Stretching over a 1,600-kilometre-long strip of land west of the Andes Mountains, it covers an area of 105,000 km². This ...

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The Canadian miner’s reinvention as a critical-metals player—via its massive copper mine in Chile’s Andean foothills— could ...

A stunning seaside city is one of the driest places on earth, seeing less than a centimetre of rain annually. Arica, a port city in northern Chile, is part of the Atacama Desert, the driest non ...

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Damages of €20,000 were paid to ABC for its legal costs and to further its conservation work in very desert the plants came ...

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Desert Hot Springs City Manager Frank Luckino is on indefinite leave due to a family emergency, according to city officials. It is unclear whether he will resign, but the city council is scheduled ...

(This story was updated to add new information and a new photo.) Desert Hot Springs' city manager is stepping down from his role as he deals with an illness in his family. Frank Luckino's ...