Americas
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US accuses Venezuelan vice-president of role in global drug traffickingTrump administration imposes sanctions against Tareck El Aissami after US law-enforcement investigation lasting years
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Mexicans take to the streets to protest against 'global threat' of Donald TrumpDemonstrators call for respect from the American leader, saying the nation wants ‘bridges not walls’
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Justin Trudeau faces tricky balancing act in meeting with Donald TrumpThe two men are a study in contrasts but Canada’s prime minister must be mindful of the high economic stakes when he visits the US president on Monday
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Brazil’s corruption scandal spreads across South AmericaAn investigation into a construction firm sparks allegations of bribes from Panama to Peru
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Margaret Atwood: The Handmaid's Tale sales boosted by fear of TrumpAuthor sees ‘bubbling up’ of ‘puritan values’ towards women’s issues as her 1985 dystopian novel follows Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four up bestseller lists
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Brazil state of Espírito Santo charges 700 striking police with revoltState 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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Mentally ill man who beheaded bus passenger is freed from all supervisionWill 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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Lawlessness on the streets of Brazil – in picturesBrazil’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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Trump's Mexico border wall could cost $21bn, departmental files show – reportDepartment 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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Winter migration of monarch butterflies to Mexico drops after one-year recoveryExperts 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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Brazil army takes over state's security as 100 killed amid police strikePolice 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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'There will be more deaths': NGOs on Trump's anti-abortion ruleWe 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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Sarah Palin touted as US ambassador to Canada? You betcha!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
Why didn't Trudeau stand up to Trump on travel ban? It's the economy, stupid