Peru
Shipping giants race to speed up China-Peru trade with new route
MSC is the world’s leading container shipping firm, while Cosco ranks fourth
Singapore, Peru open applications for projects to generate carbon credits
These credits may be used by companies to offset their taxable emissions
Peru expects Asia to replace the US as top buyer of its blueberries
Agreements are already in place with Indonesia and China
Great white shark’s nine-million-year-old ancestor found in Peru
PALAEONTOLOGISTS in Peru on Monday (Jan 20) unveiled the nine-million-year-old fossil of a relative of the great white shark that once inhabited the waters of the southern Pacific Ocean, where it like...
Xi inaugurates South America's first Chinese-funded port in Peru
The US$3.5-billion complex is meant to serve as a hub for Chinese trade
Peru’s Chinese-built mega port to soft launch in late November with Shanghai route
PERU’S massive Chancay port, which authorities hope will become a major shipping hub for South America-Asia trade, will ship two container ships a week beginning late next month, an executive for port...
Peru’s ex-president Alberto Fujimori dies at 86
As news of his death spread quickly on social media, supporters and detractors quarrelled over his legacy
Peru archaeologists unearth 1,000-year-old mummies of children in Lima
Archaeologists in Peru have unearthed four mummies of children believed to be at least 1,000 years old from what was once a sacred ceremonial space that is now in one of the oldest neighbourhoods of m...
43 Malaysians rescued from phone scam syndicate in Peru
POLICE in Peru have rescued 44 people captured by a Taiwanese criminal organisation that used them in an extortion scheme in the South American country, officials in Lima said on Monday (Oct 10).
Peru protests threaten production at China-owned copper mine
ONE of Peru’s biggest copper mines will stop production on Wednesday (Feb 1) if transport disruptions linked to nationwide political unrest persist, its owner said.
