Mexico warns Trump on the risks of imposing tariffs
Avocados are stored in crates at a packing plant in Uruapan, Michoacan state, Mexico, Feb. 9, 2024.
Mexico’s president has warned US President-elect Donald Trump against plans to slap large tariffs on the United States’ three largest trading partners: Mexico, Canada and China. Also, Interpol’s affiliate, Afripol, which is a union of African law enforcement agencies, has arrested more than a thousand suspected cybercriminals of various stripes in a continent-wide dragnet. And, thousands of supporters of former Prime Minister Imran Khan have flooded Pakistan’s capital Islamabad demanding his release. Plus, Italy plans to start the construction of a suspension bridge connecting mainland Italy to Sicily in 2025, an idea that’s been centuries in the making.
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