Chile

MDA hosts knowledge-sharing workshop for Latin American, Spanish emergency organization officials

Over the years, MDA has partnered in "transferring knowledge and assisting in the establishment and development of emergency medical systems in various countries."

Magen David Adom vehicles.
A drone view shows the Monte Verde archaeological complex and its surrounding landscape n Chile's Los Lagos region, in this handout photo taken in July 2025 and obtained by Reuters on August 31, 2026.

Is Monte Verde really 14,500 years old? Researchers clash over true age of Chile's ancient site

President Isaac Herzog is pictured with the Ambassador of Georgia to Israel, Beka Dvali on August 3, 2026.

Chile, Honduras return ambassadors to Israel for first time since October 7

A drone view shows flooded houses after heavy rainfall from a weather front caused flooding and led the Chilean authorities to declare a state of emergency, in La Serena, Chile, July 20, 2026.

Thirteen dead, seven missing in Chile following heavy rains, flooding, authorities say


Stolen child reunites with birth mother after 42 years apart

Jimmy Lippert Thyden from Virginia reunited with his Chilean birth mother last week after an entire life of separation.

 Neonatal incubator (illustrative).

The best hunter? Cat brought to catch a mouse - then this happened

Not every cat is a hunter, a guy in Chile learned the hard way. He was just trying to get rid of a mouse in his kitchen and ended up in an imaginary situation while the cat screamed in terror.


Jewish Chilean millionaire hands out money at Jerusalem's Western Wall

A video shows Chilean Jewish millionaire Leonardo Farkas handing out what looks like $100 bills to the crowd at the Western Wall square in the Old City of Jerusalem.

Actor Keanu Reeves (R) and Chilean businessman Leonardo Farkas (L) sit in a restaurant at Zapallar town, some 181 km (121 miles) of Santiago, August 16, 2009. Reeves is in Chile to meet with Farkas to discuss possible investment in Reeves' movie project, local media reported.

New species of duck-billed dinosaur discovered in Chile - study

The dinosaur, now dubbed Gonkoken nanoi, inhabited the earth 72 million years ago in the Chilean Patagonia.

 A paleontologist checks fossilized bones of the 'Gonkoken nanoi', a newly identified duck-billed dinosaur, that inhabited the Chilean Patagonian area, at El valle del rio de las Chinas, near Torres del Paine, Magallanes and Antarctic region, Chile, in this undated handout photo obtained by Reuters

New asteroid the size of 27 pandas could hit the Earth in 2046 - ESA, NASA

Newly discovered asteroid 2023 DW has a notable nonzero chance of hitting the Earth in 2046, but will it? And will it be bad? Asteroid experts discuss the findings.

An asteroid is seen approaching Earth (illustrative).

New remains of multiple extinct species excavated on Chilean coast

The discovery included the remains of multiple species of giant sloths.

 The Green Planet – Dubai's baby sloth clutches its mother's body.

At least 23 dead as dozens of wildfires torch forests in Chile

Fires continue to ravish central Chile as local temperatures continue to rise.

 A wildfire burns areas in Santa Juana, near Concepcion, Chile

Mastering Hebrew just 4.5 years after moving to Israel from Chile

In July 2018, she made aliyah on her own. Her first stop was Ulpan Etzion in Jerusalem, determined and motivated to learn and master Hebrew.

 Tamara Seselovsky, 26 From Santiago, Chile, to Haifa via Jerusalem, 2018

Diverse dinosaur fossils discovered in inhospitable South American valley

The fossilized remains, which consisted of teeth and post-cranial bone pieces, represent a diverse theropod community that lived up until the Cretaceous–Paleogene mass extinction event.

 Fossilized bones of the Maip macrothorax, a newly identified megaraptor dinosaur that inhabited the Argentinian Patagonian area, are displayed at the Buenos Aires' Natural Science museum, in Buenos Aires, Argentina April 27,

Robbers pull off multimillion-dollar copper heist in Chilean port

In the largest copper theft incident in years, gangs stole a copper shipment headed for China from a port in the country's central region.

 Sheets of copper cathode are pictured at BHP Billiton's Escondida, the world's biggest copper mine, in Antofagasta