Americas
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Canada sex assault acquittal signals 'open season on incapacitated women'Calls grow for provincial judge to be removed from bench after acquitting taxi driver of sexual assault on drunk passenger
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Great Wall of China's troubled history offers lessons for Trump, scholars sayThe president has described his border proposal as ‘the Great Wall of Trump’, evoking what one expert sees as a calamitous and ill-conceived folly
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Make Canada great again? Conservative Canucks chart course for the age of TrumpConference of Canadian right asks: are we immune from or are we infected by the forces that produced Brexit in Britain and Donald Trump’s in the US?
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Families of victims of Colombia's paramilitaries get their day in US courtHernán Giraldo Serna, one of the leaders of a rightwing force that escaped trial for crimes against humanity to face drug charges in the US, oversaw 270 murders
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Mexico City's deportee work program hopes to help ousted migrants resettleSanctuary city is first to take action to find jobs and provide retraining courses for growing number of US undocumented immigrants forced to leave
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'It is us who will change the world': girl guides make their voices heardWhat does it mean to be a girl today? These letters shed light on the challenges facing young women across the globe, and the power of collective action
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Falkland Islands: Argentina protests to Brazil about RAF using its airportsRecent silence about disputed territory is broken as Mauricio Macri’s government points out regional agreement forbidding UK military stopovers
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As water scarcity deepens across Latin America, political instability growsIn Bolivia, Peru and Ecuador disputes over water shortages are part of a wider fight for equal access and shared responsibility
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Crece la inestabilidad en Latinoamérica por la falta del aguaEn Bolivia, Perú, y Ecuador las disputas reflejan una lucha por el acceso igualitario y la responsabilidad compartida
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Where are the most difficult places in the world to be gay or transgender?Patchy data means it’s hard to get a true picture of the risks globally. But even some of the most restrictive nations are taking steps forward
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The Rio carnival: samba, singing and sequins – in picturesThe big samba schools parade through the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro as crowds enjoy the world’s most extravagant party
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Hippopotamus beaten to death in El Salvador zoo – video reportA much-loved hippopotamus called Gustavito has died after being attacked in the national zoo of El Salvador
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America’s millions of Mexicans without documents live in fear of deportation