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August 28, 2024. Immigrants who arrived by canoe are registered by Spanish Police and Civil Guard officers at Arguineguín airport in Las Palmas in the Canary Islands. Canary4stock/Shutterstock

‘We have to regularise them’: Europe’s deportation‑first border policy, as told by the judges and police who enforce it

The border agents we interviewed objected to detaining and forcibly returning irregular migrants.
Firefighters at the scene of a fire in La Culebra, in the Zamora province of Castille and León. RTVE

Spain wildfires: decades of rural decline made the blazes worse, but robust local economies can prevent further destruction – here’s how

Proper forest management can boost rural economies, and prevents fires from starting in the first place.
A tequila factory in Jalisco, Mexico, the hub of the world’s tequila production. Gabriel Trujillo/Picture Alliance via Getty Images

Filipino sailors dock in Mexico … and help invent tequila?

Crew aboard Spanish trading ships departing from Manila may have introduced techniques for distilling coconut sap – helping to shape what would become Mexico’s national spirit.
The new fossil found in Atapuerca, Spain (left face fragment), with mirror reconstruction of the right side using imaging techniques. CENIEH/ Nature

Western Europe’s oldest human face discovered in Spain

The bone fragments belong to an extinct species of human who lived 1.4 million years ago.
The Vatican introduces Luce at the Lucca Comics and Game convention in 2024. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKiGMGkc0xk screenshot via Wikimedia.com

Luce, a cartoon mascot for Catholic Church’s 2025 Jubilee, appeals to a younger generation while embracing time‑honored traditions

Luce carries symbols that have been associated with pilgrimage in Europe since the 12th century, particularly with the shrine of St. James in northwestern Spain.
A common octopus (Octopus vulgaris) off Croatia in the Mediterranean Sea. Reinhard Dirscherl/ullstein bild via Getty Images

Octopuses and their relatives are a new animal welfare frontier − here’s what scientists know about consciousness in these unique creatures

Animal welfare laws don’t protect invertebrates, but there’s evidence that some, such as octopuses, are as intelligent as many mammals – even if their cognition takes very different forms.

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