cnn — The ruling party described this ceremony as a handover ceremony. But the opposition castigated it as a “passing of the scepter”. Constitutionally barred from running for office, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador sought last month to show, in a very public manner, that presidential candidate Claudia Sheinbaum had his blessing. He therefore…
Uber’s main rival in India has some unsolicited advice for the American startup: Go local. “They have a very standard approach in terms of the model and how to impose it in any geography,” Ola Cabs senior executive Pranay Jivrajka said on the sidelines of CNN’s Asia Business Forum in Bangalore. . Jivrajka, who was…
Mexico cnn — Last month, as the Biden administration struggled to manage the latest wave of migrants flooding the U.S. southern border, top U.S. immigration officials entered Mexico for an emergency meeting. Sitting around a conference room in Ciudad Juárez, officials and their Mexican counterparts developed a 15-point plan to help defuse the flashpoint —…
It’s a good day for OPEC. Data released Monday by the oil cartel shows that its members have largely complied with the agreement to drastically reduce production. The confirmation caps a remarkable year for OPEC, which was forced to develop a plan to raise prices after they fell to $26 a barrel in February 2016….
Tijuana, Mexico cnn — Estefanía Rebellón knows the trauma that comes from being forced to flee her home for safety reasons. She understands the fear and uncertainty felt by more than 70 million migrants and forcibly displaced children around the world. She was also a child migrant. “My family’s case is the case of many…
Swiss voters have shocked the political establishment by rejecting a proposed reform that would have brought the country’s corporate tax system in line with international standards. The tax reforms, widely supported by the business community, would have removed a set of special low-tax privileges that had encouraged many multinational companies to set up operations in…
Bogota cnn — Venezuelan authorities on Thursday issued an arrest warrant for opposition leader and former interim president Juan Guaido, who called the move politically motivated. At a news conference in Caracas, the capital, Attorney General Tarek William Saab said Guaido used resources from state oil company PDVSA to finance himself and pay his legal…
Nordstrom. NeimanMarcus. TJ Maxx. And now Sears and Kmart. Sears Holdings, the company that owns Sears and Kmart retail stores, reportedly announced over the weekend that it would remove 31 Trump-branded items from its website. The company removed these products as part of a plan to focus on its “most profitable items”, Sears spoke to…
cnn — Here’s a look at the life of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. Date of birth: November 23, 1962 Place of birth: Caracas, Venezuela Birth name: Nicolas Maduro Moros Father: Nicolas Maduro Garcia Mother: Thérèse of Jesus Moros Marriage: Flores Eyelashes Children: Nicholas Jr. Worked as a bus driver for the Caracas metro and belonged…
Tesla is bringing its electric cars to the heart of the oil-producing world. The automaker announced Monday that its first official Middle East venture will be in the United Arab Emirates. The first cars, the Model S and Model X, will hit the road this summer. “Now seems like the right time to make a…