Almost two years after a tight lockdown, Spain is preparing to adopt a different COVID-19 playbook. With one of Europe's highest vaccination rates and one of its most pandemic-battered economies, the government is laying the groundwork to treat the next infection surge not as an emergency but an illness that is here to stay.

Global opera star Placido Domingo has cancelled his upcoming performances at one of Spain's main opera houses, as officials and music venues in the tenor's home country reassess their ties after he apologized for sexually harassing women over the course of two decades.

Spanish Football Federation president Angel Maria Villar has been arrested along with his son and two more federation executives as part of an anti-corruption probe.