Asteroid Chunk Collected by NASA After Desert Landing Completing its seven-year, four-billion-mile trek through space and back, NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft landed in the desert of the US military's Utah Test and Training Range Sunday, carrying the largest soil sample ever collected from an asteroid.... Science & Technology
Chile Elections: Conservatives Win Majority to Draft New Constitution Conservative Chilean parties won a majority of the vote in Sunday’s elections to determine the members of a 50-seat Constitutional Council tasked with drafting a new constitution. The elections represent a strong pushback against progressive Pres. Gabriel Boric, who took over last March. Politics
UK Joins Trans-Pacific Trade Pact On Friday, the UK announced it has agreed to join an 11-country trans-Pacific trade deal, named the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) — a step PM Rishi Sunak's office called the biggest trade deal since Brexit.... Iran
Chile Detects Its First Case of Bird Flu in Humans On Wednesday, Chile's health ministry announced that the Latin American nation has detected its first case of bird flu in a human. Health
Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay Submit Joint 2030 FIFA World Cup Bid Officials from Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay launched a collective bid on Tuesday to host the 2030 FIFA World Cup, which will take place exactly a century after the inaugural tournament was held in Montevideo, Uruguay. Egypt
Ukraine Warns Against Russia, Belarus in 2024 Olympics On Thursday, Ukraine's sports minister and president of the country's National Olympic Committee, Vadim Guttsait, warned that if the International Olympic Committee (IOC) allows Russia and Belarus to compete in the 2024 Paris games, Ukraine may decide to boycott them Sports
Chile Plans to Open Embassy in Palestinian Territories Chile's left-wing Pres. Gabriel Borić announced on Wednesday plans to open an embassy in the Palestinian Territories, which would make Chile one of the few countries that have formal embassies in the West Bank. Politics
Chile-Bolivia River Dispute: No Ruling Issued By ICJ On Thursday, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) refrained from issuing a judgment in a climate-fueled dispute between Chile and Bolivia over the Silala River, citing that the Latin American neighbors have already agreed on how the water should be managed. World
Report: 'Planet Killer' Asteroid Hiding in Sun's Glare Astronomers have found three near-Earth asteroids, dubbed 'planet killers' due to their massive size, during a brief window of twilight. The asteroids were in an orbit between Earth and Venus, and are usually hidden within the sun's glare.... United States
Chile: Voters Reject New Constitution In Referendum On Sun., Chilean voters overwhelmingly rejected a 388-article progressive proposal to replace the Gen. Pinochet-era constitution, marking a setback for Chile's newly-elected Pres. Gabriel Borić. World
