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29 Jan 2017 - 7:34am

Death toll climbs to 11 in Chile forest fires

Forest fires ravaging southern Chile have now killed 11 people, President Michelle Bachelet said Saturday, as firefighters waged an all-out battle to extinguish...
26 Jan 2017 - 9:24am

Yellow fever outbreak kills 40 in Brazil

Officials are working to stop an outbreak of yellow fever that has killed at least 40 people in Brazil from becoming an epidemic.
24 Jan 2017 - 6:59am

Chile fires cause 'worst forestry disaster' in its history

Vast woodland fires in the center and south of Chile have caused "the biggest forestry disaster in our history," President Michelle Bachelet said on Monday,...
19 Jan 2017 - 9:10am

Brazil's military to solve prison crisis

Brazil's government is enlisting the help of the armed forces in resolving a serious crisis in the nation's prisons.
18 Jan 2017 - 8:56am

Study to unlock mysteries of sun

A group of scientists in Chile are pointing radio telescopes towards the sun in a bid to unlock its mysteries.
17 Jan 2017 - 8:00pm

Five dead in shooting at Mexico's BPM music festival

A shooting erupted during an electronic music festival at a Mexican beach resort early Monday, leaving five people dead, including one in a stampede as revelers...
16 Jan 2017 - 3:14pm

Inmates decapitated in Brazil jail riot

Twenty-seven inmates have died in a riot in a Brazilian jail sparked by a war between rival drug factions.
16 Jan 2017 - 9:18am

Brazilian vampire bat consumes human blood

Dracula is getting some competition from the Dyphilla ecaudata bat in northeastern Brazil.
16 Jan 2017 - 8:58am

Thirty believed killed in latest Brazil jail bloodbath

The latest in a string of brutal prison massacres involving suspected gang members in Brazil is thought to have killed more than 30 people, including some who...
15 Jan 2017 - 7:10am

19 dead in Ecuador bus crash

School children are among the dead after two buses collided near Ecuador's Pacific coast.
9 Jan 2017 - 8:20am

Brazil prison riot leaves four dead

Another prison riot has erupted in Brazil with four confirmed dead thus far.
7 Jan 2017 - 11:14am

Many mutilated among 31 Brazil jail deaths

A new prison uprising in Brazil's Amazon region has left 31 inmates dead just days after 56 prisoners were killed in a riot at another jail.
4 Jan 2017 - 2:00pm

Hundreds of homes destroyed in Chile fire

A total of 222 homes have been destroyed by a forest fire that started on the weekend and is affecting the upper portion of the Chilean city of Valparaiso.
3 Jan 2017 - 3:29pm

Huge wildfire burns homes in Chile's Valparaiso

A wildfire has ravaged woods and burned 100 homes in the hilly Chilean port city of Valparaiso, where authorities evacuated hundreds of people on Monday.
3 Jan 2017 - 1:04pm

At least 100 homes burned in Chile fire

About 400 people have had to be evacuated after a large fire cut through at least 100 hoes in the coastal Chilean city of Valparaiso.
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28 Jan 2017 - 6:34pm

Pride Shabbat honours Jewish LGBTIQ community

A Jewish congregation has held a Pride Shabbat to encourage equality and diversity in the Jewish community.
28 Jan 2017 - 6:14pm

Twitter reveals the Jewish refugees who were murdered after the US turned them away

Twitter users are commemorating the many Jewish refugees who were murdered by the Nazi regime after the US refused to grant them visas in the 1930s.
27 Jan 2017 - 8:22pm

From bush to beach: Indigenous kids thrive in annual beach program

The Bush to Beach program is helping a group of children from Aboriginal communities in north west NSW experience beach culture.
26 Jan 2017 - 6:49am

Stem cell researcher Alan Mackay-Sim named 2017 Australian of the Year

A biomolecular scientist whose work has been called 'more impressive than the moon landing' has been named the 2017 Australian of the Year.
25 Jan 2017 - 6:47pm

The Netherlands 'counters' Trump with international abortion fund

The Dutch government is leading the charge to counter the impact of America's plan to halt foreign aid to any organisations which support abortion in any way.
26 Jan 2017 - 2:36pm

'It's stigmatising': Doctor slams film 'Split' for multiple personality disorder portrayal

A leading Australian mental health expert has slammed the creators of the US horror film 'Split', saying it wrongfully portrays a debilitating multiple...
26 Jan 2017 - 6:08am

SBS Explains: The two million temporary visa holders here on Australia Day

The process for permanent migration to Australia receives plenty of press, but temporary visitors currently outnumber annual permanent settlers 10-to-one.
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