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Mexican lawmakers advance bill to legalise recreational marijuana

Mexico's lower chamber approved a marijuana legalisation bill Wednesday, setting the country on the path to becoming one of the world's largest legal marijuana markets

Biden meets with Mexican president virtually amid migration issues

President Biden met virtually Monday with Mexican President Obrador a chance for the pair to talk more fully about migration, confronting the coronavirus and cooperating on security issues.

Mexico begin Covid-19 inoculation drive with Russian Sputnik vaccine

Some came fearing the long lines and disorder that marked the early stages of the vaccine campaign

Covid-19: Mexico begins inoculation drive with Chinese Sinovac vaccine

The start of vaccination was "a very important day" for Ecatepec, where more than 4,000 people have died from Covid-19, the mayor said

At least 6 killed as Mexican Air Force plane crashes in eastern region

The LearJet 45 with the registration number 3912 crashed after taking off Sunday morning from El Lencero Airport

Mexico suffers another day of rolling blackouts due to storm in Texas

The export-oriented National Council of the Maquiladora Industry said hundreds of plants perhaps as many as 1,600 were shutting down due to the lack of power

Mexico's president welcomes US cancellation of border wall construction

Instead of building walls, said Lopez Obrador, the United States should join his government's initiative of "cooperation for development"

Higher sales in Mexico and US propel Cemex to $70 million profit

Overall, despite the severe economic disruptions worldwide sparked by the pandemic, Cemex reported a 1% year-on-year increase in net sales on a like-to-like basis

Nearly 7,000 Mexicans reported as disappeared in 2020, 22% fall since 2019

Assistant Secretary for Human Rights Alejandro Encinas said the number of clandestine graves found dropped by third last year and the number of bodies recovered in those graves - 1,086 - fell by 18%

Mexico's new daily record of almost 28,000 coronavirus cases, 1,623 deaths

The president''s top pandemic adviser, Hugo López-Gatell, said the 67-year-old president was doing well and was active, and had almost no symptoms apart from an occasional low-grade fever

Covid-19: Mexico close to approving Russian vaccine, with little data

The approval process described by Hugo López-Gatell, Mexico's assistant health secretary, sounded like a Cold War spy thriller, and may not foment confidence in the shot

Mexico: Criminals exploit desperation for oxygen as Covid-19 cases soar

Hospitals in some parts of Mexico are almost 90% full, forcing families to treat their relatives at home. But the oxygen tanks they rely on have been the object of thefts, hijackings and fraud

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez says he's tested positive for Covid

His announcement came shortly after news emerged that he would speak with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday about obtaining doses of the Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine

Mexico detects first case of new coronavirus strain first seen in UK

Mexico has confirmed its first case of the UK strain of the coronavirus, Gloria Molina Gamboa, the secretary of health of the Tamaulipas state, said

Mexico president condemns Twitter, Facebook for blocking Donald Trump

Mexico's president on Thursday condemned the decision by social media platforms to block the accounts of US President Donald Trump

UN member states and leaders welcome countries including India to UNSC

UN leaders and member states welcomed India, Ireland, Kenya, Mexico and Norway to the UN Security Council and said they look forward to working with the five new non-permanent members

Mexico approves AstraZeneca's coronavirus vaccine for emergency use

Mexico approved the Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine for emergency use Monday, hoping to spur a halting vaccination effort that has only given about 44,000 shots since the third week of December

Mexico to vaccinate all citizens over 60 by March, co-morbidity cases next

Mexico is planning to have everyone over 60 years old vaccinated by late March, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has said in a video address

Not opposed to commercialising Covid vaccine, to firms selling it: Mexico

Mexican President Andres Manuel López Obrador has said that he is not opposed to private companies buying coronavirus vaccines to distribute to patients who want to pay for the shots

Mexico kicks off Covid vaccination campaign with Pfizer-BioNTech candidate

Mexico has kicked off its vaccination campaign against the novel coronavirus, with a vaccine developed by US laboratory Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech.