Ex-protester, far-right lawmaker to meet in Chilean runoff
A conservative lawmaker with a history of defending Chileโs military dictatorship and a former student protest leader are headed to a polarizing presidential runoff after failing to garner enough votes to win the countryโs election outright.
Far-right lawmaker, ex-protester to meet in Chilean runoff
Two onetime outsiders hailing from opposite extremes of the political spectrum have received the most votes in Chileโs presidential election but have failed to garner enough support for an outright win, setting up whatโs likely to be polarizing runoff in the regionโs most advanced economy.
Spain's govt steps in to halt record rise in power prices
Spainโs Socialist-led coalition government is slashing energy taxes and imposing a temporary windfall tax on the gains of energy companies in an attempt to drive down household electricity bills, which have surged to record highs and triggered an outcry.
Brutal attack prompts Spanish PM to hold hate crime meeting
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sรกnchez is convening an urgent meeting of a committee that oversees efforts to fight hate crime after hooded attackers beat a 20-year-old man in Madrid and used a knife to carve a profanity on one of his buttocks.