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The FGR investigates hazing abuses in the Mactumactzá normal school; there are at least five complaints

Tapachula, Chis., The State Attorney General's Office (FGE) opened an investigation against whoever is responsible for the alleged abuse of new students during a hazing at the Mactumactzá rural normal school in Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas.

Lack of attention to symptoms aggravates prostatic hyperplasia: specialist

The prostate is a gland that never stops growing. That is normal, but it becomes a problem when the urinary tract is obstructed and causes symptoms such as urgency to urinate, there is a weak or intermittent flow, men get up two or more times a night and are left with the feeling of not completely emptying the bladder. These and other discomforts that tend to become normalized and are associated with age, are experienced with different levels of severity, 40 percent of men over 50 years old and 80 percent of those over 70, specialists stated.

Julio Hernández López: Shipyard

Adán Augusto López Hernández has returned to the Senate, after weeks of absence, and with this he has revived speculation about his political and even personal future: will he leave the seat in September to coordinate Morenoist electoral campaigns in a constituency? Is he at risk of criminal accusations, not only for sweeping issues, coming from the United States?

SAT: so far this year, 169 companies and 120 people have used billing machines

So far this year, the Tax Administration Service (SAT) has identified 169 companies and 120 individuals as being under billing schemes. According to information from the agency, the number of taxpayers suspected of using false tax receipts grew 7.8 percent compared to last year.

Entrance exam, with gender bias: Ordorika

The selection process to enter the UNAM must consider other mechanisms, beyond the admission exam, which is originally gender biased, favors certain socioeconomic and cultural sectors and “opens a fertile field for businesses such as preparation schools and others that are less legal,” said Imanol Ordorika, a researcher at the university.

Orlando Delgado Selley: The task: transform the State to grow with shared prosperity

Mariana Mazzucato and Lara Merling, from the Institute for Innovation with Public Purposes (IIPP), delivered the first advances of the study Transforming the State for Plan Mexico. A missions approach to sharing prosperity. The central thesis of the study, commissioned by the Mexican government more than a year ago, is that Plan Mexico has been successful in defining priorities, but it is necessary to build a State with the necessary capabilities to execute them. This study is not an academic exercise, but rather an answer to the government's question of how to boost economic functioning, ensuring that the fruits of that growth are shared socially.

Heavy rains impact Chile; NY, under threat of severe flooding

Santiago. Heavy rains hit part of Chile yesterday while authorities advance emergency support measures for towns affected by floods, road closures and destruction of homes.

Kia will invest 649 million dollars in the country from 2026 to 2028

The Korean manufacturer Kia will invest 649 million dollars from 2026 to 2028, to produce an electric vehicle for the first time in national territory, as part of Plan Mexico, reported the Secretary of Economy, Marcelo Ebrard.

The UN denounces 5,500 sexual assaults against women and girls in Haiti

New York. Haiti registered more than 5,500 cases of gender violence in the first half of the year, most of them rapes of women and girls, the United Nations (UN) reported yesterday.

Hazaña del Torito paints the entrance to Ensenada

At the entrance to Ensenada, Baja California, the face of Isaac del Toro greets those who cross the low bridge of the Fondeport road junction north of the city. Painted on a 110 square meter mural, the cyclist was immortalized days after winning third place in the Tour de France, a feat that established him as a new idol of Mexican sports.

Sheinbaum rules out bad intentions on the part of anyone in evidence and offers help

President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo ruled out that there was “bad intention on the part of anyone” in the application of the UNAM bachelor's admission exam. Perhaps “they did not agree” on sufficient controls “so that no cheating could be done” with the use of technology and artificial intelligence, he maintained.

CRT: freedom of expression is guaranteed

The Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (CRT) categorically rejected that the proposal for General Guidelines for the Protection of Audience Rights constitutes a censorship mechanism.

