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Shooting at Air Force Base in New Mexico kills airman, injures another

A shooting at a US Air Force base in New Mexico early Saturday left one airman dead and another wounded, military officials said, adding that it was not an act of terrorism or an attack by an outsider. A statement from Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque said security forces responded to a shooting near one of the entrances to the base at about 2 am. One airman died at the scene, and the other was taken to a hospital with a gunshot wound to a hand and later discharged, the statement said. An update in the afternoon said the shooting occurred following "an off-base pursuit". There was no threat to the public, it said. The Air Force released few other details and did not immediately say whether anyone was in custody. A spokesperson declined to say whether the shooter or shooters also were airmen. The names of the airmen who were shot were not immediately released. The Air Force Office of Special Investigations was leading the probe. FBI investigators were also at the scene being

Mexico awaits Google's reply over Gulf of Mexico name before filing lawsuit

Mexico said Monday it's awaiting a new response from Google to its request that the tech company fully restore the name Gulf of Mexico to its Google Maps service before filing a lawsuit. President Claudia Sheinbaum shared a letter addressed to her government from Cris Turner, Google's vice president of government affairs and public policy. It says that Google will not change the policy it outlined after US President Donald Trump declared the body of water the Gulf of America. We will wait for Google's response and if not, we will proceed to court, Sheinbaum said Monday during a morning press briefing. As it stands, the gulf appears in Google Maps as Gulf of America within the United States, as Gulf of Mexico within Mexico and Gulf of Mexico (Gulf of America) elsewhere. Turner in his letter said the company was using Gulf of America to follow "longstanding maps policies impartially and consistently across all regions" and that the company was willing to meet in person with the Mexica

Donald Trump's foreign aid freeze stops anti-fentanyl work in Mexico

In Mexico, INL also donates drug-detecting canines that helped Mexican authorities seize millions of fentanyl pills in 2023 alone, according to a March 2024 INL report

White House claims Gulf of Mexico has been renamed, calls it a 'fact'

For more than four centuries, the body of water stretching from Florida through Texas and into Mexico has been known as the Gulf of Mexico. But in a matter of weeks, President Donald Trump and White House officials have sought to rewrite the map by calling it the Gulf of America and insisting others do the same. It is a fact that the body of water off the coast of Louisiana is called the Gulf of America, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Feb. 12. It's very important to this administration that we get that right, not just for people here at home, but also for the rest of the world. But Trump's effort to rewrite the map of the world is far more complicated than such comments suggest. Here's what goes into a name. Did Trump rename the Gulf of Mexico? Before his Jan. 20 inauguration, Trump announced plans to change the Gulf of Mexico's name to the Gulf of America and signed an executive order to do so as soon as he was in office. Can he change the name on his own?

Hyatt Hotels to acquire Playa Hotels & Resorts for about $2.6 billion

Playa operates resorts in Mexico, the Dominican Republic and Jamaica

Trump signs executive order to rename 'Gulf of Mexico' as 'Gulf of America'

Donald Trump's order, titled 'Restoring Names That Honour American Greatness', instructs the US Secretary of the Interior to formalise the name change within 30 days

Mexico deploys first of 10K National Guard to US border after tariff threat

A line of Mexican National Guard and Army trucks rumbled along the border separating Ciudad Jurez and El Paso, Texas Wednesday, among the first of 10,000 officers Mexico has sent to its northern frontier following tariff threats by President Donald Trump. Masked and armed National Guard members picked through brush running along the border barrier on the outskirts of Ciudad Jurez, pulling out makeshift ladders and ropes tucked away in the trenches, and pulling them onto trucks. Patrols were also seen on other parts of the border near Tijuana. It comes after a turbulent week along the border after Trump announced he would delay imposing crippling tariffs on Mexico for at least a month. In exchange, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum promised she would send the country's National Guard to reinforce the border and crack down on fentanyl smuggling. Trump has declared an emergency on the border despite migration levels and fentanyl overdoses significantly dipping over the part year. The

Tariff war: Trump pauses tariffs on Mexico and Canada: Here’s why

US President Donald Trump has hit a pause on his tariff plans for Mexico and Canada. Watch the video to know why.

