Americas
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Eight of 10 provinces have signed deal to implement carbon tax or cap-and-trade markets, says Justin Trudeau
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Gen Salvador Cienfuegos encouraged soldiers to return to barracks a decade after being surrogates for police in conflict full of violence and human rights abuses
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Officials believe penguins were sent into panic at zoo which has seen several other accidents including an otter who died after becoming entangled in trousers
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Report shows sharp increase in rates of the rare birth defect over last year in Colombia, where Zika infected 20,000 pregnant women since October 2015
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Dream run ends for Canada’s governing Liberal party after reports that rich donors got privileged access to prime minister and cabinet members at events
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Businesswoman will be the first woman prominently displayed on Canadian banknote in latest move by prime minister to promote gender equality
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At least 50 women disappeared from the city of Xalapa over three nights in 2011 – just some of thousands of victims in the 10-year battle against drug trafficking
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Chapecoense defender Alan Ruschel, one of six people who survived the plane crash that killed 71 people last month, says he will soon be back in Brazil
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The senator refused to recognise an order suspending him while he faces trial on multiple charges of corruption
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Video posted to Facebook drew millions of responses to Rubi Ibarra’s quinceañera as well as tributes and spoofs from companies, singers and actors
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Arizona advocacy group says agents chase border crossers from Mexico into hostile terrain in a strategy that leaves many injured, dead or lost
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Bolivian authorities take LaMia CEO Gustavo Vargas and two other employees into custody as part of investigation that ‘could easily turn into manslaughter’
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Renan Calheiros, key ally to Brazilian president Michel Temer, becomes latest politician to fall amid widening investigation into corruption
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Venezuela pulls most common banknote from circulation to 'beat mafia'