Is Jesse Watters’ masked Antifa guy also his masked Mexican Mafia guy? The truth behind the internet rumor

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Women in Mexico step up to protect the island farms traditionally inherited by men

In Mexico, traditionally women did not inherit chinampas, island farms first built by the Aztecs thousands of years ago. The farming on such islands, which sit in Mexico City, has also traditionally been done by men. Today, women are buying up...

Saving Mexico City’s ancient floating farms

This story is a collaboration between The Associated Press and Mongabay. MEXICO CITY, Mexico — After years of working abroad in marine conservation, Cassandra Garduño returned home to find the chinampas of her childhood, Mexico City’s ancient...

In Mexico’s crime-ridden Ecatepec, gangs sell ‘protection’ while merchants pay to survive

ECATEPEC, Oct 8 — Standing behind their counters, shielded by metal grilles to prevent attacks, merchants in the Mexico City suburb of Ecatepec watch anxiously as gangs that hold them to ransom roam the streets outside. Across Latin America,...

CBP officers seize more than $4.4 million in cocaine at Texas-Mexico border

Packages containing 335.10 pounds of cocaine seized by CBP officers at World Trade Bridge. LAREDO, Texas - U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations officers at the Laredo Port of Entry seized cocaine valued at more than $4.4...

Automation Alley Recruiting Michigan Companies for Upcoming Trade Missions to Quer taro, Mexico and Eurosatory in Paris

The trade mission program provides unique opportunities for suppliers and buyers to connect directly, establish new partnerships and explore market expansion opportunities. Automation Alley, Michigan's Digital Transformation Insight Center, is...

Mexico awarded 190 public contracts to a network linked to Los Chapitos even after US sanctions

On May 9, 2023, the U.S. Department of the Treasury targeted the company Sumilab for supplying chemical precursors to the Sinaloa Cartel. It was sanctioned in the same round as Joaquín “El Güero” Guzmán López, the son of convicted drug trafficker...

‘Far from a holy nation’: Mexican deputy says cartels now rule much of the country, calls for spiritual renewal

Federal Deputy Hugo Eric Flores Cervantes of the National Regeneration Movement (Morena). Social media A Mexican lawmaker from the ruling party said that organized crime, not elected officials, controls much of the country, warning that Mexico is...

US recession looming? Warning signs for America as Oxford Economics sounds alarm over falling tech investment

United States' heavy dependence on tech investment leaves its economy vulnerable if the sector slows, Oxford Economics has warned. Lead economist Adam Slater warned that without the tech sector, the US GDP would have ‘barely grown’ this year,...

In Mexico, women didn't traditionally inherit island farms. Now some are determined to protect them

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Hunting Parasites to Save Animal Lives – From the Deep Sea to the Family Dog: MiDOG Expands Veterinary Genomics with First Set of Parasite Reference Genomes in Collaboration with the University of Nebraska’s Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology

TUSTIN, Calif., Oct. 8, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — MiDOG Animal Diagnostics has released its first set of parasite reference genomes for companion animals and wildlife, publicly available through the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)....

North America Fortified Rice Market Analysis Report 2025-2032: Digitization, Premiumization and Institutional Procurement Drive Growth Amid Compliance and Nutrition Demands - ResearchAndMarkets.com

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct 8, 2025-- The "North America Fortified Rice Market Size, Share & Industry Analysis Report By End User, By Category, By Nutrient, By Country and Growth Forecast, 2025-2032" report has been added to...

Trump expresses ambivalence for trade deal with Mexico and Canada

AP Photo President Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney meet in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025, in Washington. WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he was open to extending the free...

Scientists May Have Solved Mystery of Teotihuacan’s Written Language

The culture that thrived at Teotihuacan in the Classic period has a unique place in Mesoamerican history. Today, it is held as an emblem of the Mexican national past and is one of the most visited archaeological sites in the Americas....

Can sweet songs prevail over bloody ones? Mexico is giving it a try.

Sergio Maya, who won best performer, center, and the other contest winners, Carmen María González, right, and Galia Siurob, second from right, during the final of “México Canta” (“México Sings”), a government-run music contest at the Teatro de la...

Mexican Students Win Robotics Championship in Japan, Cementing Global STEM Leadership

7 Nagoya, Japan — October 2025 — A team of talented Mexican students has once again made international headlines by winning the gold medal at the 2025 RoboCup Junior International Championship held in Nagoya, Japan. Representing PrepaTec San Luis...

Mexico confirms second screwworm case in Nuevo León

Mexico’s agriculture ministry has confirmed a new case of the flesh-eating New World screwworm in the northern border state of Nuevo León. According to Reuters, the infected calf, traced to a herd from southern Mexico, was intercepted in...

Fear and loathing in Mexican town plagued by extortion

By Arturo ILIZALITURRI Standing behind their counters, shielded by metal grilles to prevent attacks, merchants in the Mexico City suburb of Ecatepec watch anxiously as gangs that hold them to ransom roam the streets outside. Across Latin America,...

U of M professor says more research needs to be done on Latinos in Minnesota

Jimmy Patiño is researching the Mexican-American civil rights movement in Minnesota. STILLWATER, Minn. — Hispanic Heritage Month is a time to celebrate the history and contributions of Spanish-speaking people in the United States. “I think about...

Mexico needs to think twice before imposing tariffs on China

Illustration: Xia Qing/GT Recent reports indicate that Mexico, apparently under pressure from the US, is considering imposing additional tariffs on Chinese exports. This move clearly reveals the dilemmas faced by small and medium-sized countries...