Rosa Miriam Elizalde: The Gulf that unites us

On Sunday, along the Paseo de la Reforma, the flags of Mexico and Cuba advanced accompanied by the same wind. The contingent traveled 2.6 kilometers from the Hemicycle to Juárez to the old United States embassy, ​​in a march against the blockade and in defense of Cuban sovereignty. It could seem like a circumstantial protest. It was, in reality, the reappearance of a political memory that has crossed the gulf for two centuries.

Intense rains flood the homes of more than 150 families in Mazatlán

Mazatlán, Sin., Some 150 families lost their assets as a result of the torrential rains in the port yesterday morning, which left 161 liters of water per square meter, with floods that reached more than a meter in height in the Urías ejido. The emergency caused severe material damage, roads collapsed, so the Mexican Army activated Plan DN-III-E.

Changes announced in the boards of directors of Banamex and BBVA

Banamex and BBVA, two of the main financial groups operating in Mexico, reported yesterday on a series of changes in their boards of directors: the first said goodbye to Ignacio Deschamps and the second announced the retirement of Jaime Serra Puche.

Bárbara Zamora*/I: Right to give an opinion, but not the right to decide

The general law on the rights of indigenous and Afro-Mexican peoples regulates multiple and very diverse issues related to indigenous communities and peoples, from lands, territory, cultural heritage, electoral issues, consultation, traditional medicine, employment, income generation, economy, supply, marketing, food self-sufficiency, housing, community work, artisanal roads, infrastructure, climate change, justice plans, media, traditional medicine and midwives, community assemblies, etc. A true miscellany. There are 453 articles and 11 transitory ones.

BTS will not submit their music for the 2027 Grammys

New York. K-pop BTS announced that they will not present their music for consideration at the next edition of the 2027 Grammy Awards.

Enrique Galván Ochoa: Money

At some point taxpayers will have to make a decision: cut the pension of the elderly or continue supporting the electoral bureaucracy, whose spending has gotten out of control. The resources will not be enough. Now it is increased by the subsidy to two new parties: Somos México and PAZ. Last night the National Electoral Institute, chaired by Guadalupe Taddei (#LadyAcordeon), was preparing to approve a budget for next year for 36 billion pesos. It does not include the Federal Electoral Tribunal, whose budget this year is 3,749 million and it is not clear if it includes the state electoral institutes. In that case, it would probably reach 50 billion. It is up to the Chamber of Deputies to approve it. In the last election he gave him a snip of 8 billion pesos.

After 19 years of strike in Sombrerete and Taxco, miners demand a solution

Due to the wear and tear of almost two decades of strike and the economic crisis that has hit their families, workers from Sombrerete, Zacatecas, and Taxco, Guerrero, affiliated with the National Mining Union, will march today in Mexico City to demand a definitive solution to the labor conflicts that keep their sources of employment paralyzed.

An arrest warrant is issued in Bolivia against Evo Morales for “terrorism”

Holy Cross. The prosecutor's office of the Bolivian department of Santa Cruz issued an arrest warrant against former President Evo Morales and other people on charges related to terrorism, armed uprising against State security and more crimes in the context of anti-government protests and road blockades, which paralyzed the Andean country for more than 50 days in May and June.

Former AHMSA workers seek to replace bankruptcy trustee who postpones auction

Former workers at Altos Hornos de México (AHMSA) warned that they will request the dismissal of the bankruptcy trustee, Víctor Manuel Aguilera, if the steel company's auction is delayed again or a new extension is granted, since – in their opinion – his actions have been marked by irregularities and non-compliance that have lengthened the process.

They offer to give away beers when Trump dies and face closure

A well-known brewery, which promised free product to its customers when the president of the United States, Donald Trump, died, faces the revocation of its license to sell alcohol.

Mexico does not want to break relations with Peru: Sheinbaum

After the inauguration of Keiko Fujimori as president of Peru, the Mexican government is in talks with its Peruvian counterpart, since "we do not want the rupture of relations," said President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo yesterday.

False, that there is censorship in audience guidelines: Sheinbaum

With the beginning of consultations on the guidelines issued by the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission to guarantee the protection of the rights of audiences, President Claudia Sheinbaum defended that the measure only establishes that the companies themselves will define a defender of said audiences, as a way for viewers and listeners who consider it to file complaints.

