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Plumes of thick black smoke filled the skies over the Chilean capital on Monday, after a massive fire broke out at a factory north of the city. Locals have been advised to stay indoors and keep windows closed.

Is the populist wave in Europe ebbing?

Two populist luminaries, who rode to power on waves of anti-elitism anger, have been ousted this year: Bulgaria's Boyko Borisov, a former bodyguard who was voted out of office in April, and the Czech Republic's Andrej Babiš, a businessman who lost last month's election and has been replaced by a university professor at the head of a coalition of parties.

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CHICAGO, Nov. 29 (Xinhua) -- Gold futures on the COMEX division of the New York Mercantile Exchange fell on Monday as the U.S. dollar strengthened.

New Delhi [India], November 30 (ANI): Enforcement Directorate (ED) arrested Sanjay Agarwal, who is allegedly accused of smuggling and diversion of duty-free gold, imported through the nominated agencies like MMTC and Diamond India Limited, under the charges of the Provisions of Money Laundering (PMLA) Act, 2002, and produced him before Special Court (PMLA), Calcutta, which remanded the accused to custody for seven days, s

STOCKHOLM, Nov. 29 (Xinhua) -- Sweden's Public Health Agency on Monday confirmed the country's first case of the Omicron coronavirus variant.

ANKARA, Nov. 29 (Xinhua) -- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he will never defend an increase in interest rates nor compromise on the issue, semi-official Anadolu Agency reported on Monday.

NAIROBI, Nov. 29 (Xinhua) -- Henry Mailu has for many years grown mangoes as his principal crop on his farm located in Makueni County in southeastern Kenya.

U.S. President Joe Biden's Build Back Better Act shows that American protectionism existed before and continues past the Donald Trump administration. Canada must finally learn from this hallmark of American politics and calibrate its trade policy to have a stronger industrial focus.

The coronavirus pandemic will likely cost the global tourism sector $2 trillion in lost revenue in 2021, the UN's tourism body said Monday, calling the sector's recovery "fragile" and "slow."

New Delhi [India], November 29 (ANI): South Bengaluru MP Tejaswi Surya on Monday said the disbursal of Rs 5 lakh deposit insurance to the depositors of the Sri Guru Raghavendra Cooperative Bank is a big reprieve provided by Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government. Holding a press conference here in the national capital, Surya said, "A majority of the depositors are retired, senior citizens. The measures taken by the U

Brussels [Belgium], November 29 (ANI): The European Union on Monday said that it will continue talks with the Taliban delegation in Doha to secure humanitarian access in the country and to possibly resume EU diplomatic representation in Kabul. Addressing a press conference, Nabila Massrali, European Commission spokesperson for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy said, EU will continue the talk and we will continue to enga

New Delhi [India], November 29 (ANI): The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed a monetary penalty of Rs 1 crore on the Union Bank of India (UBI) for non-compliance with certain provisions of its directions relating to fraud classification and reporting and sale of stressed assets. According to a statement issued by the RBI on November 25, it has imposed a monetary penalty of Rs 1 Crore on Union Bank of India (the bank)

Beijing [China], November 29 (ANI): Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday said Beijing will ship additional billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines to African nations. "China will provide Africa with another billion doses of vaccines," Xi said at the opening ceremony of the 8th ministerial conference of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation, as quoted by the China Central Television. Out of those, 600 million doses will be do

Incoming German chancellor Olaf Scholz has been clear about his intention to pursue a federal European state. But far from bringing the European Union's member countries closer together, his plan could rupture it completely.

Alleged attempts by Belarus? embattled leader Alexander Lukashenko to weaponize thousands of desperate migrants as part of an effort to put pressure on the EU have failed to divide its members, the bloc's chief has insisted.

US chief medical adviser Anthony Fauci claimed that his critics are targeting science by questioning his policies, saying it's ?dangerous.? Calling it ?hubris,? Sen. Rand Paul doubled down on criticizing Fauci's Covid-19 response.

JOHANNESBURG - Despite the rise of coronavirus cases in South Africa where the new omicron variant was detected, stricter lockdown measures are not being imposed. The country's President Cyril Ramaphosa instead told those who remain unvaccinated that it's time to roll up a sleeve.

Beijing [China], November 29 (ANI): China does not intend to invite to the 2022 Olympics Western politicians who call for a diplomatic boycott of the games, Chinese state media reported. The Global Times noted that it learned that Beijing had never planned to invite those "who hype the boycott topic" to attend the Olympics, according to Sputnik. This comes as several foreign leaders have called for a diplomatic boycott of

Washington DC [US], November 29 (ANI): Twitter chief technology officer (CTO), Parag Agrawal, is due to replace Jack Dorsey as Chief executive officer (CEO), the company announced on Monday. "Twitter, Inc. (NYSE: TWTR) today announced that Jack Dorsey has decided to step down as Chief Executive Officer and that the Board of Directors has unanimously appointed Parag Agrawal as CEO and a member of the Board, effective immed

New Delhi [India], November 29 (ANI): The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Monday superseded the board of directors of Reliance Capital Ltd (RCL) in view of the defaults by the company in meeting various payment obligations to its creditors and "serious governance concerns which the Board has not been able to address effectively". The RBI said in a statement that it has appointed Nageswar Rao, former Executive Director of B

LISBON, Portugal: Portugal is reintroducing some pandemic restrictions, just two months after ending enforcement of them after the goal of vaccinating 86 percent of the population against COVID-19 was reached.

DETROIT, Michigan: General Motors will begin delivering its GMC Hummer electric pickup truck in December, according to Duncan Aldred, U.S. Vice President of Buick-GMC.

On a conference call, Aldred told reporters this week that the top-of-the-line "Edition 1" of the electric Hummer, which GM is launching after developing it in 18 months, will have a driving range of 329 miles and a starting price of over $100,000

BERLIN, Nov. 29 (Xinhua) -- Germany's passenger car exports in the third quarter (Q3) of this year declined 17.2 percent year-on-year to 23.1 billion euros (26 billion U.S. dollars) due to lack of chips and other delivery bottlenecks, while electric cars recorded strong gains, according to the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis).

SINGAPORE, Nov. 29 (Xinhua) -- Singapore reported 1,103 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said in a press release.

PGA Tour pioneer Lee Elder, the first Black player to compete in the Masters, has died at age 87. The tour confirmed his passing on Monday morning. Elder, a four-time PGA Tour winner, made his groundbreaking appearance at Augusta National in 1975. He was celebrated at the Masters this past April when he was named an honorary starter alongside Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player. "My heart is very soft this morning, not heavy