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The CIA destroyed millions of dollars in equipment in Afghanistan

Published on: September 7, 2021
10:17

Kabul, Sep 7 (Prensa Latina) The Taliban claimed today that US personnel destroyed all equipment at the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) operational camp in Kabul before completing the US military withdrawal.

Ethiopian Airlines denies arms transfer to Sudan

Published on: September 7, 2021
10:16

Addis Ababa, Sep 7 (Prensa Latina) Ethiopian Airlines denied the conventional arms transfer to Sudan, according to a statement by the state-owned Ethiopian company in response to a report by SUNA news agency, released in Addis Ababa on Tuesday.

US Secretary of State to testify before Senate panel

Published on: September 7, 2021
09:26

Washington, Sep 7 (Prensa Latina) Secretary of State Antony Blinken will appear before the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee on September 14 to testify on what happened in Afghanistan, a spokesman announced on Tuesday.

Opposition candidate wins Sao Tome elections

Published on: September 7, 2021
08:09

Sao Tome, Sep 7 (Prensa Latina) Opposition candidate Carlos Vila Nova will be the next president of this small African island country, the partial results of the postponed run-off showed on Tuesday.

US, France press Lebanon to form a government

Published on: September 7, 2021
07:32

Beirut, Sep 7 (Prensa Latina) Unusual pressures in the last few hours from the United States and France could be effective in the formation of the government in Lebanon, Daily Star newspaper online reported on Tuesday.

Covid-19 vaccination for minors in Cuba highlighted in Sri Lanka

Published on: September 7, 2021
07:32

Colombo, Sep 7 (Prensa Latina) Cuba became the first country in the world to immunize children aged two years and older against Covid-19 with its own vaccines, Ceylon Today reported in Sri Lanka on Tuesday.

UN chief warns about global temperature rise

Published on: September 7, 2021
07:31

United Nations, Sep 7 (Prensa Latina) The planet is dangerously close to reaching the internationally agreed threshold of 1.5 degrees Celsius of temperature increase, the UN Secretary-General (UNSG) António Guterres warned on Monday.

India: 251 people infected with Nipah virus, one 12-year-old boy dead

Published on: September 7, 2021
07:31

New Delhi, Sep 7 (Prensa Latina) India keeps surveillance for a dozen Nipah virus cases in the Kozhikode district, in the southern state of Kerala.

Global AIDS treatment roll-out has saved millions of lives

Published on: September 7, 2021
07:30

United Nations, Sep 7 (Prensa Latina) Thanks to treatments for people living with HIV/AIDS, global deaths from this disease have recently decreased, according to the Joint UN Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS).

Tough choices loom about who gets an ICU bed, Dr. Fauci warns

Published on: September 7, 2021
07:30

Washington, Sep 7 (Prensa Latina) Some hospitals in the United States are close to full capacity as Covid-19 continues to spread nationwide, and soon officials could be making choices about who gets an ICU bed, warned Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergies and Infectious Diseases.

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