A woman lost her life following a shark attack in the Atlantic Ocean, located between Spain’s Canary Islands and West Africa.

She was transferred by helicopter to a hospital on the Canary island of Gran Canaria, where she died, the spokesperson added.

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Itahiza Dominguez, the Canary Islands Director for the National Geographic Institute, said it was the strongest earthquake detected in Gran Canaria in at least 60 years. The earthquake is understood ...

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