Crowds have gathered at Pride celebrations around the world. Up to one million people were expected at the New York City parade, with major cities in India, Venezuela and Ecuador also hosting festivities. June is Pride month – a month dedicated to celebrating LGBTQ+ communities all around the world. The last weekend of Pride month...
Hurricane Erick came ashore as a Category 3 storm Thursday morning hitting Mexico’s Pacific coast between the resort towns of Acapulco and Puerto Escondido. The BBC’s partner, CBS News, reported that officials confirmed at least two deaths as a result of the storm. Video shows communities in the affected areas dealing with floodwater and a...
Lynette Horsburgh BBC News, Manchester Colin Nulty The shooting took place metres away from guests relaxing at the pool at the Riu Palace hotel in Cancun Colin Nulty was lying by the pool on his family’s dream holiday in Cancun, Mexico, when moments later he heard gunshots being fired just metres away. He and his...
EPA People secure boats on a beach in Acapulco, Mexico as Hurricane Erick approaches Hurricane Erick is expected to strengthen rapidly into a major Category 3 storm, before making landfall on Mexico’s Pacific coast on Thursday, Mexico’s civil protection agency has said. The storm, already a Category 2 hurricane, is likely to bring “potentially destructive...
In late May, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s office sent out a press release announcing an executive order that declared a drought emergency and state of emergency in New Mexico. The order itself was missing two things: It didn’t actually include an emergency declaration, and it didn’t say why the state was in the midst of...
In August 2021, Mexico sued 10 US gun manufacturers arguing the companies were intentionally marketing guns to Mexico and therefore partly responsible for the wave of violence using guns in the country. The suit accuses the companies of actively facilitating the flow of weapons to powerful drug cartels, and fueling a traffic in which 70...
The US Supreme Court has blocked a lawsuit brought by Mexico that sought to hold American gunmakers accountable for playing a role in country’s struggle with drug cartels. The court voted 9-0 to reject the suit, in the process upholding a 2005 law that shields gun manufacturers from liability if weapons they produce are misused....
Vanessa Buschschlüter BBC News X/@ClaraBrugadaM A gunman has shot dead two top aides of the mayor of Mexico City, Clara Brugada. The mayor’s private secretary, Ximena Guzmán, and Brugada’s adviser, José Muñoz, were killed on their way to work on Tuesday morning local time. Witnesses said an armed man first opened fire on Guzmán, who...
Vanessa Buschschlüter BBC News MARCO ANTONIO PEREZ/AFP via Getty Images) Mexicans are mourning the death of two young Navy cadets who were killed on Saturday when the training tall ship ARM Cuauhtémoc crashed into Brooklyn Bridge. América Sánchez, 20, and 23-year-old Adal Jair Maldonado Marcos were among the 277 crew members on board the Mexican...
Mexico is seeking compensation from US YouTuber MrBeast and a production company, accusing them of exploiting the nation’s ancient pyramids for commercial gain. The video “I Explored 2000 Year Old Ancient Temples” shows the influencer and his team exploring ancient Mayan cities, with a permit from local authorities. But in one part of the video,...
Mexico is suing Google for ignoring repeated requests not to call the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America on Google Maps for US users, President Claudia Sheinbaum says. She did not say where the lawsuit had been filed. Google did not respond to the BBC’s request for comment. On Thursday, the Republican-led House of...
Victoria Gill Science correspondent Victoria Gill/BBC News Very few axolotls are left in the wild One of the world’s most endangered amphibians – the strange, perpetually smiling Mexican axolotl – has thrived after being released in artificial wetlands, scientists have discovered. In a study that provides hope for the long-term future of a creature that...
Pope Francis visited the US, Mexico and Canada on different occasions before his death at the age of 88. During his trip to the US in 2015, he became the first pontiff to address a joint session to Congress. In a trip to Canada in 2022, the Pope delivered a formal apology for the Catholic...
A 40-year-old man who identifies as a “queer scientist” has been charged with two separate acts of arson in New Mexico. One targeted a Tesla outlet and the other the GOP headquarters in Albuquerque. [Jamison] Wagner is a registered Democrat and supporter of a variety of left-wing causes, according to his social media postings. According...
First, the good news: A Democrat governor in a border state has recognized that fentanyl trafficking is a real emergency. And more good news; the same governor has mobilized the National Guard to join the fight. It’s as if the success of Donald Trump and Texas Governor Greg Abbott has actually taught a lesson to...