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For decades, Spain has been a prime destination for European snowbirds. Even as the Omicron variant spreads, the country is keeping its doors wide open to visitors. TAHICHE, Spain -- [...]

On the eve of the biggest holidays in Europe, exhaustion with the pandemic is rising. So is resignation that the virus is endemic. MADRID -- Covid-19 infections were rising all [...]

As some nations impose tough restrictions in the face of soaring cases, others, including France, are lying back for the moment. PARIS -- The Dutch can now invite only two [...]

Many physicians in the country call themselves ''conscientious objectors'' and deny the procedures, often forcing women to travel long distances for one. ZARAGOZA, Spain -- Dr. Mercedes Sobreviela, a gynecologist [...]

Many physicians in the country call themselves ''conscientious objectors'' and deny the procedures, often forcing women to travel long distances for one. ZARAGOZA, Spain -- Dr. Mercedes Sobreviela, a gynecologist [...]

America's borders remain closed to most European travelers during the pandemic, even those fully vaccinated. With fears of the Delta variant raging, there appears to be no end in sight. [...]

In 2015, Spain said it would give citizenship to the descendants of Sephardic Jews expelled during the Spanish Inquisition. Then rejections started pouring in this summer. MADRID -- María Sánchez, [...]

A major step toward defusing tensions in a conflict that has long divided Spain prompted mixed reactions from an independence movement. MADRID -- Spain's government on Tuesday approved pardons to [...]

Nearly two weeks of sometimes violent demonstrations have turned into a collective outcry from young adults who see bleak futures and precious time lost to lockdowns. BARCELONA -- It had [...]

AMERICUS, Ga. -- One mother worked at Habitat for Humanity. The other helped teenagers who had run afoul of the law. Their sons played soccer together, and for a few [...]

The young pastor wasn't sure his congregation would like what he had to say and had no idea where it would lead all of them. He found himself at a [...]

In Farmington, N.M., the economy was already struggling. Now everyone knows someone who is out of work because of the coronavirus. Very few say they know anyone who got sick. [...]

GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- The two men were strangers and stood steps from the courthouse that had once sent them both to prison. Julius Irving spoke first. He said he had [...]

Colombia's army walked back on Tuesday part of a contentious policy to step up attacks in the country, saying it would change its pledge forms in which officers are required [...]

BOGOTÂ, Colombia -- The head of Colombia's army, frustrated by the nation's faltering efforts to secure peace, has ordered his troops to double the number of criminals and militants they [...]

MADRID -- A former Venezuelan spy chief has been arrested by Spanish authorities who acted on an extradition request from the United States, where he is wanted for drug trafficking. [...]

MIAMI -- President Trump on Monday delivered his sharpest warning yet to Venezuela's military authorities in an increasingly tense showdown over that country's crisis, proclaiming they would ''lose everything'' by [...]

CARMEN DEL EMERO, Bolivia -- In this remote indigenous village in Bolivia, the rule has been the same for generations: Leaders can be re-elected only once. After that, they must [...]

MEDELLÍN, Colombia -- Faced with nearly incomprehensible inflation -- 32,714 percent as of Wednesday -- Venezuelan officials thought they had a solution: They changed the color of the bank notes [...]

IQUITOS, Peru -- Venezuela's Supreme Court on Saturday reversed parts of a decision to strip the national legislature of its powers, an abrupt shift that came amid mounting domestic and [...]

CORINTO, Colombia -- For years, Blanca Riveros has had the same routine: After fixing breakfast and taking her son to school, she heads home to a large plastic trash bag [...]

CARACAS, Venezuela -- Carrying trash bags and backpacks filled with cash, Venezuelans fretfully lined up on Friday outside banks across the country to exchange currency that President Nicolás Maduro said [...]

Byline: BEN HUBBARD, DIONNE SEARCEY and NICHOLAS CASEY BEIRUT, Lebanon -- Struggling to keep Iraq from splintering, American diplomats pushed for a law in 2011 to share the country's oil [...]

CARACAS, Venezuela -- President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela threatened Saturday to seize idle factories in his country using a new emergency decree, moves that followed warnings by United States officials [...]

If anyone could manage to obtain treatment under the Affordable Care Act, it should have been Liz Jackson. With a severe nerve condition that forced her out of a job, [...]

YAPHANK, N.Y. -- Here in this rural Long Island community, a Nazi summer camp once held parades before American flags and banners bearing swastikas. Nearby streets were named after Adolf [...]

A group of New York carwash owners has filed a lawsuit against the city, alleging that a law that officials say is meant to protect low-wage workers is illegally favoring [...]

It was early afternoon when the man with the twitching legs was dragged from the ground into an ambulance. Another man selling books washed away the vomit. A man named [...]

CHESHIRE, Conn. -- Celine Bonilla was only 11 when she looked out her first-floor window and saw police officers pinning a man down on her front lawn. It was 2007, [...]

Byline: NICHOLAS CASEY; WALL STREET JOURNAL STAFF This past summer's recall of 18 million magnetic toys made by Mattel Inc. highlighted a risk that is high on many parents' minds [...]

In another success for the Mexico's attempts to control the burgeoning drugs trade and drug-related violence, Teodoro Garcia Simental, one of the country's most-wanted and brutal gang leaders, was arrested by police. His drug gang is known for its extreme brutality. This success follows the recent killing of drug kingpin Arturo Beltran Leyva in a raid by special forces of the Mexican Navy.

In the wake of the recent massive recall by Mattel of toys contaminated with lead paint, the industry has called for and pledged to initiate stringent testing procedures of its products.

Mattel Inc. recalled millions of Chinese-made toys made using lead-based paints last week, and critics are annoyed that the Chinese paint company involved is not required to be identified due to current laws.