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Cuba reports over 1,000 Covid-19 cases in one day

Published on: April 29, 2021
12:18

Havana, Apr 29 (Prensa Latina) The number of Covid-19 cases in Cuba exceeded 1,000 on a single day, as 1,149 people were diagnosed as positive on Wednesday.

No surprises in Covid-19 scenario in Africa

Published on: April 29, 2021
10:43

Nairobi, Apr 29 (Prensa Latina) The Covid-19 pandemic on Thursday remains unchanged after days in which death and contagion rates increased, according to the report by the Disease Prevention and Control Center (DPCC).

Cuban scientific community mourns death of biotechnology founder

Published on: April 28, 2021
15:16

Havana, Apr 28 (Prensa Latina) Cuba's scientific community on Wednesday mourned the death of Dr. Gustavo Sierra, founder of biotechnology in the country, precursor of important results in the area and teacher of young generations.

Death of founder of Cuba’s biotechnology mourned

Published on: April 28, 2021
13:45

Havana, Apr 28 (Prensa Latina) Cuba's scientific community is mourning the death of Dr. Gustavo Sierra, founder of biotechnology in the country, the precursor of major breakthroughs in that field and a professor of the young generations.

FBI opens civil rights probe into fatal shooting of Andrew Brown

Published on: April 28, 2021
08:37

Washington, Apr 28 (Prensa Latina) The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) confirmed on Tuesday that it has opened a civil rights probe into the killing of Andrew Brown Jr., a black man who died after the police shot him during an arrest in North Carolina last week.

We´re all so relieved, President Biden tells Floyd family

Published on: April 21, 2021
07:53

Washington, Apr 21 (Prensa Latina) President Joe Biden said Tuesday that he was so relieved by the guilty verdict of former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin in the killing of George Floyd.

Former police officer Chauvin found guilty of murder in Floyd’s death

Published on: April 21, 2021
07:51

Washington, Apr 21 (Prensa Latina) Former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin was convicted Tuesday of murder and manslaughter for pinning George Floyd to the pavement with his knee on the Black man´s neck in a case that touched off worldwide riots, violence and a furious reexamination of racism and policing in the US.

Covid-19 deaths in France exceed 100,000

Published on: April 20, 2021
08:41

Paris, Apr 20 (Prensa Latina) France´s Ministry of Health on Monday reported 447 new coronavirus deaths, increasing the country´s total death toll to 101,180.

Ex-cop Potter responsible for Wright death makes court appearance

Published on: April 16, 2021
08:56

Washington, Apr 16 (Prensa Latina) The former Minnesota police officer accused of killing 20-year-old Black motorist Daunte Wright during a traffic stop Sunday spent just five minutes in front of a judge during her first court appearance Thursday.

Cuba reports 1,060 new Covid-19 cases and nine deaths

Published on: April 13, 2021
11:08

Havana, Apr 13 (Prensa Latina) The Cuban Ministry of Public Health (MINSAP) reported 1,600 new Covid-19 cases and nine deaths in the last 24 hours on Monday.

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