Europe

Cubans in France join tweet against US blockade

Published on: May 5, 2021
16:42

Paris, May 5 (Prensa Latina) Cubans living in France participated on Wednesday with messages of repudiation in a worldwide tweet called by US organizations to reject the US economic, commercial and financial blockade against Cuba.

Cuba denounces blockade as an obstacle for its participation in IAEA

Published on: May 5, 2021
16:18

Vienna, May 5 (Prensa Latina) Cuba on Wednesday denounced at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) that the technological blockade imposed by the US is an obstacle to the participation of its experts in virtual meetings of this multilateral organization.

Cuba’s, Ireland’s lawmakers hold a virtual meeting

Published on: May 5, 2021
15:14

Havana, May 5 (Prensa Latina) Lawmakers from Cuba and Ireland held a virtual meeting on Wednesday to discuss their experiences in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic, and in rejection of the US blockade's impact on Cuba.

Russia attempts to ease tensions between Israel and Palestine

Published on: May 5, 2021
14:39

Moscow, May 5 (Prensa Latina) Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Wednesday expressed the Kremlin's concern about the escalation of the conflict between Israel and Palestine, especially for the deterioration of the situation in East Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip.

Some 155 million people suffer from hunger worldwide

Published on: May 5, 2021
11:36

Rome, May 5 (Prensa Latina) In 2020, 155 million people suffered from food crisis or worse, almost 20 million more people in 55 countries or territories went hungry, compered to 2019, the Global Network against Food Crises (GNAFC) informed on Wednesday.

Russia may fine Twitter, Google and Facebook once again

Published on: May 5, 2021
09:20

Moscow, May 5 (Prensa Latina) Google and Facebook may be fined another 20 million rubles (about 267,000 US dollars) for refusing to remove banned information at the request of the Russian regulatory agency Roskomnadzor, a court in Moscow reported.

PCR costs could hamper air transport recovery

Published on: May 4, 2021
16:05

Geneva, May 4 (Prensa Latina) The International Air Transport Association (IATA) on Tuesday warned that the high costs of PCR tests for Covid-19 could hamper the sector's recovery, and called for them to be affordable, timely, widely available and effective.

Syringes for Cuba campaign makes progress in Spain

Published on: May 4, 2021
15:07

Madrid, May 4 (Prensa Latina) An international initiative to raise funds for the purchase of syringes for Cuba has collected more than 90,000 euros in Spain, the non-governmental organization (NGO) Sodepaz said on Tuesday.

Construction of Russian Nord Stream 2 to continue late May

Published on: May 4, 2021
14:48

Moscow, May 4 (Prensa Latina) The German Federal Office of Navigation and Hydrography (BSH) reportedly considered possible to resume the construction of the Russian gas pipeline Nord Stream 2 in German waters from the end of May.

Belarus’ President sanctions former military and security officers

Published on: May 4, 2021
14:42

Minsk, May 4 (Prensa Latina) Belarus' President Alexander Lukashenko signed a decree to deprive 80 former military and security officers of their ranks and special appointments for discrediting faults, the president's office on Tuesday indicated.

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