World can end Covid emergency this year: WHO chief

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AFP The head of the World Health Organization said on Monday that the planet can end the Covid-19 emergency this year, although the virus last...

Rio vows to revitalize two crime-racked slums

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AFP The governor of Brazil's Rio de Janeiro state announced plans Saturday for massive investments aimed at revitalizing two long crime-infested slum districts.  The announcement...

Peru races to save birds threatened by oil spill

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AFP A Lima zoo is racing to save dozens of seabirds, including protected penguins, after 6,000 barrels of crude oil spilled off Peru's coast due...

On key anniversary, Biden urges support for abortion rights

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AFP President Joe Biden marked the 49th anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court ruling establishing abortion rights in the United States by again urging that...

Peru declares ‘environmental emergency’ on coastal area hit by oil spill

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AFP Peru on Saturday declared an "environmental emergency" along a stretch of coast hit by an oil spill caused by freak waves from a volcanic...

Oil cleanup crews replace bathers on Peru beaches

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AFP At Miramar Beach in Peru's popular resort of Ancon, there are no bathers despite the summer heat. Instead, it teems with workers in coveralls...

Afghan NGO women ‘threatened with shooting’ for not wearing burqa

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AFP The Taliban's religious police have threatened to shoot women NGO workers in a northwestern province of Afghanistan if they do not wear the all-covering...

Partner of Chile’s president-elect draws feminist ire over first lady role

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AFP Irina Karamanos, an avowed feminist and partner of Chile's leftist president-elect Gabriel Boric, has drawn fire from women's groups for her decision to accept...

Colombia car bomb kills one, injures 20

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AFP A car bomb detonated in Colombia overnight outside government offices and the seat of a human rights body, killing one person and wounded 20...

Bolsonaro cuts short official trip after mother dies

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AFP Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro said Friday he was cutting short an official visit to Suriname and Guyana and returning home after his mother died. ...