The number of fatalities is expected to rise; residents pour into hospitals, toting the injured in cars and the beds of pickup trucks.
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The latest round of negotiations, aimed at restoring democracy and easing a humanitarian crisis in the South American country, began Friday evening in Mexico City.
His appointment to senior government positions of Marxist hard-liners, some implicated in criminality, have left this country that went through three presidents in one month last year once again on the brink of a political meltdown.
The verdict in the spying case at the center of a diplomatic feud is seen as retaliation for Canada’s arrest of a Huawei executive on a U.S. extradition request.
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Critics argue that the president, like Trump, is attempting to sow doubt around the upcoming 2022 election as he faces potential defeat.
The dramatic scene became a symbol of the political power struggle in Quito, as the mayor faces allegations of wrongdoing and embezzlement.
The migrants, mostly from Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala, have no place to stay and no way to return to their countries of origin.
Early Monday morning, a video began circulating on social media in which a man claiming to be the head of the Jalisco New Generation cartel promised to murder her.
Traveling across the border requires documentation — including proof of vaccination and a recent coronavirus test — which contributed to the delays.
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Among the possible future scenarios charted in the IPCC’s landmark report is one in which Trump-style politics leads to a scary surge in global temperatures.
The investigation of the July 7 assassination is mired in chaos amid a baffling array of conflicting claims stretching from Colombia to South Florida.
Marijuana remains outlawed in Mexico. The best stuff now comes from north of the border.
Canada wants more immigrants — 401,000 this year, to be exact — even with pandemic border controls.
With illegal crossings at a 20-year high and covid-19 cases surging in overcrowded border facilities, the Biden administration is trying a new deterrent.
From the United States to Canada and Britain, some who refused shots became vaccine advocates after getting covid-19.
In 1915, the U.S. military invaded Haiti. Over the next 19 years, it executed dissidents and instigated a system of forced labor.
The melting event could have short-term and long-term implications for sea-level rise.
The suit claims lax controls are fueling arms trafficking and violence. But experts see major challenges to winning in court.
A court hearing beginning Wednesday marks a key step in the executive’s court battle against extradition to the United States.
With coronavirus infections rising and border crossings at a 20-year high, the DHS plan would provide the Johnson & Johnson vaccine to migrants in U.S. custody.
