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Yahoo
23-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
🗞️ The daily: Ancelotti confirms his exit, Militao back in action
This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇫🇷 here. The must-see news for this Friday, May 23 can be found here. 📸 CRISTINA QUICLER - AFP or licensors After four seasons in Madrid, the club has officially announced the departure of Carlo Ancelotti. The coach will continue his career in Brazil, which had already announced the news several days ago. Read more information here. 📸 Diego Puletto - 2024 Getty Images Football is about titles, but it's also about great disappointments—just ask Christian Dalle Mura. The player has experienced four relegations with four different clubs! Read more information here. 📸 Marco Luzzani - 2025 Getty Images Inter and Napoli are still fighting for the Italian championship trophy. With just a few hours left before their last Serie A match, several scenarios are possible for both teams. Discover the different scenarios here. 📸 Angel Martinez - 2024 Getty Images After 195 days away, the defender is back in training with Real Madrid. However, he will not be present against Real Sociedad. Read more information here. 📸 OSCAR DEL POZO - AFP or Licensors
Toronto Sun
14-05-2025
- Science
- Toronto Sun
Regional alert issued in Spain after explosion at chemical plant near Seville
Published May 14, 2025 • 1 minute read A picture taken in Alcala de Guadaira south-east of Seville on May 14, 2025 shows emergency vehicles and a large black cloud after a fire in a chemical distribution building prompting authorities to ask nearly 80,000 residents to stay indoors at home. Photo by CRISTINA QUICLER / AFP via Getty Images BARCELONA, Spain — An explosion at a chemical plant near the Spanish city of Seville on Wednesday sent a huge column of thick black smoke into the air and prompted authorities to warn residents to stay indoors. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. SUBSCRIBE TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. REGISTER / SIGN IN TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account. Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments. Enjoy additional articles per month. Get email updates from your favourite authors. THIS ARTICLE IS FREE TO READ REGISTER TO UNLOCK. Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Don't have an account? Create Account Regional authorities for Andalusia reported two people were injured as a result of the blast. One plant worker suffered light burns and a firefighter felt ill, authorities said without giving more details. It is the latest in a series of apparently unrelated incidents recently impacting Spain's infrastructure, including a nationwide power outage that also hit Portugal. The fire prompted officials to send messages to the mobile phones of some 25,000 residents within a radius of three kilometers (1.8 miles) of the explosion recommending that they wear face masks or close their windows. The explosion occurred midday in an industrial park in the municipality of Alcala de Guadaira, about 16 kilometers east of Seville's city center. Emergency services cleared personnel from the plant site. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Authorities have not said what chemicals were involved in explosion. Spanish state broadcaster TVE and other media, including the local Diario de Sevilla newspaper, reported that the explosion occurred on the premises of Plainsur, a company that packages and distributes chemical products. The company occupies some 11,000 m2 at the industrial plant, including a large warehouse, according to its website. It is the second fire at a chemical plant in Spain in recent days. On Saturday, a fire at a chemical factory in northeastern Spain forced emergency services to issue health warnings to 150,000 residents and stay-indoors orders for five nearby towns. On April 28, the massive power outage hit Spain and Portugal. Authorities are still investigating but have ruled out a cyber attack or sabotage. That was followed by major train disruption between Madrid and Seville, caused by thieves who stole copper cabling from a trail line. Relationships Toronto Maple Leafs Celebrity Editorial Cartoons Columnists
Newsweek
28-04-2025
- Climate
- Newsweek
Images of Chaos as Night Descends on Spain, Portugal Following Power Outage
Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content. Photos and videos continue to pop up online from the major power outages on Monday in Portugal, Spain, and parts of France. Why It Matters More than 50 million citizens across Portugal and Spain were affected by the general blackout that began around 12:15 p.m. local time in Spain on Monday. The impact was felt immediately as vehicles became caught in traffic jams without operational lights; trains and subways stopped moving; telephone lines and mobile networks went down; card payment machines stopped functioning; and even a major tennis tournament, the Madrid Open, was halted. A screen of delayed flights at Spain's Tenerife North Airport during a massive power cut affecting the entire Iberian peninsula and the south of France on April 28, 2025. A screen of delayed flights at Spain's Tenerife North Airport during a massive power cut affecting the entire Iberian peninsula and the south of France on April 28, 2025. MANAURE QUINTERO/AFP via Getty Images Spain's busiest airport in Madrid lost electricity, while other major cities, including Barcelona, Seville and Valencia, lost power. What To Know REN, Portugal's grid operator, attributed the outage in Spain's electric grid to a "rare atmospheric phenomenon." Temperature variations in the country led to "anomalous oscillations" in very high-voltage lines, REN said. Temperatures as of 7 p.m. local time in Spain remained as high as 70 degrees. A woman buys coal at a gas station in Seville, Spain, during the power outage on April 28, 2025. A woman buys coal at a gas station in Seville, Spain, during the power outage on April 28, 2025. CRISTINA QUICLER/AFP via Getty Images "Due to extreme temperature variations in the interior or Spain, there were anomalous oscillations in the very high voltage lines (400 KV), a phenomenon known as 'induced atmospheric vibration,'" REN said. "These oscillations caused synchronization failures between the electrical systems, leading to successive disturbances across the interconnected European network." A customer sits inside a bar in darkness Hernani, Spain, during the power outage on April 28, 2025. A customer sits inside a bar in darkness Hernani, Spain, during the power outage on April 28, 2025. ANDER GILLENEA/AFP via Getty Images Spain's Red Eléctrica said at the outset of the outage that national electricity demand plummeted from 27,500 megawatts to 15,000 megawatts. 🚨#BREAKING: Massive blackout Caused by "Rare Atmospheric Phenomenon"! 🤔 France, Spain, Belgium, Portugal were put in2 darkness! Airports shut, subways halted, comms disrupted. Portugal's grid operator blames a fault from a "rare atmospheric phenomenon" causing extreme temp... — In2ThinAir (@In2ThinAir) April 28, 2025 While video footage shared by RTVE, Spain's public broadcaster, showed evacuations from metro stations and halted trains in Barcelona, Portugal's National Authority for Emergencies and Civil Protection confirmed that backup power systems, including generators, were swiftly activated to allow hospitals and emergency services to continue operating. People queue at a bus stop in Madrid as subway and trains are out of service due to the power outage on April 28, 2025. People queue at a bus stop in Madrid as subway and trains are out of service due to the power outage on April 28, 2025. THOMAS COEX/AFP via Getty Images Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez thanked the French and Moroccan governments for helping to restore power to northern and southern Spain, according to the Associated Press. The Portuguese National Cybersecurity Center stated that there was no indication the outage was due to a cyberattack. Así está ahora mismo la Caja Mágica en pleno @MutuaMadridOpen Vídeo de @libertaddigital — David Vinuesa Malbac (@Dvinuesa) April 28, 2025 In Terrassa, an industrial town about 50 kilometers (30 miles) from Barcelona, stores ran out of generators for the public, per the AP. The outage comes less than two weeks after Red Eléctrica confirmed that renewable energy sources fully met electricity demand across Spain's grid for the first time on April 16, according to PV Magazine in Spain. It was a first for the country, which combined wind and photovoltaic (PV, or solar) power to generate 100.63 percent of total demand, and on a weekday, which was also new. People buy groceries in a store during a shutdown of electricity in Lisbon, Portugal, on April 28, 2025. People buy groceries in a store during a shutdown of electricity in Lisbon, Portugal, on April 28, People Are Saying Madrid Mayor José Luis Martínez-Almeida said: "I ask all residents of Madrid to keep their movements to an absolute minimum and, if at all possible, to remain where they are. We want to keep all roads clear." Portuguese electricity distributor E-Redes blamed the blackout on a "problem with the European electricity system," according to local newspaper Expresso. The company said it had to deliberately cut power in some areas to stabilize the grid. What Happens Next By mid-afternoon local time, Spain's Red Eléctrica reported a gradual recovery in the country's northern and southern regions. Portuguese distributor E-Redes, which initially blamed the blackout on a "problem with the European electricity system," confirmed that power was being progressively restored across Lisbon, Porto, and other major cities.
