Thousands of thrill seekers have taken part in this year's first running of the bulls at the San Fermín festival in the northern Spanish city of Pamplona.

Tens of thousands of people have packed the town hall square in the northern Spanish city of Pamplona to celebrate the traditional “chupinazo” firework blast that starts the San Fermín bull-running festival.

The insults against Real Madrid forward Vinícius Júnior have continued in Spain.

Widespread drought that dried up large parts of Europe, the United States and China this past summer was made 20 times more likely by climate change, according to a new study.

Bulls from Spain´s revered Miura ranch have starred in a fast and uncomplicated final running of the bulls at this year´s San Fermín Festival.

Six people have been treated for injuries but initial reports say there were no gorings in the second-last running of the bulls at Spain´s San Fermín festival.

One person has been gored and several people had very close shaves in the sixth running of the bulls at Pamplona’s San Fermín Festival.

Spanish officials say three people have been gored, including one American, and three others suffered bruises in a tense fifth bull run at Pamplona’s San Fermín Festival.

Thrill seekers have avoided any gorings for a fourth straight bull run at Pamplona’s San Fermín Festival.

City officials in Pamplona, Spain, say no one was gored after all during the San Fermín Festival bull run.

Authorities say there were no gorings in the second San Fermín Festival bull run in the Spanish city of Pamplona.

The first running of the bulls at Pamplona’s San Fermín festival in three years has taken place after previous events were canceled due to the pandemic.

Thousands of revelers have erupted in celebration as a firework blast started Pamplona's San Fermín Running of the Bulls festival.

Dozens of animal rights activists dressed as dinosaurs were chased by fellow activists through the streets of the Spanish city of Pamplona to protest alleged animal cruelty in the world famous San Fermin Running of the Bulls festival.

Spain is awaiting the publication in coming days of a new law banning the intimidation or harassment of women entering abortion clinics.

The European Union's drug regulator says it has begun an accelerated review process for an experimental coronavirus vaccine booster made by the Spanish company Hipra.

The World Health Organization says overuse of gloves and “moon suits” and the use of billions of masks and vaccination syringes to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus have spurred a huge glut of health care waste worldwide.

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez says it's time to consider whether to move away from the detailed tracking that the pandemic has required until now to a flu-like monitoring system.

Some of Spain’s regional governments are asking courts to allow them to introduce virus passports that can help control the rising spread of COVID-19.

The Spanish government is offering citizens who turn 18 years old next year 400 euros ($462) to spend on cultural activities.

The European Medicines Agency says it has started an expedited evaluation on whether to recommend use of a booster dose of the coronavirus vaccine made by Pfizer-BioNTech.

Intense heat baking Italy is creeping northward towards the popular tourist destination of Florence while wildfires charred the country’s south, and Spain appears headed for an all-time record high temperature as a heat wave keeps southern Europe in a fiery hold.

Some Spanish regions are rolling back curbs on nightlife only weeks after dropping them, as soaring numbers of coronavirus infections pop up among the unvaccinated youth.

Las autoridades en la ciudad española de Pamplona cancelaron por segundo año consecutivo las Fiestas de San Fermín, conocidas por sus encierros de toros, debido a la pandemia de coronavirus.

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has vowed to keep pushing the White House for more COVID-19 vaccines as the state experiences a spike in cases.

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Known for its races with bulls running along cobbled streets, the festival was popularized by Ernest Hemingways 1926 novel The Sun Also Rises and was last called off during the Spanish Civil War in the 1930s. With more than 28,000 deaths from the novel virus and an economy in the doldrums following a strict nationwide lockdown, local authorities say there is little to celebrate. They gathered at the city hall square at noon, the time a rocket known as Chupinazo opens the 9-day festival in normal times. Revelers from all around the world respond to the rocket by bathing each other with red wine and champagne. Instead a large sign from the city halls facade displayed the slogan #WeWillExperienceThem, an invitation to revelers to return for next years celebrations.

A Puerto de San Lorenzo fighting bull runs before entering the bullring during the second day of the San Fermin Running of the Bulls festival on July 07, 2019 in Pamplona, Spain. Three people were gored Sunday in the last bull run of the year in Pamplona, Spain, bringing the total number of people gored this year to eight, according to local authorities. The running of the bulls is the centerpiece of the San Fermin festival, which runs from July 6-14 each year in northern Spain. The last "encierro" of 2019 ended just as it began, with three people gored in a single day. Traditionally, the bull run was used as a way of getting the bulls from the city outskirts to the bull ring.

PAMPLONA, Spain (CNN) - At least three people were gored Sunday as the annual running of the bulls began in Pamplona, Spain, according to local authorities. The bull run draws daredevils from around the world to the San Fermin festival, which kicked off Saturday in northern Spain with music, parades and bullfights. The first "encierro" or bull run on Sunday through Pamplona's old quarter left six people injured, including three who were gored, the Royal Navarre Hospital said in a statement. The centuries-old bull run tradition takes place each morning over eight days during San Fermin. Injuries are common during the bull run, which has remained a staple of San Fermin despite animal welfare concerns.

Revelers run with a Puerto de San Lorenzo fighting bull before entering the bullring during the second day of the San Fermin Running of the Bulls festival on July 07, 2019 in Pamplona, Spain. Hide Caption