Chile’s Presidential Election: What to Expect on November 16

Image via CIPER Introduction and Context On November 16, 2025, Chileans will vote for their next president in one of the country’s most polarized elections in recent history. Like much of the region, the country is grappling with rising...

US Airlines Required To Override ‘X’ Gender Markers On Passports

US Customs and Border Protection implemented a rule requiring airlines to disregard “X” gender markers on American passports and instead input either “M” or “F” designations into their systems. This regulatory change, which officially took effect...

RELIGION HEADLINES FRI 10-17

Audio By Carbonatix (SRN NEWS)-( ) In a statement that’s being welcomed by the victims of pedophile priests, the Vatican’s child protection board says the Catholic Church has a moral duty to help victims heal. The Pontifical Commission for the...

From Prohibition to Pornography

Christianity Today took a moment in 1958 to reassess the repeal of prohibition after 25 years. Was the relegalization of alcohol good for America? Or had the teetotal Christians and fundamentalist moral crusaders of the 1920s been right to try to...

Desalination Booming in Chile, but Farmers Hardly Benefit

View of a plant owned by Aguas Antofagasta, a company created 20 years ago that now has three desalination plants to supply drinking water to 184,000 families in that desert city in northern Chile. Credit: Courtesy of Acades By Orlando Milesi...

The Atacama Lithium Water Crisis: How Lithium Extraction is Draining Chile’s Desert

Life on Cracked Earth Raquel Celina Rodríguez walks carefully across the Vega de Tilopozo in Chile’s Atacama salt flats — ground zero of the Atacama lithium water crisis. Once a thriving wetland fed by underground springs, the land is now dry and...

Years of Culture strategic cultural partner for Polo AlMarsa Qatar 2025

The Years of Culture initiative has been announced as the Strategic Cultural Partner for Polo AlMarsa Qatar, the nation’s first-ever polo showcase, hosted by Qatar Polo Club and presented by Qatar Calendar. The event will take place from December...

French Spy's Strawberry Smuggling Created Modern Berries

Summary French spy, Amédée-François Frézier, smuggled Chilean strawberries to France, seeding the modern strawberry. Crosses with European varieties in Brittany, France, created Fragaria × ananassa, a commercial favorite. Today’s industry owes...

Today In Culture, Wednesday, October 22, 2025: Nathaniel Mary Quinn at Arts + Public Life | Tony Fitzpatrick’s Metro Memorial | Bad At Sports Hosts Tailgate

Get Chicago & Great Lakes culture news sent to your inbox every weekday morning. Subscribe to Newcity Today here. ART Nathaniel Mary Quinn Paired With Mentor For New Chicago Exhibition “The first joint presentation of Nathaniel Mary Quinn and his...

Vineyard churches European conference: ‘The great history of the Kingdom’

From 17-20 September, pastors, church planters, leaders, and partners of the Vineyard church family gathered in Barcelona for the European Partnership Conference, The Great Story of the Kingdom. The conference was sponsored by Vineyard Iberia and...

Cómo el anime conquistó Latinoamérica: el fenómeno cultural de ‘Candy Candy’ a ‘Demon Slayer’

Por Gonzalo Jiménez, CNN en Español En Latinoamérica se ha llorado con “Candy Candy” y “Marco”, se ha reído con Chispita y Chito en “Meteoro” y se han pasado noches en vela con las aventuras de Goku en “Dragon Ball Z”. El anime, que es como se...

Governor Kefas’ Strides In Taraba State Education Sector 

1 The recent conferment of education ambassador awards to Governor Agbu Kefas in recognition of his avowed commitment to the rejuvenation and upgrade of literacy levels in Taraba State by the management of Independent Newspapers Limited did not...

How Chile embodies AI’s no-win politics

Aysén Etcheverry in Santiago, Chile, July 11, 2025. “The moment you lose the capability to understand how your machine is working, or the ability to even build your own machine, that’s the moment you lose,” said Etcheverry, Chile’s former minister...

Gamecock crowd favorite rejoins basketball team after a semester abroad in Chile

Sparkman didn’t get to play as much but was an integral piece of the 2023-24 team that went to the NCAA Tournament, a smart player who could instruct younger teammates on the intricacies of Paris’ system and supply valuable practice minutes. “I...

The Chilean Architecture Biennial Revives a Church Ruin as a Temporary Pavilion

Metal structure inside the grounds of the Church of San Francisco de Borja. Image © Sebastian Carvajal Arqesanos Share Share Facebook Twitter Mail Pinterest Whatsapp Or...

Seven Legionaries of Christ and one consecrated woman charged: Chilean justice responds by closing investigation due to lack of evidence

(ZENIT News / Santiago de Chile, 10.21.2025).- For more than two years, a group of priests and consecrated members of the Regnum Christi movement in Chile lived under the shadow of grave accusations that shook both their community and the broader...

Chiles v. Salazar: a Defining Test for the First Amendment

In what may become the most important free speech case of the decade, the Supreme Court on October 7 heard oral arguments in Chiles v. Salazar, a challenge to Colorado’s ban on “conversion therapy” for minors. The petitioner, licensed counselor...

Despite lacking race practice, Aussie track riders look for gold in Chile

Does track cycling have something of a problem? There is no doubt it has been a tough year at the top level on the boards. As the likes of Tadej Pogačar, Remco Evenepoel and Pauline Ferrand-Prévot dominate attention on the road, achieving their...

Solihull pupils help welcome residents to new homes

A PAIR of Solihull pupils have helped spread joy among new residents at a new housing development. As part of a Welcome Home project, housebuilder David Wilson Homes approached Haslucks Green Junior School and asked the children to design greeting...

Desalination is Booming in Chile, but Farmers Hardly Benefit

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