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FIFA expresses delight at Russia's readiness for World Cup

FIFA expresses delight at Russia's readiness for World Cup

02/07/2017

Russia

Chile play Germany in the Confederations Cup final in St. Petersburg

Chile play Germany in the Confederations Cup final, and thousands have made the long journey to St. Petersburg to watch it.

02/07/2017

Russia

Germany heads to Confederations Cup final after 4-1 rout of Mexico

Die Mannshaft will meet Chile in Sunday's final in St. Petersburg.

30/06/2017

Chile

Chile rejoices in Confederations Cup win

Chile beats Portugal in a penalty shootout to reach the final of the Confederations Cup

29/06/2017

Sport

Confederations Cup semi-final preview

Portugal to take on Chile in first Confederations Cup semi-final

27/06/2017

Chile

Deadly flooding swamps south-central Chile

Deadly flooding destroys homes and livelihoods in south-central Chile.

18/06/2017

Chile

Clashes in Chile as students call for education reforms

Thousands of students have marched in the Chilean capital Santiago to demand free universal education and for the state to waive student loans.

10/05/2017

Chile

Powerful quake hits Chile, no deaths reported

Chile’s been rocked by a major earthquake, but there are no reports of any deaths or serious damage.

25/04/2017

Chile

Newly-discovered exoplanet could be best clue to life out there

A newly-discovered exoplanet could be the most promising sign yet in the search for life beyond Earth, astronomers say.

19/04/2017

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Police in Chile clash with pro-education protesters

Police in Chile’s capital Santiago clashed with protesters demanding more money is spent on education.

13/04/2017

Sci-Tech

Atacama desert could hold secrets of life on Mars

Scientists in Chile believe the discovery of life in the country’s arid Atacama Desert could provide new insights into finding life forms on Mars Last year, US scientists analysing data from a NASA sp

28/02/2017

Chile

Millions without clean drinking water as fatal summer floods batter Chile

Chile hit by flooding cutting off clean water to millions

27/02/2017

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Hundreds take part in "tomato war" in Chile

Hundreds of people participated in the seventh annual Tomato War in Quillon, Chile on Saturday, 18 February One hundred tonnes of tomatoes were placed inside a rodeo ring and the participants pitched,

20/02/2017

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World record speed for standard mountain bikes on gravel

Austria’s Max Stockl has broken the world record speed for standard mountain bikes on gravel in the Atacama Desert.

10/02/2017

Sport

'Mad Max' Stockl races into record books again

Getting into the record books is often a very hard slog, just ask Austrian speed cyclist Markus Stockl.

09/02/2017

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Russian plane combats forest fires in Chile

At least 800 families were evacuated from the small town of Dichato along the Chilean coast on Monday, after a menacing fire was reported in the afternoon.

31/01/2017

Chile

Homes evacuated in Chile amid battle to control wildfires

Residents of the Chilean town of Portezuelo have been evacuating their houses in the face of advancing forest fires.

30/01/2017

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Chile wildfires rage on

Chilean firefighters are still fighting hard against raging forest fires, described as the worst in the country’s history.

29/01/2017

Chile

Chile wildfires: at least 11 dead

At least 11 people are now reported to have died in Chile, following wildfires which have been described as the worst in the country’s history Many of those killed are firefighters battling more than

29/01/2017

World News

Fatal fires and floods ravage parts of Chile and Peru

Fatal fires and floods hit parts of Chile and Peru

28/01/2017