La Liga returns with virtual fans and videogame crowd noise
MADRID – La Liga will use virtual images of stands in television broadcasts with added ‘fan audio’, produced by the makers of the FIFA video…
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West Bank – Chile slams Israeli plan as ‘dangerous step with unpredictable consequences’
SANTIAGO – Chilean Foreign Minister Teodoro Ribera has opposed the Israeli plan to annex large parts of the occupied West Bank, calling it a “dangerous…
Filipinos Keeping the ‘Bayanihan’ Spirit Alive in Chile amid COVID-19 Pandemic
Mildred Caranto/The Santiago Times Staff SANTIAGO – The coronavirus outbreak was initially concentrated in the wealthiest parts of the Chilean capital but has since pushed…
We Need to Slow down and Reconnect with Our Ocean for the Future of the Planet
By Stuart Minchin COVID19 has brought the world to a halt. The devastating impact of the global pandemic on people’s lives and the world’s economy…
American billionaires continue to get richer during COVID-19 crisis
NEW YORK – The combined wealth of America’s billionaires, including Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, jumped more than 19% or by…
Chile reports 138,846 cases of COVID-19, 2,264 deaths
Ross Brown/The Santiago Times Staff SANTIAGO – Chile’s Health Ministry on Monday reported that a total of 138,846 people have been tested positive for COVID-19…
Chile announces closure of five embassies
SANTIAGO – Chile’s Foreign Ministry has announced the closure of the embassies in Denmark, Greece, Romania, Syria and Algeria. As detailed this Sunday by El…
Global coronavirus deaths top 400,000
BALTIMORE, Maryland – More than 400,000 people have died from coronaviruses worldwide , according to the Johns Hopkins University count. The figure was reached in…
Chile’s presidential security chief tests positive for COVID-19
SANTIAGO – Chilean police yesterday confirmed that a top officer from the La Moneda Presidential Security department has tested positive for COVID-19. Carabineros de Chile,…
Chile’s death toll from coronavirus soar to 2,290, with over 134,000 cases
SANTIAGO – Chile revised its death toll linked to the novel coronavirus outbreak on Sunday, adding fatalities from databases that previously had not been included….