Local Spain
14-04-2025
- Business
- Local Spain
'It's a crime': Solar park boom threatens Spain's olive tree growers
At his farm in southern Spain, Francisco Campos looked worriedly at a green sea of centuries-old olive trees that he fears will face the axe to make way for a proposed solar park. "Cutting down olive trees to install solar panels is a crime," the 64-year-old farmer told AFP in Lopera, a town of whitewashed buildings with 3,600 residents in the sunny southern region of Andalusia, Spain's olive-growing heartland. Spain is the world's top producer of olive oil, but the fertile agricultural land long used by olive producers is now in high demand from power firms looking to install solar farms. And with nearly 3,000 hours of sunshine per year, Andalusia is one of the Spanish regions with the highest number of solar panels as a renewables boom makes the country a European leader in green energy. Renewable energy firms such as Greenalia and FRV Arroyadas have requested permission to build multiple solar farms near Lopera, which farmers say will affect up to 1,000 hectares (2,500 acres) of property. The businesses negotiated agreements to lease the bulk of the land required for their projects but encountered significant opposition from hundreds of small landowners. This prompted the regional government of Andalusia to announce it will expropriate some land needed for the plants, declaring them to be in "the public interest". "Is it in the public interest for them to take my land and give it to a company so that the company can profit? This has no benefit for us," said Campos. "Our way of life is going to be destroyed," he added. 'From our ancestors' Campaigners predict that the eight solar projects planned for the area will require the removal of nearly 100,000 olive trees. The regional government puts the figure significantly lower, at 13,000. Local residents anticipated power companies would seek to install solar panels in the area, but they never imagined "they would come and take away your property," said Rafael Alcala, a spokesman for a platform that represents the solar plants' opponents. In support of landowners impacted by the latest round of expropriations, dozens of farmers on tractors -- some holding signs that read "We don't want solar plants" -- gathered on a recent morning outside Lopera. "These lands come from our ancestors. What am I going to leave to my children now?" María Josefa Palomo, a 67-year-old pensioner, said at the protest. Olive trees owners demonstrate to save their olive trees and against expropriation amid a project to install photovoltaic plants in Lopera, near Jaen, on March, 24, 2025. (Photo by CRISTINA QUICLER / AFP) Olive trees owners demonstrate to save their olive trees and against expropriation amid a project to install photovoltaic plants in Lopera, near Jaen, on March, 24, 2025. (Photo by CRISTINA QUICLER / AFP) Losing 500 hectares of olive groves would wipe out more than two million euros ($2.3 million) in annual revenues, according to local olive oil cooperative La Loperana. Campaigners say 5,000 olive trees have already been uprooted from land belonging to a farmer in Lopera who signed an agreement with one of the firms behind a solar park. More could follow. In an effort to stop the projects, opponents have filed lawsuits against the regional government and the companies involved. 'Until the end' Spain generated a record 56.8 percent of its electricity last year from renewable sources such as wind and solar, according to grid operator Red Electrica. Leveraging on its sunny plains, windy hillsides and fast-flowing rivers, Spain intends to raise the share of renewable-generated electricity to 81 percent of the total by 2030 as part of efforts to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions. The regional government has defended the renewables projects, saying less than one percent of the land they use in the region had to be expropriated from reluctant landowners. Spanish solar industry group UNEF, which represents more than 800 companies, says the projects boost tax revenues in rural communities. They generate "significant amounts" that can be used to improve public services, said UNEF head Jose Donoso. Solar park opponents in Lopera disagree and vow to continue their fight. "Until the end. Nobody is going to take what is ours away from us," said Juan Cantera, a 28-year-old farmer. "Olive oil is everything in Lopera".
Yahoo
13-04-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Struggling Sevilla sack Garcia Pimienta
Francisco Garcia Pimienta's Sevilla had won just once in seven matches prior to his sacking (CRISTINA QUICLER) Sevilla sacked coach Francisco Garcia Pimienta on Sunday after a fourth consecutive La Liga defeat. Garcia Pimienta's side fell 1-0 at Valencia on Friday, leaving them 13th in the table. "Sevilla would like to thank García Pimienta for his work during these months, as well as for his professionalism, wishing him the best of luck in his future challenges," said the Andalucian club in a statement. Advertisement Sevilla have just one win in their last seven matches and lost their derby clash against bitter rivals Real Betis on March 30. Spanish media reported Joaquin Caparros would take the reins until the end of the season, as he did in the final weeks of both the 2017-18 and 2018-19 seasons. Caparros also coached Sevilla between 2000-2005, helping them earn promotion back to the top flight. rbs/bsp