Cristina Fernández takes her case to the UN for possible violation of her rights

Buenos Aires. The former president of Argentina, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, decided to raise her case before the United Nations Human Rights Committee to analyze whether during the judicial process to which she was subjected for the so-called Road Case, for which she was sentenced to six years in prison and perpetual disqualification from holding public office, the guarantees established by the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights were respected.

El Miky, alleged operator of the Sinaloa cartel, is arrested in Oaxaca

A subject identified with the initials JMGG, known as El Miky or El 086, identified as the head of a criminal cell of the Sinaloa cartel that operates in Oaxaca, mainly in the Costa and Central Valleys regions, was arrested the previous Monday, reported the entity's attorney general, Bernardo Rodríguez Alamilla.

They demand to stop the tourism project in BCS promoted by the Ve Por Más bank

La Paz, BCS., The El Saltito Second Stage project, promoted by the Ve Por Más bank, which aims to clear more than 109 hectares of forest land in the La Fortuna subdelegation of the municipality of La Paz, for the construction of a private residential tourist development, has generated rejection from citizens and environmental activists.

For “national security”, the US prohibits the import of humanoid robots

New York. Donald Trump's government banned the importation of humanoid and quadruped robots into the United States for national security reasons.

Ilán Semo/I: The loneliness of Ulysses

Even before being shown in movie theaters, the film version inspired by Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey had already reaped its first fruits. Just the preview of the trailers and some interviews with the actresses and actors were enough to unleash a kind of massive criticism from historians dedicated to the study of Hellas. I highlight here two of its central targets. In the film, the Homeric character of Helen, daughter of Zeus and ruler of Sparta, whose kidnapping leads to the Trojan War, is portrayed by Afro-Mexican actress Lupita Nyong'o. Historians such as David Hanson criticize Nolan's work for having questioned Helena's whiteness. In the 2004 version of The Iliad (under the title Troy), Diane Kruger plays the role of the Spartan queen; and in 1956, it was Rossana Podestà's turn to do it, exuberant blondes with whom Hollywood built the modern archetype of Helena. When Hanson defends the election of Lupita Nyong'o, what he defends is not a historical error, but the very structure of the identity that sustains his own discourse. Well, in which text of Homer is the equation “beauty = whiteness” inscribed? The answer is: in no text in the sense of an original writing, but in an ideological construction that has been naturalized as “evidence.” The Homeric text, on the other hand, does not contain such a predicate; It only contains an undecidability about chromaticism, because Hellas was not a racial essence, but a dissemination of islands, of diasporas, of mixtures. The Hellenic/barbarian opposition, which lately became decisive in the 3rd century BC, is already an economy of difference that cannot be retroprojected to the Homeric world without committing hermeneutical violence. That is, the distinction between Hellenes and barbarians (those who did not speak Greek) did become decisive and definitive. There is no doubt that historians wear the clothing of ideology like their own skin, without even realizing the prejudices that inhabit them.

Food insecurity decreased, but more needs to be done: President

Although the number of Mexicans experiencing food insecurity has been reduced – 8.6 million, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) – 21.6 million still suffer from it, said President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo.

Diyéi Kavinsky, figure of the French Touch, died; performed at the New Year's Eve party in Mexico City

Paris. The DJ Kavinsky, famous for his song Nightcall, was found dead at his home in Paris, authorities said yesterday, paying tribute to “one of the most unique voices” of the French electro scene.

They order Alito to download messages where he talks about narcogovernment

The Complaints and Denunciations Commission of the INE ordered the leader of the PRI, Alejandro Moreno (Alito), to download different messages spread on his social networks and those of the party, which include expressions such as narco-government to refer to Morena.

