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Amazon deforestation at six-year-low in Brazil after plunging 66% in July
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Number of people crossing Darien Gap hits new record, officials say
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American woman charged with conspiring to kill husband in the Bahamas still in jail after $100,000 bail granted, lawyer says
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Parts of South America are sweltering under a ‘fierce’ heatwave – and it’s the middle of winter
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Mexico’s president attacks ‘inhumane’ floating barriers deployed by Texas
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American nurse and her child kidnapped from their community ministry in Haiti
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Colombian president’s son arrested in money laundering probe
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Mexican military obstructed probe into disappeared students, says UN
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Laser mapping reveals a forgotten Maya city in the jungle
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Independent experts quit Mexico over roadblocks in 43 missing students case
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Over 90 prison guards are being held hostage by inmates across five different prisons in Ecuador
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‘Biblical proportions’: 3 months’ worth of rainfall floods Nova Scotia, forcing evacuations as crews search for missing people
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Authorities arrest suspect in deadly bar fire in Mexico border city that killed 11
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Protest returns to Peru with fresh demands against official impunity and fears about the economy
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7.2 earthquake strikes off southern Alaskan coast, tsunami advisory no longer in effect
Missing children found after 40 days in Amazon released from hospital
Guatemala court suspends opposition party, casting doubt over presidential run-off vote
A Russian navy ship docks in Cuba as tough times bring the old friends together
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Rescuers free dozens trapped on one of world’s highest cable car systems
Woman known as ‘Nation River Lady’ is identified nearly 5 decades after she was found floating in river, Canadian police say
Canada has officially banned testing cosmetics on animals