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Haiti: Five children a week on average killed in 2024

Published on: August 16, 2024
13:24

Port-au-Prince, Aug 16 (Prensa Latina) An average of five children per week in the first six months of 2024 were killed by armed violence in Haiti.

Five minors die as a result of an attack at a Sudanese school

Published on: August 16, 2024
10:37

Khartoum, Aug 16 (Prensa Latina) The bombing, for the moment anonymous, against a secondary school in the center of Sudan, caused the death of five students sheltered in the campus as well as the wounding of 20, according to a report released here today.

Over 93,000 elderlies die from malnutrition in Brazil

Published on: August 12, 2024
11:46

Brasilia, Aug 12 (Prensa Latina) More than 93 thousand deaths of the elderly were registered by malnutrition in Brazil, between 2000 and 2021, according to a study conducted and published today by researchers from federal universities.

Chinese province reports 30 deaths and dozens missing due to rains

Published on: August 1, 2024
12:50

Zixing, China Aug 1 (Prensa Latina) Local authorities reported at least 30 deaths and 35 missing people on Thursday, after heavy rains associated with Typhoon Gaemi, which hit the central Chinese province of Hunan.

Another deadly landslide reported in Ethiopia

Published on: July 29, 2024
11:42

Addis Ababa, Jul 29 (Prensa Latina) The National Disaster Management Commission of Ethiopia reported on Monday that a landslide in the district of Wonsho, Sidama region, had killed six people and injured a similar number.

11 deaths in China after bridge collapse

Published on: July 20, 2024
10:20

Beijing, Jul 20 (Prensa Latina) Chinese President Xi Jinping today urged to speed up the rescue and relief of victims after the collapse of a bridge that caused at least 11 deaths and 30 missing.

Russia declassifies French plans to send troops to Ukraine

Published on: July 12, 2024
07:52

Moscow, Jul 12 (Prensa Latina) The Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) declassified a report on the preparations to send a French military contingent to Ukraine in March 2024.

Israel killed 560 Palestinians in the West Bank since October

Published on: July 4, 2024
00:30

Ramallah, Jul 4 (Prensa Latina) Israeli security forces and settlers have killed 560 Palestinians, including 160 minors, in the West Bank since the outbreak of the new cycle of violence in October 2023, Wafa news agency denounced.

Whooping cough kills 17 people, including 14 children, in France

Published on: June 29, 2024
00:31

Paris, Jun 29 (Prensa Latina) Pertussis or whooping cough, a respiratory disease on the rise, is responsible for 17 deaths in France so far this year, including 14 children among the fatal victims, a health official warned.

Cause of serious cases of gastroenteritis in Panama revealed

Published on: June 27, 2024
10:17

Panama City, Jun 27 (Prensa Latina) Panamanian health authorities confirmed today that untreated water was the cause of serious cases of gastroenteritis detected in the native community Nueva Lucha, in the Donoso district of Colon.

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