Brazil notches new daily Covid death record
SAO PAULO, Brazil (AFP) -- Brazil broke its record for new daily Covid-19 deaths on Tuesday with nearly 2,000 fatalities,…
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South America
Endangered leatherback turtles hatch in Ecuador
QUITO, Ecuador (AFP) -- Nine leatherback turtles -- the largest endangered marine turtle in the world -- were hatched along…
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Brazil reports 2nd straight day of record Covid deaths
BRASILIA, Brazil (AFP) -- Brazil registered a record of Covid-19 deaths for the second straight day Wednesday, with 1,910 lives…
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Seven students plummet to death at Bolivia university
LA PAZ, Bolivia (AFP) -- At least seven students died and five were seriously injured when they fell from the…
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Brazil registers record 1,641 Covid-19 deaths in 24 hours
BRASILIA, Brazil (AFP) -- Brazil on Tuesday registered a record 1,641 deaths in 24 hours from Covid-19, health authorities announced,…
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Five guards freed after new Ecuador prison riot controlled
QUITO, Ecuador (AFP) -- Five prison guards held after a new riot broke out in an Ecuadorian prison were released…
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Brazil’s Covid-19 death toll passes 250,000: health ministry
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP) --Brazil's death toll from Covid-19 surpassed a quarter-million Thursday, a year after the first case…
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Argentina health minister out over vaccine line-jumping
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AFP) -- Argentina's health minister resigned late Friday after it emerged that friends of his had…
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Brazil passes 10 million coronavirus infections
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP) -- Brazil, the country with the second-highest coronavirus death toll, passed the 10-million mark for…
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Peru foreign minister resigns over early vaccination scandal
LIMA, Peru (AFP) -- Peru's foreign minister resigned Sunday, the second top official to step down amid a growing…
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