Americas
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State security official says ‘We will ensure that the rule of law is preserved’ as death toll in police pay strike rises to 122
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Will Baker, formerly known as Vince Li, was found not criminally responsible for 2008 killing in Canada and has now been given absolute discharge
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Brazil’s south-eastern state of Espirito Santo is grappling with a strike by police that has resulted in a week of violence which has left more than 120 people dead – a toll six times the homicide rate in the state last year. Security duties have now been transferred to the military in an attempt to resolve the crisis.
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Olympic venues used during Rio 2016 last summer lie in disrepair with extensive damage, just six months after the end of the Games
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Department of Homeland Security report is said to list out a range of difficulties and warn the project could take more than three years
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Experts say decline to coverage of only 7.19 acres of forest could be due to late winter storms last year that knocked down more than 100 acres of trees
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Police union reports 101 homicides, more than six times state’s average daily rate last year, as schools, businesses, and public transportation close
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We asked NGOs how the reinstatement of the ‘global gag’ rule will impact what they do, and the people they work with. Here are some of the responses
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Canadians have expressed dismay on social media after the White House press secretary refused to rule out the ex-Alaska governor as our woman in Ottawa
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Women held a topless demonstrations in Buenos Aires on Tuesday proclaiming their ‘ownership over their own bodies’
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Demonstrators mass in Buenos Aires after police asked bare-breasted women to leave a nearby beach
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An expert panel share their thoughts on the social challenges for the region this year
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The diversity of Nasa’s workforce in 1940s Virginia is uncovered in a new book by Margot Lee Shetterly. She recalls how a visit to her home town led to a revelation
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Islands’ deputy premier hits back against British MPs’ attempt to force offshore companies to name their owners
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The walls within: Mexico struggles for unity against Trump