This is the moment that raised eyebrows when a Spanish Carnival troupe paid tribute to late theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking, by zipping through the streets in Cadiz on electric wheelchairs. The impressive stunt was performed at a contest to find acts to perform in this year’s Carnival of Cadiz. It will take place around mid-February. Twelve men in gray suits …

But “average” is not how most households experience prices. People remember the jolts: the weekly staples that suddenly feel like treats, the utility bill that refuses to settle, and the local charges that arrive with no obvious way to cut back. Spain’s consumer price basket shows that a small cluster of items rose far faster than the national rate—and those …

By Norbert Suchanek Two US military aircraft collided by accident in the sky over Andalucia on 17 January 1966 at the height the Cold War. One of these bombers, the B-52, was carrying four nukes. Three of the bombs fell to the ground as flaming debris from the sky fell near the village Palomares northwest of Almeria. The impact caused …