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Left-wing candidate and former guerrilla Gustavo Petro wins Colombian presidential race

By Stefano Pozzebon, CNN Gustavo Petro will become Colombia’s first leftist leader, after winning the country’s presidential race on Sunday. The former guerrilla won by a slim margin with over 50% of the votes, against 77-year-old entrepreneur Rodolfo Hernandez. In this historic win, his running mate Francia Marquez will now become the first Afro-Colombian to

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Must-watch videos of the week

By John Branch, CNN How to walk away from a bear, deter an emu, and go crowd surfing at any age. These are the must-watch videos of the week. Mom keeps cool as bear follows family down trail A young family hiking in British Columbia, Canada, say they were followed by a black bear for

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Must-watch videos of the week

By John Branch, CNN How to walk away from a bear, deter an emu, and go crowd surfing at any age. These are the must-watch videos of the week. Mom keeps cool as bear follows family down trail A young family hiking in British Columbia, Canada, say they were followed by a black bear for

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Must-watch videos of the week

By John Branch, CNN How to walk away from a bear, deter an emu, and go crowd surfing at any age. These are the must-watch videos of the week. Mom keeps cool as bear follows family down trail A young family hiking in British Columbia, Canada, say they were followed by a black bear for

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Who is Colombia’s ‘Old Man of TikTok’ that could become the next president?

By Stefano Pozzebon, CNN When Colombia’s presidential campaign race started back in January, few expected that Rodolfo Hernandez would reach the final lap. But the septuagenarian real estate magnate-turned-politician has a chance of becoming the country’s next president if he wins the battle against competitor Gustavo Petro in Sunday’s runoff vote. The Americas have seen

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Brazilian indigenous agency workers strike after Amazon killings spark outrage

By Rodrigo Pedroso, CNN Workers at Brazil’s national agency for indigenous people went on strike Thursday amid fury over the killings of British journalist Dom Phillips and indigenous expert Bruno Pereira, citing longstanding concerns over illegal activity and violence in the Amazon rainforest. Staff at FUNAI, the government body responsible for the protection and interests

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Controversial UK deportation flight to Rwanda grounded after all asylum-seekers removed

By Lauren Said-Moorhouse, Sharon Braithwaite, Arnaud Siad, Ivana Kottasová and Bethlehem Feleke, CNN The inaugural flight of a controversial UK government scheme to send asylum-seekers to Rwanda was stopped on Tuesday at the eleventh hour, after an intervention by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). According to the UK’s PA Media news agency, “all

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