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Medical tourism in spotlight after Mexico kidnapping
Medical tourism in spotlight after Mexico kidnapping
Business and Economy
by  AFP

As reports swirl around the recent kidnapping in Mexico of four Americans, two of whom were killed, one detail has drawn particular attention -- they had crossed the border for a medical procedure. A 2020 study that surveyed more than 400 people crossing the US–Mexico border found 92 percent cited cost as a key factor in choosing medical tourism.

A year after the Ukraine invasion, oil market much changed
A year after the Ukraine invasion, oil market much changed
Business and Economy
by  AFP

A year after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the oil market has become more fragmented and uncertain, a dynamic expected to boost crude prices over the long term. The oil market "is radically different in some ways than it was before the invasion of Ukraine," said Jim Burkhard, head of research for oil markets, energy and mobility at S&P Global Commodity Insights.