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Ontario: grandparents and infant killed in wrong-way police pursuit crash
Vehicle driving wrong way on highway was being pursued by police after alleged liquor store robbery,...
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New Haiti PM named but powerful gangs demand seat at the table
Little-known former sports minister Fritz Bélizaire appointed as 90,000 flee capital in a monthHaiti’s newly installed...
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British Columbia abruptly drops drug decriminalization after backlash
Premier asks government to reintroduce ban, ending Canada’s first large attempt to gauge effects of decriminalization...
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Briton in critical care after ‘unusual’ shark attack on Tobago
Peter Smith, 64, received critical care for injuries to arm, leg and stomach after attack in...
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Air Canada apologizes after headdress of First Nations chief removed to hold
Politicians decry ‘shameful’ incident on domestic flight in which Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak’s headdress was taken by...
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New Haiti government sworn in during secret ceremony
‘Transitional council’ takes oath of office after prime minister formally resigns as gang violence continues to...
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Portugal needs to ‘pay the costs’ of slavery and colonialism, says president
Critics of Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa say behind remarks is lack of national recognition that slavery...
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Honduras referred to UN human rights committee over total abortion ban
Petition filed on behalf of woman known as as Fausia, who underwent a forced pregnancy after...
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Designer Nancy Gonzalez sentenced to prison for smuggling crocodile and python handbags
Celebrity fashion designer, who recruited couriers to transport bags from her native Colombia to US on...
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Weather tracker: Mexico swelters under season’s first heatwave
Anticyclonic conditions have allowed temperatures to reach 35-45C across much of the countryMexico has been undergoing...
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Ecuadoreans to vote in referendum on unprecedented security measures
Sweeping security measures designed to empower police and armed forces against organised crimeEcuadoreans will vote on...
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Tory MP from slave-owning family set to gain £3m from sale of former plantation
Caribbean historians want Richard Drax to pay reparations – but now Barbados plans to buy his...
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US resumes deportation flights to Haiti despite continuing bloodshed
Critics condemn ‘reckless and cruel’ expulsions and say deportees likely to be targeted by armed gangs...
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France urged to repay billions of dollars to Haiti for independence ‘ransom’
Coalition of civil society groups says Paris should return harsh reparations imposed on Caribbean state two...
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Panama’s presidential frontrunner vows to ‘close’ Darién Gap
In announcement three weeks before election, José Raúl Mulino gave no details of how he would...
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Brazilian woman arrested after taking corpse to sign bank loan: ‘She knew he was dead’
Shock in Brazil after woman is arrested and charged with violating a corpse and attempted theft...
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Six men arrested in Toronto gold heist that ‘belongs in a Netflix series’
Dozens of firearms also seized after 6,600 gold bars worth C$21m and C$2.7m in cash stolen...
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Elephant seal makes ‘epic’ trek back after Canadian officials relocate him
Notorious for drawing large crowds, Emerson was removed by officials who were surprised to find him...
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Ecuador rations power as Andean drought tightens grip
El Niño weather phenomenon depletes reservoirs and limits output at hydroelectric plantsEcuador has begun to ration...
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‘The city is a jail’: Haitian journalists get word out about gang violence
Correspondents in Port-au-Prince face danger as they play a vital role in chronicling city’s state of...
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Conman who swindled $175m in ‘massive’ psychic fraud scheme sentenced to 10 years
Patrice Runner, 57, of Canada was convicted in June of multiple counts of defrauding ‘millions of...
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Canada hands ‘long-overdue’ title over more than 200 islands to Haida Nation
Nearly half a million hectares of Crown land on Haida Gwaii will be returned to Indigenous...
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Ex-US ambassador sentenced to 15 years in prison for serving as secret agent for Cuba
Manuel Rocha, 73, will also pay a $500,000 fine after pleading guilty to conspiring to act...
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Canada spies under pressure over foreign meddling reports
Prime minister testified at inquiry into foreign interference that agency’s report of China meddling wasn’t relayed...