Igor Sechin, Chief Executive Officer of Rosneft, presented a speech titled "The economic underpinnings of conflicts" at the XXII Doha Forum, which is taking place on December 7-8 in the capital city of Qatar.
Apart from income, health or education, a country’s level of development can also be gauged by looking at household items like refrigerator, television or washing machine, a team of economists has said.
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has said the main problem facing the US is social decomposition, which has led to widespread drug abuse among its youth.
Over 1 million people in the Caribbean have been affected by Hurricane Beryl, UN humanitarians have said.
Mexico’s cultural philosopher Jose Vasconcelos in his widely-read 1925 essay, “The Cosmic Race,” celebrated the mixture of European, Asian, Indigenous, and African races that made up the Mexican.
The 2026 World Cup will be the first to feature 48 teams and three host countries, and FIFA president Gianni Infantino expressed delight on Thursday night at the "unparalleled competitiveness of this selection process."
The infamous Sinaloa Cartel is a major player in this system. Till 2005-2007, Chinese traders in both legal wildlife commodities and illegal wildlife products dealt directly with local hunters, poachers, and fishermen. Today, Mexican narco-criminal groups have inserted themselves into the value chain, as it were, as facilitators and/or middlemen.
As the number of food consumers was much larger than the number of corn farmers, Mexico’s government decided in favour of joining NAFTA. Soon over a million farmers were driven off their land and the rush of displaced farmers to cities also led to fall in industrial wages. What was worse, even promises made regarding cheaper food to consumers were not fulfilled. Instead of declining, the price of staple food increased steeply.
Comprising about 4,000 to 5,000 mostly Central American and Haitian migrants at one point, the caravan currently numbers about 500 people
Mexico has no formal amnesty for former leaders, and there is nothing in current law saying they can't be brought to justice if there is evidence they have committed a crime.
