Spain's king to hold coalition talks in last-ditch attempt to avoid elections

King Felipe will hold another round of talks with Spain's fractious political parties in a last-ditch attempt to get them to form a coalition and avoid a second national election, his office said on Tuesday. The leaders of Spain's four main parties have until May 2 to agree on a possible government after none of them won a parliamentary majority in an election in December. If they fail to form a government, parliament will be dissolved and new elections called, most likely in late June, raising