Sunday, 26 February 2017

The perplexing narrative about being gay in Latin America

On a February night in 2008, Luis Alberto Rojas Marin says, his life changed forever.

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Carnival in Rio: Our favorite places to go

Before the prayer and sacrifice of Christianity's Lenten season, there's a time to celebrate.

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Formula E: Five things to do in Buenos Aires

The first Formula E race of 2017 recently visited Buenos Aires -- and CNN Supercharged had its own local guide.

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Anti-immigrant protests erupt in SA

On a street corner in Pretoria, South Africans gather just meters from the immigrants they're marching against.

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Friday, 24 February 2017

Mexican officials express concern about US policies

The US secretaries of state and homeland security are in Mexico for meetings with top officials Thursday after months of charged rhetoric from President Donald Trump and US immigration measures announced this week that have dramatic implications for the United States' southern neighbor.

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Opinion: Why Guantanamo Bay must be closed for good

This week, we have seen reports that a former British inmate of Guantanamo Bay, Jamal Udeen al-Harith, carried out an ISIS suicide attack in Iraq.

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He survived 8 days in the Haitian rubble. But what happened next?



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Ball dogs back at tennis tournament

A year after the Brazil Open tennis tournament used ball dogs instead of ball kids during a day of the tournament, they're back. This time they'll be around for semifinal and final day.

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The tech solutions to end global hunger



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New heights for African architects



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Thursday, 23 February 2017

Brazil's foreign minister resigns, citing health issues

Brazil's Foreign Minister has resigned from his post, citing health problems and upcoming medical treatments as the main reasons.

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A concrete playground in the jungle

Walking among the concrete structures sprawled throughout the steamy La Huasteca rainforest, there is a sense that you've stepped into an Escher painting: a world of impossible objects that baffle and elude the mind.

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'Wizard of Welkom' runs for freedom

The sevens flyer has turned his back on the series to target XVs rugby and to become a Springboks legend.

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Wednesday, 22 February 2017

Somalia's diaspora poets become mainstream

When Beyoncé dropped her album "Lemonade" in April last year, it blew up the Internet and went platinum around the world. But for Somali poets across the diaspora it symbolized the rise of their art into the mainstream.

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A family divided by Trump's travel ban races to reunite

Abdalla already lost one daughter. Now he's afraid of losing another. As Trump's travel ban looms, a father races to reunite his family.

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Bodies of 74 migrants wash ashore in Libya

The bodies of 74 migrants have been recovered by the Libyan Red Crescent after washing up on the country's northwestern coast near the city of Zawiya.

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Africa's 'resilient cities' plan for future

Eleven African cities made the list of the world's 100 Resilient Cities, with Dakar the first to release a strategy for fighting climate change and overpopulation

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How to raise an orphaned elephant

Whether by poaching, drought or conflict, some baby elephants must grow up without a mother. These are the people saving their lives.

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Tuesday, 21 February 2017

Venezuelan food crisis reflected in skipped meals, weight loss

A mother contemplates how she does her food shopping amid shortages and high inflation in Venezuela: Whatever is cheapest in the season is what her children eat, substituting one thing for another and in much smaller portions than before.

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Blast near Bogota bullring injures 31

An explosion Sunday near the Santamaria bullfighting ring in downtown Bogota, Colombia, injured at least 31 people, many of them policemen, according to reports.

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The 'Trump' Mexicans love to hate



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Formula E: Buemi's historic hat-trick



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Kenya's mobile success story turns 10

The M-Pesa mobile payment system was launched in Kenya in 2007. Today, as it faces new challenges, it has 30 million users in 10 countries and three continents.

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Mugabe, 93: I'll stand again



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Monday, 20 February 2017

Famine in South Sudan: 4.9 million people need urgent help

Famine in South Sudan has left 100,000 people on the verge of starvation and almost 5 million people, more than 40% of the country's population, in need of urgent help, aid agencies say.

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Tour of Oman: Hermans secures overall title

Ben Hermans reveled in "the most beautiful" win of his career on Sunday, as the Belgian rider secured the overall victory in the Tour of Oman.

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Car bomb in Somalia leaves dozens dead

At least 30 people were killed in a car-bomb blast at a market Sunday in Mogadishu, Capt. Abdirisak Mohamed, a senior Somali police officer, told CNN.

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Friday, 17 February 2017

Mexico warns Trump: Tariffs will be a big mistake

Mexico has a clear message for President Trump: Don't try tariffs. We'll retaliate.

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Experts recommend fence, not wall

President Trump wants a wall along the border with Mexico.

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$100,000 treasure found in old TV set

Wires and tubes and lots of glass and plastic, that's what TV recyclers usually find inside old sets. But for one worker in Canada, the discovery of a secret box helped jar the memory of a forgotten inheritance.

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7 luxury vacations in Mexico



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Nearly 500 African migrants storm border with Spain

Nearly 500 African migrants pushed their way across the border fence Friday morning from Morocco into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, one of two Spanish enclaves in North Africa, a Spanish police source told CNN.

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Thursday, 16 February 2017

Formula E: Virtual world breeds real-life success

Razor-sharp reflexes, stamina and guts have always been essential qualities in racing champions -- but these days it also pays to be a dab hand at computer games.

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Could this chair stop deadly mosquito bites?

Known to health experts as the most deadly animal on the planet, the minuscule mosquito, with its dreaded whine, is responsible for millions of deaths from multiple diseases each year.

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This Mexican mom's big fear: Trump will take my job



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Ending mosquito bites for good



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The evolution of Nollywood in pictures

Nollywood has come in leaps and bounds from the low tech productions it once produced, to big budget high quality features tackling a wider range of topics, from Kemi Adetiba's lavish rom-com, 'The Wedding Party', to Izu Ojukwu's politically charged '76'.

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Wednesday, 15 February 2017

Why downtown Los Angeles is cool again

Not long ago, it was hard to imagine downtown Los Angeles as anything more than a gritty, rundown neighborhood.

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CNN en Español kicked off air in Venezuela

The Venezuelan government Wednesday ordered cable providers to take CNN en Español off the air, days after CNN aired an investigation into the alleged fraudulent issuing of Venezuelan passports and visas.

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Men at the center of Panama Papers scandal arrested

The founders of the law firm at the center of the massive 2016 leak face money laundering charges.

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Trump defends travel ban as Trudeau looks on

President Donald Trump offered an unapologetic defense of his travel ban during a joint news conference Monday with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, saying the US "cannot let the wrong people in."

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Mexico ready to retaliate by hurting American corn farmers



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Canadian school district cancels trips to US after travel ban

A Canadian school district that's home to 35,000 students has canceled all field trips to the US until there's "clarity" on President Trump's travel ban.

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U.S. slaps sanctions on Venezuela's VP

U.S. authorities on Monday said the vice president of Venezuela was an international drug trafficker and slapped severe sanctions on him.

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'A declaration of war' on immigrants

The lawyer for an Arizona woman who was deported last week says President Donald Trump's recent executive orders are "a declaration of war" on the immigrant community.

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Gutierrez: "I've found the love of my life"



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These 23 ancient cities offer glimpses of the past



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Tuesday, 14 February 2017

Trump calls presidents of Nigeria, South Africa

President Donald Trump has been increasingly chatting with other world leaders during his first weeks in office. On Monday he turned his attention to Africa.

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