16 February 2023 Archives

Cuban doctors work in Türkiye after earthquakes

Published on: February 16, 2023
13:17

Ankara, Feb 16 (Prensa Latina) The brigade of Cuban doctors that is in the Turkish town of Büyükyapalak Elbistan began its assistance work on Thursday, the Cuban Embassy in this capital reported on Twitter.

Cuban ambassador to Norway receives outstanding national poet

Published on: February 16, 2023
13:06

Oslo, Feb 16 (Prensa Latina) Ambassador to Norway Maite Rivero on Thursday met at the Cuban Embassy with poet Gunnar Waerness, with whom she explored options to develop bilateral cultural relations.

Cuban Parliament president Esteban Lazo meets with students

Published on: February 16, 2023
13:01

Havana, Feb 16 (Prensa Latina) National People's Power Assembly (Parliament) President Esteban Lazo met on Thursday with students and professors from the "Vladimir I. Lenin" Vocational Pre-University Institute of Exact Sciences.

China sanctions two US firms over arms sales to Taiwan

Published on: February 16, 2023
12:36

Beijing, Feb 16 (Prensa Latina) China on Thursday announced new sanctions on the US firms Lockheed Martin and Raytheon Technologies, which are involved in arms sales to Taiwan, a decision it rejects and demands revoking.

Türkiye-Syria earthquake death toll rises

Published on: February 16, 2023
11:07

Ankara, Feb 16 (Prensa Latina) Türkiye's authorities informed that the death toll following the February 6 earthquakes that rocked the southern part of this country and northern Syria, raised to about 36,200.

Colombia and Ecuador express solidarity with Panama after bus crash

Published on: February 16, 2023
09:53

Panama City, Feb 15 (Prensa Latina) The Governments of Colombia and Ecuador joined Cuba to express solidarity with Panama after a bus crash in which 40 irregular migrants died while more than 20 people were injured, according to reports on Thursday.

Egypt warns that global crisis affects Africa’s development

Published on: February 16, 2023
09:17

Cairo, Feb 16 (Prensa Latina) Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi warned that the international economic crisis is undermining Africa's development efforts, forcing to seek new and non-conventional financial resources, an official source reported on Thursday.

China’s parliament condemns US resolution on balloon incident

Published on: February 16, 2023
09:07

Beijing, Feb 16 (Prensa Latina) China's National People's Congress on Thursday condemned a resolution by the US House of Representatives, on a diverting scientific balloon, and denounced the use of the issue to attack this country.

One hundred years of an agreement that harmed Cuba’s sovereignty

Published on: February 16, 2023
08:51

Havana, Feb 16 (Prensa Latina) The US naval base in Guantanamo, eastern Cuba, has been a violation of national sovereignty for over 100 years since the signing of the agreement that allowed its illegal establishment.

Majority of French people for general strike against retirement reform

Published on: February 16, 2023
00:40

Paris, Feb 16 (Prensa Latina) Fifty-eight percent of the French people supports the general strike that trade unions plan to carry out on March 7 in their campaign against the retirement reform presented by the Government, a new survey reveals.

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