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Argentina’s economic woes send companies fleeing 2020-09-20 11:43:08Investors fear leftist government’s interventionist moves to stabilise struggling economy

No-deal hype obscures the real threat of a 2020-09-18 10:24:25Failing to prepare for the most likely outcome of EU talks will damage the UK further

Bolivia’s interim leader pulls out of presidential race 2020-09-18 00:20:10Jeanine Áñez said she did not want to allow a Morales supporter to win by splitting the vote

Mexico’s president wants vote on trying his predecessors 2020-09-15 15:01:25López Obrador says the people should decide whether to hold former leaders to account

Biden to offer a ‘drastic shift of tone’ 2020-09-15 14:13:47Democratic presidential challenger would break with Trump’s confrontational approach

Coronavirus risks critical blow to Argentina’s ailing economy 2020-09-15 06:00:54Latin American country was ill-placed to deal with pandemic after years of stagnation

Plane raffle shows healthcare is a lottery in 2020-09-15 06:00:54López Obrador wants to fund hospital improvements through presidential aircraft stunt

What Venezuela’s opposition can learn from Belarus 2020-09-14 05:00:50Despite the risks, taking part in even a sham election can serve a purpose

Bogotá counts cost of fatal police brutality protests 2020-09-13 18:51:25Colombians seek answers after 14 are killed in violent demonstrations

Trump’s nominee wins presidency of Inter-American Development Bank 2020-09-12 15:15:22Mauricio Claver-Carone secures big majority as Latin America fails to unite behind alternative candidate

Bolivian government accused of hounding ex-president Evo Morales 2020-09-11 00:00:49US-backed administration waging political persecution campaign, says rights group

Trump nominee scents victory in race to head 2020-09-10 08:43:09Mauricio Claver-Carone would be first US candidate to head the IDB, but his approach has angered some regional leaders

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Concerns Raised Over Nigerian Measure to Punish Rapists 2020-09-29 23:09:43Nigerian lawmakers in the northwestern state of Kaduna have approved a measure to castrate men convicted of raping children under the age of 14.

The Infodemic: Influenza Vaccine Fluzone Isn't More Deadly 2020-09-29 22:22:15Fake news about the coronavirus can do real harm. Polygraph.info is spotlighting fact-checks from other reliable sources here​.

Trump, Biden Facing Off in Tuesday Night Debate 2020-09-29 22:22:13Many voters tell pollsters they have already made up their minds on the presidential race

Cleveland Debate: Biden Says Trump Hasn't Helped Black 2020-09-29 22:11:35The first presidential debate between President Donald Trump and Joe Biden gets off to a contentious start

COVID-19 Deaths Surpass 1 Million 2020-09-29 21:41:32The COVID-19 death toll has climbed to more than one million people worldwide.  And because of a recent surge of i

Transgender People Still Criminalized in 13 UN Member 2020-09-29 20:14:00Report also highlights some positive developments for trans people over the past two years

Britain’s Last HK Governor Bemoans Territory’s Loss of 2020-09-29 19:59:24Chris Patten describes Beijing's actions as 'biggest assault on freedom and liberty in any city in the 21st century'

Monitor: Turkey Sending Syrian Fighters to Azerbaijan 2020-09-29 19:05:37The two Turkish-backed Syrian rebel groups have been important actors in Turkish-controlled areas of northern Syria

US Intelligence Reports Warn of Extremist Threat Around 2020-09-29 18:50:55FBI bulletin warns that domestic extremists likely pose increasing threat to government and election-related targets in run-up to election

WHO Investigating Sexual Abuse Allegations in Congo Ebola 2020-09-29 18:46:37A report finds that members of eight emergency response organizations sexually exploited at least 51 women

Police and Protesters Face Off at Protest for 2020-09-29 16:56:07Women charged police lines in Mexico City, Monday, September 28, during protests demanding the legalization of abortion in the majority Roman Catholic

Flynn Attorney Tells US Court She Discussed Criminal 2020-09-29 16:51:35The admission raises questions about political interference

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US judge temporarily blocks Trump's ban on TikTok 2020-09-27 20:44:22TikTok won a last-minute reprieve late Sunday as a US federal judge halted enforcement of a politically charged ban ordered by the Trump administratio

Global Covid-19 death toll passes one million 2020-09-27 19:40:08The global death toll from the new coronavirus, which emerged less than a year ago in China and has swept across the world, passed one million on

Trump paid no income tax in 10 of 2020-09-27 18:13:59US President Donald Trump paid just $750 in federal income taxes in 2016, the year he won the election, the New York Times reported Sunday, citing tax

America braces for a supreme election meltdown in 2020-09-27 11:53:35Twenty years after the Supreme Court effectively decided the 2000 US presidential election in a controversial partisan verdict, the spectre of the Nov

In Pennsylvania, Trump fans cheer his 'excellent choice' 2020-09-27 03:52:38At Donald Trump’s first rally after nominating Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court, the US president and his supporters alike touted th

Trump nominates conservative judge Amy Coney Barrett to 2020-09-26 17:06:35Donald Trump nominated on Saturday Amy Coney Barrett for the US Supreme Court to replace the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Barrett is a federal ap

Trump will pick Amy Coney Barrett to fill 2020-09-25 20:15:25President Donald Trump is expected to announce Saturday that he is nominating Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court as he aims to put a histori

Flags for US victims of Covid-19, Supreme Court 2020-09-25 14:08:19On November 3, 2020, US citizens will elect their new president. The country is currently dealing with racial and social tens

The rise of self-styled vigilantes in the US 2020-09-25 11:30:35For several months, some Americans have been holding regular protests against police brutality and racism. Others, meanwhile, would like law and&

Where to from here for women's rights in 2020-09-25 08:34:14America has lost a feminist icon as Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, or Notorious RBG as she was often referred to, becomes the first American woman to li

Supreme Court vacancy: The latest twist in the 2020-09-25 05:51:27The Supreme Court is the new political battleground in the United States, with the passing of feminist icon Ruth Bader Ginsburg opening up a seat at t

Breonna Taylor protesters defy second night of curfew 2020-09-25 03:12:19More than 1,000 people defied a second night of curfew in the US city of Louisville to protest over the lack of criminal charges in the police killing