Europe

Value of G20 merchandise trade at new high in Q2 2021

Published on: August 26, 2021
07:31

Paris, Aug 26 (Prensa Latina) G20 merchandise exports and imports increased in Q2 2021, but showing a slowdown compared with those reported one month earlier, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) reported.

WHO: Lambda as variant of interest

Published on: August 26, 2021
07:30

Ginegra, Aug 26 (Prensa Latina) Lambda, a SARS-CoV-2 variant reported for the first time in Peru, continues nowadays to be interest for the World Health Organization (WHO), although some experts consider it necessary to study in greater depth.

WHO thanks Cuba’s concern in fight against Covid-19

Published on: August 25, 2021
16:21

Bern, Aug 25 (Prensa Latina) Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, on Wednesday thanked Cuba for its concern in the fight against the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Presidents of Cuba and Russia hold telephone conversation

Published on: August 25, 2021
11:40

Havana, Aug 25 (Prensa Latina) The presidents of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel; and Vladimir Putin of Russia held a telephone conversation today, classified as fraternal by the president of the Caribbean nation.

Russian security deactivates interregional terrorist cell

Published on: August 25, 2021
09:42

Moscow, Aug 25 (Prensa Latina) The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) reported the arrest of 31 members of the Jama'at al-Tawhid wal-Jihad terrorist organization in Moscow and in the regions of Novosibirsk, Yakutsk and Krasnoyarsk.

Covid-19 pandemic worsens labor market conditions

Published on: August 25, 2021
07:57

Geneva, Aug 25 (Prensa Latina) Health and economic crisis caused by Covid-19 is currently endangering the eradication of forced and child labor, discrimination against employment and occupation, the International Labor Organization (ILO) reported.

1,500 Afghans have reached France after evacuations – ministry

Published on: August 25, 2021
07:55

Paris, Aug 25 (Prensa Latina) The French government on Tuesday completed the evacuation of 1,500 Afghans from Kabul, the capital taken by the Taliban which seized power over much of Afghanistan after 20-year US occupation.

UK donation to benefit anti-Covid clinical trials

Published on: August 25, 2021
07:52

Havana, Aug 25 (Prensa Latina) Volunteers from the anti-Covid Soberana Pediatría and Ismaelillo clinical trials will be benefited with 6,000 blood sampling kits donated by the Association of Cubans in UK, an official source reported.

Cuban Ambassador to Russia denounces US blockade

Published on: August 24, 2021
16:53

Moscow, Aug 24 (Prensa Latina) Cuban Ambassador Julio Garmendia denounced on Tuesday the US hostile policy against his country, in a video conference with representatives of the Russian Committee for the end of the US blockade in 20 regions of the country.

Global financial allocations benefit the wealthiest

Published on: August 24, 2021
16:40

Brussels, Aug 24 (Prensa Latina) The millionaire allocations generated by international organizations seem today to be destined for the coffers of the richest instead of benefiting emerging countries.

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