said they had brought 103 of the 262 rescued migrants to El Hierro, the westernmost and tiniest of the Canary Islands, which has received more than 1,200 migrants in the last six days alone. "We have even reinforced with volunteer personnel from other islands that perhaps are not suffering the pressure El Hierro is suffering at the moment." The other rescued migrants were taken to Los Cristianos port in Tenerife and Arguineguin in Gran Canaria. The seven islands of the Atlantic archipelago have become the main destination for migrants trying to reach Spain.

Persons: Borja Suarez, Inigo Vila, Vila, El Hierro, Fernando Clavijo, Emma Pinedo, Andrei Khalip, Gareth Jones, Nick Macfie Organizations: Gran Canaria, REUTERS, Rights, European Union, Thomson Locations: Arguineguin, Gran, Spain, Rights MADRID, Spanish, Italy, Atlantic, Madrid, El Hierro, Islands, Tenerife, Gran Canaria, Saharan Africa

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