Americas
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Calls grow for provincial judge to be removed from bench after acquitting taxi driver of sexual assault on drunk passenger
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The 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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New policy would allow the government to keep parents and children in custody separately, to deter mothers from migrating to the US with their children
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After the fires killed 11 and devastated vast swaths of land in January many are asking if subsidised timber plantations are to blame
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Scientists believe they have found fossils dating back at least 3.8bn years – and they might even help us find life on other planets
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Colombian singers Shakira and Carlos Vives have been accused in a Spanish court of copying the award-winning song from a Cuban singer
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Conference 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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Hernán 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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Sanctuary 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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What 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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Recent silence about disputed territory is broken as Mauricio Macri’s government points out regional agreement forbidding UK military stopovers
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In Bolivia, Peru and Ecuador disputes over water shortages are part of a wider fight for equal access and shared responsibility
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En Bolivia, Perú, y Ecuador las disputas reflejan una lucha por el acceso igualitario y la responsabilidad compartida
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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 big samba schools parade through the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro as crowds enjoy the world’s most extravagant party
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A 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