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Evo Morales, Barred from Bolivia’s Election, Urges Null Votes

Evo Morales, Barred from Bolivia’s Election, Urges Null...

NYT > Americas, Aug 20, 2025 - 17:24

Despite being barred from running again for president and being sought for arres...

These Bats Like to Give Hugs and Play With Bugs

These Bats Like to Give Hugs and Play With Bugs

NYT > Americas, Aug 20, 2025 - 16:00

Rare footage of spectral bats, known also as great false vampire bats, revealed ...

Drone Explosion In Haiti Kills 2 SWAT Members, Injures 6 Others

Drone Explosion In Haiti Kills 2 SWAT Members, Injures ...

NYT > Americas, Aug 20, 2025 - 12:00

A drone intended for attacking gang members detonated at a police base, raising ...

After Defying Back-to-Work Orders, Air Canada Employees Reach Tentative Deal

After Defying Back-to-Work Orders, Air Canada Employees...

NYT > Americas, Aug 19, 2025 - 21:52

The airline planned to restart operations after a strike that disrupted half a m...

Rodrigo Moya, Who Photographed a Changing Latin America, Dies at 91

Rodrigo Moya, Who Photographed a Changing Latin America...

NYT > Americas, Aug 19, 2025 - 16:56

He documented poverty and protest in the 1950s and ’60s, and he created indelibl...

Air Canada Strike Ends, but Flight Cancellations Continue. Here’s What Travelers Should Know.

Air Canada Strike Ends, but Flight Cancellations Contin...

NYT > Americas, Aug 19, 2025 - 15:32

The airline and its 10,000 flight attendants reached a tentative agreement, but ...

Why Were Air Canada Flight Attendants Striking? Boarding Pay Was a Central Issue

Why Were Air Canada Flight Attendants Striking? Boardin...

NYT > Americas, Aug 19, 2025 - 09:36

The strike, which ended on Tuesday, focused attention on why many airlines don’t...

Air Canada Flight Attendant Strike Declared Illegal by Labor Board

Air Canada Flight Attendant Strike Declared Illegal by ...

NYT > Americas, Aug 18, 2025 - 14:58

But the flight attendants’ union said its members would continue their walkout.

Canada’s Wildfire Season Is One of Its Worst Ever, and It’s Not Over Yet

Canada’s Wildfire Season Is One of Its Worst Ever, and ...

NYT > Americas, Aug 17, 2025 - 17:23

Thousands have been evacuated as quick moving wildfires burn in Eastern Canada.

What Hurricane Models Say About Tropical Storm Erin

What Hurricane Models Say About Tropical Storm Erin

NYT > Americas, Aug 14, 2025 - 18:51

The storm’s likely path is coming into focus, but a lot can still change. Here’s...

How Scientists Use Drones to Tag Sperm Whales

How Scientists Use Drones to Tag Sperm Whales

NYT > Americas, Aug 13, 2025 - 15:37

A new tagging method called tap-and-go allows researchers to gather more data on...

How a Top Mexican Cartel Smuggles Fentanyl to the U.S.

How a Top Mexican Cartel Smuggles Fentanyl to the U.S.

NYT > Americas, Aug 9, 2025 - 05:30

New York Times reporters documented how fentanyl was concealed by Mexico’s most ...

War of Words Erupts Between Colombia and Peru Over Island in Amazon

War of Words Erupts Between Colombia and Peru Over Isla...

NYT > Americas, Aug 8, 2025 - 15:32

Both nations claim Santa Rosa de Yavarí, a tiny island of just 3,000 people that...

A Starfish, a President and a Deep-Sea Frenzy in Argentina

A Starfish, a President and a Deep-Sea Frenzy in Argentina

NYT > Americas, Aug 8, 2025 - 10:39

A livestream of an undersea project has captivated Argentina as President Javier...

The Fight to Save Hawaii’s Coconut Palms

The Fight to Save Hawaii’s Coconut Palms

NYT > Americas, Aug 8, 2025 - 06:19

An invasive beetle is killing coconut trees across the archipelago, and spreadin...

The Atlantic Hurricane Season May Be About to Intensify

The Atlantic Hurricane Season May Be About to Intensify

NYT > Americas, Aug 7, 2025 - 12:56

Experts at NOAA updated their prediction for the Atlantic on Thursday. Forecaste...

Measles Spreads Quickly in Rural Alberta Areas That Resisted Vaccines

Measles Spreads Quickly in Rural Alberta Areas That Res...

NYT > Americas, Aug 7, 2025 - 07:27

The virus is spreading in insular Mennonite communities. But the broader populat...

Brazil’s President Lula Voices Frustration With Trump Amid Tariff Battle

Brazil’s President Lula Voices Frustration With Trump A...

