EFE.- A total of 45 journalists died in 2021 while practicing their profession, with Mexico being the most dangerous country in the world for reporters, the International Press Institute (IPI) reported today in Vienna. Seven Mexican journalists were assassinated this year for their work, with which the Latin American country once again leads the annual list of dead reporters. India and Afghanistan follow, each with six dead journalists, ahead of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, with three. In 2020, 55 journalists died around the world, eleven of them in Mexico. According to the IPI, a global network of media…
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Reuters.- The Mexican peso appreciated moderately in a cautious market attentive to the effects that the new variant of the omicron coronavirus may have on economic growth, while the stock market lost due to profit taking after scoring a record high the day before. The local currency was trading at 20.5770 per dollar, up 0.31% compared to 20.6420 in the Reuters reference price on Tuesday. “It is probable that the Mexican peso will maintain this behavior the rest of the week, with gains in the first hours of the day and taking profits towards the end of the day. Investors…
After the president of the Chamber of Deputies, Sergio Gutiérrez Luna, desisted from continuing with the complaint against counselors of the National Electoral Institute (INE) for postponing the revocation of mandate, counselor Ciro Murayama pointed out that this legal action was a “decision strictly political and authoritarian ”. The presidency of @Mx_Diputados stops its intention to criminally prosecute counselors of the @INEMexico.Goodness.He does so after broad public disapproval of his claim, which confirms that it was a strictly political decision. And, in addition, authoritarian. https://t.co/Ag9RhOA8ll- Ciro Murayama (@CiroMurayamaINE) December 29, 2021 In his social networks, the counselor -who was one…
The Federal Commission for the Protection against Sanitary Risks (Cofepris), authorized the emergency use of the Abdala vaccine against Covid-19, which was manufactured in Cuba. “The authorizations issued by this commission are part of the StrategyNational Health Regulation, which allows reviewing and giving access to the largest number of health supplies, as long as the quality, safety and efficacy of the product are verified, “he said in a statement. In addition, Cofepris recounted that the supply of vaccines to prevent the pandemic is universal and free, and that their application in the country isis established in the National Vaccination Policy…
ReutersExecutives in the U.S. oil and gas industry forecast increased production and drilling activity in 2022 as barrel prices rise, but say they face much higher costs, according to a survey released Wednesday by the Bank. of the Dallas Federal Reserve. About 49% of executives surveyed said they aim to expand production in 2022, while 15% said their main focus would be to maintain existing pumping levels and 13% plan to focus on reducing debt. The six-month outlook remained higher, but the index fell to 53.2 from 58.9 the previous quarter. Executives at publicly traded oil companies have said they…
EFE.-The president of the United States, Joe Biden, plans to hold a telephone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin tomorrow Thursday to discuss the crisis over Ukraine, among other issues. In a statement, the spokeswoman for the National Security Council, Emily Horne, announced this call and recalled that Biden continues to hold talks and consultations with his allies to seek a common response to the increased military presence of Russia on the border with Ukraine. He also recalled that Biden’s contacts with European leaders and his Administration’s multilateral talks with NATO, the European Union and the OSCE, as well as…
EFE.- The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends 14-day quarantines of Covid positives, although this period “may be shortened in various situations,” experts from the World Health Organization (WHO) highlighted today after some countries have began to consider reducing that time in mild or asymptomatic cases. “The priority is to contain transmission, but a balance must be found so that societies and economies are not particularly affected,” said the WHO epidemiologist Abdi Mahamud at a press conference. The director of the WHO for Health Emergencies, Mike Ryan, added that the incubation period of Covid (from contagion to the development of the…
Giant Motors Latin America, where Carlos Slim is the majority shareholder and his commitment to the automotive industry, Since 2016 a space has been opened in the national market with the JAC brand, which after the slowdown in sales due to Covid-19, seeks its way to grow its participation and in the process democratizes electric vehicles in Mexico. Elías Massri, president of the company, Account that since April of last year they began to make very important decisions related to platforms that we had already developed, such as the issue of the launches of electric vehicles at the end of…
Disney World’s Typhoon Lagoon water park, located near Orlando (Florida), will reopen its doors on January 2, after almost two years closed due to the pandemic, the company reported on its blog. The reopening will coincide with the annual closure for renovations of Blizzard Beach, another water park in the huge Disney complex in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, which in 2021 celebrated its first 50 years. Like all Disney World, Typhoon Lagoon, opened in 1989, closed in March 2020 due to Covid-19 but unlike the rest of the attractions, which began to reopen in the summer of 2020, it has…