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  • ZAPOPAN, MEXICO - JUNE 18: Fans of Mexico and Korea Republic enjoy the atmosphere before the FIFA World Cup 2026 Group A match between Mexico and Korea Republic at Guadalajara Stadium on June 18, 2026 in Zapopan, Mexico. (Photo by David Ramos/Getty Images)
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    Video Mexico and South Korea’s World Cup love story continues 1:38
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    A visual guide to the Venezuela earthquakes
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    Video CNN reporter recounts herculean effort by rescue teams to save man trapped for eight days under earthquake rubble 2:30
  • TOPSHOT - An international rescue team assists a survivor of Venezuela's twin earthquakes in Catia La Mar, La Guaira State, Venezuela on July 2, 2026, eight days after the quake. Hernan Gil, a 43-year-old security guard, had been buried in the booth of the seven-story building where he worked in Catia La Mar, a coastal area in the state of La Guaira devastated by the disaster. (Photo by Federico PARRA / AFP via Getty Images)
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    Man pulled from rubble in ‘miraculous’ rescue 8 days after devastating Venezuela earthquakes
  • Members of the French 7th Civil Security Training and Intervention Regiment make a recognition in a damaged building in Catia La Mar, La Guaira state, Venezuela, on June 29, 2026.
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    As Venezuelan morgues fill and the death toll slowly rises, questions remain about how many are truly gone
  • Soldiers guard an area damaged by the earthquakes in La Guaira, Venezuela, on Saturday, June 27, 2026.
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    Venezuelans search for a future as well as survivors after twin quakes pile disaster on years of crisis
  • A group of relatives of Peruvians sent to Russia holding a candlelit vigil outside the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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    Peruvians say they were promised jobs in Russia, but landed on the front lines in Ukraine
  • Rescue workers evacuate an injured person from a collapsed building following an earthquake in Caracas on June 24, 2026. Two earthquakes of magnitude 7.2 and 7.5 struck the same area of Venezuela on the evening of June 24, causing buildings to collapse, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS) and AFP journalists. The quakes drove residents of the capital, Caracas, into the streets. (Photo by Manaure Quintero / AFP via Getty Images)
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    What we know about Venezuela’s biggest earthquake in more than a century
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    Two quakes rattle Venezuela within a minute, causing damage and state of emergency 3:55
  • Presidential candidate Abelardo de la Espriella of the "Defenders of the Homeland" movement and his vice-presidential running mate, Jose Manuel Restrepo, ride in a bulletproof booth toward a celebration rally after election results showed him leading in Barranquilla, Colombia, Sunday, June 21, 2026.
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    Trump-backed de la Espriella wins preliminary count in razor-tight Colombian presidential runoff
  • An "extreme alert" received by cell phone users across Brazil shortly after midnight on Saturday morning was likely hackers, the Brazilian government said.
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    Hackers suspected to be behind unauthorized alert sent to cell phones across Brazil
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  • CARACAS, VENEZUELA - FEBRUARY 11: Interim President of Venezuela Delcy Rodríguez looks on during a joint declaration with U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright (not in frame) after a bilateral meeting at Palacio de Miraflores, on February 11, 2026, in Caracas, Venezuela. This is the highest U.S. Government visit to Venezuela after the capture of Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores on January 3. The U.S. Treasury Department issued a general license to facilitate the exploration and production of oil and gas in Venezuela on February 10, 2026. (Photo by Jesus Vargas/Getty Images)
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    Her boss is in US prison. How the woman running Venezuela got Trump on her side
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  • General view of the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince, where a high-level security official was kidnapped, according to a person with knowledge of the situation.
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    Armed men in Haiti’s capital seize a top security official in rare high-level abduction
  • New York Knicks Karl-Anthony Towns (center-left) and Jose Alvarado (front-right) help the team lift the trophy after defeating the Cleveland Cavaliers in game four of the eastern conference finals for the 2026 NBA playoffs in May 2026.
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    The Latino duo helping fuel the Knicks’ historic NBA Finals run
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  • Larvae of the screwworm fly that were extracted from cows lie at an inspection center of Honduras' Secretary of Agriculture and Livestock, in Valle de Jamastran, Honduras, May 21, 2025.
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    Flesh-eating screwworm has reached the US — a comeback driven by organized crime
  • Colombia's presidential candidate Abelardo de la Espriella, of the Salvadores de la Patria movement, speaks to supporters behind bulletproof glass after a quick count of votes in the presidential election at the Ventana al Mundo monument in Barranquilla, Colombia, on May 31, 2026. Colombia's presidential election appeared headed for a runoff between leftist Ivan Cepeda and hard-right Abelardo de la Espriella on May 31, presenting voters with a stark choice between peace talks and a militarized crackdown. (Photo by Rodrigo BUENDIA / AFP via Getty Images)
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    Why Colombia’s pro-Trump candidate was banned from wearing the national team jersey
  • A man walks past a house in the Playa neighborhood in Havana on April 23, 2026. Price hikes in some neighborhoods, intermediaries activity in social media, and growing interest from Cuban-American emigres: Havana's real estate market shows signs of revival in anticipation of possible economic or political changes on the communist island.
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    The $9 billion issue at the heart of US-Cuba tensions
  • Cuban doctors hold a national flag upon arrival at Palmerola International Airport, 50 kms north of Tegucigalpa, on February 27, 2024. The 100 medical specialists-brigade will stay in Honduras for two years and includes anaesthesiologists, oncologists, neurosurgeons, cardiologists, and endocrinologists.
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    Cuba’s doctors are its biggest soft power export. Several Latin American countries are cutting ties
  • Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks at the Economic Club Of New York luncheon in New York on May 28, 2026.
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    Canada is failing the Jewish community and Jews are being targeted, Carney says
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