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Canadian police charge three over killing of Sikh activist
Prime minister said there were ‘credible allegations’ that India was behind killing of Hardeep Singh NijjarCanadian...
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Brazil: 37 killed and dozens missing in worst floods in 80 years
More than 23,000 people forced to leave homes after heavy rains in southern Rio Grande do...
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Quebec premier says police should dismantle pro-Palestinian student camp
François Legault advocates removal of week-long demonstration at Montreal’s McGill University: ‘The encampment is illegal’Quebec’s premier...
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Panama to elect new president against backdrop of social unrest and drought
Country to vote on Sunday after supreme court allows leading presidential contender to remain in the...
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Residents flee as Haitian gangs launch new gun and arson attacks in capital
Hundreds have fled their homes as violence once again gripped Port-au-Prince after new prime minister sworn...
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Colombian president says government will sever Israel ties over Gaza ‘genocide’
Gustavo Petro tells May Day rally ‘if Palestine dies, humanity dies’, as Israeli foreign minister accuses...
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Canada: bitter clash in parliament over Trudeau ‘wacko’ jibe
Parliamentary questions dominated by partisan attacks a day after Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre ejected from chamberCanada’s...
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‘Wacko PM’: Canadian opposition leader ejected for Trudeau insult
Conservative Pierre Poilievre refuses to withdraw ‘wacko’ remark, prompting censure from speaker and removal from CommonsThe...
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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...