Americas
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Mauricio Macri faces accusation in court after government forgave $296m debt owed by Socma, his family’s company, which ran post office
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Trump administration imposes sanctions against Tareck El Aissami after US law-enforcement investigation lasting years
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Demonstrators call for respect from the American leader, saying the nation wants ‘bridges not walls’
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The 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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An investigation into a construction firm sparks allegations of bribes from Panama to Peru
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Author 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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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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Play VideoOlympic 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
European parliament passes EU-Canada free trade deal amid protests