Mexico appoints Roberto Velasco as new foreign minister at critical moment for US relations

Mexico appoints Roberto Velasco as new foreign minister at critical moment for US relations

Mexico City – – Mexico City (AP) – The Mexican president on Wednesday named Roberto Velasco, the State Department’s deputy secretary for North America and a leading expert on bilateral relations with the US, as the country’s new foreign minister during a critical time for Mexico-US relations. Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum requested the resignation of…

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Donald Trump: Iran’s end game, gas prices, Strait of Hormuz crisis and more: Highlights from Donald Trump’s big address

Donald Trump: Iran’s end game, gas prices, Strait of Hormuz crisis and more: Highlights from Donald Trump’s big address

US President Donald Trump on Thursday gave a major update on the Iran war, saying Operation Epic Fury was “nearing completion” and would end very soon. He suggested that countries affected by the fuel crisis should buy oil from the United States or “take it from the Strait,”, as Iran has blocked the Strait of…

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Activist ship’s collision with krill trawler off Antarctica called ‘deliberate attack’

Activist ship’s collision with krill trawler off Antarctica called ‘deliberate attack’

A ship operated by a group founded by anti-whaling activist Paul Watson collided with an industrial krill trawler in Antarctica in what the ship’s Norwegian owner said was a “deliberate attack” that endangered its crew and could have caused disaster in the same environmentally sensitive waters the activists claim they seek to protect. A two-minute…

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