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The NFL's game in Brazil produced a decisive seven-second stretch that is being called historic, as the league continues expanding its international footprint with regular-season football in São Paulo. The moment has become the focal point of coverage of the matchup, with commentators highlighting it as a milestone for the sport's growth in South America.
- 213,000-year-old butchered gomphothere bones found in Chile●13,000-year-old butchered bones of long-tusked beast found in Chile give more evidence of early first Americans
Archaeologists in Chile have unearthed 13,000-year-old bones of a gomphothere, an extinct long-tusked relative of elephants, bearing clear cut marks from butchering. The find adds to evidence that humans were present in South America far earlier than the traditional Clovis timeline, supporting theories of an earlier peopling of the Americas. Researchers say the discovery strengthens the case for pre-Clovis settlement across the continent.
- 3Butchered 13,000-year-old bones found in Chile point to early Americans▼13,000-year-old butchered bones of found in Chile give more evidence of early first Americans
Archaeologists in Chile have uncovered 13,000-year-old butchered animal bones, offering new evidence that humans were present in South America far earlier than once believed. The cut marks on the remains suggest early peoples hunted or scavenged there, adding to a growing body of finds that challenge the traditional timeline of when the first Americans arrived and how quickly they spread across the continent.
- 4America Trails on Memory Chips as Tariffs Add Pressure▼America Is Behind on Memory Chips—and Tariffs Threaten to Make Things Harder
The United States lags in domestic production of memory chips, an industry dominated by Asian manufacturers such as Samsung, SK Hynix and Micron's rivals in South Korea and Taiwan. A new analysis argues that the Trump administration's tariff policies risk making the situation worse by raising costs for imported components and complicating efforts to build up US chip manufacturing capacity.
- 5Chile boosts military presence in Magallanes and Antarctica●Chile reinforcing its military presence in Magallanes Region and Antarctica
Chile is reinforcing its military presence in the Magallanes Region and the Chilean Antarctic Territory, according to MercoPress. The move points to a strengthened defence posture in Chile's far south, a zone of growing strategic interest for its proximity to Antarctica and key maritime routes, and is drawing attention across regional and defence-focused outlets.