Jack Brook/The Santiago Times Staff SANTIAGO – On a Monday morning before sunrise in early July, Victoria Ortega begins the arduous process of bread-making inside a blue house with the words “We Sell Bread” written […]
BUENOS AIRES – Argentina’s central bank left the basic interest rate unchanged at 27.5%, a clear signal that inflation remains the main challenge of the country’s monetary policy. The bank also revealed that last week […]
SANTIAGO – Chilean banking regulator SBIF has authorized Bank of China Limited, one of China’s largest banks, to operate in the South American country. The move will boost use of China’s yuan currency in Latin […]
LONDON – Professor Stephen Hawking died peacefully at his home in Cambridge in the early hours of Wednesday, his family said. He was 76. The world’s most celebrated scientist was famed for his work with […]
GAZA CITY – Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah escaped unharmed after an explosion targeted his convoy in Gaza on Tuesday, the Palestinian Authority said after an apparent roadside bomb targeted his motorcade. No group has […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. President Donald Trump has sacked Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, replacing him with the director of the CIA, Mike Pompeo. Thanking Tillerson for his service on Twitter, Trump said the new state […]
NEW YORK – Two tourists, a journalist and two New Yorkers died aboard a sightseeing chopper that crashed into the city’s East River, authorities confirmed on Monday. Only the pilot, identified by media outlets as […]
KATHMANDU – At least 49 people were killed and 22 injured after a passenger plane of the US-Bangla Airlines crashed in course of landing at Nepal’s Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) on Monday afternoon, according to […]
SANTIAGO – A branch of the Embassy of Ukraine in the Argentine Republic has been established in Chile’s capital city, which is going to be the country’s first diplomatic mission in the South American country. […]
SANTIAGO – On Sunday, Sebastián Piñera began his first public speech as Chile’s president, displayed on one of the balconies of the Palace of La Moneda in Santiago with a Plaza de la Constitución full […]
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