News in Brief--(2023-11-12)

123 migrants found trapped in trailer

MEXICO CITY, Nov 11: Authorities found 123 Central and South American migrants trapped in a trailer in the central Mexican state of San Luis Potosi, Mexico's immigration agency said Thursday. Officials from the state attorney general's office found the migrants in Matehuala, a city on the border of Nuevo Leon, on Wednesday after a local reported hearing cries for help from a locked trailer box. The majority of migrants rescued were from the Central American nations of Guatemala, Nicaragua, Honduras and El Salvador, as well as four from Ecuador and one Cuban, according to Mexico's National Immigration Institute. Among them were 34 children. — AP

Powerful aftershock rocks off E Indonesia

JAKARTA, Nov 11: Another strong aftershock with a magnitude of 6.2 struck off Indonesia's eastern province of Maluku earlier Saturday, but did not cause a tsunami, the country's meteorology, climatology and geophysics agency said. The 6.2 magnitude quake, epicenter at the seabed, jolted off the province at 03:45 a.m. Jakarta time Saturday (2045 GMT Friday), the agency said. The epicenter was at 249 km northwest of Maluku Tenggara Barat (Tanimbar Islands) district with a depth of 10 km, according to the agency. Three more moderate aftershocks were also recorded with magnitudes of 5.3 and 5.2, the agency said, citing that several other aftershocks with weak strength have also occurred since midnight. — Xinhua

Argentina concert takes political turn

BUENOS AIRES, Nov 11: As thousands of Taylor Swift fans eagerly lined up Thursday for the superstar's first-ever concert in Argentina, they saw themselves surrounded by posters urging them to not vote in favor of right-wing populist Javier Milei in next week's presidential election. — AP