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CHURCH LEADERS CONDEMN THE RAIDING OF NDOLA MAYOR’S RESIDENCE IN HIS ABSENCE
CHURCH LEADERS CONDEMN THE RAIDING OF NDOLA MAYOR’S RESIDENCE IN HIS ABSENCE Ndola, 21 June 2025 — A group of Church leaders in Ndola has expressed deep concern over a raid conducted on the residence of Ndola Mayor, Jones Kalyati, by officers from...

14th annual Philadelphia Latino Arts and Film Festival comes to an end with closing ceremony
From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know! For the 14th year, the Philadelphia Latino Arts and Film Festival concluded its six-week run Sunday with a closing ceremony...

Latest from Mormon Land: Here are your choices for the LDS Church’s monument men
(Christopher Cherrington | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Mormon Land newsletter is The Salt Lake Tribune’s weekly highlight reel of news in and about The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Join us on Patreon and receive the full newsletter,...

Empanada shop in San Francisco, Chile Lindo, gets legacy business status
Photo of Chile Lindo's Paula Tejeda. Photo credit: Amy Carr. SAN FRANCISCO - The pride in Paula Tejeda's voice comes through over the phone as she describes Chile Lindo, one of the small businesses added to San Francisco's Legacy Business Registry...
Classic Chilean children's series published in Việt Nam

Glenn Belverio on Genderfuck, Street Activism, and the Tyranny of Modern Drag
Production still from Glennda and Camille Do Fashion Avenue (1995). Photo courtesy of Giovanni di Mola. My talk earlier this month with Glenn Belverio, the writer, filmmaker, and drag intellectual (though he’s not sold on that label) turned out to...

UN reports calls on governments to prohibit ‘gender transition’ for children
A new report from the United Nations’ Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls warns that countries are failing to address both persistent and newly emerging forms of sex-based violence, which includes forms that relate to gender...

Empanada shop in San Francisco, Chile Lindo, gets legacy business status
Photo of Chile Lindo's Paula Tejeda. Photo credit: Amy Carr. SAN FRANCISCO - The pride in Paula Tejeda's voice comes through over the phone as she describes Chile Lindo, one of the small businesses added to San Francisco's Legacy Business Registry...

UN Expert Report Calls on Governments to Prohibit “Gender Transition” for Children
This publication follows a recent decision by the US Supreme Court in United States of America v. Skrmetti to uphold a Tennessee law protecting children from gender-ideology experiments, demonstrating a global shift toward dismantling gender...

Chile: Private university joins National Oceanographic Committee
Friday, June 20th 2025 - 09:53 UTC The USS will contribute its Centinela I ship to the scientific efforts Chile's Universidad San Sebastián (USS) has joined the National Oceanographic Committee (CONA), a public organization coordinated by the...

A Chilean cyclist and his dog get caught up in the Israel-Iran war
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Diego Haro, a Chilean traveler from one of the world’s southernmost towns, never thought biking across Iran with his dog Mirlo would be easy. For all the World Heritage sites, street skewers and breathtaking scenery, there...

Ellie Bird in Falls Church Is Launching a Fried Chicken Takeout Shop
Side Chick's fried chicken feast. Photograph courtesy Nina Palazzolo. Side Chick. 125 Founder’s Ave., Falls Church. The team behind Michelin-starred Rooster & Owl first started perfecting its fried chicken for carryout when Covid shut down the...

Terror in Times Square: Chilean Tourist Dragged from Daughter by ICE as Crowd Looks On in Horror
In a now-viral video, a Chilean woman is forcefully separated from her 12-year-old child and taken away by immigration officers as New York City locals and tourists watch in horror and disbelief. The kicker? She was visiting the US as a tourist...

Chile's vital underwater forests face threats from mining
In the cold seas off Chile's arid northern coast an underwater forest teems with life. Towers of red and green seaweed float upwards from the sea floor, providing food for wildlife, income for locals - and oxygen and carbon capture for the planet....

Belgian monarchs land in Chile
Wednesday, June 25th 2025 - 06:59 UTC King Philippe held talks with Boric and other officials King Philippe and Queen Mathilde of Belgium arrived Tuesday on a State trip to Chile, where they were welcomed by President Gabriel Boric Font at La...

Avolta wins prized duty-free tender at Santiago de Chile International Airport
Avolta has been awarded a 12-year duty-free concession agreement at Santiago de Chile Airport. Set to commence in Q3 2026, this concession will expand Avolta’s established presence at the key location in Latin America This concession agreement,...

Chile's vital underwater forests face threats from mining, warming seas
PAPOSO, Chile (Reuters) -In the cold seas off Chile’s arid northern coast an underwater forest teems with life. Towers of red and green seaweed float upwards from the sea floor, providing food for wildlife, income for locals – and oxygen and...

Chile sends bill to Congress to recognize Indigenous peoples
The initiative seeks to expand and protect the individual and communal rights of the communities living throughout the country, among them, the Mapuche, Aymara, Quechua and Rapa Nui nations, which have been dispossessed for centuries. It also...

Religious freedom coalition: Colorado’s ‘conversion therapy’ law unconstitutionally favors progressive theology
A coalition of religious liberty advocates is urging the Supreme Court to overturn Colorado’s ban on so-called “conversion therapy,” arguing the law imposes progressive theological values while suppressing traditional religious beliefs. In a June...

Wellington artist selected to exhibit at Biennial in Chile
News Release – GoldFish Creative Wellington artist Debbie Fish will be traveling to Chile in July to exhibit a new artwork ‘Glass Sponge’ on the historic pier in Antofagasta in the north of Chile, as part of the SACO Biennial. SACO international...