Reporting Highlights Decades of Inaction: Texas lawmakers have for years rejected legislation that could have protected residents in the state’s flood-prone areas. Opportunities Lost: Three bills would have banned youth camps or nearly all development in areas most at risk of dangerous flooding. Experts said the bills could have saved lives. Texas Falling Behind: Texas…
Connecticut legislators overhauled the state’s towing law last year to make it more fair for low-income residents who couldn’t afford the fees to get their cars back. Those residents sometimes saw their cars sold after being towed for breaking one of their landlord’s parking rules. The new law, which took effect in October, requires tow…
BBC Arabic’s correspondent Carine Torbey reports from the border town of Khiam, as the ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah in southern Lebanon goes into its second day. The Lebanese army has set up a barrier to stop residents from returning to their homes in Khiam, after loud explosions continued to be heard in towns that…
Shorouk Express At a time when immigration is becoming an increasingly polarising subject in Spain, a major fiscal authority has revised its immigration forecasts by as much as 50 percent, while stating that foreigners are boosting economic growth in the country. Spain is reportedly set to gain over 600,000 immigrants this year, around 50 percent…
Shorouk Express Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email JD Vance’s team have denied knowing about any efforts from police to collect social media information from residents near where he spent his…
Shorouk Express Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email New research suggests online shopping, gaming, and TV habits vary based on where people live. The data from Openreach revealed that the city…
Shorouk Express In this week’s Inside Spain we look at how one town wants to use AI to “personalise” tourists’ holidays, and how a proposal to limit foreigners from buying properties in Spain if they haven’t lived in the country for five years has been rejected. AI is seeping into every walk of life, so…
Shorouk Express A political party has lodged a proposal to prevent foreigners from buying property in Spain if they can’t prove that they’ve lived in the country for at least five years. The Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) has filed a non-legislative motion in the Spanish Congress which proposes restricting foreigners from buying homes in…
Shorouk Express EU countries granted citizenship to 1,050,100 foreign residents in 2023, the latest data by Eurostat, the EU statistical office, revealed. This is an increase of over 6 percent compared to 2022 and does not consider the naturalisation of people living abroad, those who acquired citizenship by marriage or descent for instance. Spain was…
Shorouk Express 2024 was the year anti-tourism protests in Spain. Barcelona, Madrid, Valencia, Seville, Alicante, Granada, Cantabria, Tenerife, Mallorca, and also the small Balearic island of Ibiza. Every summer, Ibiza becomes the party spot of the world’s rich and famous, drawing in the best DJs and young revellers who don’t mind spending their savings on…
