Acapulco

At least two people have died in southern Mexico from the passage of Typhoon John, now downgraded to a tropical storm, authorities said.

The singer Yannis Katsambas died at the age of 83.

Together with his younger brother, the singer George Katsampas, he created in 1955 the band “Katsampas Brothers” known as Katsampakia.

They were born in Agrinio, on July 15, 1941, Yannis Katsambas and on January 1, 1944, George Katsambas. They released their first album in 1968 and dozens of others followed.

Latin America and the Caribbean had their warmest year on record in 2023 as a "double-whammy" of El Nino and climate change caused major weather calamities, the World Meteorological Organization said Wednesday.

ACAPULCO - Serbian tennis player Miomir Kecmanovic lost 6-2, 6-2 to Briton Jack Draper in the quarter-finals of the ATP tournament in Acapulco on Friday.

Draper, who won after just 83 minutes of play, will next face Australian Alex de Minaur, who beat Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas 1-6, 6-3, 6-3.

The prize money in Acapulco is 2,206,080 dollars.

ACAPULCO - Serbian tennis player Miomir Kecmanovic is through to the quarter-finals of the Acapulco ATP tournament after beating German Daniel Altmaier 6-4, 6-4 on Thursday morning.

World number 53 Kecmanovic, who won after an hour and 33 minutes of play, is now 2-0 head-to-head against Altmaier, who is 57th in the ATP rankings.

Stefanos Tsitsipas celebrates against Roman Safiulin during the second day of singles play at the Mexican Tennis Open in Acapulco, Guerrero state, Mexico, Tuesday. The fifth-seeded Greek defeated the Russian 6-3, 6-4 and moved on to the second round where he will face Italy's Flavio Cobolli.

Stefanos Tsitsipas has pledged to donate $1000 for every ace he hits during the Mexican Open tennis tournament to help with the reconstruction of Acapulco following the devastation caused by Hurricane Otis last October.

More resources are arriving on Mexico's battered Pacific coast, and the death toll from Hurricane Otis is growing as searchers recover more bodies from Acapulco's harbor and under fallen trees and other storm debris.

As part of the "2023 Instruction and Training Cruise," the ARM Cuauhtémoc Sailing Tall Ship, also known as the Ambassador and Gentleman of the Seas, is planning a visit to the port of Istanbul, as the Mexican government selected Istanbul as the location of the celebrations and events marking the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Republic of Türkiye.

There is some damage

A magnitude 7.4 earthquake shook Mexico. Its epicenter was 37 km northwest of San Marcos and 14 km southeast of Acapulco, Guerrero, according to the US Geophysical Institute (USGS).

Buildings in Mexico City swayed in the middle of the night, forcing people to flee the streets. In some parts of the city, the quakes lasted nearly a minute.