BRASILIA – Brazil has become the second-highest coronavirus death toll in the world behind the United States, where several states have posted record daily case totals, signaling the crisis is far from over. Brazil’s health […]
SANTIAGO – Chile’s Foreign Ministry has announced the closure of the embassies in Denmark, Greece, Romania, Syria and Algeria. As detailed this Sunday by El Mercurio, this Friday the ambassadors of the aforementioned countries were […]
Gonzalo Díaz Ponce The Black Death (or Bubonic plague) devastated Europe between 1347 and 1351, and it killed more lives than any war or other epidemic known to date. This plague took the lives of […]
BARCELONA – A cat belonging to a family in the Spanish region of Catalonia tested positive for the novel coronavirus, the professor who conducted an autopsy on the pet said on Friday. It did not […]
ROME – Italy has become the first developed economy to sign up to China’s global investment program which has raised concerns among Italy’s Western allies. A total of 29 deals amounting to €2.5bn were signed […]
LIMA – The complementarity in some agricultural products between Peru and Chile has led both countries to sign an agreement to work on a joint plan to promote markets such as Asia, among other issues, […]
SANTIAGO – Jesse Norman MP, the UK Minister of State for Transport, visited Chile last week focusing on strengthening the UK-Chile relations in areas of mutual interest including: Urban transport, ground and underground interconnectivity and […]
LONDON – Thousands of environmental activists have occupied five bridges in London to protest the British government’s “inaction” on climate change and pollution. More than 6,000 people descended on the capital at around 10 am, […]
ATHENS – At least 80 people have died in Greece following wildfires near Athens, and a search continues for survivors who fled the blaze, including those who escaped to sea by boat. Rescuers are searching […]
MUNICH – German police have detained the chief executive of carmaker Audi as part of the diesel emission cheating scandal that has rocked the Volkswagen group for the past two years. Rupert Stadler was arrested […]
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