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Mexico leader offers 'full guarantees' for safety of World Cup games in Guadalajara 24 Feb 2026 - 08:57 pm
Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum delivers a speech during the celebration of Flag Day in Mexico City on February 24, 2026. (Photo by YURI CORTEZ / AFP)
Torrential rains leave 23 dead in Brazil, dozens missing 24 Feb 2026 - 08:38 pm
Rescue teams remove debris in search of victims of a landslide caused by heavy rains in the Barrio Parque Jardim Burnier neighbourhood in Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais State, Brazil, on February 24, 2026. (Photo by Pablo PORCIUNCULA / AFP)
Meta, AMD agree to major chips deal 24 Feb 2026 - 04:58 pm
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Winter storm blankets US northeast as travel bans imposed 24 Feb 2026 - 11:48 am
A person trudges through heavy snow on February 23, 2026 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. Jeremy Weine/Getty Images/AFP
New US tariffs take effect after Supreme Court ruling 24 Feb 2026 - 08:21 am
US President Donald Trump reacts as he departs during the Angel Families Remembrance Ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on February 23, 2026. (Photo by Saul Loeb / AFP)
25 Mexican security personnel killed in cartel's retaliation attacks 23 Feb 2026 - 09:44 pm
National Guard members stand guard near a burnt bus set on fire by organised crime groups in response to an operation in Jalisco to arrest a high-priority security target, at one of the main avenues in Zapopan, state of Jalisco, Mexico, on February 22, 2026. (Photo by Ulises RUIZ / AFP)
Trump threatens countries that would 'play games' with tariffs with "punishing hikes" 23 Feb 2026 - 07:05 pm
US President Donald Trump speaks during the Angel Families Remembrance Ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on February 23, 2026. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP)
Snowstorm hits US East Coast, causing widespread closures in New York, Massachusetts. 23 Feb 2026 - 02:53 pm
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Top Mexican drug cartel leader killed: reports 22 Feb 2026 - 09:53 pm
A member of the Prosecutor's Office stands guard near a burning bus at one of the main avenues after it was set on fire by organised crime groups in response to an operation in Jalisco to arrest a high-priority security target in Zapopan, state of Jalisco, Mexico, on February 22, 2026. (Photo by Ulises Ruiz / AFP)
US Secret Service says shot and killed man trying to access Trump Florida estate 22 Feb 2026 - 05:47 pm
A view of the Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Florida, on November 8, 2024, seen from across the water in West Palm Beach, Florida. Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP
Greenland does not need US hospital ship: Danish minister 22 Feb 2026 - 01:16 pm
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Artist creates 'Latin American Mona Lisa' with plastic bottle caps 22 Feb 2026 - 01:00 pm
A mural made with plastic bottle caps by Venezuelan artist Oscar Olivares is seen on an apartment building in the Zacamil neighborhood in Mejicanos, El salvador, on February 20, 2026.  (Photo by Marvin Recinos / AFP)
Trump hikes US global tariff rate to 15 percent 22 Feb 2026 - 11:16 am
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Trump imposes 10% global tariff after stinging court rebuke 21 Feb 2026 - 03:09 pm
US President Donald Trump speaks during a press conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on February 20, 2026. (Photo by Mandel Ngan / AFP)
158 giant tortoises reintroduced to a Galapagos island 21 Feb 2026 - 10:03 am
This handout picture released by Ecuador's Environment Ministry shows park rangers releasing Floreana giant tortoises (Chelonoidis niger) on Floreana Island, in the Galapagos archipelago, Ecuador, on February 20, 2026. (Photo by Handout / Ecuador's Ministry of Environment / AFP)
Three injured in blast at Buenos Aires police school 21 Feb 2026 - 09:47 am
First responders work at the entrance of the Superior Gendarmerie School in Buenos Aires on February 20, 2026, after a mail package exploded. Three people were injured on February 20 by the explosion of a mail package at the Superior Gendarmerie School in Buenos Aires. (Photo by Luis Robayo / AFP)
Three dead in latest US strike on alleged drug boat: Pentagon 21 Feb 2026 - 09:07 am
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379 political prisoners granted amnesty in Venezuela 21 Feb 2026 - 09:00 am
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