XINHUA A regular air cargo route between Wuhan, the capital of central China’s Hubei Province, and Mexico City on Saturday, May 8. The route will be operated twice a week by Aeroméxico, one of the largest airlines in Latin America, according to Wuhan Tianhe International Airport. Some 3,500 tons of cargo are expected to be delivered via the route annually.
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XINHUA After inspecting medical facilities and coronavirus prevention centers in Beijing and other major cities, Chinese President Xi Jinping, said Monday, Feb. 10, that his government and people will overcome the outbreak caused by the new virus. Wearing a mask, Xi visited a residential community, a hospital and a district center for disease control and prevention in Beijing. The
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By RICARDO CASTILLO First Coronavirus Case in Mexico Mexico’s Health Secretariat was notified on Saturday, Feb. 1, by the Los Angeles International Airport medical authorities of the confirmed case of a 37-year-old Chinese national and Wuhan native who had visited Mexico as of Jan. 21. Taxi service company Uber acknowledged that the infected person used at least two of its
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Happy Birthday, Carlos Slim Just as Mexico’s and Latin America’s wealthiest man, Carlos Slim, was gearing up to celebrate his 80th birthday on Tuesday, Jan. 28, the Federal Telecommunications Institute (IFT) delivered a special gift that surely the tycoon did not appreciate: a fine for nearly 1.39 billion pesos. The fine applied directly to mismanagement of accounting
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