NBC News2 hours agoIn Mexico, Guerrero is now ninth state that voted to allow abortionsNBC News - ReutersThe drive to provide stronger safeguards for women seeking to end their pregnancies has picked up steam in Mexico. Lawmakers in Mexico’s southwestern state of Guerrero voted on Tuesday to allow abortions, making it the ninth of the country’s 32 federal entities where women can legally end …
NBC News2 hours agoMexican archaeologist who led landmark Aztec Temple excavation wins major awardNBC News - Associated PressSpain's notable Princess of Asturias Award honored Eduardo Matos Moctezuma, whose work on the Great Aztec Temple was a major event for over 20 years. Eduardo Matos Moctezuma, a celebrated Mexican archaeologist who led the excavation of the Great Aztec Temple in Mexico City, won this year’s Princess …
NBC News4 hours agoPicasso portrait of lover Marie-Thérèse Walter as a sea creature sells for $67.5M in New York auctionNBC News - Chantal Da SilvaWalter was 17 years old when she first met Picasso, who was 45 at the time. She inspired some of his most famous works. A painting by Pablo Picasso portraying his former lover Marie-Thérèse Walter as a sea creature with tentacles sold for just over $67.5 million in an auction on Tuesday. "Femme nue …
NBC News4 hours agoRussian gymnast gets 1-year ban for wearing pro-war 'Z' symbolNBC News - The Associated PressRussian gymnast Ivan Kuliak taped the symbol — seen on Russian tanks and military vehicles in Ukraine — to his vest for a medal ceremony at a World Cup event. LAUSANNE, Switzerland — Russian gymnast Ivan Kuliak has been given a one-year ban for displaying a symbol on his uniform supporting the …
NBC News7 hours agoPutin's war in Ukraine backfires as Sweden, Finland apply for NATO membershipNBC News - Patrick SmithIn three short months, analysts say, Russia's invasion of Ukraine has reworked European security for decades to come — and not in Putin’s favor. Things have not gone to plan for Vladimir Putin. In December, the Russian president demanded that Ukraine ditch its bid to join NATO, the Transatlantic …
NBC News6 hours agoCovid outbreak in North Korea: What we know, and what we don't knowNBC News - Jennifer JettThe outbreak comes as President Joe Biden is set to arrive in Seoul on Friday for a visit to South Korea and Japan, his first trip to Asia since taking office. For more than two years, North Korea claimed that Covid-19 had not penetrated its borders. That changed last week, when leader Kim Jong Un …