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Bus crash killed 27 in Eastern Cape, South Africa

Published on: August 17, 2021
08:11

Pretoria, Aug 17 (Prensa Latina) At least 27 people were killed after a DMJ long distance bus overturned on the N2 highway between East London and Butterworth, South Africa, on Monday afternoon.

Weekly Covid-19 death toll increases in U.S.

Published on: August 17, 2021
08:06

Washington, Aug 17 (Prensa Latina) The Covid-19 death toll in the United States rose to 4,800 in the past week. That's more than triple the figure of the relative lull in early July, according to the USA Today newspaper.

Shosholoza

Published on: August 17, 2021
03:45

After South African swimmer Tatjana Schoenmaker broke the world record in the 200-meter breaststroke and won the gold medal, her country's delegation welcomed her in the Olympic Village with applause, congratulations and chanting the tune of Shosholoza, which made the voices of the ancestral passed from the region where the champion comes from be heard in Tokyo.

Blood Cave

Published on: August 17, 2021
03:45

One of the wonders of the Syrian capital, Damascus, is that those who live there do not stop discovering new sites every day.

Dates of religious diversity

Published on: August 17, 2021
02:45

Lebanon is perhaps the country with the largest number of days dedicated to honoring patriotic, religious or festive dates, due to the recognition of 18 faith confessions, each of which has its own system of tribute and remembrance.

Process to identify Malvinas war dead begins

Published on: August 16, 2021
16:43

Buenos Aires, Aug 16 (Prensa Latina) After completing a week of quarantine, a team of forensic experts, coordinated by the International Committee of the Red Cross, began on Monday in the Malvinas Islands the identification of the remains of former combatants who fell in the 1982 war.

Venezuela’s President ratifies adherence to the path of dialogue

Published on: August 16, 2021
16:41

Caracas, Aug 16 (Prensa Latina) Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro ratified on Monday the commitment of the Bolivarian Government to follow the path of dialogue with the opposition, for the sake of peace and national stability.

Depression Grace threatens southern Haiti devastated by earthquake

Published on: August 16, 2021
16:37

Port-au-Prince, Aug 16 (Prensa Latina) Rainfalls associated with tropical depression Grace threatens on Monday the south of Haiti, devastated by the 7.2 magnitude earthquake that shook the region with a preliminary death toll of 1,297.

Ecuador exposes plan applied in general elections in Covid-19 times

Published on: August 16, 2021
16:10

Quito, Aug 16 (Prensa Latina) Ecuador's president of the National Electoral Council (CNE), Diana Atamaint, presented on Monday the mechanisms applied for the general elections held in the country, amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

Cuba’s University of Arts appoints new rector

Published on: August 16, 2021
16:08

Havana, Aug 16 (Prensa Latina) Cuba's University of Arts (ISA) appointed on Monday academic Jose Ernesto Novaez as its new rector to replace Alexis Seijo, who has held the post for five years.

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