17 January 2026 Archives

Mexico: Calls for strengthening measures to guarantee sovereignty

Published on: January 17, 2026
12:21

Mexico City, Jan 17 (Prensa Latina) Mexican authorities must strengthen measures to guarantee sovereignty and prevent any temptation by Trumpism to use drug trafficking as a pretext for actions on national territory, the newspaper La Jornada stated.

Salvadorans stand together with Bolivar in support of Venezuela

Published on: January 17, 2026
12:02

San Salvador, Jan 17 (Prensa Latina) Organizations in El Salvador expressed their rejection of the United States' aggression against Venezuela and denounced the kidnapping of President Nicolas Maduro.

Controversy between Uruguayan government and Spanish shipyard

Published on: January 17, 2026
10:28

Montevideo, Jan 17 (Prensa Latina) The conflict between the Uruguayan government and the Spanish manufacturer Cardama S.A. continues due to alleged breaches of contract by the shipyard in charge of building two ocean patrol vessels for the Uruguayan Navy.

Armenian court orders house arrest for businessman Karapetian

Published on: January 17, 2026
10:26

Yerevan, Jan 17 (Prensa Latina) Armenia's Anti-Corruption Court placed businessman Samvel Karapetyan under house arrest, overturning a lower court's decision to send him to pretrial detention, his lawyer, Aram Vardevanyan, reported.

Greece announces second marine park despite dispute with Turkey

Published on: January 17, 2026
10:23

Athens, Jan 17 (Prensa Latina) Greek Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis announced in Parliament the plan to create a second marine national park in the Aegean Sea, rejecting Turkish claims.

Syrian army advances in northern Syria after SDF withdrawal

Published on: January 17, 2026
10:21

Damascus, Jan 17 (Prensa Latina) The Syrian Arab Army confirmed the complete capture of the city of Maskana, in the eastern region of Aleppo Governorate, following the withdrawal of the Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) militia.

Denmark diverts attention from US claim over Greenland

Published on: January 17, 2026
10:20

Copenhagen, Jan 17 (Prensa Latina) The head of the Danish Armed Forces' Arctic Command, General Soren Andersen, declared that Russia poses a greater threat to Greenland than the United States, despite acknowledging the absence of Russian activity near the island.

NATO removes justification for 1999 power grid bombing

Published on: January 17, 2026
10:18

Brussels, Jan 17 (Prensa Latina) The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has removed from its official website the historic document justifying its 1999 bombing of Yugoslavia's power grid, the newspaper Le Soir reported.

Polish imports of Russian fertilizers reach record high

Published on: January 17, 2026
10:16

Warsaw, Jan 17 (Prensa Latina) Polish purchases of fertilizers from Russia between January and November 2025 reached a record high of 555.1 million euros, according to official data published by the European statistical office.

China sets world record for annual electricity consumption

Published on: January 17, 2026
10:14

Beijing, Jan 17 (Prensa Latina) China's total electricity consumption surpassed 10 trillion kilowatt-hours for the first time in 2025, reaching 10.4 trillion, with a year-on-year growth of five percent, an official source reported.

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