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Argentina shrugged off the injury absence of Lionel Messi to maintain their perfect start at the Copa America on Saturday with a 2-0 victory over Peru in Miami. Lautaro Martinez scored twice at the Hard Rock Stadium to seal a win that ensured Argentina advance to the quarter-finals as Group A winners. With…
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Peru is hit by hundreds of detectable quakes every year. Lima: A magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck off the coast of central Peru on Friday, the United States Geological Survey said, but a tsunami threat from the tremor has passed. The USGS said the tremor hit 8.8 kilometers (5.5 miles) from Atiquipa district, raising an initial…
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Two-time Copa America champions Chile opened their bid for a third title with a hard-fought 0-0 draw against Peru in Arlington on Friday. A scrappy encounter at the Texas home of the Dallas Cowboys NFL team saw neither side manage to get on top before a result that boosts Argentina’s hopes of winning…
At least 25 people died after a bus plunged into a ravine from mountain in Peru. (Representational) Lima: At least 25 people died and more than a dozen were injured when a bus plunged into a ravine from a mountain road in northern Peru, local authorities said Monday. Local official Olga Bobadilla told RPP radio…
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President Dina Boluarte came to power in December 2022. Lima, Peru: Peru’s embattled government will on Wednesday ask Congress for a vote of confidence that collides with its umpteenth scandal: how the president came to own a collection of pricey Rolex watches and jewelry. Prime Minister Gustavo Adrianzen was appointed only a month ago after…
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Police and prosecutors stand outside President Dina Boluarte’s house during a raid aimed at seizing Rolex watches as part of a preliminary investigation into alleged illicit enrichment in Lima, Peru, on March 30, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP Televised images swept Peru late on March 29 of government agents from an investigative team breaking into…
This dolphin is related to the dolphin of the Ganges river in India, Scientist said. Peru, Lima: Scientists on Wednesday unveiled a 16 million-year-old fossil skull unearthed in Peru of a river dolphin that once swam in waters that are now the Amazon, and whose closest living relative is the South Asian river dolphin in…
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A stretch of the Central Highway was destroyed. In a shocking moment captured on dashcam, two vehicles were crushed by an avalanche of enormous boulders that fell down a Peruvian mountainside on Saturday. The hair-raising moment showed fast-moving rocks hitting the truck and flipping it on its side on a road in the San Mateo…
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At least 34 people also injured after bus plunged into ravine in Peru on Monday. (Representational) Lima: A bus plummeted from the edge of a narrow mountain road in southeastern Peru on Monday, killing 25 people including two children, according to authorities. The accident occurred before dawn when the bus traveling between two Andean towns…
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File image of Neymar© AFP Dressed in colorful ponchos, a group of Peruvian shamans tie up an effigy of Neymar as they seek to “neutralize” him ahead of Tuesday’s World Cup qualifying match against Brazil. The group of traditional healers from the jungle, mountains, and coastal areas, called on “Tayta Inti” (Father Sun) to help…
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