The Chilean peso strengthened against the US dollar on Monday after right-wing hardliner Jose Antonio Kast was elected president in a commanding runoff win against leftist candidate Jeannette Jara. While the market had largely priced in a Kast win, his margin of victory - some 16 percentage points
Canadian housing starts rose 9.4 per cent in November from the previous month, data from the national housing agency showed on Monday. The seasonally adjusted annualized rate of housing starts climbed to 254,058 units from a revised 232,245 units in October, the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corpora
Seventeen people were killed and 20 were injured after a bus carrying school children fell off a cliff in a rural area in northern Colombia, the local governor said on Sunday night. In a post on X earlier in the day, the governor of Antioquia, Andres Julian, said the bus was travelling from the Ca
The US is preparing to intercept more ships transporting Venezuelan oil following the seizure of a tanker this week, as it increases pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, six sources familiar with the matter said on Thursday. The seizure was the first interdiction of an oil cargo or tan
Tyler Robinson, the accused killer of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, made his first in-person court appearance on Thursday as a judge heard arguments on what level of media access should be allowed in the high-profile criminal case. Robinson, wearing a dress shirt and striped tie, talked with
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Corina Machado said she planned to take her award back to Venezuela, but declined to say on Thursday when she would return to her home country after leaving in great secrecy to receive the honour. Venezuelan opposition leader Machado arrived in Oslo in the ea
Fighting between Thailand and Cambodia extended into a third day on Wednesday as US President Donald Trump said he would make a phone call to stop the conflict, after he had brokered a ceasefire in July to end a five-day battle between the Asian neighbours. Thailand's foreign minister said in an i
A shooting at Kentucky State University on Tuesday left one person dead and another in critical condition, according to police, who said the suspected assailant was taken into custody. Local police in Frankfort, the state capital, and county sheriff's deputies made the arrest and secured the campu
US President Donald Trump on Monday unveiled a $12 billion aid package for American farmers, the latest government effort to shore up a key political constituency hurt by the financial fallout from his trade policies. Farm groups and Republican farm-state lawmakers have sought the aid in part to s
Two Chinese men are in custody for allegedly smuggling Nvidia H100 and H200 chips to China, the US Justice Department said on Monday, as President Donald Trump gave the green light for Nvidia to export its H200 chips to Beijing. Prosecutors allege that Fanyue Gong, 43, a Chinese citizen living in
An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.0 jolted the US state of Alaska at 2041 GMT on Saturday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said. Tremors were felt in the state's capital, Juneau, and in Whitehorse, the capital of Canada's Yukon territory, reports Xinhua, citing local media. According to the USG
The United States has become a major source of high-level firearm-related violence plaguing the Caribbean region, according to a recent report jointly released by multiple regional and international organisations. The region's violence-related activities are on the rise, including the recruitment
Panamanian carrier Copa Airlines has suspended Thursday and Friday flights to and from Venezuela's capital Caracas, citing a navigation signal issue reported by its pilots. The issue did not compromise flight safety, the company added in a statement published late Wednesday. WHY IT MATTERS &bull
