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Sun, 06 Feb 2022 01:08:39 GMTMexico remittances, at $51.6 billion, now largest source of revenues
MEXICO CITY, Mexico: Mexico's central bank said last week that in 2021 the money Mexican migrants sent home to relatives totaled a record $51.6 billion for the year, a rise of 27.1 percent, despite the COVID-19 pandemic.The remittances surpassed almo...
Fri, 04 Feb 2022 10:20:13 GMTMexico's King Midas dies
Billionaire Alberto Bailleres made his fortune in mining and retail, and was also known as an arts and education patronBillionaire Alberto Bailleres, Mexican gold and silver mining tycoon, has died at the age of 90. The cause of death has not yet bee...
Thu, 03 Feb 2022 18:07:15 GMTMexican Journalist Escapes Attack in Cancun
Mexico City - Mexico's violence against journalists nearly claimed another victim, saved only when his attacker's pistol malfunctioned in the Caribbean resort city of Cancun.Netzahualcoyotl Cordero Garcia, director general of the online news site CGN...
Wed, 02 Feb 2022 21:30:02 GMTMexican President says economy to grow by 5 pct in coming years
MEXICO CITY, Feb. 2 (Xinhua) -- Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Wednesday said he was confident the economy will be able to grow at a rate of about 5 percent in the coming years, as the COVID-19 pandemic wanes. At his usual daily pre...
Wed, 02 Feb 2022 19:27:20 GMTMeta updates 3D avatars for Facebook, Messenger, Instagram
Washington [US], February 2 (ANI): Keeping their fans updated, Meta has added a few customizations to its 3D avatars feature for Facebook, Messenger, and DMs on Instagram.
As per GSM Arena, Meta tried to be more inclusive with a plethora of new acces...
Wed, 02 Feb 2022 18:05:19 GMTBelarus Activists Flee to US, Say Europe Not Safe
NEW YORK - Speaking to VOA from his New York apartment, Dmitry Savchenko, 34, recalls the prosperous life he recently left behind.'In Belarus, we had everything. My wife had several cafes. I had two businesses myself, some real estate, an apartment, ...
Tue, 01 Feb 2022 21:44:08 GMTMexico sees record 51.6 bln USD in remittances in 2021
MEXICO CITY, Feb. 1 (Xinhua) -- Mexico received a record 51.594 billion U.S. dollars in remittances in 2021, according to a report released Tuesday by the Central Bank of Mexico (Banxico). The amount of money that Mexicans living abroad sent home to ...
Tue, 01 Feb 2022 18:15:23 GMT'Jewish Taliban' Being Forced To Leave Bosnia
Ilidza, BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA -- Bosnian authorities have rolled up the welcome mat for dozens of recently arrived members of a radically fundamentalist Jewish sect that has run into trouble all around the world.It's the latest blow to a tiny, itinerant...
Tue, 01 Feb 2022 18:13:42 GMTGang fight in prison forces nationwide lockdown
Over 120 federal prisons across US have been locked down following concerns of spreading violence after inmates? deadly fightMore than 100,000 inmates have been restricted to their cells with no visitations after a rare measure was imposed across the...
Tue, 01 Feb 2022 18:07:25 GMTJournalist Slain at Interview -- Mexico's 4th this Month
MEXICO CITY - A journalist with an online news outlet was preparing to record a video interview Monday when he was shot by assailants, becoming the fourth journalist killed in less than a month in Mexico, the outlet's director said.Roberto Toledo had...
Tue, 01 Feb 2022 04:55:01 GMTMost of arms seized in Mexico made in U.S., says Mexican gov't
MEXICO CITY, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) -- The United States manufactured most of the weapons seized by authorities in Mexico over the last two years, according to a report released Monday by Mexico's Foreign Affairs Ministry. Mexican security forces seized 18...
Sat, 29 Jan 2022 16:28:51 GMTMexican FM condemns Houthi terrorist attack in phone call with Abdullah bin Zayed
ABU DHABI, 29th January, 2022 (WAM) -- Mexico has condemned the terrorist attack, which was carried out by the terrorist Houthi militia on 17th January on civil areas and facilities in the UAE.This came during a phone call between H.H. Sheikh Abdulla...