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Strongest quake to hit Mexico in 85 years kills at least 34

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JUCHITAN, Mexico At least 34 people were killed when the most powerful earthquake to hit Mexico in over eight decades tore through buildings, forced mass evacuations and triggered alerts as far away as Southeast Asia. | Video

Mexico's quake killed at least 26 people, authorities

MEXICO CITY A powerful earthquake late on Thursday in Mexico killed at least 26 people, authorities said, raising the number of fatalities after the governor of the southern state of Oaxaca said on Friday that 20 people were killed in that region.

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Mexico temporarily suspends operations at key refinery after quake

MEXICO CITY Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto said on Friday operations at the Salina Cruz refinery on Mexico's southern coast were temporarily suspended as a precautionary measure following a major earthquake nearby.

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Mexico expels North Korean ambassador over nuclear tests

MEXICO CITY The Mexican government on Thursday said it had declared the North Korean ambassador to Mexico persona non grata in protest at the country's nuclear tests, an unusually firm step that moved it closely into line with Washington.

Sep 07 2017

Grupo Mexico eyes October IPO of its rail unit: sources

MEXICO CITY Mexican mining conglomerate Grupo Mexico has resumed plans to list its transportation division, including its Ferromex railroad operator, on Mexico's stock exchange, four sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters.

Sep 06 2017

Mexico signs e-commerce deal with China's Alibaba Group

MEXICO CITY Mexico's government said on Wednesday it has inked a deal with Alibaba Group Holding Ltd, to get Mexican products and services, especially from small- and medium-sized firms, onto the top Chinese e-commerce firm's platform.

Sep 06 2017

Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala urge protections for U.S. 'Dreamers'

MEXICO CITY Mexico and Central American countries they will lobby U.S. lawmakers to protect young illegal immigrants who saw their lives thrown into limbo on Tuesday after U.S. President Donald Trump said he would end a program that shields them from deportation.

Sep 06 2017

Mexican families of 'Dreamers' tell them to keep fighting

MEXICO CITY Yolanda Varona is encouraging her children and thousands of other young Mexicans who may lose their right to live in the United States to stay and fight to achieve their American Dream.

Sep 06 2017

Mexican presidential hopeful Lopez Obrador says he would revise oil contracts

MEXICO CITY If elected, Mexican presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador will review oil contracts signed after historic reforms in the sector, the leftist politician said on Tuesday.

Sep 05 2017

Mexican volunteers cross border to aid Texas after Hurricane Harvey

HOUSTON Mexico has come to the aid of the United States following Hurricane Harvey, sending Red Cross volunteers, food and supplies to a country whose president has proposed building a wall to keep the two neighbors apart.

Sep 05 2017

Mexico airport seeks at least $2 billion on international road show: sources

Mexico City airport authorities are meeting with international investors this week in a bid to raise upwards of $2 billion through a U.S.-dollar denominated debt issue to help finance a new $13 billion airport, people familiar with the matter said.

Sep 05 2017

Shell opens first Mexico gas station, eyes up to $1 billion investment

MEXICO CITY Anglo-Dutch oil major Royal Dutch Shell opened its first gas station in Mexico on Tuesday, adding to a growing list of foreign-branded pumps in a market still dominated by the green-colored outlets of state-owned company Pemex.

Sep 05 2017

Shell opens first Mexico gas station, eyes up to $1 billion investment

MEXICO CITY Anglo-Dutch oil major Royal Dutch Shell opened its first gas station in Mexico on Tuesday, adding to a growing list of foreign-branded pumps in a market still dominated by the green-colored outlets of state-owned company Pemex.

Sep 05 2017

Mexico's Pemex says Harvey caused crude oil shipment delays

MEXICO CITY Mexican national oil company Pemex said on Tuesday that Hurricane Harvey forced the cancellation of several crude oil export shipments.

Sep 05 2017

Mexico says investigating fraud claims made in media report

MEXICO CITY Mexico's federal comptroller general's office on Monday said 10 public servants at three federal agencies faced non-criminal penalties as part of an ongoing investigation into funds allegedly channeled by the government to phantom companies.

Sep 05 2017

Report on Mexican attorney general's Ferrari drives corruption debate

MEXICO CITY A report that Mexico's attorney general owns a Ferrari registered at an unoccupied house has added a twist to a growing political battle over who will lead a new institution designed to battle corruption.

Sep 05 2017

Mexico presidential hopeful rejects comparisons to Venezuela

MEXICO CITY The current front-runner for Mexico's 2018 presidential election on Sunday rejected comparisons of his leftist party to Venezuela's socialist government, saying his movement was a Mexican-made revolution against rampant corruption.

Sep 03 2017

Tropical Storm Lidia leaves seven dead in Mexico's Baja California peninsula

MEXICO CITY Tropical Storm Lidia's death toll rose to at least seven people, including two children, as the storm doused various states in Mexico with heavy rain on Saturday and left a severe trail of damage in the Baja California peninsula, authorities said.

Sep 02 2017

At least three dead as Lidia slams Mexico's Los Cabos tourist hub

MEXICO CITY At least three people died after torrential rain from Tropical Storm Lidia provoked major flooding around Mexico's popular Los Cabos beach resort on Friday, authorities said.

Sep 01 2017

Brazil, Mexico hold talks on broadening trade pact

SAO PAULO Brazil and Mexico discussed ways to broaden their existing trade agreement by including new products and fine-tuning preferential tariffs on bilateral trade, as Latin America's top two economies try to strengthen their ties.

Sep 01 2017
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Irma menaces Bahamas and Cuba, on course toward Florida

HAVANA Hurricane Irma menaced Cuba and the Bahamas on Friday as it drove toward Florida after lashing the Caribbean with devastatingly high winds, killing 19 people and leaving catastrophic destruction in its wake. | Video