The Mexican government targets the powerful teachers’ union for education reform, Japan has a serious shortage of day care centers and Egypt has grounded all hot air balloon flights in the wake of Tuesday’s deadly crash
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China’s polluted waters is drawing attention from environmentalists and investors, the U.N. will not compensate Haiti cholera victims and Japanese Prime Minister visits the U.S.
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Mexico adopts a multifaceted strategy to fight crime, South Korea accepts immigrant workers as a solution to its aging workforce and Turkey takes a step towards greater freedom of expression
France Celebrates Return of Convicted Kidnapper From Mexican Prison
Mexico’s Supreme Court frees Florence Cassez after seven years in prison for a 2007 kidnapping conviction that justices ruled was flawed by rights violations. Could that be the start of deep judicial reform in Mexico?
Five Countries Where the U.S. Election Matters Most
From Syrian rebels to polar bears, global stakeholders hope for changes after Tuesday’s U.S. presidential election
Mexico Says ‘The Executioner’ Is Dead—But Where’s the Body?
The Mexican government claims it killed Heriberto Lazcano, leader of the monstrous Zetas drug gang, but its bungled handling of the kingpin’s corpse undermines what should have been a triumph
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On deck for Friday: Israel warns Iran may have a nuclear bomb by spring, most-wanted Mexican drug lord behind bars, Syrian refugees are predicted to number 700,000 by the end of the year
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On deck for Thursday: Russians participate in risky clinical trials to receive medical care, a Filipino priest will be investigated for possible links to elephant ivory smuggling, news from the UN General Assembly and U.K. Flooding
Do U.S. Gun Laws Make All of North America Less Safe?
While a real conversation over gun control in the U.S. is a domestic nonstarter, neighboring countries end up suffering from lax American laws
The Challenge of Mexico’s Next President: The Corruption at the Heart of Crime
Enrique Peña Nieto has issued several proposals about battling the plague of narcoterrorism. But he hasn’t yet said how he will deal with the a key element of the crisis: the corrupting influence of money
How Enrique Peña Nieto Won Himself and His Party the Mexican Presidency
Mexico’s President-elect Enrique Peña Nieto took up the centrist mantle of his Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) — which once stood for little more than amassing power (and keeping it for over seven decades) — and …
Mexico’s PRI-vival: How Big a Gamble Are Voters Taking?
Weary of a violent drug war and a limp economy, Mexican voters look to set hand the presidency back to the Institutional Revolutionary Party – the PRI, which ruled as a one-party dictatorship in the 20th century – in hopes of …
Mexico Elections: Former Ruling Party Eyes Return to Power
As Mexico Prepares to Vote for President, Former Ruling Party Eyes Return to Power