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  • The hearse of drug trafficker Nemesio "El Mencho" Oseguera leaves la Paz funeral home in Guadalajara, Jalisco state, Mexico, on March 2, 2026.
    Ulises Ruiz/AFP/Getty Images
    Slain cartel leader ‘El Mencho’ buried in a golden casket
  • The Provincial Clinical–Surgical Hospital "Arnaldo Milian Castro," where people injured in the speedboat incident were reportedly being treated on Thursday.
    Norlys Perez/Reuters
    US citizen was among those killed in Cuba speedboat shootout. Here’s what we know
  • People approach the entrance of the Provincial Clinical–Surgical Hospital "Arnaldo Milian Castro," where, according to local information, injured people were being treated after an armed incident involving a Florida-registered speedboat and a Cuban patrol, at a time of heightened tensions with the United States, in Santa Clara, Cuba, on February 25, 2026.
    Norlys Perez/Reuters
    Cuba says its forces kill four in gunfight after Florida speedboat tries to ‘infiltrate’ island
  • A bus set on fire by organised crime groups in response to an operation in Jalisco to arrest a high-priority security target, burns at one of the main avenues in Zapopan, state of Jalisco, Mexico, on Sunday, February 22.
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    With World Cup looming, can Mexico contain the chaos unleashed by the killing of drug lord ‘El Mencho’?
  • Enrique Marquez, a released Venezuelan prisoner, is recognized as U.S. President Donald J. Trump delivers the first State of the Union address of his second term to a joint session of Congress in the House Chamber of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, February 24, 2026.  Kenny Holston/Pool via REUTERS

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  • A soldier stands guard by a charred vehicle after it was set on fire, in Cointzio, Michoacán state, Mexico, Sunday, Feb. 22, 2026, following the death of the leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, Nemesio Oseguera, known as "El Mencho." (AP Photo/Armando Solis)
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    Mexico’s most-wanted drug leader killed in military operation as clashes erupt and US tourists told to shelter in place
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  • People walk next to trash on a street in Havana, Monday, Jan. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
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    No food, no fuel, no tourists: Under US pressure, life in Cuba grinds to a halt
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  • Logan Paul with the Pikachu Illustrator card.
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    Logan Paul’s ‘holy grail’ of Pokémon cards sells for $16.5 million, with a diamond necklace thrown in
  • Rifles on display at That Hunting Store in Ottawa, Ontario in 2022. A federal buyback for assault-style weapons in Canada, where gun control is broadly popular, has been met with criticism from provincial officials, police and gun owners
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    Gun control is popular in Canada. So why is a major buyback program attracting criticism?
  • Police work near Tumbler Ridge Secondary School in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, Canada, on Wednesday.
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    Suspected shooter named as community gathers to grieve after Canada’s worst school shooting in decades. Here’s what we know
  • Venezuela's interim President Delcy Rodriguez, U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright and U.S. Charge d'Affaires for Venezuela Laura Dogu visit oil production facilities at the joint venture between Chevron and state oil company PDVSA in the Orinoco Oil Belt, following an agreement to pursue long-term energy cooperation after recent sanction relief and legal reforms that opened Venezuela's oil sector to greater foreign investment, in Maturin, Monagas state, Venezuela February 12, 2026.
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    US energy secretary and Venezuela’s acting president tour oil facility in warming ties just weeks after Maduro ouster
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  • This grab from video shows students exiting the Tumbler Ridge school after deadly shootings, in British Columbia, Canada, Tuesday Feb. 10, 2026. (Jordon Kosik via AP)
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    Canada in shock after worst school shooting in decades leaves at least eight dead
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  • Video Canadian Prime Minister Carney to shooting victims: ‘All of Canada stands with you’ 0:55
  • Venezuelan opposition figure Guanipa placed under house arrest after armed men detained him again following prison release
  • A group of activists inspired by Robin Hood in Montreal said they raided a grocery store for food, then left some of the spoils outside of an apartment building nearby, "courtesy of the Robins des Ruelles."
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    Thieves dressed as Robin Hood give away stolen food to protest Canada’s rising prices
  • From clash to dialogue: Petro arrives in Washington for key encounter with Trump after year of tensions
  • Right-wing populist Laura Fernández claims victory in Costa Rica’s elections. Here’s what to know.
  • Trump’s threatened tariffs over oil to Cuba put Mexico in a bind
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