Mexico City’s small urban farms — known locally as chinampas — practice a sort of agriculture in reverse: instead of bringing water to land as most farms do, chinampas bring land to water. The chinampas in use today go back about a thousand years, to when Aztec farmers began building rectangular fields on top of…
The United States imposed 25 percent tariffs on imported auto parts on Saturday that could sharply raise prices for new and used vehicles as well as for repairs and insurance. The latest tariffs, which President Trump ordered in March as part of his plan to promote domestic manufacturing, come after the 25 percent levies on…
The US military has established a second designated military zone along the southern border, this time in Texas, to support immigration enforcement efforts. The newly declared “Texas National Defense Area” spans 63 miles east of El Paso along the Texas-New Mexico border, following a similar 170-mile-long zone created in New Mexico last month. The move…
An abandoned ranch in western Mexico that groups searching for missing relatives had claimed was an “extermination camp” — because of discarded personal items and burned remains found there — was a training hub for a major cartel, Mexico’s attorney general announced on Tuesday. But, he said “there is not a single piece of evidence…
A strong dust storm swept across southern New Mexico and western Texas on Thursday afternoon, April 17, creating hazardous road conditions for drivers. The dramatic scene was captured in a time-lapse satellite video shared by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) on Friday. The video shows the storm unfolding over nearly two hours—from 12:30…
This image showed a young sea turtle captured in Guyana. On an average, sea turtles’ natural lifespan is estimated to be 50-100 years. Despite being protected under US Endangered Species Act, 1973, it took a few decades to conserve their population. (Image: AP) Source link
US-Mexico 1944 Water Sharing Treaty: अमेरिका और मैक्सिको के बीच 1944 की जल संधि एक महत्वपूर्ण कूटनीतिक समझौता है, जिसके तहत दोनों देश रियो ग्रांडे और कोलोराडो नदी से एक-दूसरे को पानी की आपूर्ति करते हैं. हाल ही में अमेरिकी राष्ट्रपति डोनाल्ड ट्रंप ने मैक्सिको पर संधि के उल्लंघन का आरोप लगाया. उन्होंने कहा कि…
Hope flows again: Restoration efforts rejuvenate Colorado River delta Source link
Soon after he took up his post in El Salvador, U.S. Ambassador Ronald Johnson forged an unusually close relationship with the country’s president. President Trump had nominated Mr. Johnson in 2019 as his ambassador to the country shortly after the White House declared war on El Salvador’s notoriously violent gangs, including MS-13. The relationship between…
President Trump’s 25 percent tariffs on imported vehicles, which went into effect last week, are already sending tremors through the auto industry, prompting companies to stop shipping cars to the United States, shut down factories in Canada and Mexico and lay off workers in Michigan and other states. Jaguar Land Rover, based in Britain, said…