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German players warm up during a training session at the Al-Shamal stadium on the eve of the group E World Cup soccer match between Germany and Spain, in Al-Ruwais, Qatar, Friday, Nov. 25, 2022. Germany will play the second match against Spain on Sunday, Nov. 27. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

World Cup Viewer’s Guide: Germany seeks World Cup rebound

By Jenna Fryer - Associated Press

Ghana's Inaki Williams gestures at the end of the World Cup group H soccer match between Portugal and Ghana, at the Stadium 974 in Doha, Qatar, Thursday, Nov. 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

2 brothers, 2 teams, 2 contrasting experiences at World Cup

By Gerald Imray - Associated Press

Spain's Marco Asensio, left, celebrates with Dani Olmo after scoring his side's second goal during the World Cup group E soccer match between Spain and Costa Rica, at the Al Thumama Stadium in Doha, Qatar, Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Young Spain squad routs Costa Rica 7-0 at World Cup

By Tales Azzoni - Associated Press

People stand on balconies before the 2022 Princess of Asturias Awards ceremony in Oviedo, northern Spain, Friday, Oct. 28, 2022. The awards, named after the heir to the Spanish throne, are among the most important in the Spanish-speaking world. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)

Rights activist, archaeologist, architect honored in Spain

By Alvaro Barrientos - Associated Press

Shakira poses for photographers upon arrival at the premiere of the film "Elvis" at the 75th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Wednesday, May 25, 2022. A Spanish judge on Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022, approved a trial for Colombian pop singer Shakira on charges of tax fraud. Spanish prosecutors accused the entertainer in 2018 of failing to pay 14.5 million euros ($13.9) in taxes on income earned between 2012 and 2014. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole, file)

Pop singer Shakira to face trial over tax fraud in Spain

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Revellers throw tomatoes at each other during the annual &quot;Tomatina&quot;, tomato fight fiesta in the village of Bunol near Valencia, Spain, Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022. The tomato fight took place once again following a two-year suspension owing to the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Alberto Saiz)

Spain’s ‘Tomatina’ battle returns after pandemic hiatus

By Alicia Leon - Associated Press

FILE - Daniel Rofin, 41, receives a vaccine against Monkeypox from a health professional in medical center in Barcelona, Spain, Tuesday, July 26, 2022. Public health officials warn that moves by rich countries to buy large quantities of monkeypox vaccine, while declining to share doses with Africa, could leave millions of people unprotected against a more dangerous version of the disease and risk continued spillovers of the virus into humans. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco, File)

Spain reports 2nd death from monkeypox

By Joseph Wilson and Maria Cheng - Associated Press

Shakira performs in concert at Madison Square Garden in New York, Aug. 10, 2018. Colombian pop singer Shakira has opted to go to trial instead of accepting a deal offered by Spanish prosecutors to settle allegations she defrauded Spain's government of 14.5 million euros ($15 million) in taxes, her public relations team said Wednesday, July 27, 2022. (Photo by Greg Allen/Invision/AP, File)

Prosecutors in Spain seeking 8-year prison term for Shakira

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The tomb of Christopher Columbus in Seville, Spain (Associated Press photo)

The tomb of Christopher Columbus

By Jeffrey Scott Shapiro - The Washington Times

Operators work at the Enagss regasification plant, the largest LNG plant in Europe, in Barcelona, Spain, Tuesday, March 29, 2022. The European Union’s plan to reduce the bloc’s gas use by 15% to prepare for a potential cutoff by Russia this winter has been met with sharp skepticism by Spain and Portugal, two governments that are usually big supporters of the bloc. Madrid and Lisbon on Thursday, July 21, 2022 said they would not support the initiative announced by European Commission Ursula von der Leyen on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti, File)

Spain and Portugal reject EU plan to limit natural gas use

By Joseph Wilson - Associated Press

Alec Baldwin, left, and Hilaria Baldwin appear at the 69th Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles on Sept. 17, 2017. Hilaria Baldwin is expecting baby No. 7. She announced Tuesday on Instagram that she’s expecting, sharing a video of the moment she and Alec told their kids. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

Democrat Party’s only ‘Hispanic’ voter left is Hillary Baldwin

By Charles Hurt - The Washington Times

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg arrives for a NATO summit in Madrid, Spain on Wednesday, June 29, 2022. North Atlantic Treaty Organization heads of state will meet for a NATO summit in Madrid from Tuesday through Thursday. (AP Photo/Paul White)

