US president, Donald Trump, says he will introduce tariffs of 25 per cent on products from Canada and Mexico as early as February. He made this statement a few hours after taking office as US president on Monday. President Trump, while signing various orders shortly after his inauguration at the White House said, “We’re thinking…
President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Claudia Sheinbaum on her historic election as Mexico’s first female President. In a statement on Wednesday by Tinubu’s spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, he stated that the election of Sheinbaum as Mexico’s first female leader has cemented the voices of women in government and broken the political glass ceiling. The president also…
Two presidential candidates in Mexico clashed on Sunday over issues of corruption, gender violence, and healthcare. Frontrunner Claudia Sheinbaum of the ruling left-wing party and her main rival Xochitl Galvez, accused each other of lies during the heated debate. Businesswoman Galvez described Sheinbaum as “cold and heartless,” stressing that she lacked sympathy for child cancer…
Hurricane Otis caused at least 27 deaths and major damage as it lashed Mexico’s resort city of Acapulco as a scale-topping category 5 storm, officials said Thursday. Otis crashed into Acapulco with furious winds of 165 miles (270 kilometers) per hour, shattering windows, uprooting trees and largely cutting off communications and road links with the…