An 8.3 magnitude earthquake – reported as the sixth most powerful to hit the country – struck off the coast of Chile, accompanied by several powerful aftershocks and prompting tsunami warnings for many Pacific locations. At least five people are known to have died, while a million people in coastal areas were evacuated amid widespread power outages.
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WORLD
Hungary has been strongly criticized by both the UN and its neighbor Serbia after using tear gas and water cannon against refugees massed at the border between the two countries. Many asylum-seekers are reportedly now headed to Croatia instead.
The scheduled execution of Richard Glossip in Oklahoma was delayed for two weeks after his lawyers were granted additional time to investigate new evidence.
Mozambique is now apparently free of landmines, according to British charity the Halo Trust.
At Wednesday night’s Republican debate in California, the 10 candidates not named Donald Trump took turns trying to score hits off the front-runner.
Many believed the evening’s winner was Bernie Sanders’ tweets.
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In London earlier in the day, the consensus was that Jeremy Corbyn performed well in his debut PMQs, which turned out to be somewhat low-key compared to its hype.
Corbyn, meanwhile, said he would not campaign for Britain to leave the EU, as the relationship between the new leader and some of his MPs continues to evolve.
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BUSINESS
Thursday is decision day for the Federal Reserve, as it prepares to announce whether or not US interest rates will rise for the first time in nine years. Watch live here:
A potential merger between two dominant brewers would put production of one-third of the world’s beer supply in their combined hands.
(Financial Times/Tomorrow’s Papers Today)
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SPORTS
In Wednesday night’s Champions League games, Olivier Giroud was sent off as Arsenal lost 2-1 at Dinamo Zagreb. Chelsea beat Maccabi Tel Aviv 4-0 at Stamford Bridge to become the only English club to win in the tournament this week. The two London teams meet in the Premier League on Saturday.
(The Sun/Tomorrow’s Papers Today)
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