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‘They’re treating us like thieves’: Rio de Janeiro traders rage as historic flea market shuts
Feira de Acari is closed down by the mayor after claims that gangsters used it to...
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Ex-DEA informant sentenced to life in prison for 2021 killing of Haiti president
Haitian American Joseph Vincent, who admitted to helping plot assassination of Jovenel Moïse, is among 11...
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Venezuela building up troops on Guyana border, satellite images show
Aerial evidence follows months of President Nicolás Maduro ramping up claim to Essequibo regionVenezuela is expanding...
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Jair Bolsonaro surrenders passport in coup attempt investigation
Police seize passport as agents carry out 33 searches and four arrests across Brazil, targeting allies...
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Exxon plan for Guyana oil exploration risks raising tensions with Venezuela
President of ExxonMobil Guyana confirms plan to drill two new wells off Atlantic coast as territorial...
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UK to send specialist assistance to Turks and Caicos after surge in fatal shootings
It is the second time in less than two years the Caribbean archipelago is seeing escalating...
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Monarch butterfly numbers dip to second lowest level in Mexico wintering grounds
Experts say the endangered insect numbers fell by 59% this year, blaming pesticide use and climate...
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Minister ‘pissed off’ as Canadians’ family members blocked from leaving Gaza
Immigration minister Marc Miller frustrated by impasse over list of about 1,000 people trapped in Palestinian...
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Brazil starts mass vaccination amid upsurge in dengue fever
Emergency measures taken as 364,855 cases of mosquito-borne infection reported this year, a fourfold increase on...
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Former Canadian police intelligence head sentenced to 14 years for leaking secrets
Cameron Ortis was convicted of passing secret material in a case that shocked the Canadian intelligence...
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Former Chilean president Sebastián Piñera dies in helicopter crash
Minister says Piñera’s body recovered from scene of crash in lake near southern town of Lago...
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Chile wildfires death toll rises to 131
Fires in Valparaíso said to be country’s deadliest disaster since 2010 earthquakeThe death toll from wildfires...
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‘Like a war zone’: Chile wildfire death toll reaches 123 amid race to clear rubble
Death count for Chile’s worst natural disaster in years expected to climb as official two-day mourning...
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Nayib Bukele re-elected as El Salvador president in landslide win
Voters reward Bukele for gang crackdown that has transformed security in central American countryEl Salvador’s president,...
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At least 112 dead as authorities struggle to contain forest fires in Chile
People told to evacuate homes as quickly as possible and curfews declared in cities most heavily...
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Forest fires in Chile cause multiple deaths and widespread destruction
At least 46 people reported dead as dozens of fires sweep across central and southern regions,...
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Aston ‘Family Man’ Barrett, bassist with Bob Marley and the Wailers, dies aged 77
Influential musician also co-produced group’s albums and mentored many Jamaican artistsAston “Family Man” Barrett, bassist for...
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Argentina’s lower house votes for Javier Milei’s sweeping reform package
Far-right president’s measures aimed at tackling the country’s severe economic problems passed easily despite public protestsArgentina’s...
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Raccoon plunges parts of Toronto into darkness after mishap at power utility
Mammal ‘made contact with equipment’, disrupting a subway line and shutting off water in latest escapade...
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Indigenous reporter fears more journalists will be targeted after arrest as police cleared Canada camp
Brandi Morin was charged while reporting at encampment authorities arrived at to dismantle and could face...
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Murder charges upgraded for Canada man who allegedly sent ‘suicide kits’
Kenneth Law now faces 14 counts in Ontario of first-degree murder and 14 counts of counselling...
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Machu Picchu train line reopens after protesters strike deal to readmit tourists
Access to Incan site in Peruvian Andes restored after dispute over new electronic rail ticketing systemPeruvian...
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Fell off the back of an iceberg: stuffed 500lb polar bear stolen in Canada heist
Thieves haul off taxidermy animal from resort hotel in northern Alberta that had previously lost two...
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Machu Picchu tourists stranded as protesters block trains to site
Train services suspended due to safety concerns as people demonstrate against Peru’s consolidation of ticket salesProtesters...