BUENOS AIRES – France has sold five used Super Étendard fighter planes to Argentina, which has an outdated military fleet and is hosting large international events in coming months, the French ambassador in Buenos Aires […]
Daniel Gutman BUENOS AIRES – The Argentine biodiesel industry, which in the last 10 years has become one of the most powerful in the world, has an uncertain future, faced with protectionist measures in the […]
Khawaja Dawood/The Santiago Times Staff ISLAMABAD – A U.S.-Canadian family rescued in a dramatic late night ambush by Pakistan Army in a northwestern tribal region near the Afghan border left the country on Friday. Canadian […]
SAN JUAN – The Hurricane Maria death toll has more than doubled to 34, Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rossello announced Tuesday, hours after President Trump paid a visit to the island. Earlier in the day, […]
LAS VEGAS – At least 59 people have been killed and more than 580 injured in a mass shooting at a Las Vegas concert on Sunday night. A gunman, named as 64-year-old Nevada resident Stephen […]
WASHINGTON – United States President Donald Trump has unveiled sweeping tax reforms which if passed by the Congress would bring down the business tax rate to 15%, introduce territorial tax system that would offer level […]
CARACAS – Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro has called on his nation’s military leaders to prepare for war against the U.S. days after the Trump administration banned Venezuelan officials from entering the nation. “We have been […]
SAN JUAN – Hurricane Maria has knocked out power to the entire island of Puerto Rico, home to 3.5m people, emergency officials have said. Abner Gomez, head of the disaster management agency, said none of […]
WASHINGTON – The United States is considering closing its embassy in Cuba after diplomatic staff reported health problems which Washington blames on a “sonic attack”. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said a decision whether to […]
SANTIAGO – Chile has rejected a U.S request to break off all diplomatic and commercial ties with North Korea that was made by Vice President Mike Pence during a visit to the South American nation. […]
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