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The decision in this regard was taken following a phone call between US President Joe Biden and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
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The object, which was about the size of a small car, was first detected inside American airspace on Thursday
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Inter-American Court of Human Rights concludes state allowed eradication of 6,000 Patriotic Union party members in 1980s
Colombia has pledged to pay reparations to victims after the inter-American court of human rights (IACHR) concluded the state allowed the systematic extermination of the leftwing Patriotic Union (UP) party in the 1980s and 90s.
The UP was a political party created out of a peace process with the Revolutionary Armed Forces (Farc) guerrillas in 1985 but 6,000 of its members were wiped out by rightwing paramilitaries, narcos and the Colombian military.
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Price said that there are numerous elements that bolster the US’ global strategic partnership with India
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Activists worry the arrests are a move by the cash-strapped government to open the country to now banned metals mining
Five prominent environmental defenders who played a crucial role in securing a historic mining ban in El Salvador have been detained accused of civil war era and gang-related crimes, in what rights groups fear is a ruse to restart mining.
Miguel Ángel Gámez, Alejandro Laínez García, Pedro Antonio Rivas Laínez, Antonio Pacheco and Saúl Agustín Rivas Ortega were detained on Wednesday in Cabañas in northern El Salvador, accused of killing an alleged army informant more than 33 years ago during the brutal civil war that claimed 75,000 lives.
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Amazon’s job-slashing plan is the largest among recent workforce reductions that have impacted the US tech sector
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The requirement will apply to all air travellers aged two and older from the three countries and will begin on Jan. 5
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Infections have surged across China as key pillars of its containment policy have been dismantled
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About 60 per cent of the US population faced some sort of winter weather advisory or warning, and temperatures plummeted drastically
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Twitter CEO Elon Musk started a poll on the microblogging site, asking users if he should step down as head of the social media platform
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It was unclear if all the journalists whose accounts were suspended had commented on or shared news about @elonjet
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The singer-songwriter shared the news in a statement posted on the microblogging site
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At 80 he is already the oldest president in US history and if he served a second term he would be 86 by the time he stepped down
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He received India’s third-highest civilian award in the presence of his close family members in San Francisco on Friday
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US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said that the pact will help restrict Putin’s primary source of revenue for his illegal war in Ukraine
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The Virginia shooting comes three days after a person opened fire at a gay nightclub in Colorado, killing five people and wounding 17
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Hebe de Bonafini co-founded Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo in 1977 after her two sons were arrested and then disappeared
Hebe de Bonafini, who became a human rights campaigner when her two sons were arrested and then disappeared under Argentina’s military dictatorship has died, her family and authorities have reported. She was 93.
The death on Sunday was confirmed by her only surviving child, Alejandra, who expressed thanks for expressions of support her mother had received while hospitalised in the city of La Plata. Local officials said she had suffered from unspecified chronic illnesses.
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Twitter laid off half its workforce on Friday but said cuts were smaller in the team responsible for preventing the spread of misinformation
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Twitter had filed a lawsuit to hold Musk to the terms of the deal he inked after the Tesla chief sent word he was terminating the contract
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Biden’s remarks could be seen as a setback to the Shehbaz Sharif government’s bid to improve ties with the US
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Fact-finding mission reports brutal massacres and sexual slavery in gold-rich arc where armed gangs fight for control
Struggling to get by amid Venezuela’s runaway inflation, widespread shortages and rampant unemployment, a young woman left the city of San Félix for the promise of a job deep in the forests of Bolívar state.
The offer made on Facebook promised a good salary in exchange for working in a booming mining town.
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United Nations mission says President Nicolás Maduro and others ordered ‘grave crimes’ including torture to stifle opposition
Venezuela’s intelligence agencies are committing crimes against humanity as part of a plan orchestrated at the highest level of government to repress dissent, UN experts have concluded.
A team tasked with investigating alleged violations in Venezuela said it had uncovered how members of intelligence services implemented orders by President Nicolás Maduro and others in a scheme to stifle opposition.
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The President’s National Infrastructure Advisory Council (NIAC) advises the White House on how to reduce physical and cyber risks
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Bunge and Cargill, behind more than 30% of soy exports to EU and UK, accused of exposing suppliers to link with indigenous rights violations
Two of the world’s biggest grain traders are sourcing soy from a Brazilian farm linked to abuses of indigenous rights and land, a report from the environmental group Earthsight claims
Earthsight named the companies as Bunge and Cargill and said they sourced soy produced on a farm located on ancestral land of the Kaiowá indigenous group.
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Indians acted very clearly on inviolable principle of state sovereignty, says US spokesperson
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The world’s richest man has a habit of posting provocative statements on Twitter for fun
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Manchester United, a storied English football club, is currently led by the six children of late American businessman Malcolm Glazer
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The New York State Police identified the suspect as Hadi Matar from Fairview, New Jersey while the motive behind the act is still unknown
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According to Rushdie’s agent, Andrew Wylie, the Mumbai-born controversial author was on a ventilator and could not speak
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The FBI had not yet confirmed the search or said what it might be for, and Trump is at the center of a slew of legal investigations
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