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Hurricane John strikes Mexico’s southern Pacific coast with 'life-threatening' flood potential
Read full article: Hurricane John strikes Mexico’s southern Pacific coast with 'life-threatening' flood potentialHurricane John has struck Mexico’s southern Pacific coast with life-threatening flood potential.
Migrants are rattled and unsure as deportations begin under new rule halting asylum
Read full article: Migrants are rattled and unsure as deportations begin under new rule halting asylumA sense of uncertainty prevails among migrants after President Joe Biden invoked powers to suspend asylum for people who cross the border illegally.
Agatha hits southern Mexico coast as strongest May hurricane
Read full article: Agatha hits southern Mexico coast as strongest May hurricaneHurricane Agatha has become the strongest hurricane on record to make landfall in May in the eastern Pacific as it swept ashore on a sparsely populated stretch of tourist beaches and fishing towns in southern Mexico.
1st hurricane of 2022, Agatha heads for Mexico tourist towns
Read full article: 1st hurricane of 2022, Agatha heads for Mexico tourist townsThe first hurricane of the season has formed off Mexico’s southern Pacific coast and has rapidly grown stronger ahead of an expected strike along a stretch of tourist beaches and fishing towns as a major storm.
Mexico targets junk food as obesity takes toll amid pandemic
Read full article: Mexico targets junk food as obesity takes toll amid pandemicLegislators in several more states have introduced similar bills, all of which forbid merchants from selling junk food to minors unless their parent or guardian is present and approves. Traditional Mexican sweets are usually almost entirely made up of sugar, salt, tamarind and lime. But because of political and economic concerns and national pride, the lawmakers want to avoid touching traditional snack foods, and instead seek to focus on packaged foods made by multinational companies. The Tabasco law, passed on a 22-8 vote on Monday, uses verbal gymnastics to try to avoid including traditional snacks in the ban. The U.N. Childrens Fund considers childhood obesity to be a health emergency in Mexico, saying the countrys children have the highest consumption of junk food and many get 40% of their total caloric intake from it.