December 1, 2023 AMLO announces 20% hike in Mexico's minimum wage Left-wing Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador announced Friday that the country's minimum wage will increase to about $1.75 per hour come Jan. 1.
November 30, 2023 Mexican cartels posed as US Treasury officials in brash timeshare scam, officials say Mexico's Jalisco drug cartel reportedly had its operators pose as U.S. Treasury Department officials in a timeshare fraud scheme targeting Americans.
November 30, 2023 Kim Yo Jong claims North Korea will ‘never sit face to face’ with US again North Korean official Kim Yo Jong is incensed at U.S. condemnations of the nation's military spy satellite launch, calling opposition to the launch an attack on North Korean sovereignty.
November 29, 2023 Video of 'rich kid' beating parking attendant causes uproar in Mexico A student at an expensive Mexican private school has been suspended pending expulsion after being caught on video beating a parking attendant.
November 29, 2023 Mexico confirms 5 journalists shot in 1 day Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador confirmed Wednesday that five journalists were shot and wounded within the country's confines in a single day.
November 28, 2023 4 news photographers shot, wounded in southern Mexico Four news photographers were shot and wounded by unidentified assailants Tuesday in Chilpancingo, Mexico, in an attack prosecutors consider a case of attempted murder.
November 28, 2023 Canadian man gets life in prison for 'incel'-related massage parlor murder ruled a terrorist act A man who was 17 when he fatally stabbed a Toronto masseuse has been sentenced to life in prison for the act, reportedly motivated by online "incel" ideology.
November 22, 2023 Activist known for tallying homicides in Mexican crime hub found murdered Mexican anti-crime activist Adolfo EnrÃquez was reported murdered in Leon on Wednesday, a violent crime hotspot where he had become known for documenting homicides.
November 20, 2023 Mexican government forces freight lines to prioritize passenger rail The Mexican government on Monday issued a decree forcing private freight railway lines to give passenger train service preferential treatment.
November 18, 2023 On this day in history, November 18, 1883, North American railroads create time zones, reshape global life North American railroads created time zones to bring sanity to scheduling transcontinental travel on this day in history, Nov. 18, 1883. The system was quickly adopted around the world.