SANTIAGO – Chile’s government has cut its forecast for 2017 economic growth to 1.5% from 2.25%, Finance Minister Rodrigo Valdes has said, as the long-awaited recovery remains elusive. In an annual speech to lawmakers in […]
BRASILIA – Brazil’s former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has been sentenced to nearly 10 years in prison on corruption charges. On Wednesday, Judge Sergio Moro found Lula guilty of accepting 3.7 million reais […]
JOHANNESBURG – Indian Women’s Hockey team secured a hard-fought 1-0 win against Chile on Wednesday to book their tickets for the knockout stage of the Women’s Hockey World League Semi Final. Preetti Dubey’s 38th minute […]
BEIJING – Warships carrying thousands of Chinese troops are sailing towards Djibouti to set up Beijing’s first overseas military base, state media reported, as the Communist nation’s rapidly modernizing military extends its global reach. The […]
SANTIAGO – A Chilean man, who was jailed for gouging out his girlfriend’s eyes in an attack, has his term shortened from 26 to 18 years. Ruling that Mauricio Ortega was not attempting to kill […]
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