DUBAI – Emirates SkyCargo, the freight division of United Arab Emirates (UAE) international carrier Emirates Airline, will add Santiago, Chile to its network of cargo destinations from July, the carrier said in a statement released […]
KAZAN – Kylian Mbappé scored twice in three minutes to give France a shocking 4-3 lead over Argentina in their World Cup knockout match on Saturday. Messi departs after a frustrating tournament in which Argentina […]
SANTIAGO – Chile’s President Sebastián Piñera on Thursday presented a team of armored vehicles, unmanned aerial systems and short-range thermal chambers while announcing the creation of a special Carabineros force to fight more effectively the […]
SANTIAGO – Chile’s government will inject $1 billion in “extraordinary” capitalization into state-owned copper miner Codelco to help it fund an ambitious plan aimed at upgrading its aging mines and dealing with dwindling ore grades, […]
VATICAN CITY/SANTIAGO – Pope Francis on Thursday removed another two Chilean bishops over the clerical sex abuse scandal that has rocked the South American country. Francis accepted the resignation of Rancagua Bishop Alejandro Goic Karmelic, […]
ANNAPOLIS – A shooting at a local newspaper in Maryland left five people dead and more injured on Thursday. Police said there were multiple fatalities at the scene, and that a suspect was taken in […]
SANTIAGO – Chile’s Supreme Court has ruled in favour of consumer rights group the National Corporation of Consumers and Users (Corporacion Nacional de Consumidores y Usuarios, Conadecus), upholding its complaint that America Movil’s Claro, Telefonica […]
MANAGUA – Violence in Nicaragua since the protests against the government of Daniel Ortega began two months ago leaves a death toll that ranges between 212 and 285, according to different human rights organizations. The […]
SANTIAGO – The Association of Plastic Industries in Chile has filed a complaint with the Constitutional Court seeking to repeal a law prohibiting the use of plastic bags in the South American country. “It will […]
SANTIAGO – Human rights organizations in Chile have strongly criticized the state pardon granted to a military officer sentenced for assassinations during Gen. Pinochet’s dictatorship, although the action was merely symbolic. Chile’s news site La […]
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