18 June 2026 Archives

Poverty in Italy increases by 48% in ten years

Published on: June 18, 2026
10:57

Rome, Jun 17 (Prensa Latina) Poverty in Italy has increased by 48.0% in the last decade, and among the most significant trends is the increase in the elderly population living in poverty, according to a report released.

WFP and Canada boost nutrition in Cuban province

Published on: June 18, 2026
10:57

Holguin, Cuba, Jun 17 (Prensa Latina) The Nutrivida international project, of the World Food Program (WFP), is strengthening the nutrition of pregnant women, breastfeeding mothers, and children in the Cuban province of Holguín, with financial support from the Government of Canada.

Participation in general elections shows positive change in Ethiopia

Published on: June 18, 2026
10:57

Addis Ababa, Jun 17 (Prensa Latina) Ethiopian President Taye Atske-Selassie stated that the high level of citizen participation in the Seventh General Elections confirms the national transition from a reliance on force to the dominance of ideas, local press reported.

Israel increases pace of settlement in the West Bank, newspaper warns

Published on: June 18, 2026
10:57

Tel Aviv, Jun 17 (Prensa Latina) Settlement projects in the northern occupied West Bank are advancing at a very rapid pace, the Israeli newspaper Haaretz revealed.

Russian army captures Kutuzovka in the Donetsk People’s Republic

Published on: June 18, 2026
10:57

Moscow, Jun 17 (Prensa Latina) Units of the Russian Central Troops Group extended their control in the area of the special military operation in Ukraine to the town of Kutuzovka, in Donetsk, the Ministry of Defense reported.

Cuba thanks French solidarity organization for support

Published on: June 18, 2026
10:57

Paris, Jun 17 (Prensa Latina) Cuban Ambassador to France, Otto Vaillant, participated in the National Council of the Republican War Veterans Association (ARAC) and thanked it for its solidarity and donations to his country, diplomatic sources pointed out.

Russia-ASEAN Business Forum opens in Kazan

Published on: June 18, 2026
10:57

Kazan, Russia, Jun 17 (Prensa Latina) The Russia-ASEAN Business Forum, with the participation of representatives from Southeast Asian countries, opened at the Bashir Rameev Technology Park in Kazan.

France: G7 summit session focuses on AI

Published on: June 18, 2026
10:56

Paris, Jun 17 (Prensa Latina) After reviewing issues such as the crisis in the Middle East and Western support for Ukraine, the Group of Seven (G7) summit in Evian-les-Bains is focusing on Wednesday on the security of Artificial Intelligence (AI).

US blockade against Cuba kills due to lack of medicine

Published on: June 18, 2026
10:56

Montevideo, Jun 17 (Prensa Latina) The US blockade is causing deaths in Cuba by creating a shortage of medicine, the Uruguayan digital publication Caras y Caretas reported.

Uruguay’s movement collects signatures in support of Cuba

Published on: June 18, 2026
10:56

Montevideo, Jun 17 (Prensa Latina) Uruguay's 26 de Marzo Movement (26M), a member of the Unidad Popular (Popular Unity-UP) coalition, is collecting signatures in support of Cuba in neighborhoods and communities, Gonzalo Martinez, a member of the leadership of that left-wing political force, affirmed.

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