Guatemalan forces clash with migrant caravan, Biden team seeks to halt exodus
Thousands of migrants have entered Guatemala, fleeing poverty and violence in a region hammered by coronavirus and back-to-back hurricanes
U.S. state capitals see few protesters after bracing for violent demonstrations
More than a dozen states have brought in troops to help secure their capitol buildings, following an FBI warning of armed protests
Chilean lithium miner SQM says relations with indigenous communities are improving
Lithium miner SQM says it is committed to indigenous communities, who fear its mining activities may jeopardise a fragile salt flat
India's COVID-19 vaccination drive hits bump due to app glitch
India's vast vaccination programme faltered on the first day of rollout after an app used to invite people for jabs malfunctioned
UK must not do trade deals with rights abusers, foreign minister says
Britain announced new rules to bar goods linked to China's Xinjiang region over forced labour concerns
Up to 8,000 migrants advance in U.S.-bound caravans across Guatemala
Hondurans fleeing poverty and violence head for the U.S., where incoming president Joe Biden has pledged a more humane approach to migration
Malaysia's Top Glove reports COVID-19 outbreak at four factories
The latest outbreak comes after a major cluster of cases last year prompted scrutiny over conditions faced by its workers
Amazon union election to start in February, U.S. labor board says
Employees will vote on whether to form the first ever union at a United States Amazon facility
Brazil soy firms commit to zero deforestation from 2020
Three soy firms commit to ban on soy grown on newly-deforested land, adding pressure on rivals to follow suit
France's Total quits top U.S. oil lobby over climate policies
Points of difference include lobby's support for rollback of U.S. regulation on methane emissions and how to assign a price to carbon