BEIJING – China on Thursday opened a 1-km section of the world’s first solar expressway for testing. Solar panels are laid beneath part of a ring road surrounding Jinan, capital city of Shandong Province in […]
LIMA – Peru’s culture minister Salvador del Solar has resigned amid continuing controversy over President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski’s decision to pardon the country’s former leader, Alberto Fujimori. “I thank the president of the Republic for […]
ABU DHABI – The president of United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan has sent a message of congratulations to President Sebastian Pinera on his election as President of the Republic of Chile. […]
SANTIAGO – Since 1995, Chile has been declared as free of the fruit fly. Within the South American continent, it is the only nation that holds this category, which constitutes a comparative advantage for the […]
SANTIAGO – Chilean rescue workers on Tuesday recovered the body of the latest victim of a Dec. 16 mudslide that devastated a small rural village in southern Chile, bringing the total death toll to 16. […]
SANTIAGO/MUSCAT – Oman’s Sultan Qaboos bin Said has sent a cable of congratulations to Chile’s President-elect Sebastian Pinera on his big win in Dec 17 run-off election. In his cable, the Sultan has expressed his […]
BRASILIA – Venezuelan chargé d’affaires Gerardo Antonio Delgado Maldonado was considered a persona non grata on Tuesday by the Brazilian government, days after Caracas kicked out Brazil’s top diplomat Ruy Pereira. Brazil’s Ministry of Foreign […]
SANTIAGO – This January 1, 2018, after the New Year holidays, the minimum wage will rise again 6,000 pesos in Chile as planned and stipulated by law, reaching 276,000 pesos ($447). For workers over 65 […]
VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis, leader of the world’s 1.2 billion Roman Catholics, used his Christmas message on Monday to call for a negotiated two-state solution to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in the wake of […]
RAMALLAH – The Palestinian foreign ministry has slammed as “shameful” Guatemala’s decision to transfer its embassy to Jerusalem after the United States recognized the city as the capital of Israel. “It’s a shameful and illegal […]
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