AMERICAS
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The suffering of asylum seekers
For the past year the EU-Turkey deal has trapped thousands in Greece and Human Rights Watch assessed their conditions.
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Brazil’s impeachment boomerang
Brazil's Temer job on the line: Electoral Court could force him out of office on campaign financing
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Venezuela ‘coup’: Alarm grows as court takes power
There have been demonstrations in Venezuela after the Supreme Court took over legislative powers from the National Assembly.
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A musical that fights discrimination
‘Come from Away’ is a Canadian musical which celebrates kindness towards strangers.
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Former police general, new Colombian vice president
Colombia's Congress backed the appointment of retired General Oscar Naranjo as vice president
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Paraguay fears dictatorship as president moves to amend constitution
After months of behind-the-scenes preparations, a senator steamrolled through the changes that could allow Horacio Cartes to be re-elected in…
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El Salvador the first nation to impose blanket ban on metal mining
Campaigners celebrate victory for ‘water over gold’ after country unaninmously ushers through historic bill to end all forms of metal…
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Venezuelan supreme court annuls act of Congress
Venzuela‘s Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ) reported that it will begin a process of control that will define the limits…
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Trump changes US approach to climate change
President Trump signed an executive order intended to roll back most of Barack Obama’s climate change legacy.
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1 in 4 children will face water scarcity by 2040
UNICEF warned that as many as 600 million children will be threatened by depleted sources of safe water.
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