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FILE — Researchers Jose Montalvo-Proano, left, and Neal Cantin collect coral samples from the Great Barrier Reef off the coast of the state of Queensland, Australia, July 22, 2017. The Australian government unveiled a plan on Sunday, April 29, 2018, to set aside 500 million Australian dollars ($379 million U.S.) to help rescue the Great Barrier Reef, an important ecosystem and a global treasure, after years of devastating damage from warming waters caused by climate change. (David Maurice Smith/The New York Times)

April 29, 2018 at 3:59 pm

Australia pledges millions of dollars in bid to save Great Barrier Reef

The money would be used to improve water quality, control a major predator, invest in coral restoration and enhance underwater monitoring.

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Some of the 54 species of coral in the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts monument southeast of Cape Cod, Mass. It’s one of 10 national monuments that the Interior Secretary is reevaluating for the White House. (HANDOUT/NYT)

October 6, 2017 at 4:00 pm

Building a better coral reef

After decades of accumulating damage, followed by a huge die-off in 2015 and 2016, some scientists believe half the coral reefs that existed in the...

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A man walks past a newspaper placard, showing President-elect Donald Trump, in Sydney, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2016, following the U.S. presidential election. Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull says his country will work “as closely as ever” with the United States under Donald Trump’s new administration. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)

March 16, 2017 at 4:40 pm

In Australia, a call for closer ties to China gains support

Stephen FitzGerald, Australia’s first ambassador to China, said the world had reached the end of an era defined by European and U.S. leadership.

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July 14, 2015 at 6:25 pm

Like ‘El Chapo,’ U.S.-Mexico alliance slips away

Mexico’s hesitations over the U.S. offer to help find and capture Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman reflect years of strain between the two countries as their...

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December 17, 2014 at 8:40 pm

Cuba’s hopes for future fired up by historic pact

MEXICO CITY — They crowded around old, battered televisions in Havana and cried and applauded at a spectacle they could scarcely imagine, let alone believe:...

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September 28, 2013 at 7:07 pm

Seeing Cuba your way

Nearly half-a-million travelers now go from the United States to Cuba every year, making the once-forbidden island, if not familiar, at least far less isolated...

August 10, 2013 at 12:00 am

As cost of food imports soars, Caribbean looks to local farms

KINGSTON, Jamaica — The scent of coconut oil and fiery jerk spice blows through kitchens across this green island, but as the country’s food imports...

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May 8, 2013 at 8:35 pm

Deportee reprieve a controversial element in immigration bill

TIJUANA, Mexico — Erik Garcia arrived at the metal gate of a migrant shelter here, deported from Los Angeles just hours earlier. After 23 years...

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October 20, 2012 at 7:00 pm

Mexico without crowds, or attitude, on the Oaxaca coast

The "Costa Chica" on Mexico's Pacfic coast offers low-key tourism.

October 12, 2012 at 9:34 pm

In Honduras, deaths make U.S. rethink drug war

The Honduran air-force pilot did not know what to do. It was the dead of night, and he was chasing a small, suspected drug plane...

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