Live updates | Putin warns on NATO troops in Sweden, Finland

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Riot police officers cordon off the area after migrants arrive on Spanish soil and crossing the fences separating the Spanish enclave of Melilla from Morocco in Melilla, Spain, Friday, June 24, 2022. Dozens of migrants stormed the border crossing between Morocco and the Spanish enclave city of Melilla on Friday in what is the first such incursion since Spain and Morocco mended diplomatic relations last month. (AP Photo/Javier Bernardo)

Groups in Spain and Morocco push for border deaths inquiry

By Ashifa Kassam and tarik El-Barakah - Associated Press

Firefigters walk in the area of a wildfire in Pujerra, Malaga, on Thursday, June 9, 2022. Emergency services deployed almost 1,000 firefighters, military personnel and support crews Thursday to fight a wildfire that has forced the evacuation of some 2,000 people in southern Spain amid fears that torrid weather may feed the blaze. (Alex Zea, Europa Press via AP)

Uvalde school where shooting happened has deep roots in city

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NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, left, shakes hand with Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez during their meeting in Madrid, Monday, May. 30, 2022. Stoltenberg visits Madrid for Spain's celebration of its 40th year as part of the military alliance one month before the capital hosts an important NATO summit. (Alejandro Martínez, Europa Press via AP)

NATO looks to ‘historic’ Madrid summit, with Sweden, Finland

By Joseph Wilson - Associated Press

In this photo provided by the Unidad de Microscopía Electrónica del ISCIII in Madrid, on Thursday, May 26, 2022, an electronic microscope image shows the monkeypox virus seen by a team from the Arbovirus Laboratory and the Genomics and Bioinformatics Units of the Carlos III Health Institute (ISCIII) in Madrid. Health authorities in Europe, North America, Israel and Australia have identified more than 100 cases of monkeypox in recent days. (Unidad de Microscopía Electrónica del ISCIII, via AP)

Spanish LGBTQ groups wary of monkeypox stigma as Pride nears

By Alicia Leon and Iain Sullivan - Associated Press

FILE - Eintracht soccer supporters drink beer as they cool down in a in water fountain in downtown Seville, Spain, Wednesday, May 18, 2022. Large swathes of Spain were under alert on Friday May 20, 2022 as a wave of intense heat began sweeping across the country, leaving locals sweltering through May temperatures that rank among the hottest in two decades though the temperatures are expected to fall short of what meteorologists in Spain define as a heatwave. (AP Photo/Angel Fernandez, File)

Parts of Spain on alert amid ‘extreme’ May temperatures

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The Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, left, shakes hands with Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez at the Moncloa Palace in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, May 18, 2022. The emir of Qatar said that his energy-rich gulf state is set to boost investments in Spain by 4.7 billion euros (4.9 billion) dollars in the coming years, Spanish media reported late on Tuesday. The details of the investments have not been made public but with Europe scrambling to find alternatives to Russian energy, Qatar is positioned to help fill the gap with exports of liquified natural gas. (AP Photo/Paul White)

Qatar to boost investment in Spain by $4.9 billion

By Joseph Wilson - Associated Press

FILE - Spain's Premier Pedro Sanchez speaks during a joint news conference with Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen at the Moncloa Palace in Madrid, Spain, Monday, Feb. 21, 2022. Spain's intelligence agency is facing growing criticism after the discovery that politicians had their phones hacked, even as far as the device in the prime minister's pocket. The head of Spain’s National Intelligence Center is set to appear at a closed-door parliamentary hearing on Thursday, May 5, 2022 and is expected to break the secrecy code that prohibits members of the government from revealing the workings of her agency. (AP Photo/Paul White, File)

Catalan: Spain spy chief admits legally hacking some phones

By Joseph Wilson - Associated Press

FILE - Former deputy president of the Catalan regional government Oriol Junqueras, centre, walks with the current Catalonian president Pere Aragones, 2nd left, in front of an &quot;estelada&quot; or Catalan pro-independence flag after being released from the Lledoners prison in Sant Joan de Vilatorrada near Barcelona, Spain, June 23, 2021. The phones of dozens of pro-independence supporters in Spain's northeastern Catalonia, including the regional chief and other elected officials, were hacked with controversial spyware available only to governments, a cybersecurity rights nonprofit said Monday April 18, 2022. (AP Photo/Joan Mateu, File)

Spain: Hacked Catalans to launch a legal bid on spyware use

By Aritz Parra - Associated Press