Mexico to question Google over Gulf name change after Trump order

Claudia Sheinbaum says US government does not have right to change name of Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America

Mexico will send a letter to Google to question its decision to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico for users of Google Maps in the US.

In a press conference on Wednesday, Mexico’s president, Claudia Sheinbaum, said the US government did not have the right to rename the entirety of the Gulf of Mexico, much of which is in international waters.

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Mass Evacuation as Passenger Plane Bursts Into Flames – The Daily Beast

  1. Mass Evacuation as Passenger Plane Bursts Into Flames  The Daily Beast
  2. ‘Open the Door, Open the Door!’: How Dozens Fled an Inferno on a Plane  The New York Times
  3. Plane fire ‘caused by passenger’s portable battery’ leaves seven injured  Yahoo! Voices
  4. Air Busan A321 Catches Fire At Gimhae International Airport  Aviation Week
  5. Plane catches fire at airport in Busan in South Korea with no casualties, Yonhap reports  The Jerusalem Post
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Reeves’s growth plans ‘exactly what economy needs’ say UK business groups – as it happened

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Reeves says the supply side of the economy has been held back.

Politicians have lacked the courage to confront the factors holding back growth.

They have accepted the status quo. They have been the barrier, not the enablers, of change.

Without economic growth, we cannot improve the living standards of ordinary working people, because growth isn’t simply about lines on a graph. It’s about the pounds in people’s pockets, the vibrancy of our high streets and the thriving businesses that create wealth, jobs and new opportunities for us, for our children and grandchildren.

We will have succeeded in our mission when working people are better off.

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Man convicted of drunk-driving a drone in Sweden’s first case of its kind

Man fined for flying device under influence as court applies same punishment it would for drunk-driving a vehicle

A man has been convicted for drunk-driving a drone in what is thought to be the first case of its kind in Sweden.

The 55-year-old man was found guilty in July of flying the device at a classic car event in Rättvik, a town in Dalarna, central Sweden, in a temporary no-fly zone.

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Study of more than 600 animal and plant species finds genetic diversity has declined globally

Analysis by dozens of scientists internationally notes urgent conservation efforts could halt or even reverse losses

Genetic diversity in animals and plants has declined globally over the past three decades, an analysis of more than 600 species has found.

The research, published in the journal Nature, found declines in two-thirds of the populations studied, but noted that urgent conservation efforts could halt or even reverse genetic diversity losses.

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‘Groundbreaking’: scientists develop patch that can repair damaged hearts

Cells taken from blood and ‘reprogrammed’ into heart muscle cells may help patients with heart failure

Damaged hearts can literally be patched up to help them work, say researchers, in what has been hailed as a groundbreaking development for people with advanced heart failure.

According to a recent study, heart failure affects more than 64 million people worldwide, with causes including heart attacks, high blood pressure and coronary artery disease.

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Israel’s ban on Unrwa a catastrophe, UN Palestinian agency warns – BBC.com

  1. Israel's ban on Unrwa a catastrophe, UN Palestinian agency warns  BBC.com
  2. Fear hits east Jerusalem as Israel moves to close UN Palestinian refugee agency  The Associated Press
  3. ‘We will suffocate’: Palestinian refugees in Gaza fear UNRWA ban  Al Jazeera English
  4. Unrwa closure imminent as last-bid attempts to stop Israeli ban fail  The Guardian
  5. Fact Check: US UNRWA funding already halted in 2024, not by Trump 2025 order  Reuters
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