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Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum speaks during her daily press conference at the Women's Oncology Hospital in Mexico City on March 9, 2026. (Yuri CORTEZ / AFP)
March 17, 2026, 9:48 pm
Mexico’s president offers to host Iran’s 2026 World Cup matches instead of US
Iran’s soccer federation says it’s in talks to relocate matches due to war and security concerns; FIFA says no changes have been made to the match schedule
By AFP
Protesters take part in a youth anti-government march in Mexico City, November 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)
November 18, 2025, 5:49 am
Antisemitic graffiti sprayed in Mexico during protests against Sheinbaum’s government
‘Jewish whore’ painted in Spanish alongside crossed-out Star of David on doors of Mexican supreme court; local Jewish community, Israeli FM condemn the graffiti
By PHILISSA CRAMER
Israeli Ambassador to Mexico Einat Kranz Neiger speaks in a March 2025 interview. (Screen capture via Revista Cámara - Periodismo Legislativo on YouTube)
November 10, 2025, 12:02 pm
Iran rejects ‘absurd’ claim it plotted to assassinate Israeli ambassador to Mexico
Tehran says accusation by Israel and US of Venezuela-based IRGC plot is an effort to destroy Islamic Republic’s foreign ties
By AFP and ToI Staff
Israeli Ambassador to Mexico Einat Kranz Neiger speaks in a March 2025 interview. (Screen capture via Revista Cámara - Periodismo Legislativo on YouTube)
November 7, 2025, 9:33 pm
Mexico thwarted Iranian plot to assassinate Israeli ambassador, officials say
Plan to kill Einat Kranz Neiger said hatched by IRGC official stationed in Tehran-ally Venezuela and Quds Force unit responsible for plots against Jewish sites in Australia, Europe
By Agencies and ToI Staff
US President Donald Trump speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on March 3, 2025. (ROBERTO SCHMIDT / AFP)
March 4, 2025, 12:38 am
Trump says 25% US tariff on imports from Mexico, Canada to take effect Tuesday
American president claims ‘no room left’ to delay tariffs on neighbors, in announcement that rattles stock markets; Canada and Mexico both vow to respond
By Agencies
President Donald Trump speaks to reporters as he signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House, January 31, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
February 2, 2025, 8:02 am
Trump launches trade war with tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China
In three executive orders, US president imposes 25% tariffs on Mexican, Canadian imports and 10% on China; Canada, Mexico announce retaliatory tariffs on US goods
By David Lawder, Jarrett Renshaw and Andrea Shalal
An anti-Israel activist destroys a wax figure of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a museum in Mexico City, Mexico, on January 7, 2025. (Screenshot, X, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
January 8, 2025, 11:23 pm
Israeli embassy slams destruction of Netanyahu wax figure in Mexico museum
Video shows pro-Palestinian activist dousing statue in red paint before pounding it with a hammer and shouting ‘Long live Palestine, Sudan, Yemen and Puerto Rico’
By AFP
Tomas Zeron, the former director of the Criminal Investigation Agency of Mexico, fled to Israel in 2019 and is seeking asylum. (Screen capture/Channel 12, used in accordance with article 27a of the Copyright Law)
August 27, 2024, 12:32 pm
Mexican fugitive official in Israel implicates ex-president in students’ disappearance
Tomás Zerón tells investigators that former leader Peña Nieto and other high-ranking officials were present in meeting where false explanation was invented
By AP
Protests on Tel Aviv's Begin Road on June 3, 2024, as hostage family members and supporters plead for a deal to return the hostages held by Hamas in Gaza. (Gilad Furst / Pro-Democracy Protest Movement)
June 4, 2024, 1:50 pm
Daily Briefing June 4: Day 242 – Will the deaths of four hostages push PM to a deal?
Political correspondent Tal Schneider talks about possible hostage deal as Diaspora reporter Canaan Lidor looks at Mexico’s new Jewish president and battling antisemitism in Europe
By ToI Staff
Mexico's presidential candidate for Morena party Claudia Sheinbaum celebrates following the results of the general election in Mexico City, on June 3, 2024. (Gerardo Luna / AFP)
June 3, 2024, 7:56 am
Claudia Sheinbaum wins election to become Mexico’s 1st woman, 1st Jewish president
Former Mexico City mayor wins 58% of the vote, National Electoral Institute announces, confirming earlier exit polls showing she beat key rival Xochitl Galvez
By AFP and ToI Staff
Former Mexico City mayor Claudia Sheinbaum speaks after being named presidential candidate of the ruling Morena party for next year's presidential election in Mexico City on September 6, 2023. (Photo by CLAUDIO CRUZ / AFP)
May 31, 2024, 4:32 am
Quietly Jewish scientist poised to win Sunday’s Mexican presidential election
Claudia Sheinbaum, would-be successor of a left-wing populist incumbent, has focused on energy and crime despite detractors’ repeated efforts to discuss her faith – or lack of it
By Canaan Lidor
An anti-Israel protest encampment on the campus of McGill University in Montreal, Canada, on April 29, 2024. (Graham Hughes / AFP)
May 3, 2024, 11:31 am
Anti-Israel campus protests spread across the US border to Canada, Mexico
Still further afield, an encampment springs up at University of Sydney; Sciences Po University in Paris is closed after students occupied buildings
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Chile's President Gabriel Boric, right, gestures next to Mexico's President Manuel Lopez Obrador during joint declaration at La Moneda presidential palace in Santiago, Chile, Sunday, September 10, 2023. (AP/Esteban Felix)
January 19, 2024, 3:46 am
Mexico, Chile refer Israel and Hamas to ICC over possible war crimes
Mexico City and Santiago ask International Criminal Court to examine events since October 7 to establish ‘potential criminal responsibility’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum speaks to supporters during a rally before stepping down as mayor in order to run for president, in Mexico City, June 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
September 26, 2023, 3:05 am
Everything you need to know about the Jewish woman leading Mexico’s presidential race
Former Mexico City mayor Claudia Sheinbaum is polling double-digits ahead of her closest competitor, and will mark 2 firsts for the US neighbor if she’s successful
By Jacob Kessler and Gabe Friedman
A handout picture released by the press office of the Mexican Congress shows an alleged body of a 'non-human' being exhibited at the Mexican Congress in Mexico City on September 12, 2023. (Handout / Mexico's Congress / AFP)
September 14, 2023, 11:51 am
Mexican Congress displays alleged bodies of space aliens
Controversial journalist presents purported corpses, claimed to be around 1,000 years old, garnering surprise and ridicule on social media
By AFP
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