Woman's 'pregnancy with nine' claim debunked
A Mexican official on Friday denied a woman's claims that she was due to give birth to nine babies in the coming weeks.
"She is not pregnant," Jorge Luna, secretary of health in the northern state of
Mexico starts investigation in Wal-Mart bribery case
An 'indignant' Mexico said on Wednesday it has launched an investigation into allegations that the Mexican unit of Wal-Mart Stores Inc bribed officials to expand its business there, opening a new fron
Mexican doctor criticised for operating room photos on Facebook
The Mexican social media has been buzzing with criticism of an anaesthesiologist who mocked patients by posting humiliating operating room photos on her Facebook page.
Mayte Rosas Gomez, who works fo
Powerful quake shakes southern Mexico, capital
A powerful 7.6-magnitude earthquake struck southwest Mexico on Tuesday, causing residents in the capital several hundred miles away to rush out onto the streets but no immediate reports of serious dam
Mexican cartel to stop violence for Pope's visit
The Knights Templars drugs cartel is calling a short truce - but only to welcome Pope Benedict XVI to Mexico, an official said on Sunday.
"They did put up signs announcing this," a Guanajuato state g
BRICS to look at bid for top World Bank job
The world's major emerging economies on Sunday rejected the tradition that an American automatically is selected to head the World Bank and they will look at putting forward their own candidate for th
World economy still in danger zone: IMF
Despite the improvement in indicators of global activities, the risks are latent and the world economy is still in 'the danger zone', International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Christine Lagarde has said
G20 inches toward $2 trillion in rescue funds
Germany is easing its opposition to a bigger European bailout fund, officials said, smoothing the way for the world's leading economies to secure nearly $2 trillion in firepower to prevent further fal
G20 presidency urges action from Europe
The head of the central bank of Mexico, which currently presides the G20, called on European governments on Friday to take urgent action to restore confidence.
"It is crucial for European authorities
BRICs to mull plans for multilateral bank: Source
Officials from top emerging market countries will discuss fledgling plans to set up a multilateral bank to fund projects in developing nations during upcoming Group of 20 meetings, a senior Brazilian