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For a few months to date, Ukraine has managed to make the Kremlin's "special military operation" perceived in the European part of Russia, where 77 percent of the country's population resides and its infrastructure is concentrated, as something that occurs not only beyond its borders, with the exception of the neighboring regions that were the first to realize it, and which brings many misfortunes in its own territory.
In a joint operation by the Mexican Customs Agency and security corporations, including the National Guard and the Secretariats of National Defense and Citizen Security and Protection, yesterday a shipment of 240 candies in the form of gummies, mixed with tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), a cannabis compound, was seized at the Toluca airport.
Guadalajara, Jal., Neighbors of the Mirador de San Isidro neighborhood, in Zapopan, maintain a sit-in in the vicinity of a 12,832 square meter property in that Jalisco district to express their disagreement with the construction of 10 towers with capacity for 200 apartments for police officers, in an area that, they claim, functions as a natural water recharge.
The decision of the National Electoral Institute (INE) to prohibit the national president of the PRI, Alejandro Moreno Cárdenas, from referring to Morena as a narco party, was celebrated by the cherries, who questioned the moral authority of the tricolor to use that type of adjectives, while PRI legislators warned that in this way the political debate is censored.
New York. The El Niño climate phenomenon, which is intensifying in the Pacific, “fans a planet already on fire” and drags the world into “unknown territory,” warned yesterday the Secretary General of the United Nations, António Guterres.
President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo agreed with members of section 22 of Oaxaca, attached to the National Coordinator of Education Workers (CNTE), to receive them on August 13 at 11 a.m. in the National Palace, after a group of teachers, led by the general secretary of the union, Yenny Aracely Pérez Martínez, requested yesterday a work table to address the pending issues with the teaching profession.
The rector of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Leonardo Lomelí Vanegas, announced the recommendations of the Technical Commission for the Review of the 2026 Degree Admission Process, given the irregularities detected in the admission test that was carried out virtually for the first time. These suggestions, accepted by the rector, consist of "verifying the results obtained by carrying out a control exam", which will be applied "in person, under the most convenient format to be able to process it as soon as possible, with different versions that are sufficient for the number of shifts and applicants."
Federal authorities dealt a new blow to the gangs dedicated to fuel theft in Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) pipelines, by dismantling two cells with a presence in the municipalities of Chimalhuacán, Ecatepec, Jaltenco, Nextlalpan, Tecámac and Tonanitla, in the state of Mexico. In addition, they seized more than 47 thousand liters of gas from 11 properties and caused economic damage to criminal groups of more than 165 million pesos. Likewise, they arrested 17 alleged members of these organizations.
The musician, composer and founder of La Revolución de Emiliano Zapata, Javier Martín del Campo Muriel, better known as Javis, died yesterday at the age of 75, his official Instagram account reported, without giving the causes of death.
Given the public complaints of cases of property dispossession in the country's capital, the College of Notaries of Mexico City offered support to both citizens and the competent authorities in strengthening the mechanisms for attention and prevention of this crime, which has particularly affected older adults and sectors in conditions of social vulnerability.
The results obtained by Mexican athletes in different international competitions during recent weeks "have to do with the discipline, the training of the young people who are succeeding in the world today. Also with pride," said President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo.
Among the countless lies that he spreads daily, Donald Trump assures that the US economy “is advancing like never before, it is booming and we are doing very well.” However, reality denies this no matter how much it presumes non-existent "successes", and one of the indicators that does show a constant rise is that related to citizen rejection and its negative evaluation of the true result of its declining level of well-being derived from the economic "program" of the orange tycoon, which, to begin with, translates into loss of employment and purchasing power, as well as rising inflation.
The Attorney General's Office (FGR) will define whether to investigate the complaints made by Joaquín El Chapo Guzmán – in 1993, before an agent of the then Attorney General's Office – and Felipe Calderón – on social networks – about alleged links between the former governor of Baja California, Ernesto Ruffo Appel, and the Arellano Félix family, said President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo.
Alejandra Valencia's life moves between two arcs: the sporting arc and the violin arc. Although they seem very different, both worlds require the same things: discipline, sensitivity and a connection with the bow he holds in his hands.
