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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 536

Marianne Barriaux

Medical workers prepare at a drive-through COVID-19 screening area in the triage of the San Carlo hospital in Milan, Italy, on October 28, 2020. (MIGUEL MEDINA/AFP)
October 28, 2020, 7:20 pm
Over 500,000 virus cases recorded worldwide in new single-day high
Governments rush to reimpose infection-control measures with pandemic having infected more than 44 million people and killed close to 1.2 million, and counting
By Marianne Barriaux and Tania Lee
Spain's Prime Minister and Socialist Party leader Pedro Sanchez gestures to supporters outside the party headquarters following the general election in Madrid, Spain, Sunday, April 28, 2019. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
April 29, 2019, 1:59 am
Spanish PM’s Socialists win snap polls marked by rebirth of far-right
Ultra-nationalist Vox party gets just over 10% of the vote in a country that has had no far-right party to speak of since the death of dictator Francisco Franco in 1975
By Daniel Silva and Marianne Barriaux
Spanish Prime Minister, and Spanish Socialist Party (PSOE) candidate for prime minister, Pedro Sanchez casts his ballot at a polling station in Madrid, during general elections in Spain on April 28, 2019. (JAVIER SORIANO / AFP)
April 28, 2019, 11:35 pm
Far-right seen making gains as Spaniards turn out for election
Outcome of national poll uncertain, as no party expected to be able to form solid coalition, but populist Vox may take 10% of vote or more
By Daniel Silva and Marianne Barriaux
A nun casts her ballot for the Catalan regional election at a polling station in Barcelona on December 21, 2017. (AFP Photo/Javier Soriano)
December 21, 2017, 10:51 pm
Catalans vote in bid to solve independence crisis
High turnout seen in new referendum called by Spanish government after dissolving Catalonia’s separatist coalition
By Marianne Barriaux and Serene Assir
Protesters wave Catalan pro-independence Estelada flags during a demonstration in Barcelona on October 21, 2017. (AFP Photo/Lluis Gene)
October 21, 2017, 9:44 pm
Huge crowds protest as Spain moves to sack Catalan government
Hundreds of thousands flood Barcelona streets in a massive show of support for regional independence
By Alfons Luna, Katy Lee and Marianne Barriaux
Catalan National Assembly (ANC) president Jordi Sanchez (C), and Pro-independence Catalan Omnium cultural language association president Jordi Cuixart (L), who are under investigation for sedition, wave as they arrive at the High Court in Madrid on October 16, 2017. / AFP PHOTO/GABRIEL BOUYS)
October 17, 2017, 3:11 pm
Catalonia braces for protests as separatist leaders held
Two senior members of independence movement face up to 15 years behind bars on sedition charges
By Marianne Barriaux and Katy Lee
Catalan regional government president Carles Puigdemont leaves after a ceremony commemorating the 77th anniversary of the death of Catalan leader Lluis Companys at the Montjuic Cemetery in Barcelona, October 15, 2017. (AFP/PAU BARRENA)
October 16, 2017, 3:21 pm
Amid uncertainty, Spain gives Catalans 3 days to rethink independence
Separatist leader Puigdemont calls for dialogue with central government; Madrid first wants clear statement the territory is backing off secession
By Marianne Barriaux and Patrick Galey
Protesters gather outside National Police Headquarters during a one-day strike in Barcelona, Spain, October 3, 2017. (AP/Bob Edme)
October 4, 2017, 12:16 am
Spain’s king denounces independence bid as Catalans take to streets
An estimated 700,000 people rally in Barcelona to protest police violence, support separatists
By Marianne Barriaux and Roland Lloyd Parry
People clash with Spanish Guardia Civil guards outside a polling station in Sant Julia de Ramis, on October 1, 2017, on the day of a referendum on independence for Catalonia banned by Madrid. (AFP PHOTO / Raymond ROIG)
October 1, 2017, 11:45 pm
Hundreds hurt as riot police crack down on banned Catalan vote
Prime Minister Rajoy praises cops, saying ‘rule of law remains in force with all its strength’ in address after polls closed
By Marianne Barriaux and Daniel Silva
Firemen try to hold a group of people outside a polling station in San Julia de Ramis, on October 1, 2017, on the day of a referendum on independence for Catalonia banned by Madrid. (AFP PHOTO / LLUIS GENE)
October 1, 2017, 12:04 pm
Spanish police clash with Catalan voters, smash way into polling center
Scuffles erupt between police and people wanting to cast ballots in banned referendum on region’s secession
By Marianne Barriaux
Girls stroll through the center of Figueras with the Spanish and a pro-independence 'Estelada' Catalan flag on September 30, 2017 in Figueras (AFP PHOTO / CESAR MANSO)
October 1, 2017, 6:39 am
Crunch time as Catalonia holds independence vote
Whatever happens, Sunday’s referendum result will not be recognized by Madrid, and almost certainly not by the international community
By Marianne Barriaux
People stand next to flowers, candles and other items set up on the Las Ramblas boulevard in Barcelona as they pay tribute to the victims of the Barcelona attack, a day after a van plowed into the crowd, killing 14 and injuring over 100 on August 18, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / PASCAL GUYOT)
August 19, 2017, 4:55 am
Spanish police say terrorists planned larger attack
Authorities believe 12 suspects were preparing to use gas canisters for vehicle bomb, but accidental blast on eve of assault thwarted their plans
By Daniel BOSQUE and Marianne Barriaux
A page from the mysterious Voynich manuscript, which is undeciphered to this day. (Wikimedia Commons, Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Yale University)
August 21, 2016, 2:38 pm
Ancient mystery text nobody’s deciphered set for publication
Voynich Manuscript, purchased 100 years ago from a collection of books belonging to Jesuits in Italy and held today in a Yale library, believed by some to hold secrets of eternal life and by others to be an elaborate joke
By Marianne Barriaux
Illustrative photo of schoolchildren taking an exam. (Shutterstock)
September 6, 2015, 3:50 pm
In secular France, are vegetarian school meals the answer?
Lawmaker plans a bill on non-meat meals, as Jews and Muslims embrace private schools in quest for kosher and halal fare
By Marianne Barriaux
France's President Francois Hollande delivers a speech on August 20, 2015. (AFP/ JEAN PIERRE CLATOT)
August 24, 2015, 6:50 am
France to award train ‘heroes’ highest honor
Hollande will bestow the Legion d’Honneur medal on three Americans, one Briton who subdued Islamist attacker last week
By Marianne Barriaux and Pauline Froissart
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