7 September 2021 Archives

US Secretary of State to testify before Senate panel

Published on: September 7, 2021
09:26

Washington, Sep 7 (Prensa Latina) Secretary of State Antony Blinken will appear before the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee on September 14 to testify on what happened in Afghanistan, a spokesman announced on Tuesday.

Association against US blockade on Cuba set up in Japan

Published on: September 7, 2021
08:53

Tokyo, Sep 7 (Prensa Latina) Friends of Cuba in Japan set up an association that will promote actions against the economic, financial and commercial blockade imposed by the United States more than 50 years ago, diplomatic sources informed on Tuesday.

Opposition candidate wins Sao Tome elections

Published on: September 7, 2021
08:09

Sao Tome, Sep 7 (Prensa Latina) Opposition candidate Carlos Vila Nova will be the next president of this small African island country, the partial results of the postponed run-off showed on Tuesday.

US, France press Lebanon to form a government

Published on: September 7, 2021
07:32

Beirut, Sep 7 (Prensa Latina) Unusual pressures in the last few hours from the United States and France could be effective in the formation of the government in Lebanon, Daily Star newspaper online reported on Tuesday.

Covid-19 vaccination for minors in Cuba highlighted in Sri Lanka

Published on: September 7, 2021
07:32

Colombo, Sep 7 (Prensa Latina) Cuba became the first country in the world to immunize children aged two years and older against Covid-19 with its own vaccines, Ceylon Today reported in Sri Lanka on Tuesday.

India: 251 people infected with Nipah virus, one 12-year-old boy dead

Published on: September 7, 2021
07:31

New Delhi, Sep 7 (Prensa Latina) India keeps surveillance for a dozen Nipah virus cases in the Kozhikode district, in the southern state of Kerala.

UN chief warns about global temperature rise

Published on: September 7, 2021
07:31

United Nations, Sep 7 (Prensa Latina) The planet is dangerously close to reaching the internationally agreed threshold of 1.5 degrees Celsius of temperature increase, the UN Secretary-General (UNSG) António Guterres warned on Monday.

Tough choices loom about who gets an ICU bed, Dr. Fauci warns

Published on: September 7, 2021
07:30

Washington, Sep 7 (Prensa Latina) Some hospitals in the United States are close to full capacity as Covid-19 continues to spread nationwide, and soon officials could be making choices about who gets an ICU bed, warned Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergies and Infectious Diseases.

Global AIDS treatment roll-out has saved millions of lives

Published on: September 7, 2021
07:30

United Nations, Sep 7 (Prensa Latina) Thanks to treatments for people living with HIV/AIDS, global deaths from this disease have recently decreased, according to the Joint UN Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS).

FM Maurtua ratifies Peru´s historical stance against US blockade

Published on: September 7, 2021
07:29

Lima, Sep 7 (Prensa Latina) Peruvian Foreign Minister Óscar Maúrtua on Monday highlighted his country´s close relations with Cuba and support for the end of the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States on Cuba.

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