In a bid to reduce migration to the U.S. and attract investment, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has proposed the creation of economic “free zones” along the U.S.-Mexico border.
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{FD} Second Canadian missing in China identified as entrepreneur behind North Korea tours
A second Canadian man has gone missing in China and is feared detained in what appears to be retaliation for Canada’s arrest of a top executive of telecommunications giant Huawei, Canadian authorities said late Wednesday.
{FD} Huawei exec Meng Wanzhou’s lawyers fight for her freedom at bail hearing
Attorneys for Meng Wanzhou, the chief financial officer of Chinese telecommunications company Huawei, told a Canadian court Monday that their client was willing to wear an ankle monitor and pay a surveillance company to keep tabs on her.
{FD} ISIS still stealing, spilling and smuggling oil throughout Iraq
Despite being recently defeated from their major strongholds of Mosul and Tel Afar in Iraq, and it being more than two years since Iraqi forces specifically sought to retake oil-rich areas from ISIS, militants belonging to the terror faction are continuing to steal, spill and smuggle crude oil from Iraqi oil fields as a means to wreak havoc and fund their spluttering but slimly surviving campaign of terror.
{FD} Venezuela’s currency now worth less than ‘World of Warcraft’ gold
To help readers understand how bad Venezuela’s monetary mishandling has gotten, Fox News has compiled a list of ten things that 10,987 bolivars (or $1 in the U.S.) will buy – assuming, of course, there are no shipping and handling payments.
{FD} Asian stocks slump on profit-taking amid US-North Korea nuclear tensions
Asian stock markets slumped on Friday following overnight losses on Wall Street as U.S. President Donald Trump’s bellicose remarks prompted investors to unload shares in companies that have been on the rise in recent months.
{FD} Israel submarine bribe case: Suspect could incriminate senior officials, report says
One of the men arrested in connection with an Israeli corruption case involving the purchase of multi-million dollar naval vessels from Germany is in negotiations to become a state’s witness, Channel 2 reported Monday.