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MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico’s president-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said he would cancel the planned purchase of eight military helicopters from the United States as part of cost-cutting measures.

Lopez Obrador, who handily won this month’s presidential election on pledges to fight corruption and cut government waste, said there had been plans to pay 26 billion pesos ($1.36 billion) for the helicopters to be used by Mexico’s navy.

His pick for the interior ministry, Olga Sanchez, has said the new government will look into decriminalizing marijuana and regulating opium for pharmaceutical use. »

(CNN) This is the story of a ferocious army determined to rescue their queen from a metal fortress.

Or, viewed another way, a swarm of bees who, for two days, followed their queen bee trapped inside a Mitsubishi Outlander.

Later, when she stopped to go shopping in Haverfordwest, West Wales, the bees descended - thousands and thousands of them. »

Daniel Cormier issued a dismissive response to Yoel Romero’s call for a UFC light heavyweight title shot.

He then called for a showdown with Cormier at UFC 230 on Nov. 3 in New York (via Twitter):.

“Here’s the deal: I never wrestled Yoel Romero, but in wrestling he probably would have served me up,” Cormier said. »

Billionaire Elon Musk pledged to pay to secure clean water for homes in Flint, Michigan, the city that fell into economic depression amid the decades-long decline of Detroit’s auto industry and is still recovering from a major public health emergency.

Flint’s water supply was contaminated with lead after the state of Michigan changed sources in 2014.

By stepping up to offer assistance to Flint, Musk is thrusting himself into a second high-profile crisis in a matter of days. »