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The love-in between Donald Trump and Delcy Rodríguez
Their rapport bodes ill for Venezuelan democracy
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Jamaica hails King’s decision to refer slavery reparations petition to privy council as ‘really big deal’
The move comes after Jamaica’s culture minister Olivia Grange travelled to the UK earlier this month to lodge the historic petition
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Man missing after reportedly jumping off cruise ship bound for California
Carnival spokesperson confirms onboard cameras captured male passenger going overboard on way from Mexico A 56-year-old man is missing after he reportedly jumped off a Carnival cruise ship on Saturday. A Carnival spokesperson confirmed in a statement that cameras on the ship captured a male passenger going overboard the Panorama, according to several news reports. Continue reading
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Trump invades the UN with a brutish speech | Ted Widmer
Gone was any shred of US idealism. It was a spectacle of raw power – a power that is likely to only diminish in the years ahead
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Hurricane Polo, rapidly intensifying from strong El Niño patterns, rages off coast of Mexico
Polo, with sustained winds of 165mph, is churning 215 miles south of Zihuatanejo but is unlikely to directly hit Mexico A tropical storm off the south-west coast of Mexico has intensified into a category 5 monster in fewer than 24 hours, fueled by stronger than usual El Niño weather patterns in the Pacific Ocean. Hurricane Polo was sending out maximum sustained winds of 165mph (266km/h) on Tuesday as its center churned about 215 miles (346km) south of the coastal city of Zihuatanejo, in Guerrero state. Continue reading
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Trump’s threat to annihilate Iran to UN general assembly is stunning, even for him
US president may have upstaged the ghost of Soviet leader Khrushchev by musing destruction of fellow member state
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The Patagonia town where Nepal’s deadly glacier flood could be repeated – and what they’ve learned
The risk to El Chaltén in Argentina has been known for years but recent findings and the Nepal disaster have brought planning for the worst-case scenario into sharp focus
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British Columbia sues OpenAI and Sam Altman over Tumbler Ridge mass school shooting
Canadian province alleges deadly attack could have been prevented if company had warned police of shooter’s ChatGPT use
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Colombia declares public calamity as wildfire threatens popular tourist area
Wildfire forces evacuations and burns through mountains surrounding Villa de Leyva in the north-east Colombian authorities declared a public calamity as a wildfire burned through mountains surrounding one of the country’s best-known colonial towns in the north-east, scorching large swaths of vegetation and forcing evacuations. Nearly 20 active fires are burning across the South American country. Dry conditions have increased fire danger in Colombia as it braces for the effects of El Niño, which can help wildfires spread. Continue reading
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Mark Carney is making an eloquent case for an alliance sidelining the US | Ted Widmer
The Canadian prime minister’s remarks before the European parliament outlined a vision of the west without its most powerful member
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US strikes on alleged drug boats may constitute ‘crimes against humanity’, UN finds
Dozens of US attacks on boats in the Pacific and Caribbean have killed more than 230 people since September 2025
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Canada is seeking new global neighbours – no wonder, as Trump rolls out stupidities at scale | David Moscrop
As the White House doles out threats and insults, it would be easy to hold out for better times. Mark Carney is right to court the EU instead, says Canadian columnist David Moscrop
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Man and police officer wounded in exchange of gunfire near Ontario synagogue
Officials say man was critically injured and officer was wounded in Yom Kippur incident near Belleville synagogue
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Millions of dollars in funding but still no plan: can Quebec save its caribou from extinction?
The Canadian government has committed C$25m to try to rescue the caribou in the province – but there is no agreement on how best to save the keystone species
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Macron and Carney announce closer France-Canada ties amid Trump tensions
Two leaders meet in French territory off Canada as Ottawa seeks stronger relations with EU while fighting trade war with US
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More than a dozen arrested in connection with assassination of Haitian president
Jovenel Moïse, 53, was shot dead in July 2021 in a killing which sparked chaos in Haiti Eighteen people have been arrested in association with the 2021 assassination of the Haitian president Jovenel Moïse, according to US officials. Moïse, 53, was shot dead on 7 July 2021, at his private residence by a hired group of about 20 military-trained Colombian mercenaries. His security detail did not intervene to protect him. Continue reading
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Former president of Chile abandons UN secretary general candidacy
Michelle Bachelet drops out after support collapsed in security council straw poll, leaving seven candidates in contest Michelle Bachelet, a former president of Chile, has withdrawn her candidacy to become the next secretary general of the UN, ending a bid that had struggled to gain traction among security council members. Bachelet, 74, announced her decision in a video posted on Instagram on Saturday, saying: “I will now continue, with the same determination as always, my international work.” Continue reading
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‘There’s a whipsaw nature to it’: how we’ve covered Donald Trump’s tumultuous trade wars
The erratic escalations and climbdowns by the US president have made covering trade disputes a high-octane affair. We spoke to some of our business reporters and our correspondent in Toronto about how they keep up with it
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Caribbean nations draft action plan to push UK to redress reparations over slavery
Leaders hope UK will agree to targeted discussions around reparatory justice, but could consider legal options if Britain resists
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Brazil’s wind farms have been a huge success. So why isn’t everybody reaping the benefits?
While the country’s ambition is to be the ‘Saudi Arabia of green energy’, communities in the north-east are bearing the cost in diminished health and livelihoods
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