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Brazil cancels hosting climate change summit
Brazil has pulled out of hosting next year's UN global summit on climate change, the latest setback for the Paris Agreement.
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Khashoggi case
Argentina considers charging Saudi Crown Prince ahead of G20
Centring on allegations of war crimes during the Saudi-led military intervention in neighbouring Yemen, is the most significant test yet of the crown prince's ability to move past the Khashoggi killing.
- by Daniel Politi and David D. Kirkpatrick
Renewables
Glorious rubbish, have we been wasting your energy all along?
As Australia debates the need to spend money on renewable energy projects to power our future without destroying the environment, it is worth taking a look at rubbish.
- by Lia Timson
Corruption
Bodyguard to boligarch: a Venezuelan politician's path to riches
As oil-rich Venezuela plunges into economic collapse, the law in the United States is catching up with some deemed responsible for the country's woes.
- by Nichola Casey
Immigration
Recalled Cuban doctors to leave 29 million without healthcare
Recalled Cuban doctors will leave 29 million Brazilians in remote areas without a medical professional.
- by Anthony Boadle
Brazil
4000-year-old, UK-sized network of termite mounds discovered in Brazil
Millions of termite mounds believed to be nearly 4000 years old were discovered in a remote Brazilian forest, according to researchers.
- by Ashley May
World Politics
Unrest and anarchists: G20 a security nightmare for host Argentina
Argentina said it was working with foreign governments to identify and block entry to potential troublemakers.
- by Hugh Bronstein
Postcard
The leaning towers of Santos and the people who live on an angle
Several hundred families live on this Brazilian beachfront resort in apartment blocks that have slowly been tilting to one side.
- by Lia Timson
Tragedy
Argentinian submarine found a year after it vanished with 44 aboard
The ARA San Juan has been found at an unspecified location in the Atlantic Ocean at a depth of 800 metres, the Argentine Navy said.
- by Denis Duettmann
World Politics
Venezuela adds troops near Colombian border after soldiers killed
Venezuela has reinforced its border with Colombia with more troops after three Venezuelan soldiers died in an attack by an armed group over the weekend.
Human rights
Putting Bento Rodrigues back on the map after the dam disaster
Three years since a BHP co-owned iron ore mining waste dam destroyed the lives of 19 people and the livelihood of thousands, a couple of hundred families are beginning to see progress.
- by Lia Timson