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5,700 flights scrapped as Omicron hits Christmas weekend travel

At least 5,700 flights have been cancelled worldwide over the long Christmas weekend and thousands more were delayed, a tracking website reported Saturday, as...

Pope calls for humility in Christmas Eve mass

Pope Francis Friday called on the faithful to value the "little things in life" and show solidarity with the poor in his Christmas Eve...

World set to ring in another pandemic Christmas

Omicron's rise has heralded another pandemic-tinged Christmas for billions, with Santa's arrival and longed-for family reunions overshadowed by the prospect of yet more Covid...

Colombia’s forgotten Alcatraz: the island prison of Gorgona

At the end of October, a presidential candidate stirred up old memories when proposing to send corrupt politicians to Colombia's notorious former island prison...

‘Fed up’ Latin American voters demand change

When Latin American voters went to the polls in 2021, they had an unambiguous message for the ruling elite: we've had enough. In Chile, the most...

Talks planned to end 100-year Guatemala indigenous dispute

Hundreds of indigenous people lifted their blockage of a major road in Guatemala on Tuesday after an agreement was reached for talks to resolve...

The Technology Behind Covid Jabs

The World Health Organization on Tuesday authorised its 10th Covid-19 vaccine -- Nuvaxovid from US firm Novavax.  As the highly mutated Omicron variant throws yet...

Families block road after bloody Guatemala village attack

Grieving family members on Monday blocked a major road in Guatemala with the coffins of victims of a weekend massacre by a rival group...

Chile celebrates as leftist Boric elected president

The streets of Santiago erupted in celebration Sunday after leftist millennial Gabriel Boric became Chile's youngest-ever president-elect with an unexpectedly large victory over his...

At least 13 killed in Guatemala Indigenous land dispute

At least 13 people were killed in western Guatemala, including women, children and a policeman, in a long-running land dispute between Indigenous villages, police...

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