In the context of the accusations to the UNAM for the anomalies detected in the last entrance exam at the undergraduate level, the College of Directors of Faculties and Schools of the highest house of studies expressed its full support for the decisions adopted by the rector Leonardo Lomelí Vanegas, such as the determination to integrate the technical commission to review the process.
With the abstention of the National Action (PAN) and Institutional Revolutionary (PRI) parties, the Foreign Relations Commission of the Chamber of Deputies yesterday approved a statement condemning the acts of violence against Mexican migrants in the United States, which have caused the death of 17 Mexicans since the beginning of the current government of Donald Trump.
Yesterday, the Senate Commission for Gender Equality approved the critical route for the analysis of the initiative that proposes issuing the General Law to Prevent, Investigate and Punish the Crime of Femicide.
The security cabinet reported that it will review the arrest of Felipe Lomelí, a fruit seller who was apprehended in the city of Aguascalientes by personnel from the Secretariat of Security and Citizen Protection (SSPC), for allegedly committing crimes against health.
A photograph in which two Israeli military women appear posing next to a blindfolded Palestinian prisoner was spread on social networks and sparked great outrage on the Internet.
Gilda Susana Lozoya Austin, sister of former Pemex director Emilio Lozoya, promoted a new amparo trial after denouncing the leak of confidential information, as well as photographs and videos that federal authorities took during her arrest.
Zurich. FIFA opened a disciplinary file against the Argentine Football Association (AFA) and its teams for several alleged infractions committed during the 2026 World Cup, including the display of a flag that claimed sovereignty over the Malvinas Islands.
Migrants cause “so much fear to the American right because they have been the ones who democratized and transformed” that country, said David Brooks, correspondent and columnist for La Jornada. The reporter, distinguished by the 2026 Maria Moors Cabot Prize with a special mention, will receive a tribute at Columbia University on October 8.
Tokyo. Sony is expected to be one of the main beneficiaries of the launch of Grand Theft Auto (GTA) VI, but the highly anticipated video game comes at a time when the PlayStation maker is facing rising memory chip prices.
Morena and the opposition clashed yesterday in the Permanent Assembly over the guidelines to protect the rights of audiences. For more than three hours they crossed disqualifications. Stalinists, Rubén Moreira, coordinator of the PRI in the Chamber of Deputies, snapped at the cherries, who responded that PRI and PAN members were promoting a “hoax” with the accusation that a gag law is being promoted.
Hadi Matar was found guilty of federal transnational terrorism charges for the 2022 stabbing of writer Salman Rush-die, who had been living under death threat for decades for his novel The Satanic Verses. Matar, 28, is already serving a 25-year prison sentence in New York for the attempted murder of the author.
Charlotte. More than two decades later, the Gold Cup will return to Mexico in 2027. The success of the World Cup with the massive response in the country led Concacaf to grant some matches that will probably be played at the Azteca stadium, the Mexican Football Federation confirmed yesterday.
The unfinished works carried out by the Cuauhtémoc mayor's office keep the problem of flooding that is generated in the Tránsito neighborhood unsolved, since in each rain, the water remains stagnant for days due to drains that have been left clogged by poor paving work, neighbors reported.
After a meeting with neighbors and victims of dispossession from six mayor's offices, capital authorities committed to restoring the properties, reviewing at least 61 new cases that were registered this Wednesday and dismantling networks that commit this crime in the city.
Seoul. Cameras equipped with artificial intelligence (AI) help prevent suicides on bridges over the Han River in Seoul. When they detect that someone may be about to jump, they activate the alarm to respond quickly.
Madrid. Tens of thousands of evacuees from the megafires that hit Spain and France began to return to their homes yesterday, although authorities ask for caution in the face of the arrival of a new heat wave. Both neighboring countries have suffered, in the last week, some of the worst forest fires in their history, which devastated vast areas and forced tens of thousands of people to abandon their homes. The Spanish government asked to fight the flames from “a European perspective.”
