20 December 2022 Archives

FBI issues alert on increased child sextortion nationwide

Published on: December 20, 2022
17:49

By: Pavel López Lazo

Washington, Dec 20 (Prensa Latina) With the holiday season on the horizon and many children set to spend more time at home browsing the internet, U.S. law enforcement on Monday issued a national public safety alert about what they describe as an explosion in cases of children and teens being extorted to send sexually explicit pictures and videos online.

Cuban professors brigade to arrive in Honduras (+Photos)

Published on: December 20, 2022
17:35

By: Pavel López Lazo

Tegucigalpa, Dec 20 (Prensa Latina) A brigade of Cuban professors on Tuesday has just arrived in Honduras as part of a joint cooperation agreement between both nations´ educational institutions.

U.S. government 2023 funding bill excludes DACA program

Published on: December 20, 2022
17:24

By: Pavel López Lazo

Washington, Dec 20 (Prensa Latina) The US government´s 2023 funding legislation excludes protections for beneficiaries of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, specialized media warned on Tuesday.

Cuba and Kenya to assess bilateral health cooperation

Published on: December 20, 2022
17:13

By: Pavel López Lazo

Havana, Dec 20 (Prensa Latina) Cuban Public Health Minister José Ángel Portal and Kenya's Foreign Minister Alfred Mutua, on Tuesday held a meeting in Cuba´s capital to assess two-way health cooperation, the Public health Ministry (MINSAP) informed.

U.S. Congress spending package renews Covid-19 assistance

Published on: December 20, 2022
17:00

By: Pavel López Lazo

Washington, Dec 20 (Prensa Latina) The bill to fund U.S government through September 2023 renews the subsidy to fight off the Covid-19 pandemic and includes all-important changes in Medicaid policy, several media report Tuesday.

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried remains in jail in Bahamas

Published on: December 20, 2022
16:48

By: Pavel López Lazo

Nassau, Dec 20 (Prensa Latina) Sam Bankman-Fried, wanted in the United States for fraud after the collapse of his FTX cryptocurrency group, remained in a Bahamas prison after an abortive court hearing that was to consider his possible extradition.

DPRK warns about danger of Japan’s preventive strike doctrine

Published on: December 20, 2022
16:18

By: Aleynes Palacios Hurtado

Pyongyang, Dec 20 (Prensa Latina) The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Tuesday warned about the danger for the peninsula and the East Asian region posed by the new Japanese doctrine (backed by the United States) of preventive attack against other countries.

Italy extradites to Germany far-right member accused of coup d’état

Published on: December 20, 2022
16:09

By: Aleynes Palacios Hurtado

Rome, Dec 20 (Prensa Latina) A court in the Italian city of Perugia has authorized the extradition to Germany of Maximilian Eder, 64, former German Armed Forces officer arrested in an operation against Citizens of the Reich, a right-wing extremist organization that sought to overthrow the German government.

Canada issues steps to curb plastic pollution

Published on: December 20, 2022
16:03

By: Aleynes Palacios Hurtado

Ottawa, Dec 20 (Prensa Latina) Production and import of some single-use plastics were banned as of Tuesday in Canada, whose environmental policies seek to curb plastic pollution by the end of this decade.

UK: Oil prices rise again as USD slumps on slowing inflation

Published on: December 20, 2022
15:58

By: Aleynes Palacios Hurtado

London, Dec 20 (Prensa Latina) Oil prices climbed again on Tuesday due to a weaker US dollar (USD).

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