MADRID (AP) – As matadors face half-ton bulls this month during Madrid’s most important annual series of bullfights and Pamplona gears up for its chaotic July bull runs down cobblestoned streets, tensions are building between anti-bullfighting forces and the traditions’ defenders, who have launched Spain’s first pro-bullfight lobbying group. At …

WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama is slated to meet with the leaders of five Nordic countries for a summit the White House is billing as a welcome meeting of like minds. Obama and first lady Michelle Obama are due to welcome the leaders of Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland and …