NYT > Americas, Aug 6, 2025 - 04:37

Faced with threats of 50 percent tariffs and demands to end a criminal case, Pre...

El Salvador Ends Term Limits, Letting Bukele Seek Re-Election Indefinitely

El Salvador Ends Term Limits, Letting Bukele Seek Re-El...

NYT > Americas, Aug 5, 2025 - 10:12

President Nayib Bukele has cracked down on gangs and civil rights, jailing tens ...

Wildfire Smoke Prompts Air Quality Alerts Across Canada and Northeastern US

Wildfire Smoke Prompts Air Quality Alerts Across Canada...

NYT > Americas, Aug 5, 2025 - 08:39

Wildfires burning in Canada were causing unhealthy air quality across parts of N...

Cécile Dionne, Who Found Fame and Despair as a Quintuplet, Dies at 91

Cécile Dionne, Who Found Fame and Despair as a Quintupl...

NYT > Americas, Aug 4, 2025 - 13:08

The Dionnes, the first quints known to have survived infancy, became a global se...

Canada Wildfires Cause Poor Air Quality for Toronto, Minneapolis and New York

Canada Wildfires Cause Poor Air Quality for Toronto, Mi...

NYT > Americas, Aug 4, 2025 - 13:08

Wildfires burning in Canada were causing unhealthy air quality across parts of N...

Scientists Finally Identify Killer Microbe Behind ‘Terrifying’ Sea Star Disease

Scientists Finally Identify Killer Microbe Behind ‘Terr...

NYT > Americas, Aug 4, 2025 - 11:36

A mysterious epidemic has wiped out billions of sea stars in recent years. A new...

192,000 Play Kitchens Are Recalled After Child Dies of Strangulation

192,000 Play Kitchens Are Recalled After Child Dies of ...

NYT > Americas, Aug 1, 2025 - 16:30

Children playing with the set can get caught on a hook of the toy kitchen and as...

1 Dead and 5 Missing After Mine Collapse in Chile

1 Dead and 5 Missing After Mine Collapse in Chile

NYT > Americas, Aug 1, 2025 - 13:39

Chile’s state-owned copper company halted operations at its El Teniente mine aft...

Corruption Scandal Puts Mexico’s President on Defense Against Trump

Corruption Scandal Puts Mexico’s President on Defense A...

NYT > Americas, Aug 1, 2025 - 05:07

Mexico’s president, battling U.S. accusations that the cartels have gripped her ...

Trump Gives Mexico a Reprieve but Slams Canada With Higher Tariffs

Trump Gives Mexico a Reprieve but Slams Canada With Hig...

NYT > Americas, Aug 1, 2025 - 01:00

The imbalance in President Trump’s treatment of America’s closest trading partne...

U.S. Hits Brazil With 50% Tariffs and Sanctions in Sharp Escalation

U.S. Hits Brazil With 50% Tariffs and Sanctions in Shar...

NYT > Americas, Jul 31, 2025 - 12:32

The White House hit Brazil on Wednesday with a 50 percent tariff and sanctions o...

What’s a Potato? A Nine-Million-Year-Old Tomato

What’s a Potato? A Nine-Million-Year-Old Tomato

NYT > Americas, Jul 31, 2025 - 12:32

An ancient hybrid of tomatoes and potato-like plants may have given rise to the ...

On Canada’s Top Stage, Macbeth and Annie Are Talking to Americans

On Canada’s Top Stage, Macbeth and Annie Are Talking to...

NYT > Americas, Jul 31, 2025 - 12:32

At this year’s Stratford Festival, kings, orphans and even a coffee shop have a ...

Gary Karr, Virtuoso Who Elevated the Double-Bass, Dies at 83

Gary Karr, Virtuoso Who Elevated the Double-Bass, Dies ...

NYT > Americas, Jul 29, 2025 - 13:00

He made the cumbersome bass soar, sing and leap, and became one of few bassists ...

American Convicted of Murder Among Those Trump Rescued From Venezuela Prison

American Convicted of Murder Among Those Trump Rescued ...

NYT > Americas, Jul 24, 2025 - 10:08

The Trump administration said it was protecting Americans unjustly held abroad. ...

Canada Won’t Accept a Trade Deal With the U.S. at ‘Any Cost’

Canada Won’t Accept a Trade Deal With the U.S. at ‘Any ...

NYT > Americas, Jul 23, 2025 - 09:37

Prime Minister Mark Carney, after a meeting with Canada’s political leaders, dow...

Prominent Human Rights Group Flees El Salvador

Prominent Human Rights Group Flees El Salvador

NYT > Americas, Jul 17, 2025 - 14:01

The group, Cristosal, has investigated prison deaths and torture under President...

