Americas
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Violence between Mexico’s warring crime gangs has forced hundreds of thousands to flee their homes. Now a group is pressing for the government to help them rebuild their lives
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Banner hung near Iguala asks alleged leader of Los Rojos gang for information as families despair six months later: ‘It is as if there is no government’
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Connor Barthe, 6, and brother Noah, 4, asphyxiated by snake in apartment above exotic pet store owned by Jean-Claude Savoie, 38
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Australian millionaire was found stabbed to death in his home in the Caribbean nation, where he had lived with his family for past 15 years
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Donna Vasyli, 54, the wife of a millionaire Australian podiatrist, Phillip Vasyli, appeared in court in the Bahamas capital Nassau on Monday.
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After two previous refusals, Jose Chua to be let in on humanitarian grounds but faces long wait for donor organs
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A YouTube video clip shows a blue-uniformed man standing beside a water-treatment pond, waiting for the crocodile to appear
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Central Americans confused by tune played at FedEx Field in Maryland as match organiser CMS Sports says unidentified anthem was ‘an honest mistake’
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The Germanwings plane crash, the liberation of Damasak from Boko Haram militants, the Cricket World Cup, the escalating conflict in Yemen – the best photography in news, culture and sport from around the world this week
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Enthralling and irreverent, Gale‘s granny was full of family gossip – about everyone except her father. In his latest novel, the author tells the story of this enigmatic man who left his home for the life of a cowboy on the Canadian prairies
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Mexico one of first to submit national climate plan to UN before Paris talks, promising 22% greenhouse gas emissions cut by 2030
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Circus owners claim the ban will put non-human performers in danger as zoos and sanctuaries look unprepared to provide homes
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Chief executive John Chen said company made a pre-tax loss of $385m – an improvement on $7.2bn of losses the previous year
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Is the gap between rich and poor widening? It’s not as simple as that, says Dr Max Roser, from the Institute for New Economic Thinking