Mexico

49 journalists murdered in 2019

2:09 pm December 17, 2019

Paris: Forty-nine journalists were killed across the world in 2019, Reporters Without Borders said Tuesday, the lowest death toll in 16 years. The “historically low” number mostly died covering conflicts in Yemen, Syria and Afghanistan, the Paris-based watchdog said, which warned that “journalism remains a dangerous profession”. Some 80 journalists a year have lost their […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

Mexico, US, Canada trade talks continue in Washington

10:28 am December 7, 2019

Washington: Mexico’s top trade negotiator wrapped up an 11-hour meeting with his US counterpart Friday night, saying they had not finalized a new trade agreement for Mexico, United States and Canada. “We are working on all the issues. It is not easy, but we are working well, Jesus Seade told reporters as he left the […]

Red-hot Todd eyes three-peat at RSM Classic

10:29 am November 24, 2019

Washington : In-form Brendon Todd surged into a two-shot lead at the RSM Classic in Georgia to leave himself within sight of a third consecutive PGA Tour victory. Todd, who won last week’s Mayakoba Classic in Mexico after a victory in Bermuda earlier this month, carded a superb eight-under-par 62 at Sea Island’s Seaside Course […]

Mexicans hit streets to demand end to violence against women

10:13 am November 24, 2019

Ecatepec (Mexico): Four women walked barefoot on hot asphalt, clothed in shreds of organza in pastel shades of pink and yellow, the favourite colours of one of the many women murdered in Mexico. They performed a ceremony in honour of Briseida Carreo, a young woman who was killed a year ago in Ecatepec, a gritty […]

Bolivia interim president says Morales will face charges if he returns

11:22 pm November 15, 2019

La Paz: Bolivia’s interim president Jeanine Anez said Friday that exiled ex-president Evo Morales would have to “answer to justice” over election irregularities and government corruption if he returns. “He knows he has to answer to justice. There is electoral crime. There are many allegations of corruption in his government,” Anez told journalists in La […]