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Toronto home sales rise in July for fifth straight month
Greater Toronto Area home sales rose in July for a fifth straight month and prices increased, supported by recent signs of improvement in the domestic economy, Toronto Regional R...
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Faced with a teleprompter glitch, Canada's Carney mocks Trump
When his teleprompter malfunctioned on Wednesday in the middle of a news conference on housing policy, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney smiled and took a swift jab at U.S. Pre...
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Brazil cuts rates by 25 bps again, September rate cut in play
Brazil's central bank on Wednesday cut interest rates by 25 basis points at a fourth straight policy meeting as expected and left the door open for more cuts, as recent data point...
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Brazilian presidential candidate Bolsonaro unveils surprise running mate
Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro, the leading right-wing challenger to leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in October's presidential election, named conservative Congres...
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Argentina will not act over Brazil diplomatic ties downgrade
Argentina will not take diplomatic action in response to Brazil downgrading diplomatic ties, Foreign Minister Pablo Quirno said on Wednesday during a press conference.
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Pope Leo to visit Uruguay, Argentina and Peru in November, Vatican says
Pope Leo will visit Uruguay, Argentina and Peru from November 6 to 17, the Vatican announced on Wednesday, in a major trip for the Catholic leader who spent decades as a missiona...
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Lula leads Bolsonaro but gap narrows ahead of Brazil election, poll shows
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva continues to lead Senator Flavio Bolsonaro, although the right-wing challenger has narrowed the gap with the leftist incumbent ahead...
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Mexican influencer Cesar Gastelum shot to death during livestream
Mexican social media influencer Cesar Gastelum was shot and killed on Tuesday while livestreaming with friends outside a fast food restaurant in the northwestern city of Culiacan,...
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Brazil downgrades diplomatic ties with Argentina after Milei insults Lula
Brazil has told Argentina its relations will be handled at the chargé d'affaires level after Argentine President Javier Milei again insulted Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula ...
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Seven months after Trump intervention, US senators seek Venezuela elections
A group of Republican and Democratic U.S. senators on Tuesday called for elections in Venezuela, seven months after President Donald Trump's administration removed then-President ...
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Chile's Congress passes Kast economic reform bill
Chile's Congress on Tuesday approved a sweeping economic and tax reform package championed by right-wing President Jose Antonio Kast, which aims to boost economic growth in ...
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Family of man who died in ICE detention in New Jersey alleges medical negligence in custody
The family of a man from El Salvador, who died in a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in New Jersey, alleged medical negligence during his custody and dema...
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US revokes visa of Brazilian ambassador over diplomatic dispute
The United States has revoked the visa of the Brazilian ambassador in Washington after Brazil withheld formal approval for President Donald Trump's nominee as U.S. ambassador and ...
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Mexico's central bank likely to hold key interest rate this week: Reuters poll
Mexico's central bank is expected to maintain its benchmark interest rate at 6.50% in its next decision on Thursday, according to most analysts in a Reuters poll, signaling a pro...
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Canadian factory PMI rises to four-year high on firmer domestic demand
Canada's manufacturing sector expanded in July at the fastest pace in more than four years as rising domestic activity boosted production and new orders, but weak international d...
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Denmark targets August 21 for second Security Council UN chief poll
The United Nations Security Council is expected to hold another informal poll this month as it selects the next U.N. secretary-general, the council president for August said on Mo...
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Brazil central bank to cut rates for fourth straight meeting on August 5: Reuters poll
Brazil's central bank is set to cut interest rates for a fourth consecutive time, when it meets on August 5, a Reuters poll showed, with inflation concerns preventing a faster redu...
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Flavio Bolsonaro closes in on Lula in Nexus/BTG poll for Brazil election
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Senator Flavio Bolsonaro are running neck and neck ahead of October's presidential election, a Nexus/BTG Pactual poll showed on ...
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