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The city's proposed mobility budget, which includes initiatives to make it easier for fans to enter and exit the iconic Azteca stadium, will increase to nearly 7 billion pesos

Updated On: 21 Dec 2024 | 10:43 AM IST

Eight people are dead and two others are wounded after gunmen pulled up to a roadside stand in north-central Mexico and opened fire on customers and bystanders, authorities reported Sunday. Prosecutors in the cartel-ravaged state of Guanajuato said the shooting occurred late Saturday in the town of Apaseo el Grande. Eight men died just outside the stand, which was selling a traditional type of milk-based fudge. Another man and a woman were wounded in the attack, but there was no immediate report on their condition. Local media reported that a paramedic was one of those killed in the shooting. The state ambulance and paramedic agency said an emergency medical technician had died late Saturday, but did not confirm whether he was one of those killed in the attack. Video posted on social media showed men's bodies with apparent head wounds scattered among motorcycles parked outside the stand. The town of Apaseo el Grande, and its sister community of Apaseo el Alto, have been hit by mas

Updated On: 02 Dec 2024 | 8:11 AM IST

Sheinbaum's calls for collaboration instead of hostility reflect delicate balance she has sought to maintain since Trump's victory put her nation on front line of a potential US trade war with China

Updated On: 27 Nov 2024 | 8:08 AM IST

US National Hurricane Center (NHC) forecast that Sara will weaken as it moves further inland over Mexico's Quintana Roo state

Updated On: 18 Nov 2024 | 9:41 AM IST

Trump made his remarks on tariffs as he pledged to bolster the US auto industry

Updated On: 07 Oct 2024 | 8:46 AM IST

Sheinbaum also used her first speech as head of state to address investor concerns after the passing of a sweeping judicial reform pushed by her predecessor, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador

Updated On: 02 Oct 2024 | 9:38 AM IST

Brazil's air force said on Tuesday that an aeroplane carrying President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva experienced a technical problem after leaving Mexico City and will return to the country's capital so he can board another flight to return home. The aircraft, an Airbus A319, was still flying over the Mexican capital on Tuesday afternoon, the Brazilian air force said in a statement. The aeroplane had been in the air for two hours, according to plane tracking site FlightAware. The Brazilian air force added that "security procedures for the problem" were performed successfully but pilots must "wait for the necessary fuel consumption so the aeroplane returns to the same airport it took off from". Earlier, Lula attended the inauguration of Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum. He arrived in Mexico on Monday and had a meeting with outgoing President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador. The plane was circling the Felipe Angeles airport, about an hour's drive north of Mexico City. The commercial airp

Updated On: 02 Oct 2024 | 7:45 AM IST

Along Mexico's southern Pacific coast, floodwaters receded on Monday, leaving behind devastated towns and 15 dead, after John struck the coast once as a hurricane and again as tropical storm last week. Desperate residents in the town of Coyuca de Benitez, about 35 miles west of the resort city of Acapulco, organised volunteers to go to outlying areas to burn the bloated bodies of farm animals that drowned. The carcasses could become a health risk, so teams of townspeople set out with cans of diesel to help them in their grim work. The Mexican army began delivering aid packages to families in the town that were hit last year by Hurricane Otis and then last week -- twice -- by John. Some are becoming so tired of the repeated hurricane impacts every year they have almost given up. "I don't want to buy anything anymore, if this is going to continue happening every year," said Yahaira Garcia Marin (32) as she began to clear out her shattered house in Coyuca de Benitez. Around her, lit

Updated On: 01 Oct 2024 | 9:24 AM IST

Senate President Jose Gerardo Fernandez said the session was 'suspended' and asked lawmakers to remain calm as demonstrators flooded the upper level of the chamber

Updated On: 11 Sep 2024 | 10:07 AM IST

Canada's government said that it respects Mexico's sovereignty but that investors have expressed concern over the reform

Updated On: 29 Aug 2024 | 8:56 AM IST

As soon as she stepped onto Mexican soil this week, Venezuelan migrant Yuri Carolina Melndez downloaded the US government's app to apply for asylum appointments. The CBP One app has been around, but as of Friday migrants in Mexico's southernmost states bordering Guatemala will be able to apply for appointments. Previously, they had to be in central or northern Mexico. I have to wait to see if it really works, the woman said while resting under a tree with her 16- and 18-year-old daughters along a border highway leading to the city of Tapachula this week. Mexico has been asking the US to expand the app's access to the south in an attempt to relieve the pressure migrants feel to continue north to at least Mexico City. In recent years, the Mexican government has tried to contain migrants in the south farther from the US border, but the lack of work opportunities and housing in southern cities like Tapachula have pushed migrants north. Mexico hopes that if migrants can wait for their .

