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Arizona Gov. declares state of emergency at border, sending National Guard
Apr 21, 2021 08:30Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey has declared a state of emergency at the state’s southern border with Mexico, sending 250 National Guard troops there to assist law enforcement officials.
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Number of refugee children in US ‘border facilities’ soars amid growing border crisis
Mar 12, 2021 09:58The number of refugee children being held in US border facilities is more than four times the number in late February, highlighting a growing humanitarian and political crisis for President Joe Biden’s administration.
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COVID-19 updates: Mexico's virus toll world's third; Europe's crisis accelerating
Jan 29, 2021 10:01Mexico overtakes India with the third-highest number of coronavirus fatalities, after the US and Brazil. In Europe, countries consider imposing new restrictions as a new variant of COVID-19 that initially emerged in Britain, continues to rise across the continent.
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Biden, Mexico's president vow to cooperate on immigration
Dec 20, 2020 08:54US President-elect Joe Biden and Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador have pledged to work on the issue of migration and its root causes in Central America and southern Mexico.
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New envoys meet with Iranian FM in Tehran
Dec 07, 2020 05:27A number of new foreign ambassadors met with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in Tehran at the outset of their mission.
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US drops drug case against ex-Mexican defense minister, allows inquiry at home
Nov 18, 2020 07:13The United States has decided to drop drug trafficking charges against a Mexican ex-defense minister in US custody, allowing his prosecution in his home country, due to “sensitive” foreign policy considerations.
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59 bodies found in clandestine graves in Mexico's Guanajuato
Oct 29, 2020 06:15The remains of 59 bodies have been discovered in clandestine graves in a region of central Mexico that has suffered some of the highest levels of drug violence in recent years, national authorities said on Wednesday.
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Thousands rally in Mexico City, calling for president to step down
Oct 04, 2020 08:56Mexicans have gathered in Mexico City in what organizers say was the biggest demonstration against President Andres Manuel Lopez since he took office, almost two years ago.
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Mexicans demand end to 'stealing' of their water under sharing treaty with US
Sep 21, 2020 05:46Local people in the drought-hit state of Chihuahua in northern Mexico, who are angered at a water sharing pact with the United States, have staged a protest to call for an end to the agreement, which they deem as the stealing of their water sources.
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US, India record highest daily deaths, cases from coronavirus
Aug 07, 2020 06:58As the new coronavirus pandemic rages on to take a heavy toll across the globe, the United States and India have registered their record daily jump in deaths and infections respectively over the past months.