15 March 2022 Archives

Cuban President meets with delegates of the Patria Colloquium

Published on: March 15, 2022
20:16

By: Elsy Fors Garzon

Havana, March 15 (Prensa Latina) Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel, held a meeting today with participants in the Patria International Colloquium, which concluded in this capital after two days of debate at the Casa de las Américas.

Cuba and UNESCO agree to strengthen scientific cooperation

Published on: March 15, 2022
20:02

By: Elsy Fors Garzon

Paris, March 15 (Prensa Latina) Cuba and UNESCO reaffirmed today their willingness to strengthen their cooperation in science, during the visit to the organization by the director general of the island's Finlay Institute of Vaccines, Vicente Vérez.

Ukraine conflict a boon for defense industry

Published on: March 15, 2022
18:42

By: Pavel López Lazo

Washington, Mar 15 (Prensa Latina) The Russia-Ukraine conflict is a boon for American defense contractors, which are in line to profit from increased Western military spending to bolster Kyiv’s forces and adapt to instability in the region.

Cuba calls at UNESCO for diplomatic solution to the Ukraine conflict

Published on: March 15, 2022
18:27

By: Pavel López Lazo

Paris, March 15 (Prensa Latina) The Cuban ambassador to UNESCO Yahima Esquivel on Tuesday reaffirmed her country's call for a diplomatic solution to the Ukraine conflict.

Malaria drug could combat chemotherapy-resistant head & neck cancers

Published on: March 15, 2022
18:12

By: Pavel López Lazo

Washington, March 15 (Prensa Latina) A new study suggests that the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine inhibits pathways that drive resistance to the chemotherapy agent cisplatin in head and neck cancers and restores tumor-killing effects of cisplatin in animal models.

House passes .6 billion for Ukraine and nothing for Covid-19

Published on: March 15, 2022
18:03

By: Pavel López Lazo

Washington, March 15 (Prensa Latina) The House has approved a massive spending bill that would rush .6 billion in U.S. aid to battered Ukraine and its European allies, after top democrats were forced to abruptly drop their plan to include fresh funds to fight off Covid-19.

Cuba in contact with nationals stranded on Poland-Belarus border

Published on: March 15, 2022
17:44

By: Pavel López Lazo

Havana, Mar 15 (Prensa Latina) The Cuban Foreign Ministry (MINREX, in Spanish) on Tuesday reported that it managed to be in contact with some nationals stranded on Poland-Belarus border, seeking to ease the safe transfer of these people.

Exposure to room lighting during sleep affects cardiovascular system

Published on: March 15, 2022
17:32

By: Pavel López Lazo

Washington, Mar 15 (Prensa Latina) Close the blinds, draw the curtains and turn off all the lights before bed: Exposure to even moderate ambient lighting during nighttime sleep, compared to sleeping in a dimly lit room, harms your cardiovascular function during sleep and increases your insulin resistance the following morning, reports a new Northwestern Medicine study published in PNAS.

Japan to donate medical equipment to Cuba to fight off Covid-19

Published on: March 15, 2022
17:18

By: Pavel López Lazo

Havana, Mar 15 (Prensa Latina) The Japanese government has ordered to send a medical donation to the Cuban Public Health Ministry (MINSAP, in Spanish) to fight off Covid-19.

Zelensky approves law that criminalizes cooperation with Russia

Published on: March 15, 2022
16:04

By: Elsy Fors Garzon

Kiev, March 15 (Prensa Latina) The Ukrainian president, Vladimir Zelensky, approved a law on collaborationism, annexed to the Penal Code and aimed at punishing any cooperation with Russia, vice president of the Verkhovna Rada (Parliament), Alexander Kornienko, assured today.

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