This video explains why the Canary Islands remain part of Spain despite their location near Africa. It explores historical exploration, colonial expansion, and strategic importance in the Atlantic ...

Two Dutch people and a German national have died after a suspected hantavirus outbreak on the MV Hondius, a cruise ship run by Oceanwide Expeditions, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).

Read full article: Tropical moisture fuels week of scattered showers and thunderstorms TENERIFE – The head of the World Health Organization sought Saturday to reassure residents of the Spanish island ...

The head of the World Health Organization on Saturday made an appeal to locals in Tenerife to remain calm as the Spanish island prepared to receive passengers from a hantavirus-hit cruise ship that ...

TENERIFE, Canary Islands (AP) — Passengers evacuated from the hantavirus-hit cruise ship began flying home aboard military and government planes Sunday after the vessel anchored in the Canary Islands, ...

MADRID — Spanish authorities on Friday were preparing to receive more than 140 passengers and crew members on board a hantavirus-stricken cruise ship headed for the Canary Islands, where health ...

Hantavirus is usually spread by rodents but can in rare cases be transmitted person to person.

The president of the Canary Islands has said he will not allow passengers from a cruise ship currently experiencing a deadly hantavirus outbreak to disembark on the Spanish-owned archipelago, pushing ...