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Cuban poet Evelio Traba receives poetry award

Published on: September 3, 2021
15:04

Madrid, Sep 3 (Prensa Latina) Cuban poet Evelio Traba was distinguished today with the Juan Alcaide International Poetry Prize for his work 'Un traspatio de malos vecinos' (A backyard of bad neighbors), the jury announced today.

Russia to set up a permafrost surveillance system

Published on: September 3, 2021
15:03

Moscow, Sep 3 (Prensa Latina) Russia's President Vladimir Putin announced today at the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok that before the end of 2021, the country should have a national permafrost monitoring system.

Vietnam surpasses half a million Covid-19 cases

Published on: September 3, 2021
14:57

Hanoi, Sep 3 (Prensa Latina) Vietnam on Friday reported 14,922 Covid-19 cases, its second highest figure since the pandemic broke out, so the number of contagions in this country has risen to 501,649.

Minister Taro Kono launches his candidacy for Japan’s Prime Minister

Published on: September 3, 2021
13:21

Tokyo, Sep 3 (Prensa Latina) The Minister of Vaccination Taro Kono will seek the presidency of Japan's ruling party and, therefore, the post of prime minister, local press unfolded today.

Cuban delegation participates in Avante Festival in Portugal

Published on: September 3, 2021
13:20

Lisbon, Sep 3 (Prensa Latina) A Cuban delegation, headed by the president of the Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP), Fernando Gonzalez, participates today in the Avante Festival, arranged by Portugal's Communist Party.

Cuban President dialogues with Tamarindo community in Havana

Published on: September 3, 2021
13:19

Havana, Sep 3 (Prensa Latina) The president of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel, spoke today with residents of the Tamarindo Popular Council, in the municipality of Diez de Octubre, one of the neighborhoods of this capital where a schedule of transformations is being implemented .

Trade between China and Africa grew 40.5 percent in January-July

Published on: September 3, 2021
13:06

Beijing, Sep 3 (Prensa Latina) China reported today a 40.5 percent year-on-year growth in its trade operations with Africa from January to July, which represented more than 139 billion dollars.

Deadly Covid-19 rise continues in Sub-Saharan Africa

Published on: September 3, 2021
13:05

Nairobi, Sept 3 (Prensa Latina) The lasting rise in deaths and infections with Covid-19 in sub-Saharan Africa, reported today by the Center for Disease Prevention and Control (CDPC), defines the pandemic in that troubled area of the planet.

Meteorological phenomenon DANA wreaks havoc in Spain

Published on: September 3, 2021
12:08

Madrid, Sep 3 (Prensa Latina) An isolated depression at high levels of the atmosphere known as DANA caused great damage in much of Spain, with torrential rains and lightning.

Taliban co-founder to run new government in Afghanistan

Published on: September 3, 2021
11:55

Kabul, Sep 3 (Prensa Latina) The co-founder of the Taliban movement, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, will head the new Afghan government to be announced soon, the news channel TOLO news reported today.

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