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Iranian FM criticizes France’s double standards

Published on: April 29, 2021
10:25

Tehran, Apr 29 (Prensa Latina) Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Yavad Zarif referred to France´s recent missile test and that country´s efforts to limit Iran and some other nations´ missile programs wrote on Wednesday: apparently double-standards is the name of the game.

France reports six million unemployed peolple in 2021 first quarter

Published on: April 27, 2021
12:49

Paris, Apr 27 (Prensa Latina) France reported 6,008,400 people in several unemployment categories in the first quarter of 2021, a figure slightly higher than the October-December 2020 period, Pole Emploi informed on Tuesday.

France launches solidarity initiatives with Cuba and against blockade

Published on: April 27, 2021
09:34

Paris, Apr 27 (Prensa Latina) French Cuba solidarity associations on Tuesday reiterated their call to participate in several initiatives on French soil to support Cuba and against the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States.

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.

French state doubles stake in Air France-KLM in rights issue

Published on: April 20, 2021
08:32

Paris, Apr 20 (Prensa Latina) Loss-making Air France-KLM said Monday it had raised just over a billion euros (US.25 billion) in a share issue that saw the French state double its stake in the company to 28.6%.

French association recalls Cuban heroism in Playa Girón invasion

Published on: April 18, 2021
11:19

Paris, Apr 18 (Prensa Latina) The France-Cuba association on Sunday highlighted Cuba´s heroism in defense of its Revolution in April 1961, as it defeated a mercenary invasion organized by the United States in less than 72 hours.

Eight people died in France after being vaccinated with AstraZeneca

Published on: April 18, 2021
07:48

Paris, Apr 18 (Prensa Latina) Eight people have died in France over blood clots following the vaccination with the AstraZeneca drug, the National Agency for Medicine and Health Product Safety (ANSM) said.

France outlaws sex with children aged under 15

Published on: April 16, 2021
09:05

Paris, Apr 16 (Prensa Latina) French parliament on Thursday adopted legislation that characterizes sex with a child under the age of 15 as rape and punishable by up to 20 years in jail, bringing its penal code closer in line with many other Western nations.

France reported over 43,000 new Covid-19 cases

Published on: April 15, 2021
08:38

Paris, Apr 15 (Prensa Latina) As many as 43,505 new Covid-19 cases have been reported in France in the last 24 hours, raising total number to more than 5,100,000, the Ministry of Health confirmed.

French Communist Party describes US blockade as inhumane

Published on: April 13, 2021
15:53

Paris, Apr 13 (Prensa Latina) The French Communist Party (PCF) on Tuesday described the economic, commercial and financial US blockade against Cuba as inhumane and illegal and favored boosting world solidarity to end it.

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