AREQUIPA, Peru: At least 37 people were killed and dozens injured in a tragic bus crash on the Pan-American Highway in southern Peru on Wednesday, November 12. The accident occurred in the Arequipa region on a rocky curve, one of the deadliest traffic incidents in the country’s history. Police said the bus, operated by the […]
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Germany to bring in new faces for Euro 2024: Flick
BERLIN: A number of newcomers will feature in the Germany squad for the international matches against Peru and Belgium in March, coach Hansi Flick said on Tuesday as the team rebuild with an eye on the Euro 2024 tournament on home soil. The Germans, who suffered their second consecutive group-stage World Cup exit in Qatar in December, […]
Powerful 7.2-magnitude quake rocks southern Peru
LIMA: A strong 7.2-magnitude earthquake rocked southeastern Peru on Thursday, the US Geological Survey said, with Peruvian authorities adding there were no dead or injured. The quake hit at 7:02 am local time (1202 GMT), at a depth of 218 kilometers (135 miles), according to the USGS, sending people fleeing into the streets. Peru’s National […]
Peru government says oil spill twice as big as previously thought
Lima: The oil spill off the coast of Peru sparked by a volcanic eruption thousands of miles away is twice as big as previously reported, the government said Friday. The announcement came hours after a court banned four directors from the Spanish oil company Repsol, which owns the refinery where the accident took place, from […]
Peru’s new president promises constitution change
Leftist Pedro Castillo was sworn in as Peru’s fifth president in three years Wednesday on the 200th anniversary of the country’s independence, promising an end to corruption and a new constitution. The 51-year-old rural schoolteacher, who has vowed to upend a quarter-century of neo-liberal government, enters the job with a lengthy to-do list: tame the […]
Strong earthquake shakes Peru’s capital Lima
A strong earthquake shook Lima and regions of central coastal Peru late Tuesday, causing fear among the population and some damage, but no deaths or serious injuries. Peru’s Seismological Center said the quake was magnitude 6 and 32 kilometers deep, while the US Geological Survey recorded the magnitude as 5.8. “It was one of the […]
At least 27 miners killed in Peru bus accident: company
A bus carrying miners plunged into a ravine on a mountain road Friday in southern Peru, killing at least 27, their employer said. The Ares Mining Company said the bus was headed from a pit near the Nasca Lines archeological site to the city of Arequipa. The bus fell all the way to the bottom of […]
Inca artefacts returned to Peru from US, Argentina
More than a hundred pre-Columbian treasures including clay idols and textiles from the Inca Empire have been returned to Peru from the United States and Argentina. The 130 artefacts, many of which were voluntarily returned after being illegally smuggled out of Peru, were displayed at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs building in the capital Lima […]
Desperate Australia in must-win World Cup clash against Peru
Australia’s long-suffering fans are bracing for another World Cup anti-climax Tuesday when the Socceroos face a Peru side desperate for a victory that may send their opponents home. Pipped 2-1 in the final minutes by France and left agonising over their failure to win a thrilling 1-1 draw against Denmark, Australia face the South Americans […]
‘Crazy’ or in love, Russia dances to Latin World Cup beat
Latin American countries have sprung a World Cup surprise by filling Russia’s 11 host cities with tens of thousands of fans from Mexico and Colombia to Peru and Argentina. And some of the Europeans who did show up said their friends back home told them they were crazy to go. The contrasting cast of supporters […]