William and Kate: what matters is better future for people of Commonwealth
Royal couple say they are ‘committed to service’, which is not ‘telling people what to do’, at end of Caribbean tour The Duke and Duchess...
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Chile: students force closure of Santiago schools over sexual harassment and violence
Unesco report finds that Covid school closures have made girls more vulnerable to gender-based violence Student strikes have forced a string of school closures across...
Canada bars its soldiers from joining Ukraine’s foreign legion
Military authorities fear any captured service members could be used as propaganda tool by Russia Canada has barred its soldiers from joining Ukraine’s “international brigade”...
Violence in Mexico and Central America driving large waves of migration
Biden administration will institute expedited processing – and sometimes removal – of asylum seekers to clear backlog Waves of migration through Mexico and Central America,...
‘Perfect storm’: William and Kate’s awkward Caribbean tour
Calls for slavery reparations and Jamaica’s PM insisting country was ‘moving on’ signal sea change in relations with royals It was supposed to be a...
Canada: key Conservative says party risks takeover by far-right ‘lunatics’
Jason Kenney warns a far-right element could seize control in the coming weeks as United Conservatives hold leadership review Alberta’s premier has called fellow Conservatives...
Nicaragua’s ambassador to the OAS denounces Daniel Ortega’s ‘dictatorship’
Arturo McFields Yescas spoke out against the government he is representing in a verbal attack that was lauded by the US Nicaragua’s ambassador to the...
Colombia could elect first black female vice-president as poll leader names pick
Francia Márquez, 40, an environmental campaigner who has survived at least one assassination attempt, is leftist Gustavo Petro’s running mate She is an Afro-Colombian environmental...
Machu Picchu: Inca site ‘has gone by wrong name for over 100 years’
Peruvian historian and US archaeologist say the pre-Columbian town was called Huayna Picchu by the Inca people Machu Picchu is one of the world’s best-known...
UK minister in BVI for urgent talks on sanctioning Russian oligarchs
Amanda Melling’s visit follows fears UK tax havens may offer loophole for those trying to avoid clampdown A Foreign Office minister has flown to the...
