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Angola to Close 2019 with 30 Million Inhabitants

Luanda, Jan 18 (Prensa Latina) The Angolan population will conclude this year with 30 million inhabitants, according to the projections of the National Institute of Statistics (INE) published here on Friday.

Russia Keeps Searching for Pilot after Fighter- Bombers Crash

Moscow, Jan 18 (Prensa Latina) The Russian Ministry of Defence (MINDEF) announced Friday it continues the search for a second pilot after the collision of two SU-34 multifunctional fighter-bombers off the coast of Sakhalin Island.

CARPHA Urges the Caribbean to Prepare for Possible Dengue Outbreak

Bridgetown, Jan 18 (Prensa Latina) The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) is calling on health officials from all over the region to prepare for the possibility of a serious dengue outbreak.

Colombia Car Bomb Death Toll Rises to 21

Bogota, Jan 18 (Prensa Latina) The death toll from a car bomb that exploded at the General Santander School in Bogota has now reached 21, local police reported on Friday.

Migrant Assistance Plan Kicks Off in Mexico

Mexico, Jan 18 (Prensa Latina) The Migrant Assistance Plan with a Humanitarian Vision kicked off on Friday with the arrival of the first members of the new caravan of Central Americans who are trying to enter the United States.

Brazilian Journalist Urges to Defend Truth

By Cosset Lazo Perez

Havana, (Prensa Latina) Debating truth in journalism and new technologies is to fulfill the requirement of modern information, Brazilian journalist Beto Almeida believes while talking about a forthcoming forum on media challenges to be held in Havana Monday and Tuesday.

Russia Rules Out Ukrainian Presence in Discussions on Kerch Strait

Moscow, Jan 18 (Prensa Latina) Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov ruled out on Friday the possibility of Ukrainian participation in the discussions on the regime of transit through the Kerch Strait in the Black Sea.

Mexican President Announces New Gas Distribution Plan

Mexico, Jan 18 (Prensa Latina) Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador announced on Friday the new gas distribution plan and a call to 2,000 drivers who wish to drive the 500 new tanker trucks purchased for that purpose.

Mexico Registers About 40,180 Missing Persons

Mexico, Jan 18 (Prensa Latina) About 40,180 Mexicans have been registered as disappeared to date in the National Registry of Missing and Not Located Persons, according to the latest purification of the files released on Friday by the National Search Commission (CNB).

China and Germany seal Financial Cooperation Agreements

Beijing, Jan 18 (Prensa Latina) China and Germany signed on Friday several agreements that will expand banking and financial cooperation, as well as the participation here of entrepreneurs of the European country in these sectors.

Pemex Will Leave Gasoline Distribution and Replaces it New Mechanism

Mexico, Jan 18 (Prensa Latina) Mexican Oil (Pemex) will stop distributing gasoline and instead a new agency will be in charge of the logistics chain to ensure the availability of the products and prevent theft, Sener revealed on Friday.