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Billionaire investor Warren Buffett called tariffs “an act of war, to some degree” when asked about President Donald Trump’s plans for goods from other countries. Trump’s 25% tariff on goods from Mexico and Canada, and an additional 10% on Chinese imports, took effect Tuesday. During an interview with CBS News televised Sunday, Buffett was asked about the…
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President Donald Trump’s blanket 25% tariffs on Mexico and Canada took effect on Tuesday, an extraordinary action aimed at bringing America’s top trading partners to heel. But it threatens to weaken the North American economy, including that of the United States, at a time of significant stress for inflation-weary consumers. Trump also doubled the tariff on all…
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Two flights carrying Venezuelan migrants from the US back to Venezuela arrived last night in a victory for Donald Trump, who made a campaign promise to deport millions of undocumented migrants. The US and Venezuelan governments confirmed the flights separately without saying how many people were aboard, with the White House posting on X: “Repatriation…
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Away from the White House, members of Mexico’s National Guard are heading to the US border as part of a deal agreed between Claudia Sheinbaum and Donald Trump. Mexico’s president got Trump to pause the implementation of 25% tariffs on her country yesterday after agreements were reached on border security. Sheinbaum said she was sending…
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The Interior Department of President Donald Trump’s administration on Friday said it has officially changed the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, and the Alaskan peak Denali to Mount McKinley. Trump ordered the name changes as part of a flurry of executive actions hours after taking office on Monday, making…
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Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Tuesday pledged to defend the country’s independence and sovereignty in the wake of U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive order to change the name of Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America. “For us, it is still the Gulf of Mexico, as it is for the rest of the world,” Sheinbaum…
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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau returned home Saturday after his meeting with Donald Trump. The meeting between Trump and Trudeau ended without assurances the president-elect will back away from threatened tariffs on all products from the major American trading partner. Trump called the talks “productive” but signaled no retreat from a pledge that Canada says unfairly…
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Key Takeaways President-elect Donald Trump on Monday pledged big tariffs on the United States’ three largest trading partners – Canada, Mexico and China – detailing how he will implement campaign promises that could trigger trade wars. Trump, who takes office on Jan. 20, 2025, said he would impose a 25% tariff on imports from Canada…
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Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Monday rejected the allegation that continued violence could undermine Mexico’s economy. “Mexico’s economy is solid and we are going to make progress towards security,” the president said at a press conference. Sheinbaum acknowledged a rise in violence in some parts of the country, such as the northern state of Sinaloa…
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The United States and Mexico plan to clamp down on illegal immigration at their shared border, leaders from both countries said on Monday, vowing to disrupt irregular crossings that have reached record levels in recent years. In a phone conversation on Sunday, U.S. President Joe Biden and Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said their administrations would…
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A bride was arrested for alleged extortion on her wedding day in Mexico and photographed handcuffed in her big white gown surrounded by police. The woman, identified only as Nancy N by state prosecutors, didn’t even make it into the church as officers ambushed the ceremony. She was detained as she got out of her…
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Women learn martial arts in “Comando Calibri” or Hummingbird Command to defend themselves in Mexico’s capital Mexico City. Comando Calibri aims to provide personal, emotional and digital defense abilities for women. It was established over 10 years ago with advice from different masters in martial arts as the number of the femicides is one of…
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Mexico beat Panama 1-0 to win the 2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup final on Monday. In a counterattack, Santiago Gimenez put the ball into the net to make the score 1-0 after dribbling past the opponent’s defender in the 88th minute at SoFi Stadium, California. With this title, Mexico lifted its ninth CONCACAF Gold Cup in…
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The US is sending 1,500 troops to bolster resources at its southern border ahead of an expected surge of migrants, the defence department said. They will accompany 2,500 National Guard members already in place to support the work of border agents. Title 42, a Trump-era policy that gives the government power to automatically expel undocumented…
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Armed men took hostages, burned vehicles and stormed an airport in northern Mexico on Thursday after federal forces captured Ovidio Guzmán, one of the world’s most wanted cartel leaders and the son of imprisoned drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán. The 33-year-old drug boss was arrested after a predawn gunfight in a town north of the…
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A scary video shows a huge crocodile carrying the body of a dead man through a lagoon in Mexico. Journalist Porfirio Ibarra posted a video of the scene on Thursday. In it, a few horrified bystanders can be seen filming the event on the otherwise calm waters of Laguna del Carpintero in Tampico, Tamaulipas. One…
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