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Campaign to reduce working hours reactivated in Chile

Published on: September 8, 2021
10:08

Santiago de Chile, Sep 8 (Prensa Latina) Representatives from different benches spoke at the National Congress in the city of Valparaíso for reactivating the analysis and approval in the legislature of a project to reduce working hours in Chile.

Cuban Foreign Minister highlights need of literacy in the world

Published on: September 8, 2021
10:07

Havana, Sep 8 (Prensa Latina) Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez highlighted the urgency of promoting the teaching of literacy in the world, on the occasion of the International Literacy Day.

India and Russia debate security issues including Afghanistan

Published on: September 8, 2021
09:02

New Delhi, Sep 8 (Prensa Latina) India and Russia are holding a meeting of National Security advisers, which among other topics includes the situation in Afghanistan, following the withdrawal of US forces and the rise to power of the Taliban.

Russia warns of limitations in Iran-IAEA dialogue

Published on: September 8, 2021
08:34

Moscow, Sep 8 (Prensa Latina) Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia Sergei Riabkov expressed his country's concern over the lack of progress in the dialogue to normalize cooperation between Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

Tigray Front massacres over 100 civilians in Ethiopia region

Published on: September 8, 2021
08:33

Addis Ababa, Sep 8 (Prensa Latina) Forces from the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) massacred more than 100 civilians in northern Gondar, a city located in Amhara, according to the authorities from that regional Ethiopian state.

Gas explosion in a building in Russia kills two

Published on: September 8, 2021
08:33

Moscow, Sep 8 (Prensa Latina) Two people were killed as a result of a domestic gas explosion that caused the collapse of three floors of a residential building in Noginsk, Russia, on the outskirts of Moscow, local press reported.

More than 800 insurgents surrender in southern Syria

Published on: September 8, 2021
08:13

Damascus, Sep 8 (Prensa Latina) At least 850 members of illegal armed groups operating in the southern province of Deraa surrendered to the Syrian army since the implementation of the reconciliation agreement reached through Russian mediation, the local media reported.

UN adopts preventive measures for elections in Iraq

Published on: September 8, 2021
08:12

Baghdad, Sep 8 (Prensa Latina) The United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) on Wednesday began to take preventive measures prior to the parliamentary elections to be held on October 10 in this country.

Cholera: Nigeria reports over 2,100 deaths in 23 states

Published on: September 8, 2021
08:11

Abuja, Sep 8 (Prensa Latina) The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced a total of 65,145 suspected cholera cases, including 2,141 deaths, accounting for a Case Fatality Rate (CFR) of 3.3% reported from 23 states and FCT, as at Sept. 2, 2021.

More than 100 parties could run for elections in Haiti

Published on: September 8, 2021
08:11

Port-au-Prince, Sep 8 (Prensa Latina) Some 108 political parties and groups on Wednesday appear in the partial list presented by the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) to compete in the next presidential and legislative elections in Haiti.

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