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Washington. Kuwait and Bahrain were the target of an Iranian offensive this morning in response to a round of bombing launched by the United States against the Islamic republic for the second consecutive day in retaliation for the attack on three oil tankers sailing through the Strait of Hormuz. Earlier, President Donald Trump terminated the memorandum of understanding that ended the fighting last month.
After the Conquest, the Mexica ball game or teotlachco “was considered by the Spanish authorities a practice associated with beliefs contrary to the Christian religion and, due to its close relationship with indigenous rituals, it was progressively restricted, and in some cases, punished.”
A compound used to give flexibility to plastics can damage the DNA of freshwater turtles and affect their growth, revealed a study carried out by researchers from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM).
To make a correct evaluation of the situation of the national economy, it is necessary to take into account the factors against it: it is in the middle of the armed conflict between the United States, Israel and Iran, and the tariff war declared by President Trump against the world, plus his refusal to extend the T-MEC for 16 years, subjecting it to 10 and with annual reviews. Still, the ship sails well. President Sheinbaum Pardo presented 12 points, of which the following are outstanding.
Yesterday, the European Parliament approved the Modernized Global Agreement between Mexico and the European Union and the interim trade agreement, with which the bloc of that continent concluded the process of both instruments for their entry into force. On the part of Mexico, the Senate of the Republic still needs to complete the process that corresponds to it.
The single health system in Mexico will be possible only when there is a common financing fund, which necessarily involves a fiscal reform, which is already urgent; above all, that the higher income sectors contribute more. Resources must also come from taxes on food, beverages, alcohol and tobacco, said Arantxa Colchero, researcher at the National Institute of Public Health (INSP).
US President Donald Trump traveled with a delegation of 1,400 people to Turkey, including those responsible for collecting its health waste, a standard protocol to prevent other countries from analyzing the material for health intelligence purposes, The Guardian reported. That the United States brought a large number of companions was considered a relief among member states, given that the president has at times flirted with the idea of leaving the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Behind the scenes, a notable effort was made to protect the magnate from any eventuality that occurred in Ankara, the British newspaper highlighted.
The United States National Anti-Terrorist Center (CNCT) identified Juan Carlos Valencia González, El 03, as the leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) after the death of Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, El Mencho, during an operation by Mexican Army troops on February 22 in the municipality of Tapalpa, Jalisco.
Although Mexico stopped participating in the World Cup, consumption will continue until the tournament concludes and also for the remainder of the year, said the Confederation of National Chambers of Commerce, Services and Tourism (Concanaco-Servytur).
“We cannot allow the mistreatment of our brothers in the United States,” so we are preparing “more important legal measures” to go “beyond the diplomatic notes” and the complaint before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, said President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, after another Mexican was shot dead by an agent of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Service (ICE) in Houston, Texas.
Madrid and Ankara. Yesterday, the President of the United States, Donald Trump, ordered the immediate suspension of all trade with Spain, an allied country in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), which aggravated tensions over defense spending and the war against Iran.
Tapachula, Chis., The bodies of six men and two women were located yesterday in the municipality of El Bosque, located in the north of Chiapas, reported the State Attorney General's Office (FGE).
The intense rains yesterday morning caused a sinkhole at least 50 meters long and three meters wide in an area of the municipality of Veracruz where a private company builds houses from the Housing for Wellbeing program.
Less than two months before the board of directors of the Senate of the Republic must be renewed, four legislators from Morena have already raised their hands to succeed Laura Itzel Castillo as president of that Chamber of Congress, and even Jorge Carlos Ramírez Marín, from the PVEM, aspires to that position.
The United States Embassy in Mexico yesterday congratulated the Mexican government for the actions taken to combat hydrocarbon smuggling and highlighted that bilateral cooperation in the fight against crime strengthens the security and prosperity of both countries.