They Grew Up on Mexican Coke. Trump’s Cane Sugar Plan Makes Them Uneasy.

They Grew Up on Mexican Coke. Trump’s Cane Sugar Plan M...

NYT > Americas, Jul 17, 2025 - 09:05

After President Trump announced that Coke will be made with cane sugar in the U....

Henry Raymont, First to Report Bay of Pigs Invasion, Dies at 98

Henry Raymont, First to Report Bay of Pigs Invasion, Di...

NYT > Americas, Jul 16, 2025 - 15:55

On assignment for U.P.I. in Cuba, he learned of the U.S.- backed effort to overt...

Looking for a Summer Ski Fix? Head to South America.

Looking for a Summer Ski Fix? Head to South America.

NYT > Americas, Jul 16, 2025 - 05:37

In Chile and Argentina, dramatic slopes, lots of snow and an unusual après ski s...

Canada Wildfire Smoke Triggers Air Quality Alerts in Toronto, Montreal and U.S.

Canada Wildfire Smoke Triggers Air Quality Alerts in To...

NYT > Americas, Jul 15, 2025 - 15:00

Smoke from wildfires in Manitoba, a Western province facing its worst fire seaso...

Videos From the Amazon Reveal an Unexpected Animal Friendship

Videos From the Amazon Reveal an Unexpected Animal Frie...

NYT > Americas, Jul 15, 2025 - 10:36

Scientists are trying to understand footage that showed ocelots and opossums, us...

Heat Warnings Issued for Parts of Eastern Canada

Heat Warnings Issued for Parts of Eastern Canada

NYT > Americas, Jul 11, 2025 - 20:51

Warnings were issued for southern Ontario and southwest Quebec as hot and humid ...

Haiti’s Landmark Oloffson Hotel is Destroyed in an Apparent Arson Fire

Haiti’s Landmark Oloffson Hotel is Destroyed in an Appa...

NYT > Americas, Jul 11, 2025 - 15:54

Haiti’s famed Oloffson Hotel, a cultural landmark and celebrity haven, was incin...

Trump Pledges 50% Tariffs Against Brazil, Citing ‘Witch Hunt’ Against Bolsonaro

Trump Pledges 50% Tariffs Against Brazil, Citing ‘Witch...

NYT > Americas, Jul 10, 2025 - 09:37

Tensions between the United States and Brazil have suddenly burst open. Brazil’s...

Maya Ruler’s Tomb Is Unearthed in Belize, With Clues to His Ancient World

Maya Ruler’s Tomb Is Unearthed in Belize, With Clues to...

NYT > Americas, Jul 10, 2025 - 06:05

A rare mosaic death mask made of jadeite and vessels in the shapes of an owl, a ...

How El Salvador Is Reaping Rewards From Trump’s Deportation Agenda

How El Salvador Is Reaping Rewards From Trump’s Deporta...

NYT > Americas, Jul 10, 2025 - 06:05

In exchange for jailing more than 200 deportees, El Salvador’s president, Nayib ...

Why Are Protesters in Mexico City Angry at Remote Workers?

Why Are Protesters in Mexico City Angry at Remote Workers?

NYT > Americas, Jul 9, 2025 - 09:07

Top concerns include the displacement of longtime residents as rents and food pr...

Trump’s Budget Would Clip Bird Banding, and Hunters Are Not Happy

Trump’s Budget Would Clip Bird Banding, and Hunters Are...

NYT > Americas, Jul 8, 2025 - 12:01

The Bird Banding Laboratory has turned duck hunters into citizen scientists. Wha...

Fiona the Pregnant Sea Reptile’s Fossil Hints at the Birth of a New Ocean

Fiona the Pregnant Sea Reptile’s Fossil Hints at the Bi...

NYT > Americas, Jul 6, 2025 - 05:30

An ichthyosaur preserved beneath a Chilean glacier is helping scientists underst...

Refugees Worry: Is Nicaragua Running Assassination Operations in Costa Rica?

Refugees Worry: Is Nicaragua Running Assassination Oper...

NYT > Americas, Jun 30, 2025 - 17:23

After a Nicaraguan human rights activist who had fled to Costa Rica was killed, ...

Cartel Fighters Make a Desperate Alliance That Could Transform Underworld

Cartel Fighters Make a Desperate Alliance That Could Tr...

NYT > Americas, Jun 30, 2025 - 05:34

The Sinaloa Cartel, the world’s most-feared fentanyl trafficker, is reeling from...

The War Within the Sinaloa Cartel Explained

The War Within the Sinaloa Cartel Explained

NYT > Americas, Jun 30, 2025 - 05:34

One of the world’s most powerful criminal syndicates is facing a government crac...