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- 'Bye, dear?' Why Rousseff impeachment raises sexism questions in BrazilBrazil's Senate votes today on her impeachment. The highly politicized process has placed gender and the role of women in the national spotlight.
- Hope in Fort McMurray: Canadian officials find 90 percent of homes savedApproximately 2,400 structures in the city have burned, but almost 25,000 were saved, according to Alberta Premier Rachel Notley.聽
- As Fort McMurray blaze uproots residents, all of Canada offers aidSyrian refugees who found safety in Canada; survivors of the 2013 disaster in Lac-M茅gantic, Quebec; and even Canadians on the other side of the country: all are finding ways to help those affected by the huge wildfires in Alberta.
- Alberta wildfire: Weather shift raises hopes of firefightersCanadian officials are optimistic they've reached a turning point on the a massive wildfire that has devastated parts of the oil sands town of Fort McMurray.
- Massive Alberta wildfire: 80,000 people evacuated as fire could double in sizeMore than 80,000 people have left Fort McMurray in the heart of Canada' oil sands, where the fire has torched 1,600 homes and other buildings.聽
- US move against alleged big money launderer in PanamaThe action comes as Panama is struggling to overcome international rebuke of its offshore banking system revealed by the leaked Panama Papers.
- Cowed by cartels? Mexican journalists find fresh ways to get info out.High levels of violence have caused many reporters to self-censor. But others are taking steps 鈥 like partnering with news outlets elsewhere 鈥 to keep reporting the news.聽
- The ExplainerMexico's 43 missing students: Why the case is still a rallying cryMore than 18 months after 43 aspiring young teachers were abducted, Mexicans have no answers as to their fate. For many, the case is a litmus test for the country's commitment to justice.
- Rousseff impeachment: Why some see it as Brazil's only path to changeBrazil's lower house of Congress voted overwhelmingly for President Dilma Rousseff's impeachment Sunday. Some see it as a necessary first step to confront widespread corruption.
- First LookEcuador earthquake: How to help?After a devastating quake 16 times more powerful than one that hit Japan Saturday night, relief organizations list ways to help.
- Could generational change ease Brazil's politics of corruption?As possible impeachment looms for Brazil's President Rousseff, some observers say the current travails could be a pivotal moment.聽
- Amid impeachment efforts, Brazil's President Rousseff targets conspiratorsBrazilian President Dilma Rousseff says "The mask of the conspirators has fallen" after聽Vice President Michel Temer accidentally released a 13-minute speech he intended to give after her impeachment.
- Vancouver house costs: How do you solve a problem you can't measure?Exorbitant home prices are driving locals out of the city, and many say foreign, particularly Chinese, investors are to blame. But no data exist to show that, and those who've tried to collect it are called 'racist.'
- What do the Panama Papers have to do with inequality? A whole lot.The expos茅 arrives at a time when income inequality is a major issue worldwide, and it suggests that global tolerance of offshore tax havens is one of the important roots of the rich-poor gap.
- The ExplainerScandal, protests, and impeachment threats: How bad is Brazil's crisis?Ongoing turmoil 鈥 including revelations linked to the Panama Papers 鈥 threatens to unseat Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff.
- Brazil Supreme Court takes over probe into ex-president Lula da SilvaBrazil's Supreme Court will continue to oversee a corruption investigation involving聽former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva instead of returning the case back to a judgemhe accuses of unfairly targeting him.
- Argentina's welcome for Obama showcases warming relationsPresident Macri, elected last year on a pro-business platform, is making swift strides to repair long-strained relations with the US. Obama is the first US president to visit Argentina since the 1990s.
- Baseball brings US, Cuba together in diplomatic milestoneThe Tampa Bay Rays beat the Cuban national team 4-1 in an exhibition game in Havana Tuesday.聽But the game will be remembered less for the final score than for the diplomatic milestone it represented.
- Cuba's Raul Castro asks Obama to lift US trade embargoMonday's long-awaited meeting between the two leaders was one of the most scrutinized moments of Obama's two-and-a-half-day trip to Cuba, the first presidential visit in nearly 90 years.
- Cover StoryColombia's big comebackHow the country went from being the cocaine capital聽of the world to a聽Latin American success story.