Mexico president wavers on plan to cut school year by 40 days for the World Cup
- 10-May-2026
Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum on Friday appeared to roll back an announcement by her education minister that school holidays will start more than a month sooner than scheduled this summer due to the heat and the World Cup, saying the proposal was not yet final amid outrage from parents’ associations. “Many Mexicans love soccer, we’re […]
President Sheinbaum defends Mexico’s right to supply oil to Cuba
- 30-Mar-2026
Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Monday that her country has every right to send fuel to Cuba, whether for humanitarian or commercial reasons. Sheinbaum’s remarks came one day after US. president Donald Trump softened his stance on the block of oil shipments to the Communist-run island and as a Russian oil tanker approached Havana. […]
Mexico’s navy locates two missing sailboats carrying aid to Cuba, crew safe
- 28-Mar-2026
Two sailboats that went missing while carrying humanitarian aid from Mexico to Cuba have been located by the Mexican Navy and their crews are safe, a spokesman for the Nuestra America Convoy said on Saturday. The two boats are part of the convoy, a broader grassroots aid effort seeking to deliver food, medicine, baby formula […]
Far from home, migrant children kick off own World Cup in Mexico
- 20-Mar-2026
Less than 90 days before the FIFA World Cup which will be co-hosted by Mexico, migrants are playing their own soccer tournament in the capital as thousands weigh whether to continue their journey north, return home, or settle in the Latin American country. Since late February, wearing blue jerseys and boots provided by the European […]
Iran ‘negotiating’ with FIFA over moving World Cup games to Mexico: embassy
- 17-Mar-2026
MEXICO CITY: Iran’s football federation is “negotiating” with FIFA to relocate the country’s first-round matches at the World Cup to Mexico from the United States, citing the conflict in the Middle East, Iran’s embassy in Mexico said Monday. Iran’s participation at this summer’s finals in the United States, Canada and Mexico has been thrown into […]
El Mencho Nemesio Oseguera: Cop turned crime boss leaves bloody legacy
- 23-Feb-2026
Mexican drug lord Nemesio Oseguera, commonly known as ‘El Mencho,’ infamous for the bloody trail of bodies he left behind in battles with government forces and rival gangs, died in a military raid on Sunday. An ex-police officer, Oseguera, 60, was the shadowy leader of the powerful Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), an international criminal […]
El Mencho: Mexican cartel boss killed in military raid
- 23-Feb-2026
Mexican drug lord Nemesio Oseguera, commonly known as ‘El Mencho,’ has been killed in a military raid, Mexican officials said on Sunday, as the country’s government has been ramping up pressure on cartels after U.S. intervention threats. Mexico’s defense ministry said a shootout in the western state of Jalisco left Oseguera seriously injured and he […]
In Mexico, at least 28 have died from measles outbreak
- 11-Feb-2026
Mexican Health Minister David Kershenobich said on Wednesday that at least 28 people in the country have died from the measles outbreak that began in 2025. Authorities have registered 9,074 cases so far, official data given during the president’s morning press conference showed. Mexico has 28 million measles vaccines to distribute, which President Claudia Sheinbaum […]
11 dead in armed attack at soccer field in central Mexico: mayor
- 26-Jan-2026
MEXICO CITY: At least 11 people were killed and 12 more wounded Sunday in an armed attack at a soccer field in the central Mexican state of Guanajuato, local authorities reported. The attack occurred in a neighborhood in the town of Salamanca, with a statement from the mayor’s office saying that officials launched an operation […]
US claim on plot to kill Israeli ambassador in Mexico ‘absurd’: Iran
- 10-Nov-2025
TEHRAN: Iran on Monday dismissed accusations by the United States that Tehran had attempted to kill the Israeli ambassador in Mexico, describing the claim as “absurd”. “We found this claim very ridiculous and absurd,” said Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei during a weekly press briefing, adding that it was part of an attempt “to destroy […]