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Egypt and Libya boost socio-economic relations

Published on: September 17, 2021
07:13

Cairo, Sep 17 (Prensa Latina) Egypt and Libya have signed 14 Memorandums of Understanding and six agreements in several socio-economic sectors, as part of their revival of the bilateral relations, an official source reported on Friday.

US schools face essential worker shortage

Published on: September 17, 2021
07:12

Washington, Sep 17 (Prensa Latina) Just weeks into the new year, schools in the United States are struggling to fill essential jobs because low pay, few benefits and erratic schedules are keeping workers away, local newspaper reported on Thursday.

PAHO urges access to diagnosis, treatment for children with cancer

Published on: September 17, 2021
07:12

Washington, Sep 17 (Prensa Latina) Every year some 280,000 children under 19 years of age are diagnosed with cancer globally, although most of these deaths could be avoided, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) warned on Thursday.

Democrats probe oil giants for misleading claims on climate

Published on: September 17, 2021
07:11

Washington, Sep 17 (Prensa Latina) House Democrats are probing the role of major oil companies and their trade groups may have played in misleading the public on the role of fossil fuel in causing global warming.

International organizations highlight Cuba’s anti-Covid-19 vaccines

Published on: September 17, 2021
07:11

Havana, Sep 17 (Prensa Latina) International organizations and experts highlighted the significance of Cuba's anti-Covid-19 vaccines for the region and the world, amid a complex health crisis caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.

UN Women unveils new feminist roadmap for economic recovery

Published on: September 17, 2021
07:10

United Nations, Sep 17 (Prensa Latina) UN Women on Thursday has published a feminist plan for economic transformation and recovery learning from the Covid-19 pandemic and previous crises.

UNICEF calls for schools to reopen in pandemic-hit nations

Published on: September 17, 2021
07:10

United Nations, Sep 17 (Prensa Latina) Schools in nearly 77 million students in six countries from different regions of the world remain partially closed following a year and a half since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, UNICEF reported on Thursday.

Cuban deputy rejects resolution passed in European Parliament

Published on: September 17, 2021
07:10

Havana, Sep 17 (Prensa Latina) The Chairwoman of the International Relations Commission of the National Assembly of the People's Power (ANPP) Yolanda Ferrer on Thursday described the resolution passed by the European Parliament (EP) as spurious.

South Korean companies to produce and export Russian Covid-19 vaccine

Published on: September 17, 2021
01:32

Seoul, Sep 17 (Prensa Latina) South Korean companies signed contracts with the Russian Fund for Direct Investment (RFPI) to manufacture the Covid-19 Sputnik vaccine, and subsequently export it.

Arbitrators for international commercial court ratified in Cuba

Published on: September 17, 2021
01:00

Havana, Sep 17 (Prensa Latina) Arbitrators and mediators were appointed to be part of the Cuban Court of International Commercial Arbitration (CCAI), an institution in charge of solving contractual or extra-contractual disputes of international nature, for the 2021-2023 period.

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