As Mexico cracks down on migrants, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador gains leverage with Washington

Mexico City CNN  —  Last month, as the Biden administration scrambled to manage the latest wave of migrants overwhelming the US southern border, top US immigration authorities crossed into Mexico for an emergency meeting. Seated around a Ciudad Juárez conference room, the officials and their Mexican counterparts drafted a 15-point plan to help defuse the…

The women vying to become Mexico’s next president

CNN  —  The governing party called it a ceremonial passing of the baton. But the opposition lambasted it as a “passing of the scepter.” Constitutionally barred from running for reelection, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador sought to show last month, in a very public way, that presidential candidate Claudia Sheinbaum has his blessing. So…

UN Security Council approves sending foreign forces to Haiti

CNN  —  The United Nations Security Council has greenlit the deployment of an armed multinational force to Haiti, as the Caribbean nation wrestles with rampant gang violence and political paralysis. The decision follows repeated calls for military assistance by Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry. United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres and the United States have…

2 killed in suspected grizzly bear attack in Canada’s Banff National Park

CNN  —  Two people are dead after a suspected grizzly bear attack in Canada’s Banff National Park, officials said. Rescuers were first alerted to the incident around 8 p.m. Friday after receiving “an alert from an inReach/GPS device indicating a bear attack,” the national park said in a statement. The alert said the incident happened…

At least 10 Cuban migrants die after truck overturns in Mexico, officials say

Mexico City CNN  —  At least 10 Cuban migrants died and 17 others were injured when the truck they were traveling in overturned in southern Mexico on Sunday, Mexican authorities say. The truck was “irregularly” transporting 27 Cuban nationals on the Pijijiapan-Tonalá highway in the southern state of Chiapas when the accident occurred, Mexico’s National…

Noboa, 35, to become Ecuador’s next president following election dominated by spiraling crime

CNN  —  Center-right candidate Daniel Noboa, the 35-year-old son of a banana tycoon, will become Ecuador’s next president, following an election driven by concerns over rising violence and a worsening security situation in the Latin American nation. More than 10 million people have voted in the presidential election, and data from the National Electoral Council…

This CNN Hero upcycles old computers to open new worlds for young Kenyans

Editor’s Note: Know someone who inspires you? Click here to nominate them as a CNN Hero. CNN  —  Growing up in poverty in rural Kenya, Nelly Cheboi watched her single mother, who had only completed fifth grade, work tirelessly so Cheboi and her three sisters could attend school. From an early age, Cheboi realized that…

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