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MEP Moreno urges Joe Biden to resume rapprochement with Cuba

Published on: May 28, 2021
07:42

Brussels, May 28 (Prensa Latina) Member of European Parliament Javier Moreno on Thursday urged President Joe Biden to resume rapprochement with Cuba and also condemned US blockade against Cuba.

World at risk of hitting temperature limit in next five years

Published on: May 28, 2021
07:23

Geneva, May 28 (Prensa Latina) The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) on Thursday warned about the possibility that the odds of the world experiencing global annual temperatures that are 1.5C above pre-industrial levels in one of the next five years are increasing with time.

FAO advocates for differentiated treatment for climate change

Published on: May 28, 2021
07:19

Rome, May 28 (Prensa Latina) Participants in a high-level virtual Seminar organized by FAO on Thursday advocated for a differentiated treatment of indigenous, Afro-descendant and migrant populations regarding climate change.

FAO to review on climate change and plant health

Published on: May 28, 2021
00:30

Rome, May 28 (Prensa Latina) The International Year of Plant Health (IYPH) will close sessions with the presentation of a scientific review about the impacts of climate change on plant pests, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) reported in Rome.

Effects of extreme climate increase population displacement

Published on: May 28, 2021
00:15

London, May 28 (Prensa Latina) The number of people who had to move within their own countries due to the effects of extreme climate conditions increased in 2020, AlertaGeo.com reported.

Cuba’s National Ballet mourns death of dancer Carla Fracci

Published on: May 27, 2021
15:12

Havana, May 27 (Prensa Latina) The National Ballet of Cuba on Thursday expressed its deep condolences over the death of Italian artist Carla Fracci, one of the great dancers in the history of dance and a close friend of Alicia Alonso.

Cuba demands in Geneva an end to crimes against Palestine

Published on: May 27, 2021
15:08

Geneva, May 27 (Prensa Latina) Cuba's permanent representative to the UN in Geneva, Juan Antonio Quintanilla, demanded on Thursday at the Human Rights Council the cessation of Israeli aggressions against Palestine and denounced the recent indiscriminate bombings in the Gaza Strip.

Russia to provide Sputnik V vaccine to UNICEF

Published on: May 27, 2021
14:36

Moscow, May 27 (Prensa Latina) The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) on Thursday announced the signing of an agreement to provide 220 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine Sputnik V to the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF).

Italy-Cuba Friendship Association confirms protests against blockade

Published on: May 27, 2021
14:13

Rome, May 27 (Prensa Latina) The National Italy-Cuba Friendship Association (ANAIC) on Thursday confirmed the holding of demonstrations against the US blockade on Cuba in some 30 cities across the country over the weekend.

IOM concerned over migrants’ situation in Ceuta

Published on: May 27, 2021
11:33

Geneva, May 27 (Prensa Latina) The International Organization for Migration (IOM) on Thursday expressed concern over what it described as the unprecedented arrivals of migrants in the Spanish city of Ceuta, in northern Africa.

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