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Millions return home as tsunami warnings lifted: Live updates
A tsunami sent waves into parts of Japan, Hawaii and the US after an 8.8 magnitude earthquake struck off the Russian Far East ...
Uribe’s Conviction Reopens Wounds of Colombia’s Drug War Era
Colombia’s conviction of a divisive former president is reigniting fierce debates about his all-out war on drugs just as an explosion of cocaine violence rattles the nation anew.A judge in Bogota is ...
InSight Crime19h
Latin America’s Risky Bet on Hired Guns to Fight Crime
Erik Prince, the founder of Blackwater USA, is pitching his companies as solutions to insecurity and organized crime across ...
Dalhousie University22h
With $1M gift, Dallaire Institute scales up protection of children in Latin America amid regional crisis
The Dal-based Dallaire Institute for Children, Peace and Security is ramping up emergency prevention efforts across Latin ...
Russia Earthquake, Tsunami Highlights: Chile Upgraded Tsunami Warning To The Highest Level After Earthquake
An earthquake of magnitude 8.8 - one of the world's strongest-struck Russia's Far Eastern Kamchatka Peninsula early on ...
Waves reach US west coast after Russian earthquake as Japan lifts tsunami warnings
Two million people are told to evacuate in Japan after an 8.8 magnitude earthquake, one of the strongest ever, hits Russia's ...
The Independent22h
All the countries currently on the Foreign Office ‘do not travel’ list
Colombia – within 5km of borders and parts of northern, central and southern Colombia and the Pacific Coast Ecuador – seven coastal region provinces and within 20km of the Ecuador-Colombia border ...