Tag: Mexico
Gunmen attack wake in Mexico, killing nine
dpa/GNA - Gunmen opened fire at a home in central Mexico where a wake was being held on Thursday night, killing at least...
Mexico grants emergency approval for second coronavirus vaccine
dpa/GNA - Mexico has granted emergency approval to the AstraZeneca/Oxford coronavirus vaccine, a Health Ministry official said, making it the second vaccine to...
Mexico seized 486 percent more fentanyl in 2020 than previous year
dpa/GNA - Mexican security forces confiscated almost 500 per cent more of the opioid fentanyl in 2020 than in the previous year, Defence...
Mexico, Chile, Costa Rica first in Latin America to start vaccination
dpa/GNA Mexico, Chile and Costa Rica became the first countries in Latin America to begin vaccinating their populations against the coronavirus on Thursday.
In...
Mexico aims to address roots of immigration with incoming U.S. government , says president
Mexico wants to address the causes of immigration with the incoming administration of U.S. president-elect Joe Biden, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said...
Prosecutors: More than 100 bodies found in mass grave in Mexico
More than 100 bodies have been found in a mass grave in Mexico's western state of Jalisco, state prosecutors said on Sunday.
Local attorney general...
Mexico to deploy 5,000 soldiers before arrival of dangerous hurricane
Mexico will deploy 5,000 soldiers to the eastern Yucatan Peninsula before the imminent arrival of powerful Hurricane Delta, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said...
U.S. travel restrictions with Canada, Mexico extended through Oct. 21
U.S. non-essential travel restrictions across its borders with Canada and Mexico will be extended for another month due to COVID-19, U.S. Acting Homeland...
UN rights agency condemns killing of journalist Julio Valdivia in Mexico
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on Thursday condemned the grisly murder of journalist Julio Valdivia Rodriguez...
Mexico’s manufacturing, tourism most sensitive to job loss due to pandemic: Moody’s
The loss of formal jobs in Mexico due to the COVID-19 pandemic will be more evident in manufacturing and tourism sectors, and the recovery...
Mexico to take part in clinical trials of Italian COVID-19 vaccine
Mexico will participate in clinical trials of a vaccine being developed by Italy against the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), Mexican Foreign Affairs Minister Marcelo...
Global COVID-19 deaths surpass 810,000 — Johns Hopkins University
Global COVID-19 deaths surpassed 810,000 on Monday, according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University.
With...
Latest count of confirmed COVID-19 cases worldwide
The following are the latest updates on the COVID-19 global confirmed cases in hardest-hit countries by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering...
Mexico to take part in clinical trials of Russian COVID-19 vaccine
Mexico has been offered at least 2,000 doses of a Russian COVID-19 vaccine and is to take part in its clinical trials, said Foreign...
Latest count of confirmed COVID-19 cases worldwide
The following are the latest updates on the COVID-19 global confirmed cases in hardest-hit countries by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at...
Mexico and Netherlands to meet in October soccer friendly
Mexico will end their international football hiatus with a friendly against the Netherlands in October.
The match will be played at the...
Ghana and Mexico pledge to attend to needs of vulnerable
Ghana and Mexico have agreed to maintain mutual solidarity and urgently attend to the needs of the most vulnerable populations in their efforts to...
Poor, youth, women hardest hit by pandemic
Workers in food and accommodation, and wholesale and retail trade, are the hardest hit for having the least "teleworkable" jobs, with the poor, the...
Updates: Mexico in talks with U.S., Canada to coordinate response to COVID-19
The following are the updates on the global fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Mexico, U.S. extend ban on non-essential cross-border travel amid pandemic
Mexico and the United States agreed to extend a ban on non-essential travel across their shared border in a bid to contain the COVID-19...
U.S. travel restrictions with Canada, Mexico extended for another month
U.S. non-essential travel restrictions across its borders with Canada and Mexico will be extended for another month due to the COVID-19, U.S. Acting Homeland...
Mexico receives 2nd shipment of medical supplies from China
A shipment of 11 tons of medical supplies arrived in Mexico from China on late Friday to help the country address the COVID-19 pandemic,...
OPEC+ to cut production by 10 million b/p, pending consent of Mexico
The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and its allies led by Russia, known as OPEC+, reached on Thursday a tentative agreement to...
G20 and its summits
Chinese President Xi Jinping will attend a virtual summit of the Group of 20 (G20) leaders on responding to the COVID-19 pandemic in Beijing...
Mexico, Colombia to meet in May friendly
Mexico and Colombia will meet in a friendly in May as both teams prepare for continental tournaments, the Mexican Football Federation (FMF) said on...
Trump barred from building border wall with navy funds
A federal judge in the U.S. state of Washington on Thursday ruled that U.S. President Donald Trump cannot divert funds for a U.S. submarine...
Mexico to invest US$1 billion to bring banking, internet access to poor areas
The Mexican government will invest 20 billion Mexican pesos (about 1 billion U.S. dollars) in bringing banking and internet access to impoverished areas of...
The future of the HIV response
For the first time, AIDS experts have brought together new assessments from six locations around the world that have made impressive progress fighting the...
ITC and UPS to organise series of training seminars for women entrepreneurs
The International Trade Centre (ITC) and UPS has announced that a series of training seminars and workshops will organised for women business...
Trump Plans on Naming an Ambassador for Mexico
U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday announced his intention to nominate the new U.S. ambassador to Mexico, a key diplomatic post as U.S. border...