Americas
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Canadian manufacturer We-Vibe collected data about temperature and vibration intensity, revealing intimate information without customers’ knowledge
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Disaster puts spotlight on failings in the child protective services agency as thousands take to the streets to protest against the government
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The US lawyer in the landmark 1973 case, which effectively legalised abortion, talks about the fight to protect Planned Parenthood
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New organisation in region with high rate of sex assault wants to move from culture of blaming victims to one of shaming perpetrators
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Fire broke out when residents set mattresses ablaze after an overnight riot and attempt to escape from the overcrowded government-run center, officials say
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The wife of prime minister Justin Trudeau divided opinion on social media with a post inviting praise for men and boys who promote gender equality
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Brazilian team Cruzeiro will wear specially commissioned squad numbers with messages to highlight daily challenges faced by women in the South American country for their Brazilian Cup match against Murici-AL on 8 March to mark International Women’s Day
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Complaint lodged with US federal court claims World Bank’s private sector lending arm is ‘knowingly profiting from the financing of murder’
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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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Donald Trump’s crackdown has been a terrifying bolt from the blue
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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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Canadian church group denied entry to US to help Hurricane Sandy relief effort