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Migration and crime fears loom over Chile's presidential runoff
AFP, Published on 06/12/2025
» ARICA (CHILE) - Crime and immigration are the issues dominating Chile's presidential election runoff -- nowhere more so than in the northern border city of Arica, where residents say fear has replaced the calm they once knew.
Trump threatens air traffic controllers over shutdown absences
AFP, Published on 11/11/2025
» NEW YORK - US President Donald Trump threatened Monday to dock pay of air traffic controllers he accused of shirking their "patriotic" duty, while their union decried being used as "political pawns" during the government shutdown.
Emissions surge forces shift in climate focus
AFP, Published on 04/11/2025
» PARIS - Existing national commitments to slash heat-trapping pollution would limit global warming to 2.5 degrees Celsius in this century — nowhere near enough to avoid devastating climate impacts despite a sweep of new pledges, the United Nations warned on Tuesday.
‘Silent killer’: Tracking climate deaths in heatwaves
AFP, Published on 31/07/2025
» PARIS - A heatwave scorching Europe had barely subsided in early July when scientists published estimates that 2,300 people may have died across a dozen major cities during the extreme, climate-fuelled episode.
Greenland PM visits Denmark as Trump threats loom
AFP, Published on 27/04/2025
» COPENHAGEN - Greenland's freshly elected prime minister begins his first official visit to Denmark on Sunday as US President Donald Trump eyes the Danish autonomous territory.
Trump's tariff exemptions give markets relief, but tensions loom
AFP, Published on 14/04/2025
» WASHINGTON - US tariffs exemptions for electronics prompted market rallies Monday from Asia to Wall Street but failed to settle nerves over a global trade war that Chinese leader Xi Jinping warned would have "no winner."
Trump's auto tariffs spark global outcry as price hikes loom
AFP, Published on 28/03/2025
» WASHINGTON - World powers on Thursday blasted US President Donald Trump's steep tariffs on imported vehicles and parts, vowing retaliation as trade tensions intensify and price hikes appear on the horizon.
Trump to impose sharp tariff on countries buying Venezuelan oil
AFP, Published on 25/03/2025
» WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump announced Monday steep tariffs on imports from countries buying Venezuelan oil and gas, a punitive measure that could hit China and India, among others, and sow fresh global trade uncertainty.
Japan, China and South Korea stage show of unity
AFP, Published on 22/03/2025
» TOKYO - Japan, South Korea and China agreed on Saturday that peace on the Korean peninsula was a shared responsibility, Seoul’s foreign minister said, in a meeting of the three countries’ top diplomats in which they pledged to promote cooperation.
Conservatives win German vote as far-right makes record gains
AFP, Published on 24/02/2025
» BERLIN - Germany's conservatives won Sunday's elections, with their leader Friedrich Merz set to become the next chancellor, followed by the far-right AfD in second place after record gains, according to exit polls.