Americas
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Chile passes bill to legalize abortion in certain casesAfter fraught debate, senate votes to legalize abortion when a woman’s life is in danger, when a fetus is unviable and when a pregnancy results from rape
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Uruguay pharmacies start selling cannabis straight to consumersUsers will be able to purchase five-gram packets for $6.50, four years after marijuana was legalized in the country
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'People are getting poorer': hunger and homelessness as Brazil crisis deepensUnemployment and social instability threaten unwelcome return to the past in recession-hit country once seen as a model for developing economies
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Mexico leaders' pledges fall short as graft remains 'heart of the political system'In the year since President Enrique Peña Nieto signed an anti-corruption system into law, the government and its allies have undermined it, activists say
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Refugees who helped Edward Snowden now look to Canada as their only hopeLawyers in Canada are frantically working to bring four refugees and their children over, amid concerns that they face grave reprisals over their actions
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Ecuador risks Opec split by increasing oil outputMove represents a tiny proportion of world production, but could embolden others to rethink their commitment to cuts
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258-year-old cannonball unearthed in Quebec City may still be explosiveSpecialists will inject chemicals to neutralize explosive element after workers uncover ball believed to be fired by British forces during Seven Years’ War
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Peruvian immigrants in hospital after being set on fire by Chile fishermenMob attacked Juan Jiménez Ninaja and José Díaz Ninaja, who had collected seaweed in region for years, amid debate over surge in migration
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Canada wildfires: almost 40,000 evacuated in British Columbia amid state of emergencyAustralian firefighters called in to help as blazes burning across western province are expected to worsen
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Justin Trudeau meets baby Justin TrudeauCanadian prime minister comes face to face with boy named by his Syrian refugee parents to thank their adopted country
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Canada spy service workers sue agency over alleged racist, sexist bullyingFive employees say ‘racist, sexist, homophobic and discriminatory behaviour has become accepted culture’ at Canadian Security Intelligence Service
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'It's like I've been born again': the young Syrians making a new life in MexicoSome came to Mexico fearing they would find more violence. But instead they’ve found a new home and a second chance
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Charities and voluntourism fuelling 'orphanage crisis' in Haiti, says NGOCharitable donations and volunteers from abroad are supporting Haitian orphanages where children are vulnerable to abuse, a report finds
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Romania hits Canadian firm with $9m 'retaliatory' tax bill over gold mineMove comes after Gabriel Resources sues government for $4.4bn over failed bid to establish goldmine in Apuseni mountains
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'Poverty favours the mosquito': experts warn Zika virus could return to BrazilTwo months after government says Zika emergency at an end, water shortages and weak health system trigger fears of fresh outbreak
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Trump says Mexico wall doesn't need to cover the whole borderSpeaking with reporters aboard Air Force One, the president said he envisions 700 to 900 miles of ‘see-through wall’ (650 miles of border fence already exist)
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Trudeau argues Omar Khadr settlement was right thing to do amid backlashOntario judge denies request by US solider’s widow and injured former solider to freeze former Guantánamo detainee’s assets ahead of hearing in the fall
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Jimmy Carter treated for dehydration after collapsing at Habitat for Humanity buildThe former US president and his wife, Rosalynn, are in the middle of a week-long project building houses in various Canadian cities
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Ex-Brazil president Lula launches fiery defense after corruption convictionLuiz Inácio Lula da Silva vows to run for highest office again in 2018 and says at Workers’ party headquarters: ‘They haven’t taken me out of the game’
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Brazil's ex-president Lula sentenced to nearly 10 years in prison for corruptionTwo-term president found guilty in scandal linked to oil giant Petrobras but lawyers attack sentence and vow to clear his name
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