SAN JUAN – Hurricane Maria, an “extremely dangerous” category four storm, heads towards the Leeward Islands in the Caribbean. It is due to hit the islands on Monday night local time. In both the Caribbean […]
WASHINGTON – The United States is considering closing its embassy in Cuba after diplomatic staff reported health problems which Washington blames on a “sonic attack”. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said a decision whether to […]
CARACAS – Venezuela published its oil prices in Chinese yuan for the first time on Friday, making good on its promise to layoff the U.S. dollar. Last Friday, Maduro had announced the forthcoming change, but […]
LIMA, Peru – The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has elected eight new Members as well as a new Vice-President and three new Members of its Executive Board during the IOC Session. Ms. Anita L. DeFrantz […]
Alon Ben-Meir We do not need President Trump to tell us that he can make America great again. America is already great. The problem is that we are squandering our greatness by pursuing foreign and […]
Isabel Cocker/The Santiago Times Staff SANTIAGO – Chilean students pay some of the highest tuition fees in the world, second only to the United States, according to the “Education at a Glance 2017” report released […]
Assessments are still coming in from the impact of Hurricane Irma on a number of Caribbean countries in the northern Leeward Islands and the northern Caribbean with warnings and watches still in place for a […]
CARACAS – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has announced his government will sell oil and other commodities in currencies other than the dollar, in a bid to weather U.S. sanctions on the embattled South American country. […]
MIAMI, Fla. – Millions of Florida residents took refuge in shelter homes on Sunday as Hurricane Irma, one of the most powerful storms ever recorded in the Atlantic, hit the state with 130-mph (210 kph) […]
MEXICO CITY – Mexico has expelled the North Korean ambassador in protest over Pyongyang’s latest nuclear test which it says posed “a grave risk for peace.” Ambassador Kim Hyong Gil was declared persona non grata […]
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