Updated On: 23 Aug 2024 | 1:12 PM IST

Fire crews braced for flooding, lightning and cooling weather as they battled a pair of growing fires Thursday that have killed at least two people while tearing through an evacuated mountain village in southern New Mexico. Residents of the village of Ruidoso fled the larger fire with little notice as it swept into neighbourhoods on Tuesday. The National Weather Service reported overcast skies with temperatures in the 60s (16-21 degrees Celsius) on Thursday morning at an small airport 15 miles (22 kilometers) northeast of Ruidoso. The fires advanced along the mountain headwaters of Eagle Creek and the Rio Ruidoso with 0% containment Thursday, with crews using heavy equipment to build fire lines while water and retardant dropped from the air. The big concern right now is flooding, Ruidoso Mayor Lynn Crawford told the KWMW W105 radio on Thursday. We got less than two-tenths of an inch of rain yesterday but because of all the burn scar, there's nothing holding it up. We had flooding ..

Updated On: 21 Jun 2024 | 6:48 AM IST

Mexico's newly elected president held out an olive branch Monday to the more than one-third of Mexicans who didn't vote for her, but the first woman to win the job faces a tough path toward reconciling a country left deeply divided by outgoing President Andrs Manuel Lpez Obrador. Claudia Sheinbaum promised to continue the political course set by her populist predecessor despite widespread discontent with persistent cartel violence and disappointing economic performance. Even though the majority of the people backed our project, our duty will always be to look out for each and every Mexican, without distinctions, the president-elect said in her victory speech after long-delayed initial vote counts gave her a crushing margin of victory, higher even than the one Lpez Obrador won in 2018. With about 78 per cent of votes counted, Sheinbaum had some 59 per cent of votes, about twice as many as her nearest competitor Xchitl Glvez, who got around 28 per cent. Even though there are many ...

Updated On: 04 Jun 2024 | 7:23 AM IST

Claudia Sheinbaum, who will be Mexico's first woman leader in the nation's more than 200 years of independence, captured the presidency by promising continuity. The 61-year-old former Mexico City mayor and lifelong leftist ran a disciplined campaign capitalizing on her predecessor's popularity before emerging victorious in Sunday's vote, according to an official quick count. But with her victory now in hand, Mexicans will look to see how Sheinbaum, a very different personality from mentor and current President Andrs Manuel Lpez Obrador, will assert herself. While she hewed close to Lpez Obrador politically and shares many of his ideas about the government's role in addressing inequality, she is viewed as less combative and more data driven. Sheinbaum's background is in science. She has a PhD in energy engineering. Her brother is a physicist. In a 2023 interview with The Associated Press, Sheinbaum said, I believe in science. Observers say that grounding showed itself in Sheinbaum's

Updated On: 03 Jun 2024 | 10:48 PM IST

Pollster Parametria forecast Sheinbaum winning a landslide 56 per cent of the vote, according to their exit polls

Updated On: 03 Jun 2024 | 10:10 PM IST

The presidential race, in particular, has captured the attention of the nation, with several prominent candidates emerging as frontrunners in the race for the presidency

Updated On: 02 Jun 2024 | 8:16 AM IST

Mexicans will vote Sunday in historic elections weighing gender, democracy and populism, as they chart the country's path forward in voting shadowed by cartel violence. With two women leading the contest, Mexico will likely elect its first female president a major step in a country long marked by its macho culture. The election will also be the biggest in the country's history. More than 20,000 congressional and local positions are up for grabs, according to the National Electoral Institute. The number of contested posts has fed bloodshed during the campaigns, as criminal groups have used local elections as an opportunity to exert power. A toxic slate of cartels and gangs have battled for turf and more than 20 people seeking political office have been killed just this year. Also at play is the political legacy of President Andrs Manuel Lpez Obrador and Mexico's often tumultuous relationship with the United States. WHO ARE THE CANDIDATES IN MEXICO'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION? Candidat

Updated On: 28 May 2024 | 12:02 PM IST

Thousands of demonstrators cloaked in pink marched through cities in Mexico and abroad in what they called a march for democracy targeting the country's ruling party in advance of the country's June 2 elections. The demonstrations on Sunday called by Mexico's opposition parties advocated for free and fair elections in the Latin American nation and railed against corruption just days after presidential front-runner Claudia Sheinbaum officially announced her candidacy under the country's ruling party Morena. Sheinbaum is largely seen as a continuation candidate of Mexico's highly popular leader Andrs Manuel Lpez Obrador. He's adored by many voters who say he bucked the country's elite parties from power in 2018 and represents the working class. But the 70-year-old populist president has also been accused of making moves that endanger the country's democracy. Last year, the leader slashed funding for the country's electoral agency, the National Electoral Institute, and weakened oversig

Updated On: 19 Feb 2024 | 7:37 AM IST

At least 77 passengers aboard the AeroMexico flight to Guatemala extended their support to the man for his actions over the more than four-hour plane delay at the Mexico airport

Updated On: 29 Jan 2024 | 1:27 PM IST

The delivery centre, inaugurated on December 14, will enable workforce transformation and localisation for LTIMindtree in the Americas

Updated On: 15 Dec 2023 | 4:43 PM IST