Mexico City: At least 25 people were killed in two separate bus crashes in Mexico on Monday, authorities said. In the country’s north, 14 people died in a fiery collision between a tractor-trailer and a bus carrying passengers from the US state of Texas, civil protection authorities in Durango state said. Of the 24 people … Read more
Mexico City: Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum told cheering crowds Sunday that she is confident that her country has headed off the threat of US tariffs for now. Last week, Sheinbaum’s US counterpart Donald Trump agreed to offer another month of temporary relief on threatened tariffs on imports from Mexico. During a huge rally in Mexico … Read more
Washington: US President Donald Trump said Friday that trade tensions with Mexico and Canada would be a boost for the 2026 World Cup as he announced the creation of a White House task force to help organize the tournament. Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office alongside Gianni Infantino, the head of world football’s governing … Read more
Washington: US President Donald Trump on Thursday delayed some tariffs targeting Canada and Mexico — leading Ottawa to halt an upcoming wave of countermeasures — in moves that bring reprieve to companies and consumers after blowback on financial markets. Stock markets tumbled after Trump’s duties of up to 25 percent took effect Tuesday, as economists … Read more
Most of us, as early as in our school days, learnt about the Amazon being the largest rainforest in the world. But there’s another forest, about the size of Mexico, in Africa, covered with tropical grasslands, savannas and shrublands. The Miombo forest is the largest dry woodland we probably never heard of. The forest, about … Read more
Nine students who went missing on vacation in Mexico have been found dismembered by the side of the road along with a “bag of hands”. According to the New York Post, the group, from the Mexican town of Tlaxcala, went missing on February 27. They had been travelling to the beaches in Oaxaca to celebrate … Read more
Washington: The US commerce secretary on Tuesday said President Donald Trump could dial down huge tariffs on Canada and Mexico this week while maintaining pressure on China, hours after Canada’s premier attacked the United States’ “dumb” trade war. “I think he’s going to work something out with them,” Howard Lutnick told Fox Business, adding the … Read more
As US President Donald Trump unveiled sweeping tariffs on Canada, China and Mexico, billionaire investor Warren Buffett called the move an “act of war”. “Tariffs are actually – we’ve had a lot of experience with them – they’re an act of war, to some degree,” Buffett told CBS on Sunday. The 94-year-old, who is viewed … Read more
In its first-ever decision for an individual animal’s rights, the Mexico Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered a zoo to work towards improving the living conditions of an elephant. The top court directed the San Juan de Aragon Zoo in Mexico City to take steps for the well-being of Ely, an African elephant saved from a … Read more
The CIA has launched drones on secret missions to spy on drug cartels in Mexico and may use them for armed operations. The covert operations, underway with MQ-9 Reaper drones, are assessing the drug gangs and their labs across the southern US border in preparation for a potential aerial strike to destroy them, CNN reported. While … Read more
Mexico City: A Dutch drug trafficker who was one of Europe’s most wanted criminals and once reportedly faked his own death has been murdered in Mexico, an official said Friday. Marco Ebben, 32, was shot on Thursday in Atizapan de Zaragoza, a municipality about 25 kilometers (15 miles) from the capital Mexico City. Experts confirmed … Read more
Mexico City: Mexico’s president on Friday warned US gunmakers they could face fresh legal action and be deemed accomplices if Washington designates Mexican cartels as terrorist groups. “If they declare these criminal groups as terrorists, then we’ll have to expand our US lawsuit,” Claudia Sheinbaum said at a daily press conference. A new charge could … Read more