The Network of Intellectuals and Artists in Defense of Humanity, Mexico Chapter, and the Benny Moré Mexico-Cuba Cultural Center called on artists, collectors and the general public to join an art auction whose funds will be allocated to pediatric oncology care in Cuba.
After Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) murdered another Mexican, President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo declared that “we cannot allow the mistreatment of our brothers who are in the United States, which is why we are preparing more important legal measures, to go beyond diplomatic notes” and the complaint before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR). The president did not specify what the new provisions will be or if they will include going to international bodies, but announced that the details will be presented by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Chihuahua, Chih., The Directorate of Expert Services and Forensic Sciences of the Chihuahua Prosecutor's Office reported that 135 of the 386 bodies that were located 11 months ago at the Plenitude Crematorium in Ciudad Juárez have yet to be identified, while José Luis Arellano Cuarón, owner of the establishment, remains a fugitive and a red card was requested from Interpol for his capture after he fled to the United States thanks to an injunction.
The director of the Faculty of Higher Studies (FES) Zaragoza, Vicente Hernández Abad, ended his term at the head of this faculty untimely and early, which ended in November of this year, as established in the Statute of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM).
Crashes, skids, rollovers, people run over and even cyclists falling are the main road incidents that elements of the Secretariat of Citizen Security (SSC) deal with every day on the streets of the capital, with people injured and killed.
Durango, Dgo., Bean producers managed to get the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (Sader) to receive 700 additional tons of their legume; However, the dissatisfaction of farmers persists, as they consider that the authorized volume is insufficient, and they suffer obstacles to making their deliveries.
President Claudia Sheinbaum pointed out yesterday that Mexico faces delays in the records of the Forensic Medical Services (Semefo), which has made it difficult for years to identify deceased people and, therefore, locate their relatives.
Relatives of missing persons in the state of Mexico marched from the Angel of Independence to the Ministry of the Interior (SG), along with peasant, indigenous and popular organizations, to demand that they present progress on their demands at the dialogue table that they will hold tomorrow with officials of this federal agency.
Culiacán, Sin., Sugar cane producers from the Eldorado municipality keep the sugar mill facilities closed to demand payment of around 50 million pesos that, they claim, they have been owed for three months, despite the fact that the law establishes specific deadlines to liquidate the harvest.
Cristiano Ronaldo arrived at the stadium smiling, with his incandescent pink soccer shoes stored in his backpack. He seemed happy, infected by that optimism of those who know that time is ticking, but the body has memory. Portugal took to the pitch wanting to demolish Uzbekistan, an urgency that their captain signed from the first minutes of the match. If this World Cup party was missing a guest, it was him. Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappé, Earling Haaland and Harry Kane had already provided brilliant performances in the tournament, but people were waiting for the latest star. The Al Nassr star knew it before the referee came on. He looked at the stands and seemed to say “I'm back,” becoming the first footballer in history to score in six editions of the tournament.
The capital government will reinforce logistics and security measures for the match between the Mexican and Czech national teams, with the deployment of more than 30 thousand public servants and a special strategy to inhibit alcohol consumption on public roads and crowds around the Angel of Independence, in order to avoid major risks and incidents during the World Cup celebrations.
The Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS) completed the installation of 42 new state-of-the-art CT scanners in 40 hospitals in 19 states of the country, as part of a technological modernization strategy of the public health system that, assured President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, seeks to reverse decades of lag in infrastructure, equipment and medical care.
On the eve of the national team's third game, Morena in the Permanent Commission focused the debate on criticism against "those who wanted Mexico to fail" in the Soccer World Cup and "acted as traitors to the country."
The Gender Equality Commission of the Chamber of Deputies yesterday approved two opinions related to the protection of girls, adolescents and women against non-voluntary coexistence in supposedly free unions and attacks with acid and other corrosive substances.
President Donald Trump stated that Venezuela “should be included” in the oil production figures of the United States, “which is today the main generator of crude oil and gas, far surpassing Russia and Saudi Arabia combined.”
