How one Maya chef is preserving one of the oldest forms of barbecue

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Rosalía Chay is one of the few chefs in Mexico who still cooks using an underground oven called a pib to make cochinita pibil. Maya people in the Yucatán Peninsula have prepared it this way since at least 400 AD.

See the moment dozens of festival-goers shone laser pointers at a passenger jet as it flew over a fireworks festival

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People take shelter while others run around a traditional
A model of a bull is burned during the National Pyrotechnics Festival.

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Why weight-loss drugs like Ozempic are a game-changer for the global economy

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A close up view of a person injecting medication via an injector pen into the skin of their stomach
Weight-loss drugs could become a game-changer for the global economy, according to Capital Economics.

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China may have found a new way to skirt US import tariffs: Go through Mexico instead

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An auto plant in Mexico.

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After 11 years as a digital nomad, living in 60 countries, I'm settling in Mexico. It fits my lifestyle and business goals.

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Hannah Dixon taking a selfie with the Guanajuato cityscape in her background.
Hannah Dixon applied for residency in Austria and was denied before moving to Mexico.

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Your next Tesla could be made by China

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billboard of Tesla's new factory in Mexico
Tesla seeks to import Chinese auto-parts made in Mexico to make cheaper electric vehicles.

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China's economic turmoil won't stop its manufacturing dominance

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Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission CMC, extends Spring Festival greetings to the country's military veterans when attending a gala held by the CMC for retired military officers of Beijing-based troops in Beijing, capital of China, Jan.

The US is now buying more from Mexico than China for the first time in 20 years

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US-Mexico Trade Partners
Mexico surpasses China as top US trade partner.

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The 'weed nuns' hoping to take cannabis back from the narcos

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The pot-smoking Sisters of the Valley are on a mission to legalize marijuana worldwide and spread the word about the medicinal properties of cannabis.

Mexico's one big advantage over the US right now could stall the 'Made in America' push

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Mexico factory workers
Mexico's growing manufacturing base could persuade more US businesses to shift their supply chains there — rather than the US.

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