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100,000 workers take action as Striketober hits the US

Published on: October 18, 2021
18:23

Washington, Oct 18 (Prensa Latina) Over 100,000 US workers take to the streets -or have threatened to in October- as a wave of industrial action dubbed Striketober calls for higher wages and better conditions to recover from the Covid-19 pandemic.

Head of Cuba’s Civil Defense checks plans against hurricanes

Published on: September 22, 2021
18:25

Santa Clara, Cuba, Sep 22 (Prensa Latina) Reserve Major General Ramon Pardo Guerra, head of the National General Staff of Cuba's Civil Defense, on Wednesday evaluated the disaster reduction plans, and the identification of risks and vulnerabilities.

UNHCR warns about impact of pandemic on migrants

Published on: September 17, 2021
12:52

Geneva, Sep 17 (Prensa Latina) The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) warned on Friday about the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on displaced and stateless people, and requested support from the international community.

Shtayyeh asks ICRC to see conditions of Palestinians held in Israel

Published on: August 19, 2021
07:36

Ramallah, Aug 19 (Prensa Latina) Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh urged the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to take part in the release of a group of prisoners in Israeli jails and monitor the conditions of the remainder, an official communique informed on Thursday.

US government sued over substandard conditions for migrant teens

Published on: August 10, 2021
07:10

Washington, Aug 10 (Prensa Latina) Lawyers representing children in U.S. immigration custody asked a federal court on Monday to order the release of migrant teenagers from two emergency housing sites in Texas where minors have reported mental distress, substandard conditions, prolonged stays and inadequate services, CBS News reported.

Chilean Gov’t criticized over problems in Convention

Published on: July 7, 2021
12:32

Santiago, Chile, Jul 7 (Prensa Latina) The difficulties for the beginning of the work of the Constitutional Convention in Chile on Monday and Tuesday have the government under a wave of criticism and questioning.

Opportunity to normalize Russia-US relations highlighted

Published on: July 6, 2021
12:38

Moscow, July 6 (Prensa Latina) The possibility that Russia and the United States normalize their relations is greater than before the presidential summit in Geneva, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Riabkov said in an interview published on Tuesday.

UN described Haitian prisoners´ inhuman conditions as torture

Published on: July 1, 2021
07:13

Port-au-Prince, Jul 1 (Prensa Latina) The UN representation in Haiti on Wednesday described prisoners´ inhuman conditions as torture and denounced the cruel and degrading treatment to which detainees must endure.

FAO conference reviews food-farming system conditions

Published on: June 15, 2021
07:17

Rome, Jun 15 (Prensa Latina) Global food and agriculture conditions was reviewed at the 42nd FAO Conference, which will be held via online through June 18.

At least 21 runners killed in China due to adverse weather conditions

Published on: May 23, 2021
09:16

Beijing, May 23 (Prensa Latina) At least 21 runners died as a result of an abrupt change in weather conditions while they were running in a rural area in northwestern Gansu province, local authorities confirmed on Sunday.

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