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Viva flight takes off from AIFA airport

Viva Airlines introduces 7 new routes from the U.S. to AIFA...

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The low-cost air carrier will offer direct routes from Mexico City's newest airport to Chicago, Houston and other cities starting this fall.
light in sky

What lit up Mexico City’s sky at 4 a.m.? Scientists explain...

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Residents of Mexico City and other areas in central Mexico were jolted awake early Wednesday by a loud explosion and a bright flash across the sky.
Luis R. Conriquez in black shirt and cowboy hat

Fans riot after leading regional musician refuses to play narco ballads,...

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As more states limit narcocorridos and the U.S. threatens to cancel Mexican musicians visas, regional Mexican musicians have a fine line to walk.
A snow and glacier-capped volcano with an old church in the foreground

UNAM: Mexico’s last remaining glaciers likely to disappear within 5 years

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For years, Mexico’s glaciers have clung to existence against the odds. Now a leading researcher says their time is almost up.
A huge square masonry block is visible in an underground tunnel, as archaeologists excavate the ancient Teotihucán found in Guatemala

Teotihuacán altar found in Guatemala reveals the reach of Mexico City’s forebearers

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The founders of Teotihuacán — modern-day Mexico City — were even more powerful than previously thought.
Crowd at Zócalo in Mexico City

‘National Boxing Class’ unites more than half a million participants across Mexico

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With President Sheinbaum leading the way, the latest edition of Mexico's historic National Boxing Class united participants in major city plazas across Mexico.
Two young photographers were crushed by an unsafe structure while covering AXE Ceremonia for the music publication Mr. Indie.

Mexico City mourns 2 photojournalists killed at AXE Ceremonia music festival

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Colleagues of the fallen photojournalists criticized Ceremonia for failing to provide a safe space for its attendees and called on the festival industry to advocate for better working conditions for members of the press.
An overhead shot of the reservoir “Miguel Alemán Valdés” in Valle de Bravo, showing moderately low water levels and boats on the reservoir

Cutzamala water levels are up from 2024, but ‘Day Zero’ fears linger in Mexico...

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The reservoirs in Mexico City's Cutzamala system are doing better than last year — though that's not saying much.

Ride your way across Mexico City’s Reforma Avenue every Sunday and discover the real...

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Every weekend the city slows to let families, athletes and tourists explore the crowded central streets on their saddles.
Mexican mole

Taste of Mexico: Mole

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All the usual superlatives about Mexican food apply to this complex, rich sauce, of course — but it's so much more than that.
An elderly woman in a pink coat stands behind a table with a gun and packets of powder, next to two younger handcuffed people and several police agents

‘Killer granny’ goes viral after shooting alleged squatters in México state

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The case of the abuelita sicaria has sparked an avalanche of memes, and some serious conversations.
A Club León soccer or football player prepares to kick the ball

FIFA kicked Club León out of the Club World Cup. Could Club América replace...

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With 2023 Concacaf Champions Cup winners Club León expelled from the Club World Cup for a violation, CDMX's Club América now has a chance to play for a place in the tournament.
A polluted Mexico City skyline with smog hampering visibility

Amid worsening air quality, Mexico City’s mayor pledges to lower emissions

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As Mexico City enters its fourth environmental contingency alert since January, Mayor Clara Brugada and the private sector signed an accord to improve the city’s notoriously poor air quality.