Mexico

Hurricane Grace hit the eastern parts of Mexico, claiming the lives of eight people and leaving three injured, on August 21. The hurricane speeds up the wind up to 205 km per hour and caused severe floods in over 20 municipalities in Veracruz, the collapse of roads, and the failure of electricity. The tropical season which started on May 15 in Mexico is expected to end in November.  

Mexico's immigration officials have come across a truck previously crammed with 100 migrants trying to enter the US border on June 28. However, the authorities have discovered an abandoned 2-year-old kid along with a 25-year-old dead man and eight others. After the doors were opened, most of the migrants ran into the vegetation near the highway, said one of the survivors.

Global fashion brands Zara, Anthropologie and Patowl are accused of cultural appropriation for using indigenous patterns from Mexico. The Mexican cultural ministry has written to all the companies asking "public explanation on what basis it could privatize collective property." Reportedly, the companies copied patterns from various indigenous communities. Notably, the Mexican government, in 2019 also accused fashion brand Carolina Herrera of… read-more

Scientists recently discovered fossils of bizarre shark species, which possessed wing-like fins. Known as 'Aquilolamna milarcae', these sharks are believed to be around 93 million-year-old who used to roam in seas of northern Mexico. Interestingly, these extinct creatures were present during dinosaur's era, said Vertebrate palaeontologist Romain Vullo. Besides, showcasing a head-to-toe length of 5 feet, its fin measured 6 feet. Believed to be… read-more

To curb the increasing COVID-19 cases, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has urged his citizens to avoid grand celebrations and gift-exchanges this Christmas. The President has asked people to stay indoors and not to step-out unless it is an extreme emergency. Lopez added that a rise in the COVID-19 positive patients would cause strain on the hospitals, staffs and equipment. Besides, he stated that no mandatory lockdowns would be… read-more