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Dozens dead in Mexico violence after drug kingpin killed

Twenty-five Mexican troops died in clashes with cartel gunmen following a raid that led to the death of the country's most-wanted drug lord, a top security official said Monday.
By AFP 2026-02-23 19:51:04
President Donald Trump raised the global duty on imports into the United States to 15 percent on Saturday, doubling down on his promise to maintain his aggressive tariff policy.
By AFP 2026-02-21 20:15:23
Hours after the court decision, Trump vowed to impose a new 10-percent tariff on imports under an alternative authority.
By AFP 2026-02-21 15:36:00
Polls show growing dissatisfaction with the cost of living as well as Trump's crackdown on undocumented immigrants.
By AFP 2026-02-21 14:35:45
After Trump told supporters ‘tariffs’ was his "favorite word in the whole dictionary," US Supreme Court said what he had done was illegal, plunging his presidency into economic and political crisis.
By AFP 2026-02-21 08:00:00
For his own beliefs about aliens, Trump, 79, said, "I don't know if they are real or not."
By AFP 2026-02-20 14:19:43
Veteran US civil rights leader Jesse Jackson has died peacefully at the age of 84, his family has announced.
By AFP 2026-02-17 23:00:00
Jesse Jackson, 84, championed civil rights, liberal causes and political activism. His 1980s White House bids helped pave the way for America's first Black president.
By AFP 2026-02-17 14:06:02
Former US secretary of state Hillary Clinton has accused President Donald Trump of orchestrating a "cover-up" over files related to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
By AFP 2026-02-17 10:53:33
A shooter killed nine people and injured dozens more at a secondary school and residence in a remote part of western Canada on Tuesday, before the suspect took their own life.
By AFP 2026-02-11 12:14:36
A US federal judge said he would hear a request to block access to investigative files linked to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein on Wednesday.
By AFP 2026-02-03 16:52:35
President Donald Trump, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, and British billionaire Richard Branson are among the people named in the documents.
By AFP 2026-01-31 14:00:00