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  • 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
  • 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
  • Aerial view of the middle school and high school building where the shooting took place, as well as the small town of Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, on February 11, 2026. Canada was in mourning Wednesday, Prime Minister Mark Carney said, after a lone shooter killed at least nine people, including seven at a school, and injured dozens more in a remote western town.
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    Video Police identify suspect in Canada mass shooting 2:36
  • Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney makes his way to the National Caucus meeting on Parliament Hill February 11, 2026 in Ottawa, Canada. (Photo by Dave Chan / AFP via Getty Images)
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    Video Canadian Prime Minister Carney to shooting victims: ‘All of Canada stands with you’ 0:55
  • Venezuelan opposition politician Juan Pablo Guanipa speaks to the media after he was released from the Bolivarian National Police Mariperez detention center, in Caracas, Venezuela on Sunday.
    Leonardo Fernandez Viloria/Reuters
    Venezuelan opposition figure Guanipa placed under house arrest after armed men detained him again following prison release
  • Costa Rican presidential candidate Laura Fernandez greets supporters during a campaign rally in San Jose, Costa Rica, on January 24, 2026.
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    Right-wing populist Laura Fernández claims victory in Costa Rica’s elections. Here’s what to know.
  • A chemical ad oil products tanker arrives at the port of Havana, Cuba, on January 9, 2026.
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    Trump’s threatened tariffs over oil to Cuba put Mexico in a bind
  • Relatives of detainees react outside the Helicoide detention centre after Venezuela’s interim president Delcy Rodriguez announced a proposed "amnesty law" for hundreds of prisoners, in Caracas, Venezuela, on Friday.
    Gaby Oraa/Reuters
    Venezuela plans amnesty law for political prisoners and closure of notorious prison
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  • Cuba's President Miguel Diaz-Canel, center, takes part in the "Anti-Imperialist" protest in front of the US Embassy against the US incursion in Venezuela in Havana, Cubam on January 16.
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    ‘A hurricane is coming’: Havana prepares people for war as US shuts off Cuba’s oil valve
  • Carlos García and Gaby Duarte pose for a photo with their two children.
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    This former Venezuelan opposition mayor fears the US will deport him to the country he fled
  • Police guard the street leading to Miraflores Palace in Caracas, Venezuela, on January 4.
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    Speak in code, delete the chats: The tactics Venezuelans are using out of fear of phone checks
  • Members of the National Guard stand guard at the site where armed attackers killed several people at a soccer field after a match in Salamanca, Mexico, on January 26.
    Juan Moreno/Reuters
    Mexico investigates deadly attack after soccer match as Sheinbaum faces pressure to curb crime
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    Voices of the Venezuelan diaspora after Maduro’s ouster: How millions live abroad as they wonder if it’s time to return
  • The Petroleos de Venezuela SA Bajo Grande Refinery at the Paraguana Refinery Complex on Lake Maracaibo in Maracaibo, Zulia state, Venezuela, on Friday, Nov. 17, 2023.
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    As Trump zeroes in on Venezuela’s oil, Rodríguez moves to meet his demands
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  • Venezuelan acting president Delcy Rodríguez and US President Donald Trump.
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    Venezuela: Four signs that the Trump-Rodríguez relationship is warming up
  • Chile wildfires leave 19 dead amid extreme heat as scores evacuated
  • EU and South America’s Mercosur bloc sign landmark free trade agreement
  • Video of Machado’s daring escape from Venezuela released by rescue team
  • Nobel Peace Prize winner María Corina Machado attends a press conference with the President of Norway's Parliament Storting on December 11, 2025 at the Storting in Oslo.
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    Video President Trump’s relationship with Machado 2:29
  • Venezuelan officials return to X in apparent end to Maduro-era ban on platform
  • Families demand proof of life as Venezuela releases only dozens of political prisoners. Here’s what we know so far
  • Cuban leader says ‘no one dictates what we do’ as Trump tells regime to make a deal
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