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Prominent Cuban writer Julio Travieso dies in Havana

Published on: November 2, 2025
08:15

Havana, November 2 (Prensa Latina) Distinguished writer, professor, and journalist Julio Travieso Serrano died in Havana at the age of 85, the Cuban Book Institute (ICL) reported.

More than 560 aid workers killed in Gaza in two years

Published on: October 9, 2025
06:35

Ramallah, Oct 9 (Prensa Latina) A UN agency denounced that 562 humanitarian workers were killed in the last two years in the Gaza Strip as a result of Israeli aggression.

DRC: Conflicts killed over 1,080 citizens since June

Published on: October 1, 2025
08:38

Kinshasa, Oct 1 (Prensa Latina) From June to this day, the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) has killed 1,087 civilians in acts of violence in the Ituri and North Kivu provinces.

Turkiye: Two police officers killed in armed attack in Izmir

Published on: September 8, 2025
10:08

Ankara, Sep 8 (Prensa Latina) Two police officers were killed and another was wounded as a result of an armed attack perpetrated against a police station in the western Turkish province of Izmir, official sources confirmed.

Pilgrimage in Chile will pay tribute to victims of the coup d’état

Published on: September 7, 2025
11:24

Santiago de Chile, Sep 7 (Prensa Latina) With a pilgrimage to the General Cemetery of Santiago, Chileans will remember today the victims of the 1973 coup d'état, an event that plunged the country into one of the darkest periods of its history.

Deaths and injuries in Gaza as a result of Israeli strikes

Published on: August 25, 2025
11:31

Ramallah, Aug 25 (Prensa Latina) At least 29 Palestinians were killed today in several attacks by the Israeli army in the Gaza Strip, including 15 in a bombardment against the southern Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Yunis.

PAHO: Urgent Need to Confront Deaths from Poisonous Animal Bites

Published on: August 25, 2025
11:19

Washington, Aug 5 (Prensa Latina) The Latin America and the Caribbean countries are moving towards a regional strategy to address the growing health burden of accidents caused by poisonous animals, which cause deaths and disabilities, PAHO reported.

Argentina: More deaths from contaminated fentanyl may occur

Published on: August 11, 2025
08:25

Buenos Aires, Aug 11 (Prensa Latina) The investigation into the contaminated fentanyl in Argentina that has caused 76 deaths and there may be more, according to Judge Ernesto Kreplak, is moving forward to elucidate responsibilities.

Syria: Mines left over from the war cause more deaths

Published on: August 10, 2025
11:08

Damascus, Aug 10 (Prensa Latina) Some 30 civilians, including 14 children and a woman, were killed or injured in Syria in less than 10 days due to the blast of war remnants.

Angola: Death toll rises to 22 due to riots

Published on: July 30, 2025
10:02

Luanda, Jul 30 (Prensa Latina) The Angolan Minister of the Interior, Manuel Homem, confirmed the death of 22 people and thta 197 were injured during the riots that took place in Luanda and other provinces of the country since July 28.

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