Editorial: Militarized academies: lethal anachronism

The federal Ministry of Public Education (SEP) instructed its counterpart in the state of Puebla to initiate the corresponding administrative procedure and suspend the activities of the Ignacio Zaragoza Militarized Academy (AMIZ), located in the capital of the entity, because the “militarized education” model lacks legal support in the country. The head of the Legal Affairs and Regulation Unit of the SEP, Euripides Flores Pacheco, maintained that the Constitution and the General Education Law do not contemplate the provision of educational services under military, military or similar modalities, and emphasized that it is “absolutely prohibited” to operate schools with any of those names.

Amy Winehouse's father must pay more than a million euros to the singer's friends, whom he sued for selling her belongings

Naomi Parry and Catriona Gourlay auctioned more than 100 objects that the artist gave or lent them and Mitch denounced them for doing so without her consent. “The fact that he did this to two young people who had faithfully supported Amy makes his irrational behavior particularly serious,” the judge considers.

The basic that cannot be missing in any home: the precision electric screwdriver with LED display and 6 levels of force

Its tubular design makes it a very easy accessory to handle and, for a limited time, its price has hit rock bottom on Amazon, approaching a 40% discount

Begoña Gómez recovers her passport after Judge Peinado withdraws it

The magistrate finally authorized another person to collect the documentation on his behalf, according to sources close to the wife of the President of the Government.

Are you traveling by car this summer? Keys to finding insurance

The experts at Zurich Seguros affirm that a good policy is not defined by its price, but by the balance between the coverage it includes, the modality chosen according to the vehicle and the quality of the service when an unforeseen event occurs.

Why some people see more colors than others (and how to know if you're one of them)

It is estimated that about 12% of women could have a genetic variant that gives them increased color vision, although it is very difficult to demonstrate what they see.

Why some people see more colors than others (and how to know if you're one of them)

It is estimated that about 12% of women could have a genetic variant that gives them increased color vision, although it is very difficult to demonstrate what they see.

The secret behind perfect hair: I have tested and compared six hair masks

We have put them to the test for several weeks to compare their hydration, repair, shine and value for money.

Diary of a firefighter (part II): “The great victory has been the protection of life”

The officer Israel Naveso tells of his “immense satisfaction of being a participant” in the control of the fires in Madrid and Ávila

An enigmatic skull from 200,000 years ago found in Ciudad Real further complicates “the mess in the middle” of human evolution

The discovery of a teenager with ancestral features adds to the confusing crucial moment in which sapiens and Neanderthals emerge, and turns Ruidera into a key site after Atapuerca

Three folding mobiles for three different personalities

Samsung takes another step in the evolution of foldable smartphones with the new generation Samsung Galaxy Z Fold8. A family in which each device responds to a different way of understanding the mobile: discovering, working or expressing

Two minors aged 10 and 15 die in a house fire in Benalmádena (Málaga)

The mother has been transferred to a hospital with a serious prognosis and several police officers and firefighters have been treated for poisoning due to smoke.

George Clooney and his family, forced to evacuate their estate due to the devastating fires in France

The actor and his wife, Amal Clooney, have sent a letter to the mayor of Brignoles in which they announce their departure and in which they ask that they be counted on for the reconstruction tasks once the fire is extinguished.

The official family vocational training center with more than 25 years of experience

Cesur has been re-elected for the sixth consecutive year as the best Vocational Training center in Spain. It boasts an 80% job placement rate in the first year, thanks to a roadmap that focuses on the titles most in demand by companies.

More than half of the Catalan municipalities still do not have their emergency plan for the risk of fires up to date

Only 97 of the 947 towns have approved their situation according to a Civil Protection plan in 2026

Inflation rises to 3.5% in July due to fuel and electricity

Prices grow three tenths compared to the month of June; The underlying index also accelerates and stands at 3%, according to the INE

Consumer Affairs demands that five multinationals withdraw 141 new tourist rentals in Palestinian territories occupied by Israel

The Ministry redoubles the pressure on vacation accommodation platforms and once again requires the only firm that ignored the order issued in February

A death, fear of fires and distrust truncate the eclipse macro-festival in Soria: “The righteous are going to pay for the sinners”

In mid-July, a biker event at the Cuerda del Pozo reservoir culminated in a fatal outcome that has now led authorities to ban a four-day musical event there.