America
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Surveys suggest violence against women has intensified during the pandemic, a U.N. report says.
The coronavirus pandemic has made women feel more vulnerable to abuse, sexual harassment and violence, which is in turn harming…
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He’s the Brusque Mr. Fix-It for Mexico City’s Accordions
MEXICO CITY — “Your accordion is a piece of garbage.” Francisco Luis Ramírez shook his head. The old man was…
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In Venezuela’s Flawed Vote, Maduro Shows One Way to Retain Power
CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuela’s regional elections on Sunday were distorted by an uneven playing field, violence and injunctions against ...
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The U.S. asks an appeals court to unblock Biden’s vaccine mandate for large companies.
The Biden administration has asked a federal appeals court to let the government proceed with a federal mandate that all…
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2 Canadian Journalists Arrested at Indigenous Protest Are Freed on Bail
OTTAWA — Two journalists arrested at an Indigenous protest against a pipeline last week in western Canada were released Monday…
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Unrest over vaccine mandates and economic inequality rocks Guadeloupe.
Violent protests over vaccine mandates have rocked France’s overseas department of Guadeloupe in the Caribbean over the past week, fueled…
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Chile fue a las urnas harta de los políticos
SANTIAGO, Chile — El presidente saliente de Chile apenas logró eludir un proceso de destitución este mes. Un mes antes,…
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Two of 17 Kidnapped Missionaries in Haiti Are Freed, Group Says
Two people associated with an American missionary group seized in a mass kidnapping in Haiti more than a month ago…
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A Canadian senator has died after being hospitalized for Covid.
Josée Forest-Niesing, a Canadian senator from Ontario, died shortly after she went home from a hospital where she had been…
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Playwright Is in Exile as Cuba Uses an Old Playbook to Quash Dissent
MADRID — For Yunior García, a Cuban playwright, the swift journey from activism in Havana to exile in Madrid might…