Animal-rights activists gathered at government buildings in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, to protest against a controversial octopus farm.
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Animal-rights activists gathered at government buildings in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, to protest against a controversial octopus farm.
Continue readingScientists, animal rights activists and conservationists are outraged about the development on a Spanish island of an octopus farm.
Continue readingMen searching for sex in the protected Maspalomas Dunes are breaking the law and despoiling a protective reserve amid a lack of policing.
Continue readingBy William J. Furney Only the forenames of some people interviewed for this article have been used, to protect their identity in a politically sensitive place. It’s midnight on the
Continue readingBy William J. Furney “Are all y’all bonding over there?” the bearded, hulking figure of an African-American bellows into his phone as I walk past him in a narrow and
Continue readingLETTER FROM CYPRUS By William J. Furney In the “ghetto” of Nicosia, as my local friend Alexandros describes it, there are many meat shops and barbers, all within a stone’s
Continue readingSPECIAL REPORT By William J. Furney Bali’s main tourism industry was wiped out by Islamic terrorists’ bombs nearly two decades ago, but those repeated Al Qaeda-inspired attacks on tourists partying
Continue readingBy William J. Furney Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez decided to postpone his trip to the UN General Assembly in New York and head to the Canary Islands, the seven-isle
Continue readingBy William J. Furney The petite, rotund and effervescent Indian doctor standing in front of me is gushing about how much cheaper she is for coronavirus travel tests than the
Continue readingBy William J. Furney In an airy, high-ceilinged room with creepily creaking floorboards in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, the scenic capital of the tiny volcanic island that’s part of
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