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Hurricane Max makes landfall in Mexico

Mexico City: Hurricane Max has made landfall in Mexico’s Guerrero state, weather officials said. The Category 1 hurricane, which has sustained winds of 130 kph, made landfall at around 4 p.m. on Thursday evening near the town of Pico del Monte, reports Efe news. Max was located roughly 90 km east-southeast of Acapulco and moving […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
Death toll in Mexico quake rises to 58

Mexico City: Fifty-eight people died in the 8.2-magnitude earthquake that struck off Mexico’s Pacific coast and rocked numerous southern states, authorities said. The National Emergency Committee on Friday confirmed 45 deaths in Oaxaca state, 10 in Chiapas and three more in Tabasco state, national civil protection coordinator Luis Felipe Puente tweeted. Oaxaca Governor Alejandro Murat […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
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Mexico ready to revise NAFTA, within limits

Miami: Mexican Foreign Secretary Luis Videgaray said here that while his county is open to updating the free trade agreement, it will not accept changes that may reduce economic integration among the US, Canada and Mexico. “We don’t want it to stop being a free-trade treaty,” Videgaray said during a town-hall interview with The Miami […]

  • Monday, 05 July 2021
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Salma Hayek gives a lesson on Mexican slang

Los Angeles: Actress Salma Hayek, who was born and raised in Mexico before moving to Hollywood for her career in the 1990s, has made a tutorial video for Mexican slang. In fun spirit, Hayek goes over phrases like ‘Que Pedo’ and ‘Eso Que Ni Que’. She gives the literal translation but also lets people know […]

  • Monday, 05 July 2021
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Trump decides to keep Nafta for now

Washington: President Donald Trump has told the leaders of Mexico and Canada that that he would not immediately move to terminate the North American Free Trade Agreement (Nafta), the White House said. This came on Wednesday just hours after administration officials said Trump was likely to sign an order pulling the US out of the […]

  • Monday, 05 July 2021
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US loses 1st trade battle with Mexico in Trump era

Washington: With the World Trade Organisation ruling in Mexico’s favour, allowing it to impose trade sanctions worth $163 million a year against the US, the Trump administration lost its first trade battle with the neighbouring nation. The WTO on Tuesday said that’s how much money Mexico has lost from the US unfairly penalising Mexican tuna, […]

  • Monday, 05 July 2021
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US, Mexico, Canada bid to co-host 2026 FIFA World Cup

Washington: The US, Mexico and Canada on Monday announced their intention to submit a joint bid to co-host the 2026 FIFA World Cup, a media report said. According to ESPN, the US was planning to host three-quarters of the games, including the semifinals and final. The bid, announced atop the Freedom Tower at the World Trade […]

  • Monday, 05 July 2021
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Facebook records 300 bn 'Reactions' on posts in one year

San Francisco: Facebook has recorded 300 billion “Reactions” on posts and the “Love” reaction was used maximum times by its over 1.79 billion users, the company said on Saturday. On February 24 last year, Facebook enhanced conversations by implementing “Reactions” — a group of emojis that has “Love”, “Haha”, “Wow”, “Sad” and “Angry” emoticons — […]

  • Saturday, 03 July 2021
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23 Dead In Mexico City Underground Rail Bridge Collapse

Mexico City: At least 23 people were killed and 70 others injured after a bridge on an elevated section of the Mexico City underground system partially collapsed as a train…

  • Tuesday, 04 May 2021
Trump to seek $8.6 bn for border wall in new budget

Washington: US President Donald Trump is expected to seek $8.6 billion for his long-promised wall along the border with Mexico when he submits his 2020 congressional budget on Monday, likely igniting another funding standoff with Congress. A senior administration official confirmed the figure, which is expected to be used to build or replace roughly 700 […]

  • Monday, 03 May 2021
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Mudslide In Mexico Leaves At Least 7 Dead

Puebla (Mexico): Seven people – three adults and four minors – died when part of a hillside collapsed in central Mexico due to heavy rainfall, local authorities said Thursday. “Based on preliminary reports, seven bodies without vital signs have been recovered corresponding to three adults and four children; additionally, medical units have transferred two rescued […]

  • Wednesday, 28 April 2021
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Katrina's Swimwear Picture Sets Temperature Soaring!

Katrina Kaif is currently on a vacation in Mexico, and a snapshot that the actress has posted in blue swimwear went viral online through most of Saturday, soon after she posted it with heart emojis on Instagram. Fans on social media couldn’t get enough of Katrina’s scorching avatar from the beaches of Tulum in Mexico, […]

  • Wednesday, 28 April 2021
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19 Dead In Mexico Due To Floods, Landslides

Mexico City: Floods and landslides caused by heavy rains have left at least 19 people dead and more than 900 houses damaged in Mexico’s Chiapas state, authorities said. So far, 20 municipalities in different regions of the state have been affected by overflowing rivers and landslides, Xinhua news agency quoted the state’s Civil Protection Secretariat […]

  • Friday, 09 April 2021
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