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Mexico has beefed up law enforcement at its southern border to stem a sharp increase in migrants heading to the US.
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Some 40 percent of global workforce members are thinking about leaving their jobs, a Microsoft workforce survey found.
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Citing the need to stop the spread of the coronavirus, Mexico is restricting all but essential travel with Guatemala.
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In the past year, the pandemic has negatively affected women disproportionately more than men.
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The data paves the way for the company to apply for US approval for its COVID vaccine, which has EU approval.
From health to economics and education, here are 13 graphics that quantify how the coronavirus changed the world.
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Analysis by the ONE campaign shows over half the world’s 10-year-olds could be unable to read by the end of 2021.
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South American country is struggling to contain a nationwide surge in coronavirus infections and deaths.
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Ecuador is one of a few nations in South America embroiled in scandals over coronavirus vaccine queue-jumping.
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Brazil’s COVID-19 death toll has increased sharply in recent weeks, to more than 290,000, second only to that of the US.
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El Salvador’s populist leader extends power as first president in nearly three decades to have a majority in Congress.
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Mexico has scrambled to obtain enough shots for its vaccination campaign, and has leaned on Russia and China.
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The killing by suspected gang members is Mexico’s biggest single slaying of law enforcement since October 2019.
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The White House said it will send four million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine to Canada and Mexico.