Mexico

‘One last adventure’: Bottle with man’s ashes resumes journey in Gulf of Mexico

4:55 am September 9, 2019

A bottle containing the ashes of a Texas man along with some handwritten notes from loved ones has been returned to the Gulf of Mexico, resuming its ocean journey after it washed up on a Florida Panhandle beach. The beachgoer who found the bottle near Miramar Beach handed it over to local authorities last week. […]

23 killed in Mexico bar fire, officials investigating ‘attack’

8:19 pm August 28, 2019

Coatzacoalcos (Mexico): At least 23 people were killed and 13 badly wounded in a fire at a bar in eastern Mexico that is being investigated as an attack, authorities said Wednesday. The fire in the city of Coatzacoalcos, which broke out Tuesday night, “may have been the result of a vile attack,” said a statement […]

COVID surge, vaccine shortages spread beyond India’s borders

Trump identifies India among major drug transit or illicit drug producing countries

2:28 pm August 9, 2019

Washington: US President Donald Trump has designated India among the over 20 major drug transit or illicit drug producing countries. In a memorandum to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday, Trump said that a country’s presence on the list is not necessarily a reflection of its government’s counter-narcotic efforts or level of cooperation with […]

Three journalists slain in Mexico within a week

9:03 pm August 3, 2019

Mexico City: Two journalists were shot dead in Mexico Friday, bringing to three the number of journalists killed in the country this week, officials say. Jorge Celestino Ruiz, who worked for the newspaper El Grafico de Xalapa, was killed on Friday night in the violence-plagued state of Veracruz, the mayor of the state’s capital Paulino […]

Judge blocks Trump asylum restriction: reports

3:15 pm August 3, 2019

Washington: A judge on Friday blocked a move by US President Donald Trump’s administration to stop migrants from claiming asylum unless they had entered the country at an official border crossing, news outlets reported. The policy, enacted by Trump last year, is among a host of measures his government has taken against the movement of hundreds of […]