Mexico's Prez Sheinbaum wins early praise for handling Trump on tariffs

Some politicians and analysts commended Sheinbaum's measured public tone and apparent ability to blunt Trump's charge after she reached an agreement with the US president to pause tariffs for a month

Mexico President says tariffs with United States paused for a month

As part of the agreement on Monday, Sheinbaum said that Mexico will send 10,000 National Guard troops to the US border to stop drugs, particularly fentanyl, from moving into the United States

Oil prices rise as Trump's tariffs on Mexico, Canada, China stoke fears

Gasoline pump prices in the US are certainly expected to rise with the loss of crude for refineries and the loss of imported products, said Mukesh Sahdev at Rystad Energy

Philadelphia plane crash: 5 injured remain in hospital, 3 critical

Three people injured on the ground when a jet crashed in a busy Philadelphia neighbourhood, killing seven people, remain in critical condition, Mayor Cherelle Parker said Sunday. Parker said 22 people were injured and five of them remain hospitalised. At least 11 homes were significantly damaged, along with some businesses. Our city continues to mourn their loss and they are in our thoughts and prayers, Parker said of the deceased victims. A Mexico-bound air ambulance plummeted to the ground Friday evening, less than a minute after it had taken off from Northeast Philadelphia Airport with six people on board, including a girl who had spent months being treated at a city hospital. One of the deceased was killed inside a car as debris from the Learjet 55 crash exploded into the neighbourhood, damaging nearby homes. The investigation into the crash remained ongoing, Parker said, adding that officials were going door-to-door to seek information from neighbourhood residents. The crash

India in wait-and-watch mode as US President Trump unleashes trade war

Even though Trump has repeatedly labelled India a high-tariff nation, he has yet to take action against New Delhi

India Inc looks to navigate US President Donald Trump tariff storm

Some sectors hoping to cash in on the likely void created by Canada, Mexico, China

Mexico pledges retaliatory tariffs against US while calling for cooperation

Sheinbaum said the country would also implement non-tariff measures, while calling for cooperation with the US on topics including security, migration and addressing the fentanyl public health crisis

Trump's tariffs on Canada, Mexico, China could mean higher inflation

New trade penalties against Canada, Mexico and China that President Donald Trump plans to impose Saturday represent an aggressive early move against America's three largest trading partners, but at the risk of higher inflation and possible disruptions to the global economy. In Trump's view, the 25 per cent tariffs against the two North American allies and a 10 per cent tax on imports from Washington's chief economic rival are a way for the United States to throw around its financial heft to reshape the world. You see the power of the tariff, Trump told reporters Friday. Nobody can compete with us because we have by far the biggest piggy bank. The Republican president is making a major political bet that his actions will not worsen inflation, cause financial aftershocks that could destabilise the worldwide economy or provoke a voter backlash. AP VoteCast, an extensive survey of the electorate in last year's election, found that the US was split on support for tariffs. It is possible

Trump's tariffs on Mexico, Canada loom; these goods are in the crosshairs

President Donald Trump said this week that tariffs on US neighbours Canada and Mexico will arrive Saturday. The two nations are not only close geographically, but economically as well. The business between the North American nations now exceeds China, totalling USD 1.8 trillion in 2023. That is far greater than the USD 643 billion in commerce that the US did with China in that same year. Following are just a few imported goods that could be hit first. A grenade' lobbed into auto production For decades, auto companies have built supply chains that cross the borders of the United States, Mexico and Canada. More than one in five of the cars and light trucks sold in the United States were built in Canada or Mexico, according to S&P Global Mobility. In 2023, the United States imported USD 69 billion worth of cars and light trucks from Mexico more than any other country -- and USD 37 billion from Canada. Another USD 78 billion in auto parts came from Mexico and USD 20 billion from ...

Mexico, Canada race to prevent Trump's 25% tariffs before deadline

With the clock ticking, officials were busy making their cases that they've done enough to control the border and limit fentanyl traffic to persuade the US president to stand down

Mexican Prez Sheinbaum writes to Google over Gulf of Mexico name change

Sheinbaum argued that according to the United Nations Convention on the law of the sea, US sovereign territory only extends up to 12 nautical miles

The Gulf of Whatnow? Mapmakers grapple with Trump's renaming plans

What's in a name change, after all? The water bordered by the Southern United States, Mexico and Cuba will be critical to shipping lanes and vacationers whether it's called the Gulf of Mexico, as it has been for four centuries, or the Gulf of America, as President Donald Trump ordered this week. North America's highest mountain peak will still loom above Alaska whether it's called Mt. Denali, as ordered by former President Barack Obama in 2015, or changed back to Mt. McKinley as Trump also decreed. But Trump's territorial assertions, in line with his America First worldview, sparked a round of rethinking by mapmakers and teachers, snark on social media and sarcasm by at least one other world leader. And though Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis put the Trumpian Gulf of America on an official document and some other gulf-adjacent states were considering doing the same, it was not clear how many others would follow Trump's lead. Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum joked that if Trump went ahe