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MEXICO CITY — United States President Joe Biden has urged Mexico to intensify conservation efforts for the endangered vaquita and totoaba fish, threatening possible trade sanctions if there are no apparent results within a year.in a letter to the United States Congress sent Monday, Biden said he is not directing the Treasury Department to impose trade measures on Mexican products for now because the Mexican government is implementing protective measures. But he claimed that various U.S. agencies "will monitor Mexico's enforcement actions and progress and provide me with a report no later than 1 year from the date of this…

Convicted con artist Anna Sorokin, perhaps better known by the pseudonym Anna Delvey, released a country song Friday while under house arrest when she posed as a fake German heiress. The song, "What the Hell," is a collaboration between Sorokin, TikTok composer Brooke Butler, and the band Audio Chauteu. Representatives for Sorokin did not immediately respond to NBC News' request for comment.Jared Gutstadt, the CEO of AudioUP who co-wrote the song with Butler and country songwriter Scarlett Burke, said Sorokin was essentially "the curator" of the single. Gutstadt said that, similar to how he worked with other artists such as…

The US women's team's relationship with the national anthem has become complicated over the years. In the past, some team members have knelt down while the song was playing before the start of a match. But, when the USWNT lined up on the field before the start of their 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup opening match against Vietnam, most of the team rose to their feet during the playing of "Star Spangled Banner," though most players appeared to remain silent.The entire opposing team seemed to be singing passionately as Vietnam's national anthem "Tiến Quân Ca" or "Song of a Marching…

North Korea fired "several rounds of cruise missiles" early Saturday, the South Korean military said, as the secretive communist state remained silent on the fate of a US soldier it had detained.South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement that the speedboats were fired into the Yellow Sea starting at 4 a.m. Saturday (3 p.m. Friday ET). It did not say how many missiles were fired or how far they flew. “South Korean and US intelligence officials are undergoing detailed analysis to obtain more information,” the statement said. The shooting came after a US soldier, Pvt. Travis King,…