Globo Madrid - The latest news from Madrid, Spain and around the world, 24/7

Madrid -

IN THE NEWS

Footballer Benjamin Mendy faces retrial for alleged sex offences

Footballer Benjamin Mendy faces retrial for alleged sex offences

French footballer Benjamin Mendy will return to a UK courtroom Monday for the start of his retrial for two alleged sexual offences, five months after a jury cleared him of multiple other counts.

Read more
Mexico crush Honduras, Haiti stun Qatar in Gold Cup

Mexico crush Honduras, Haiti stun Qatar in Gold Cup

Luis Romo struck twice as Mexico crushed Honduras 4-0, while a stoppage time winner from Frantzdy Pierrot gave Haiti a 2-1 victory over Qatar in the CONCACAF Gold Cup on Sunday.

Read more
Asian markets swing as traders track events in Russia

Asian markets swing as traders track events in Russia

Asian markets fluctuated Monday as traders kept an eye on Russia following an aborted mutiny at the weekend that stoked concerns about stability in the nuclear-armed country.

Read more
Mitsotakis back as Greek premier after election landslide

Mitsotakis back as Greek premier after election landslide

Kyriakos Mitsotakis embarked Monday on his second term as Greece's prime minister with a vow to accelerate institutional and economic reforms, after voters handed him a huge election victory for the second time in five weeks.

Read more
'More than words': the Japanese men joining Ukraine's fight

'More than words': the Japanese men joining Ukraine's fight

Yuya Motomura, a mahjong parlour manager in Japan, had always wanted a way to prove himself to a society he felt looked down on him. Then Russia invaded Ukraine.

Read more
Russia suffers legal setback in Australian embassy standoff

Russia suffers legal setback in Australian embassy standoff

Russia's bid to build a new embassy near Australia's parliament suffered a legal blow on Monday, when the country's highest court denied a request for temporary protection against eviction.

Read more
Haiti stun Qatar with late winner in Gold Cup

Haiti stun Qatar with late winner in Gold Cup

A stoppage time winner from Frantzdy Pierrot gave Haiti a 2-1 victory over Qatar in group B of the CONCACAF Gold Cup on Sunday.

Read more
Montreal has worst air of any major city as wildfires rage: monitor

Montreal has worst air of any major city as wildfires rage: monitor

Forest fires in Canada left Montreal blanketed with smog on Sunday, giving it the worst air quality of any major city in the world, according to a pollution monitor.

Read more
Prince William to launch new UK homelessness initiative

Prince William to launch new UK homelessness initiative

Britain's Prince William will launch Monday a new UK-wide initiative aiming to show that it is possible to end homelessness and make it "rare, brief, and unrepeated", Kensington Palace announced.

Read more
Apathy, allegations of vote buying mark Guatemala's presidential election

Apathy, allegations of vote buying mark Guatemala's presidential election

Two of Guatemala's leading presidential candidates accused the ruling party of buying votes Sunday, as citizens cast ballots in an election many doubt will fix the country's severe problems with poverty, crime and corruption.

Read more