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Washington, D.C., 17 September (PAHO/WHO)- Ministers of Health and other high-level authorities of the countries and territories of the Americas...

Newly elected Prime Minister of The Bahamas Mr Phillip Davis takes the oath of office.

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Caricom observers hail Bahamas polls

CARICOM Secretary-General Dr Carla Barnett has congratulated the newly elected Prime Minister of The Bahamas Mr Phillip Davis and his...

A U.S. Capitol Police officer patrols the unscalable fence erected around the Capitol ahead of an expected rally Saturday in support of the Jan. 6 defendants in Washington, U.S. September 17, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

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U.S. Capitol on high alert as pro-Trump demonstrators converge for rally

WASHINGTON, Sept 18 (Reuters) - Hundreds of police officers were patrolling around the U.S. Capitol on Saturday, ahead of a...

Ghana's President Nana Akufo-Addo speaks to members of the media as Ivory Coast's President Alassane Ouattara, and Guinea's Special forces commander Mamady Doumbouya, who ousted President Alpha Conde, stand next to him after their meeting to discuss ways to return Guinea to constitutional order, in Conakry, Guinea, September 17, 2021. REUTERS/ Souleymane Camara

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Defiant junta rejects pressure to let Conde leave Guinea

CONAKRY, Sept 17 (Reuters) - Guinea's military junta said on Friday it would not bow to regional pressure and allow...

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9/11 anniversary | Emotional tributes paid to lives lost

September 12, 2021

(BBC) Relatives of people who died on 9/11 have read out victims' names, as the US marks 20 years since...

ABimael Guzmán, a former professor turned Communist revolutionary, died behind bars

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Abimael Guzmán: Peru’s Shining Path guerrilla leader dies at 86

September 12, 2021

The leader and founder of Peru's Shining Path rebel group, Abimael Guzmán, has died at the age of 86. A...

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U.S. companies lash out at Texas law changes, including abortion ban

AUSTIN, Texas/NEW YORK Sept 3 (Reuters) - U.S. companies including Lyft Inc, American Airlines Group Inc and Silicon Laboratories Inc...

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Taliban, opposition battle for Panjshir Valley, Pakistan spy chief flies to Kabul

Sept 4 (Reuters) - Taliban and opposition forces were fighting on Saturday for control of the Panjshir Valley north of...

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Latin America and the Caribbean will grow 5.9% in 2021

…reflecting a statistical carry-over effect that will moderate to 2.9% in 2022 ECLAC’s new annual report warns that the crisis...

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Regional countries import billions in food, seafood and fish products