15 February 2023 Archives

Guyana considers regional support key for energy security

Published on: February 15, 2023
18:13

By: Elsy Fors Garzon

Georgetown, Feb 15 (Prensa Latina) Guyana's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Robert Persaud, today considered regional collaboration to be key for the sake of energy security, for which -he announced- we implemented a phase of concrete and strategic efforts.

Dozens of tremors reported today in Syria

Published on: February 15, 2023
17:59

By: Elsy Fors Garzon

Damascus, Feb 15 (Prensa Latina) The Syrian National Earthquake Center reported 42 quakes in less than 24 hours in the northwestern area of this Arab nation.

Pressure mounts on Biden to address after latest downing air objects

Published on: February 15, 2023
17:49

By: Pavel López Lazo

Washington, Feb 15 (Prensa Latina) President Joe Biden is coming under mounting pressure from both Democrats and Republicans to publicly explain why he ordered three floating objects to be shot down last weekend by U.S. fighter jets.

US authorities reiterate shelter-in-place order after Arizona spill

Published on: February 15, 2023
17:44

By: Elsy Fors Garzon

Washington, Feb 15 (Prensa Latina) The Arizona Department of Public Safety, of the United States, today restored the shelter-in-place order for the perimeter close to where a truck carrying liquid nitric acid caused a spill.

Haiti’s Gheskio Center closes after kidnapping of two employees

Published on: February 15, 2023
17:31

By: Pavel López Lazo

Port-au-Prince, Feb 15 (Prensa Latina) Haiti´s Gheskio Center, an institution in charge of researching and treating infectious diseases, called off activities on Wednesday until further notice in protest against kidnapping of two employees.

Lula promises in the northeast to resume growth in Brazil

Published on: February 15, 2023
17:13

By: Elsy Fors Garzon

Brasilia, Feb 15 (Prensa Latina) President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva promised today to resume growth in Brazil with the return of some 14,000 infrastructure works paralyzed during the last six years throughout the national territory.

Buffalo supermarket mass shooter receives life sentence in prison

Published on: February 15, 2023
17:09

By: Pavel López Lazo

Washington, Feb 15 (Prensa Latina) Payton Gendron, 19, who killed 10 individuals in a racist mass shooting at a supermarket in a predominantly Black area of Buffalo last May apologized to the victims´ relatives and was sentenced to life in prison without probation during an emotional court hearing Wednesday.

Mpox is still considered a public health emergency – WHO

Published on: February 15, 2023
16:55

By: Pavel López Lazo

Geneva, Feb 15 (Prensa Latina) WHO warned Wednesday that despite progress made for global response to the multinational mpox outbreak, it is still a public health emergency of international concern, the World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus stated.

High global demand for crude forecast by International Energy Agency

Published on: February 15, 2023
16:34

By: Elsy Fors Garzon

Paris, Feb 15 (Prensa Latina) The International Energy Agency (IEA) forecast an increase in world demand for crude oil of 500,000 barrels per day during the first quarter of 2023 and almost half of this figure for the rest of the year.

Congressmen push for higher pay for federal employees

Published on: February 15, 2023
16:30

By: Pavel López Lazo

Washington, Feb 15 (Prensa Latina) A bipartisan coalition of lawmakers and activists on Wednesday urged for better pay (8.7%) for federal employees nationwide, The Hill reported.

NEWS

February 15, 2023