This column began a quarter of a century ago under the name The Echo and the Shadow, arising from reading Chuang Tzu in a volume that I have lost. I therefore omit the literal quote that originated it. But below I present three versions or interpretations, in this case it is the same, by Oscar Wilde, Octavio Paz and Iñaki Preciado Idoeta (I could not obtain, if it exists, that of Thomas Merton, who suggests the conjectural implicit in every translation and deals with the same symbolism in another passage of the Chinese scholar).
During the 19 months that the United States kept the border closed to Mexican cattle due to the presence of the screwworm, the country's livestock industry accumulated losses that different estimates place between 2,400 and almost 3 billion dollars, in addition to a delay in the capitalization of the herd that the industry will carry for longer than the US veto lasted.
Vulcan Materials assured its investors that it continues to be the owner of the properties located in Quintana Roo, despite the partial ruling that the International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes issued in the arbitration that the company had against Mexico since 2018.
Before the city finishes waking up, the Metro already has its first diners. In the corridors and correspondence of the stations, among the hurried passage of passengers, merchants appear offering coffee, sweet bread, cakes and empanadas, foods that give energy to start the day's activities.
Although barely a third of the activity has passed in the Central American and Caribbean Games in Santo Domingo, Mexico is close to reaching half of the medals it obtained four years ago in the San Salvador 2023 edition (353).
Amid the smell of freshly fried Milanese, ham, chorizo, sausage, onion, tomato and the freshness of the lettuce, the Head of Government, Clara Brugada Molina, gave the flag to the preparation by dozens of people of the “largest cake in the world”, 100 meters long and 1,570 kilograms in weight, which was officially certified by Guinness World Records.
Jilotzingo, Méx., Ejidatarios supported by the city council warned that “they will not take a step back” in defense of 770 hectares of an ejido where real estate companies pressure residents with the aim of occupying land to build new residential developments.
The graffiti artist Chaz Bojórquez, the photographer Graciela Iturbide, the artist Beatriz Cortez and the singer, writer and activist Alice Bag will participate in the first International Chicanx Art Meeting, which from today to August 1 will bring together artists, researchers and specialists at the Palace of Fine Arts to reflect on the validity, diversity and new scope of this cultural phenomenon.
The Secretary of the Interior, Rosa Icela Rodríguez, yesterday led the launch, in the Montaña Alta of Guerrero, of the Tianguis del Bienestar and the Yes to Disarmament, Yes to Peace program.
The playwright and director Jimena Hinojosa observed an abandoned pool in the middle of an existential crisis. Little by little, the image began to be populated with characters until giving rise to What fits in an empty grave, which will premiere today at the Teatro El Milagro.
The Attorney General's Office (FGJ) arrested Virginia N and Diana N for their alleged participation in the crime of dispossession of a property located on Matías Romero Street, Del Valle neighborhood, Benito Juárez mayor's office.
The National Electoral Institute (INE) plans to request 36,119 million pesos by 2027, with the purpose of funding its operating expenses (practically in the same terms as the current one), and organizing the election of the Chamber of Deputies, among other activities.
The Congress of Mexico City received two initiatives from the real estate leasing company Grupo Cantabria to build a 19-story tower for residential and office use on Avenida Constituciónntes 868, Lomas Altas neighborhood, and another 16-story tower for a hotel on Bulevar Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra 621, Irrigación neighborhood, both in the Miguel Hidalgo mayor's office.
Havana. Cuba yesterday formalized the activities that will be allowed to the private sector, such as the administration of gas stations, pharmacies and renewable energies; In addition, it made the participation of individuals in imports, wholesale trade and oil exploitation more flexible.
The Commission of the Mexican Episcopate (CEM) made a call months ago to commemorate the events that we know as the Cristero war. Just after the armed phase of the Mexican Revolution, an armed conflict broke out between Mexicans, due to issues of religious appearance, but with an obvious political connotation, as it was staged by groups that identified themselves as liberal, one, and the other, conservative. And he was fueled by a victorious government in the contest and the high Catholic hierarchy, which openly spoke out against the 1917 Constitution.
The Ministry of Public Education (SEP) informed all state authorities of the sector in the country that for the beginning of the 2026-2027 school year, on August 31, it must be guaranteed that no institution provides educational services under the name or modality militarized, military or any other that refers to instruction or discipline of a military nature.