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Cuba expresses condolences to South Korea after stampede

Published on: October 31, 2022
12:26

By: Juan M. Garcia

Havana, Oct 31 (Prensa Latina) The Cuban Foreign Ministry (MINREX) on Monday expressed condolences to South Korea for the victims of a stampede that resulted in 146 dead and 150 injured, during a celebration in the city of Seoul.

UN launches appeal to raise of 816 million dollars for Pakistan

Published on: October 5, 2022
07:42

By: Luis Linares Petrov

Islamabad, Oct 5 (Prensa Latina) The United Nations and Pakistan launched an urgent appeal to raise 816 million dollars in response to the needs of the people affected by unprecedented floods in the country.

Pakistan declares emergency after floods

Published on: August 26, 2022
10:03

By: Luis Linares Petrov

Islamabad, Aug 26 (Prensa Latina) Pakistan officially declared a national emergency as a result of the floods in the country that caused more than 950 deaths, while millions of people were left stranded, the Pakistan Observer newspaper reported.

Floods in China cause 23 dead and eight missing

Published on: August 20, 2022
08:35

By: Luis Linares Petrov

Beijing, Aug 20 (Prensa Latina) Authorities in Qinghai, northwest China, confirmed that 23 people died and eight are still missing two days after flash floods in a mountainous county, previously affected by record downpours.

Remains of 14 people missing at Matanzas fire cannot be identified

Published on: August 18, 2022
07:29

By: Ileana Ferrer Fonte

Havana, Aug 18 (Prensa Latina) The remains of the 14 people missing in the fire at the Matanzas Supertanker Base cannot be identified, an official source reported.

Armenian entities call to avoid fake information on terrorist threat

Published on: August 15, 2022
08:46

By: Luis Linares Petrov

Yerevan, Aug 15 (Prensa Latina) The Armenian National Security Service urged the media and citizens not to spread unverified information about possible terrorist threats.

Cuba continues making effort to extinguish fire

Published on: August 11, 2022
07:29

By: Ileana Ferrer Fonte

Matanzas, Cuba, Aug 11 (Prensa Latina) While the firefighters on Thursday continue making efforts to definitively extinguish the outbreaks of the fire at the Matanzas Supertanker Base, the authorities are preparing to assess damages and search for the missing people.

Collapse in gold mine leaves eight dead in DRC

Published on: March 18, 2022
11:03

By: Alina Ramos Martin

Kinshasa, Mar 18 (Prensa Latina) The collapse in a tunnel in the gold mine of Milimba (east) of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) caused the death of eight workers, this country´s authorities confirmed.

Explosions in gold mine cause 58 deaths in Burkina Faso

Published on: February 22, 2022
09:23

By: Alina Ramos Martin

Ougadougou, Feb 22 (Prensa Latina) The explosions in a chemical products warehouse in the gold mine of Gblombora city (southwest) caused 59 deaths, according to press media in this city, capital of Burkina Faso.

Warning of threatening terrible humanitarian disaster in Ukraine

Published on: February 12, 2022
11:54

By: Erich Tellez Corrales

Washington, Feb 12 (Prensa Latina) A conventional armed conflict in Ukraine would be a terrible humanitarian disaster, said today the 1985 Nobel Peace Prize winner, Ira Helfand, in an analysis published in The Nation magazine.

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