At least 20 detainees in new protests against police violence in Chile

Get the Think newsletter. SUBSCRIBE There was not, and there never has been, a “War on Christmas” — in fact, quite the opposite. Christmas took over America a long time ago, despite our ostensibly secular union. Want some evidence? Hanukkah, which lasts eight days, is not a widely-celebrated holiday; it doesn’t even merit a suspension…

The North Korean authorities have categorically ruled out “any possibility” of maintaining contact with the US, as North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Son Gwon confirmed. “We are not even thinking of maintaining contact with the USA. That wouldn’t get us any further, it would only cost valuable time, ”he said, according to information from the…

Sally Pearson announces her decision to withdraw from Gold Coast 2018 Sally Pearson, Australia’s face of the Commonwealth Games, has withdrawn from Gold Coast 2018 because of injury. The 31-year-old 100m hurdler, regarded as one of the hosts’ gold-medal prospects, had been struggling with an Achilles problem. Announcing her withdrawal, Pearson said she was “gutted,…

The UK will kick out 23 Russian diplomats, suspend bilateral relations with Moscow, toughen sanctions powers and lead a boycott of dignitaries at this summer’s World Cup, Theresa May said. Following the poisoning of former spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia, Mrs May told MPs on Wednesday there can be “no alternative conclusion” other…

Mr. Puigdemont’s decision to step aside — announced “with the greatest sadness” in a video posted on YouTube — ended one monthslong standoff, but heralded the start of another. He called on lawmakers instead to appoint Jordi Sanchez, another legislator from his pro-independence party, who is in prison in Madrid pending his own trial on…

Ukrainian authorities this Friday increased the number of Russian soldiers killed to 20,000 since the country’s invasion began on February 24. In an update of its data published on the social network Facebook, the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces detailed that its armed forces destroyed 756 tanks, 1,976 armored vehicles, 366 artillery systems…