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The number of foreign visitors to the United States continues to decline, as a range of policies put forth by the administration of US President Donald Trump has made tourists wary of travelling to the country. In July, foreign visits to the US decreased by 3 percent year-over-year, according to recently released preliminary government data. That…
US tariff exemption on packages worth $800 or less due to end this week. Published On 28 Aug 202528 Aug 2025 Mexico says it will suspend package shipments to the United States before the end of a tariff exemption for small-value packages. The announcement on Wednesday follows similar moves by postal services from several European…
Mexico reports more than 5,000 cases of screwworm, primarily in cattle and other animals, according to gov’t data. Published On 28 Aug 202528 Aug 2025 Mexico has reported a 53 percent increase in cases of flesh-eating screwworm in animals over the past month, as the parasite continues its northward trajectory towards the United States border,…
A mother’s determination to bring her daughter’s killers to justice. Karen Rodríguez was kidnapped and murdered by one of Mexico’s most feared cartels in 2014. Most families would have been forced into silence, but not hers. Refusing to give up, her mum, Miriam Rodríguez, launched her own relentless quest for justice. In a country where…
Mexico City has seen an influx of foreign renters, including those calling themselves digital nomads. This has led to increasing housing prices, displacement of residents, changes to the city’s culture – and growing protests. How is Mexico City’s fight mirroring a global crisis of gentrification? Source link
Protesters have taken to the streets again in Mexico City to demonstrate against real estate price speculation. Source link
The US imports roughly half of its copper needs each year, which is used in construction, transportation and electronics. United States President Donald Trump has said he will announce a 50 percent tariff on copper, hoping to boost domestic production of a metal critical to electric vehicles, military hardware, the power grid and many consumer…
US immigration agents arrested Chavez earlier this week, with authorities alleging ties to Mexican cartel. Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has announced she expects boxer Julio Cesar Chavez Jr to soon be deported from the United States to serve a sentence for arms trafficking and organised crime. Sheinbaum explained on Friday that Mexico has had an…
Xabi Alonso gets his first victory as Madrid manager, despite his football side playing most of the game with only 10 players. Jude Bellingham and Arda Guler scored late in the first half to help 10-man Real Madrid to a 3-1 victory over Pachuca in a Group H clash played amid sweltering conditions in Charlotte,…
Erick is expected to rapidly intensify and reach major hurricane strength as it approaches Mexico’s coast. Hurricane Erick is forecast to bring heavy rain, strong winds, storm surge and possible mudslides to southern coastal Mexico, the United States National Hurricane Center (NHC) has said, causing potential “life-threatening flooding and mudslides.” Initially a tropical storm, Erick…