“I am not going to fall into a debate with the governor of Chihuahua (María Eugenia Campos) because it is political propaganda, politicking,” said President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, after the PAN member asked her to hand over the governor with a license from Sinaloa, Rubén Rocha Moya, to take care of the relationship with the United States and the Mexico-United States-Canada Treaty (T-MEC).
The sovereign control of the Strait of Hormuz by Iran and Oman affects and infects – more than the November intermediates in the US – the advanced nominations for the 2028 presidency of Republicans and Democrats.
Yesterday the Bicameral National Security Commission was installed, almost two years after the legislature began, but hours later it was left without its president, Eugenio Segura Vázquez (Morena).
In his time, the 16th century, Sebastián Castellio suffered persecution and his libertarian ideas were exceptional. He could not verify the consolidation and triumph of the freedom of conscience for which he argued with such substance. In terms of the scope of what he proposed, as well as the social and political implementation of his civilizational proposals, Castellio was defeated. However, the precursor who fought tirelessly in favor of tolerance, post mortem, emerged victorious and inherited lessons about the value of personal conscience when confronting totalitarian attempts.
The application of the dry law in perimeter A of the Historic Center and the Centro, Tabacalera, Juárez, San Rafael and Cuauhtémoc neighborhoods will affect 5 thousand establishments due to unrealized sales of between 30 and 40 million pesos, said the president of the National Alliance of Small Merchants, Cuauhtémoc Rivera.
The Ministry of Finance scored a victory against money laundering, since the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation declared the validity of the rule that requires companies that carry out activities considered vulnerable, such as notaries and real estate brokers, to compile a file for each of their clients and demand confirmation of the existence of the signatories of each contract.
After almost a month of rehabilitation work, the Chabacano station on Metro line 2 reopened yesterday with faults in the escalators, an elevator out of service and areas without handrails, for which users criticized that fundamental elements for mobility and safety were not prioritized. Meanwhile, the work to connect the ramps to the elevated garden continues.
Making the other speak and communicating it is essential in journalism and other disciplines that use writing to give a message, said Elena Poniatowska Amor, 2013 Cervantes Prize winner. Yesterday morning, in a keynote conference, the narrator and journalist remembered when she asked Diego Rivera why he was so potbellied. “Ah, because I eat Polish girls,” the muralist responded.
Petrobras and Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) yesterday formalized a strategic and technical cooperation alliance to jointly evaluate, develop and execute projects in the oil industry.
A federal judge based in Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl, state of Mexico, ordered the prosecution of a man dedicated to the clandestine sale of controlled medications in a flea market in Mexico City.
The plenary session of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (SCJN) determined that all judges in the country are obliged to review that in cases in which payment of a loan is required there are no usury practices on the part of the loan granting companies.
Poetry is above all rhythmic (rhythm concentrates), although –impossibly not– also melodic (the melody carries), also harmonic (harmony gives plenitude). The prose is melodic (Reyes, Coronel Urtecho, Borges...), and here we will stop.
Tokyo. Japanese diyéi Rinoka, at only nine years old, is still a highly recognized techno artist. In addition, she is the youngest diyéi in the world, a title held by the Guinness Book of Records since she was six years old.
Chihuahua, Chih., There are six complaints for the crimes of injuries and damages against Óscar CE, driver of the truck that hit the fans of the Mexican team on June 18 when they were celebrating the victory against South Korea, in the roundabout of the Pancho Villa monument, in this city.
Hermosillo, Sonora, The coordinated actions between the institutions that make up the State Security Board, headed by Governor Alfonso Durazo Montaño, resulted in the seizure of one million 294 thousand doses of different drugs and the arrest of 199 people, in operations carried out from June 15 to 21 in various municipalities of Sonora.
The search for the coordination of defense of the transformation of Guerrero is emerging as one of the most fought between members of Morena, the Labor Party and the Green Ecologist of Mexico. Yesterday, 15 applicants signed up for the in-person registration, in addition to those who register digitally.