SANTIAGO – Eleven people have been killed and a further 20 injured in a bus crash in southern Chile. The bus was carrying 45 passengers including officials from the local family health center who work […]
BEIJING – A high-ranking Chinese military officer committed suicide after authorities opened an investigation against him over his links to two corruption-tainted former senior military officers, state media said Tuesday. General Zhang Yang, a member […]
by Tomás Croquevielle / Santiago Times Staff In the evening of the election a new political force achieved what many tried: raise an alliance of political signifance that could compete with the two major traditional […]
Isabel Cocker/The Santiago Times Staff SANTIAGO – The biggest political polling institute in Chile, Cadem has published its first post-election study, which measured the likely results of the second round of the presidential election happening […]
LONDON – The British government has purchased the technology used in the Israeli-made Iron Dome missile defense system, to be deployed in the Falkland Islands. According to Ynet, the £78 million-pound purchase will see the […]
SINGAPORE – A court in Singapore has sentenced three Chileans to jail for using criminal force and stealing cash from two men, local media reported on Monday. Two of them – Arancibia Sanchez Marcelo Atilio, […]
By Isabel Cocker / Santiago Times “I always said that we would never win the first round outright”, Presidential Candidate Sebastián Piñera commented last week at an international press conference. “And I know that the […]
BUENOS AIRES – Police clashed with a group of Mapuche during an operation to clear lands seized by members of the indigenous community, and one young Mapuche was killed and two were injured, Argentina’s government […]
LAS VEGAS – A South African woman who helps train women in self-defense was crowned Miss Universe 2017 at the pageant held in Las Vegas on Sunday. Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters, 22, who unleashed a big smile […]
HAVANA – More than eight million Cuban voters are likely to take part in the first round of universal elections today. The vote comes the day after the first anniversary of revolutionary leader Fidel Castro’s […]
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