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Don't call it mezcal: Mexico may force artisanal producers to use a new nameAs the smoky liquor becomes mainstream, small mezcaleros are decrying new rules that would prohibit them from calling it by its 300-year-old name
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In from the cold: Iran x Cuba – reviewPlayful seriousness abounds in this exhibition at New York’s Rogue Space gallery
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Canada wildfire: 85% of Fort McMurray has been saved, says Alberta premierRachel Notley describes devastation wrought by ongoing wildfire as ‘heartbreaking’, with residents facing long wait to return to their homes
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Alberta premier to tour Fort McMurray, Canada, after wildfire stabilisedRachel Notley to visit worst hit parts of Canadian oil sands town after cooler temperatures and light rain stop wildfire growing as quickly as feared
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'People are tired of 70 years of killings and violence': Colombia's peace processTwo activists in Colombia talk about their hopes and fears over bringing an end to the world’s longest running civil war
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Story of cities #38: Vancouver dumps its freeway plan for a more beautiful futureIn the 1960s, Vancouver’s historic downtown was at risk of being razed for modern road projects – only for an extraordinary protest movement to turn the tide, helping transform it into one of North America’s most ‘liveable’ cities
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Canada is mad as hell at Dwyane Wade, America, and we might not take it anymoreThe Miami Heat star’s antics during the national anthem were just the latest example of US disrespect. And if you expect us to take it, you’re probably right
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Canadian officials hope to put 'death grip' on raging Fort McMurray fireWinds and favourable weather encourage those fighting massive blaze as Fort McMurray remains evacuated but safe for workers as fire moves east
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Alberta wildfire explodes across forests: 'in no way is this fire under control'Volatile winds and heavy smoke keep 500 firefighters at bay as more evacuees flee and crews find blackened remains of homes
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Eerie footage from inside Fort McMurray following raging wildfires – videoFootage captured by a firefighter shows the chilling aftermath inside Fort McMurray on Wednesday
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Canada wildfire could double in size as mass evacuations continueMore than 80,000 people flee Fort McMurray in procession of cars and mass airlift of evacuees
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Blaze rips through Fort McMurray home – timelapse videoAn indoor security camera shows the moment wildfire roars through a living room in Fort McMurray, Canada.
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'It's just charred earth': DJ returns to wildfire-hit ruins of Fort McMurrayDays after 80,000 people were evacuated from Canadian oil hub, the fight to restore essential services has begun
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There’s more to Fort McMurray than oil sands – it’s a real communityRaging wildfires have brought an ill-informed focus on this quintessentially Canadian place, which had a character long before the extraction plants
Suspects in missing Mexican students case say they were tortured to confess