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‘It is simply best not to get pregnant’: women left terrified as Haiti’s maternity services collapse
Delivering a baby was already risky, but an unprecedented surge in gang violence has forced clinics...
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Mexico calls on UN to expel Ecuador over embassy raid as tensions soar
Ecuadorian police forced their way inside embassy in Quito to arrest former vice-president who was seeking...
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Colombian Amazon deforestation surges as armed groups tighten grip
Country had previously turned the tide on deforestation but armed rebels have revoked banDeforestation in the...
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Canada risks more ‘catastrophic’ wildfires with hot weather forecast
Worst-ever fire season in 2023 saw 15m hectare burned, eight firefighters killed and 230,000 people evacuatedCanada...
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Packers and Eagles to play NFL season opener at Brazil club with ‘ban’ on green
Teams play in colors of Corinthians’ bitter rivalsNFL to play its first regular-season game in BrazilThe...
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Quebec separation re-enters political debate thanks to TikTok-friendly leader
Parti Québécois leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon speaking loudly and often after party win over Coalition Avenir...
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Venezuela’s ex-oil minister charged with stealing millions from state oil company
Tareck El Aissami latest in purge of politicians, human rights advocates and critics by government of...
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Colombia ex-president Uribe to face trial for witness tampering and fraud
Álvaro Uribe, one of country’s most powerful figures, denies working with paramilitary death squads against leftist...
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Mexican president releases footage of ‘despicable’ raid on embassy in Ecuador
Andrés Manuel López Obrador condemns assault by Ecuadorian officers, who dragged out ex-vice-president sheltering in missionThe...
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Panama Papers: trial begins of 27 Mossack Fonseca employees
Law firm’s founders among those to face money laundering charges after leak of 11.5m files in...
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Epidemic fears as 80% of Indigenous Amazon tribe fall ill
Advocates fear situation could escalate in Javari valley, a region plagued by violence and poor healthcareMore...
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Ecuador’s arrested former vice-president taken to hospital
Jorge Glas brought to naval hospital from maximum security prison three days after his controversial capture...
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‘A mystical experience’: millions watch total solar eclipse sweep across North America
Almost 32 million people in the path of totality as moon’s shadow crossed the Mexico-Texas border...
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Father of killed World Central Kitchen worker tells Blinken US should suspend aid to Israel
‘If the United States threatened to suspend aid, maybe my son would be alive today,’ John...
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Excitement builds ahead of total solar eclipse in US, Mexico and Canada
Rare celestial event on Monday will see the moon block out the sun for a few...
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UN chief joins condemnation of Ecuadorian raid on Mexican embassy
António Guterres voices ‘alarm’ as Latin American governments sharply criticise Quito’s move to arrest former vice-presidentThe...
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Mexico suspends diplomatic ties with Ecuador after police raid embassy
Ecuadorian police forcibly enter the embassy in Quito to detain former vice-president Jorge GlasMexico has suspended...
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Peru’s embattled president dismisses ‘Rolexgate’ investigation as a ‘smoke-screen’
Dina Boluarte has denied wrongdoing after being accused of illicit enrichment in relation to her use...
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India and Pakistan tried to meddle in Canada elections, spy agency says
CSIS intelligence report suggests growing number of countries targeting country’s large diaspora populationsCanada’s spy agency has...
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Top UN expert warns of deteriorating situation in Haiti: ‘It’s apocalyptic’
Human rights expert voices alarm, saying country is fast moving towards becoming ‘like Somalia in the...
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Canada: Indigenous fishermen left to walk shoeless after officers seized boots
Justin Trudeau says allegations ‘extremely troubling’ after officers arrested First Nations men and confiscated their boots...
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Two local staff at Hungary embassy fired after Bolsonaro video leak – report
Footage showing former president spent two nights apparently hiding from potential arrest at mission was leaked...
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Brazil apologizes to Indigenous people for persecution during dictatorship
President of amnesty commission investigating crimes of 1964-85 regime makes first-ever apology to Indigenous leaderBrazil has...
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Candidate for mayor of Mexican city of Celaya killed on first day of campaign
Bertha Gisela Gaytán is one of at least 22 mayoral candidates murdered in Mexico since September...