Chile braces for more protests, strikes as Pinera’s pleas fall on deaf ears
Chile braced for more protests and a general strike by state workers on Wednesday, despite President Sebastian Pinera’s pleas for forgiveness and announcement of ambitious...
Chile´s Codelco says maintaining production amid general strike
Chile’s state miner Codelco, the world’s top copper producer, said on Wednesday it had maintained production despite a general strike that had shut down its...
Son of Brazil’s president gives up bid for ambassador in Washington
Brazilian lawmaker Eduardo Bolsonaro, son of President Jair Bolsonaro, said on Tuesday he will no longer pursue an appointment as the country’s ambassador in Washington...
California has ‘veered’ out of its lane in emissions pact with Quebec: U.S. lawsuit
The United States on Wednesday sued California, state officials, the California Air Resources Board, and the Western Climate Initiative Inc for entering into a cap...
Wall Street opens mixed as Boeing offsets weak earnings reports
U.S. stocks opened mixed on Wednesday as Boeing rose after reaffirming the timeline for its grounded 737 MAX’s return to service, countering losses from Caterpillar...
Pentagon official handling Ukraine and Russia appears in impeachment inquiry
A senior Pentagon official who oversees U.S. defense policy on Ukraine and Russia arrived on Wednesday for the latest testimony in the Democratic-led U.S. House...
Biofuel groups file petition challenging Trump administration’s small refinery waivers
Biofuels groups have filed a petition in the D.C. circuit court against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, challenging the agency’s process for granting refineries exemptions...
Google claims ‘quantum supremacy’; others say hold on a qubit
Google said on Wednesday it had achieved a breakthrough in computer research, by solving a complex problem in minutes with a so-called quantum computer that...
Hong Kong extradition bill officially killed, but more unrest likely
Hong Kong’s legislature on Wednesday formally withdrew planned legislation that would have allowed extraditions to mainland China, but the move was unlikely to end months...
Stand-off at Ethiopian activist’s home, gunshots heard as protests spread
Hundreds of supporters of an Ethiopian ethnic activist and media entrepreneur gathered outside his house on Wednesday, hours after it was surrounded by police following...