Mexico City [Mexico], August 23 (ANI/Sputnik): An explosion has caused a fire at an oil platform of the Pemex (Petroleos Mexicanos) state-owned oil company in the Gulf of Mexico, local media report. The blast occurred at the Ku-Alpha platform, which ...

BEIJING, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) -- The following are the central parity rates of the Chinese currency renminbi, or the yuan, against 24 major currencies announced on Monday by the China Foreign Exchange Trade System: Currency Unit Central parity rate in yu...

Germany's Alexander Zverev took down Andrey Rublev of Russia 6-2, 6-3 in just 59 minutes on Sunday to win the Western Southern Open at Mason, Ohio. The third-seeded Zverev, ranked No. 5 in the world, won his 17th career singles title, his fifth tit...

Mayor Bill de Blasio declared a State of Emergency for New York City on Saturday in response to the impact of Hurricane Henri on Sunday primarily on Long Island.The mayor's announcement comes hours after New York Governor Andrew Cuomo declared a stat...

MEXICO CITY, Mexico: Workers at the central Mexican General Motors plant assembling pickup trucks have voted to cancel their union membership.The election, which included U.S.-Mexico provisions for guaranteeing fairness in voting, reflected the stren...

MOGADISHU -- The Somali National Army (SNA) said its forces killed 60 al-Shabab terrorists who attacked two military bases in southern Somalia on Friday. The SNA commander Daud Abukar Abdi who led the operations told SNA Radio on Saturday that two al...

MEXICO CITY, Aug. 21 (Xinhua) -- At least eight people were dead and three missing after Hurricane Grace hit eastern Mexico, Cuitlahuac Garcia, governor of the state of Veracruz, reported on Saturday. Grace, the second Atlantic hurricane of the seaso...

Hurricane Grace killed at least seven people as it tore through eastern Mexico, bringing strong winds and flooding, authorities in the hard-hit state of Veracruz said."Unfortunately we have seven deaths," including minors, Veracruz Governor Cuitlahua...

The U.S. National Hurricane Center said early Saturday that Tropical Storm Henri is expected to strengthen into a hurricane later in the day, bringing rain, wind and worries to people from North Carolina to Massachusetts.Located 320 kilometers south ...

The U.S. government on Friday once again extended a ban on nonessential travel across its land borders from Canada and Mexico, citing efforts to minimize the spread of the delta variant.The ban limits border crossings by land or ferry, though flights...

WASHINGTON - While the Biden administration focuses on the Afghanistan evacuation crisis, serious problems fester at the U.S.-Mexico border with increasing numbers of unaccompanied children and two important court rulings complicating the administrat...

WASHINGTON D.C.: The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the U.S. State Department have warned Americans not to travel to Turkey due to the spread of COVID-19 throughout the country.Turkey was categorized by both the CDC and Sta...