XINHUA Health officials in the U.S. state of New Mexico said Saturday, Jan. 9, that they would not verify the residence or citizenship of people when distributing covid-19 vaccines, local media reported Saturday. Las Cruces, New Mexico, television station KFOX14 quoted state officials as saying that they also would not share registrants’ information on immigration status with the federal government.
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XINHUA Mexico — along with India, Ireland, Kenya and Norway — once again assumed responsibilities as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council on Monday, Jan. 4. The five nations’ two-year terms officially began on Jan. 1, but Monday was the first working day of the council for 2021 after the Christmas and New Year break. A flag
Read moreXINHUA Mexican authorities said on Friday, Dec. 18, that they would re-impose lockdown measures in Mexico City and the State of Mexico (Edoméx) amid surging covid-19 cases and hospitalizations. With hospital capacity close to 75 percent, a level similar to that of June, and year-end festivities around the corner, the measures are aimed at reducing the spread and curbing the
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XINHUA Great Britain and Mexico have signed an agreement aimed at securing the existing bilateral trade following the end of the Brexit transition period on Dec. 31, the British Department for International Trade (DIT) said Tuesday, Dec. 15. The UK-Mexico Trade Continuity Agreement (UKMCA) will provide certainty for British and Mexican businesses “trading the goods and services that make up
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XINHUA Researchers believe that they have found a new species of beaked whale off Mexico’s western Pacific coast, a U.S. marine mammal biologist announced last week. Jay Barlow, a retired adjunct professor at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in San Diego, said his team spotted three unusual specimens on Nov. 17 near Mexico’s remote San Benito Islands, about 500 kilometers
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