Hurricane Beryl strengthens into ‘potentially catastrophic’ storm | Weather News

Hurricane Beryl strengthens into ‘potentially catastrophic’ storm | Weather News

Beryl, the earliest Category 4 storm ever reported, is moving towards Jamaica after hitting the island of Carriacou in Grenada. Hurricane Beryl has intensified into a “potentially catastrophic” Category 5 storm, the United States’s National Hurricane Center (NHC) said, as it headed towards Jamaica after bringing down power lines, damaging…

Deadly heatwaves in US, Mexico made more likely by climate change | Climate Crisis News

Deadly heatwaves in US, Mexico made more likely by climate change | Climate Crisis News

Deadly heat that recently blanketed the United States, Mexico and Central America was made 35 times more likely due to global warming, an international network of climate scientists has said. The World Weather Attribution (WWA) group also said the extreme highs experienced across the region in May and June were…

Man who contracted H5N2 bird flu dies in Mexico, WHO says | World Health Organization News

Man who contracted H5N2 bird flu dies in Mexico, WHO says | World Health Organization News

The H5N2 strain has never before been found in a human, health agency says, but stresses risk remains low. A man in Mexico with prior health complications has died after contracting the A(H5N2) strain of bird flu, the World Health Organization (WHO) has announced, cautioning that the risk to the…

Leaders praise ‘historic’ victory as Sheinbaum triumphs in Mexican election | Elections News

Leaders praise ‘historic’ victory as Sheinbaum triumphs in Mexican election | Elections News

Leaders from across the Americas have offered congratulations to Claudia Sheinbaum, whose thumping victory in Mexico’s national election will make her the first woman to hold the presidency in the country’s history. Officials from countries including Brazil, Chile and the United States have offered praise for the newly minted president-elect,…

Mexico election live results 2024: By the numbers | Elections News

Mexico election live results 2024: By the numbers | Elections News

Mexico has begun to count votes after a Sunday election that will almost certainly result in the country’s first female president. The two frontrunners are Claudia Sheinbaum of the ruling Morena party, supported by the governing coalition Let’s Keep Making History (Sigamos Haciendo Historia), and Xochitl Galvez, supported by a coalition…

How federal agents protect candidates in Mexico’s deadly election season | Elections News

How federal agents protect candidates in Mexico’s deadly election season | Elections News

When LeBaron was first allocated a security team, he was reluctant. He refused to even let Ayala drive. “I underestimated him,” he said. Nowadays, though, LeBaron admits he leans on his security team. Agent Ayala is never far away, watching for danger. Ayala explained that the only time the security…

The fall of Mexico’s PRI party, a once-dominant political force | Elections News

The fall of Mexico’s PRI party, a once-dominant political force | Elections News

Mexico City, Mexico – Such a political turnaround would have been almost unthinkable a decade ago. Since 2009, Alejandra del Moral had been synonymous with the conservative Institutional Revolutionary Party or PRI, Mexico’s then-dominant political beast. She was the youngest mayor in the country at the time and the first…

What’s behind the rise in political violence in Mexico? | Elections

What’s behind the rise in political violence in Mexico? | Elections

Election campaign marred by assassinations of dozens of candidates. Dozens of candidates have been killed ahead of Mexico’s general election amid surging political violence. Dozens of public servants, party members and politicians across the country have also been attacked ahead of the June 2 election, which will see almost 100…