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Approximately 75% of avocado packing facilities in Mexico’s Michoacán state have been cleared for export following a pause in the avocado trade with the United States over security concerns, Julio Berdegué, Mexico’s advisor for international agri-food affairs and strategic issues under the USMCA, announced on Saturday.  The re-approved facilities handle roughly 85% of Michoacán’s avocado exports and the rest will be restored soon, according to Berdegué.  Former agriculture minister Julio Berdegué, who now coordinates international agri-food affairs for Mexico, was able to announce the resumption of avocado exports after a series of meetings and concrete actions by state and federal…

Don’t call Albert Serra’s new film, “Seize moments de ma vie” (“Sixteen Moments of My Life”), a concert film. Premiering out of competition at the Locarno Film Festival, the film documents a one-off performance by screen legend Ingrid Caven at the Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord in Paris. “I will never shoot a concert unless I’m involved in the music,” Serra told Variety.  The band were Molforts, the Catalan musicians who provide Serra’s soundtracks and Caven has been friends with the Spanish director for over fifteen years. Famed for her performances in the sixties and seventies of many European film…

The president of the American Medical Association on Monday said President Trump’s new recommendations on childhood immunizations put “children’s health at risk,” joining the chorus of medical experts criticizing the executive order. “Vaccines are among the most thoroughly studied, effective tools we have to protect children from serious vaccine-preventable diseases,” Dr. Willie Underwood III said…

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Since Brexit, and with the UK no longer part of the European Union, clubs now have to navigate a more complex work permit system to ensure players – especially those who are yet to establish themselves at the top level – are able to move to England.Austria youth international Ndukwe doesn’t currently have enough points to obtain a Governing Body Endorsement (GBE) to obtain a work visa.There is another route into the squad, through taking up an Elite Significant Contribution (ESC) slot, which is awarded to foreign players who do not qualify for the standard GBE.Premier League and Championship clubs…

More than 300 Mexican firefighters and technical personnel specializing in forest fires have travelled to British Columbia (B.C.), Canada, to support emergency efforts during the intense wildfires that have led to the evacuation of more than 20,000 people in the areas of Summerland and Peachland.  The Mexican teams arrived in separate contingents during the first few days of August, with the first group, comprising more than 100 people, arriving in Abbotsford on Aug. 3, and more than 200 crew arriving subsequently. A fourth delegation left on Sunday. We’re beyond grateful to our friends and partners in Mexico for sending hundreds…

One of the Notorious B.I.G.’s former managers has won a legal battle against the late rapper’s widow, R&B singer Faith Evans, in the first of two lawsuits involving control of Biggie’s music empire and intellectual property. A Delaware Chancery Court judge has sided with manager Wayne Barrow in a new ruling, finding that Evans had no right to withhold payments owed to a trust established by Voletta Wallace, the mother of the music icon born Christopher Wallace. Barrow is the sole trustee of the trust and executor of Voletta’s estate. After Voletta died in February 2025 at age 78, Evans…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.The yen has given up roughly half its gains following the historic joint intervention by the US and Japan, with investors saying the lack of a “unified voice” among central banks lessened its market impact.The currency bounced from a four-decade low around ¥164 to the dollar in late July to almost ¥155 following interventions by Tokyo and Washington, but has since fallen back. The dollar weakened by as much as 1 per cent to trade at ¥159.36 on Monday before strengthening slightly…

A group of rabbis beseeched Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Monday to pay greater attention to the effect of his rhetoric about Israel on the safety of New York City Jews during a private meeting at City Hall.During the hourlong meeting, convened by the Mayor’s Office to Combat Antisemitism, the group of 10 rabbis tried to convey to the mayor how they thought his public statements had reverberated in a city where anti-Jewish hate crimes were on the rise.There was a mix of opinions in the room, according to Rabbi Rachel Timoner of Congregation Beth Elohim in Brooklyn, with some of…