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5 killed in Texas shooting, including 8-year-old child

Published on: April 29, 2023
13:20

Washington, Apr 29 (Prensa Latina) A Texas man went next door with a rifle and began shooting his neighbors, killing an 8-year-old and four others inside the house, after the family asked him to stop firing rounds in his yard because they were trying to sleep, authorities said Saturday.

Israeli strikes destroy gas station, injure three civilians in Syria

Published on: April 29, 2023
12:30

Damascus, Apr 29 (Prensa Latina) Three people have been injured and a civilian fuel station caught fire as a result of an Israeli attack on Saturday on a site near the Syrian city of Homs.

Pope Francis renews call for end to violence in Sudan

Published on: April 23, 2023
10:56

Vatican City, Apr 23 (Prensa Latina) Pope Francis on Sunday repeated his call for an end to the armed conflict in Sudan, which began on April 15 between the local army and the so-called Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

Uruguay reports fresh bird flu outbreak

Published on: April 19, 2023
01:30

Montevideo, Apr 19 (Prensa Latina) Uruguay´s health authorities on Wednesday reported fresh outbreak of bird flu and announced reinforced health controls to prevent the disease from spreading to productive farms.

Cuba reports 10 new Covid-19, no deaths

Published on: March 29, 2023
17:14

Havana, Mar 29 (Prensa Latina) Cuba´s Public Health Ministry (MINSAP) on Wednesday reported 10 new cases of Covid-19, bringing total to 32 active cases to date.

Sudan reports over 1,300 dengue cases

Published on: March 29, 2023
17:07

Khartoum, Mar 29 (Prensa Latina) A fresh dengue outbreak has killed two people and infected 1,344 to date, a health source informed Wednesday.

Nearly 200 Yemeni children killed, injured by mines in 2022

Published on: March 25, 2023
09:01

Aden, Yemen, Mar 25 (Prensa Latina) At least 199 children were killed or injured by mines and explosive devices in Yemen in 2022, the highest number in the last five years, the NGO Save the Children reported.

Thailand reports 3 new cases of mpox

Published on: March 25, 2023
08:50

Bangkok, Mar 25 (Prensa Latina) Thailand´s Department of Disease Control on Saturday reported three new cases of mpox, bringing the number of cases to 18 since 2022.

Paraguay reports over 13k chikungunya cases, 60 deaths

Published on: March 24, 2023
16:51

Asunción, Mar 24 (Prensa Latina) The chikungunya fever epidemic in Paraguay has reached 60 deaths and 13,010 confirmed cases during the last three weeks, health authorities reported Friday.

At least twelve deaths as quake hit Afghanistan, Pakistan and India

Published on: March 22, 2023
12:03

Kabul, Mar 22 (Prensa Latina) At least 12 people were reportedly killed on Tuesday after a magnitude-6.8 earthquake, on the Richter scale, was felt in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India.

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