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Aid organisations are calling on the Biden administration to end Title 42 expulsions and restore asylum at border.
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A series of construction defects in the overpass caused the accident that left 26 people dead, a probe has found.
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Observers accuse President Daniel Ortega of targeting opposition leaders and other figures before November elections.
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El Salvador’s finance minister said that he had clarified with IMF that the country had no plans to abandon the dollar.
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Here is what you need to know about the efficacy of coronavirus vaccines against the variant first identified in India.
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Defence ministry says two men drove a Toyota truck onto military base in city of Cucuta, near border with Venezuela.
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Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro announced the increase during a TV interview Tuesday.
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Seven people are accused of failing to provide adequate care to football icon before his death in November last year.
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Left-wing candidate Castillo is 44,058 votes ahead of Keiko Fujimori, the daughter of an imprisoned former president.
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US president to nominate Wall Street banker and ex-State Department official Thomas Nides after months-long delay.
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Spokesman for national strike committee says fight for better social and economic policies will continue.
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The move would protect the force, formed by Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, from budget cuts by subsequent administrations.
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US Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas is in Mexico to discuss immigration and border security.
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Displaced families in Port-au-Prince urgently need clean water, food, clothes and other necessities, UN warns.