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Syria: Death toll rises in governorate of Sweida

Published on: August 17, 2025
09:23

Damascus, Aug 17 (Prensa Latina) The death toll from the recent violence in the southern Syrian governorate of Sweida has reached 1,677, according to human rights organizations cited by several media outlets.

Suicide rate rises in South Korea

Published on: August 6, 2024
11:46

Seoul, Aug 6 (Prensa Latina) The suicide rate in South Korea increased by 10.1 percent year-on-year in the January-May 2024 period, according to data from the Ministry of Health and Welfare released today.

Death toll rises in Gaza due to Israeli bombings

Published on: November 11, 2023
10:23

Ramallah, Nov 11 (Prensa Latina) Dozens of Palestinians were killed or injured today in the unceasing Israeli bombardments on several areas of the Gaza Strip, while the crisis in hospitals worsens due to the siege and the proximity of the fighting, and shortage of supplies.

Several US states register rise in fentanyl increase death rates

Published on: June 29, 2023
16:28

Washington, Jun 29 (Prensa Latina) The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Thursday confirmed that fentanyl and xylazine overdose increase death rates 276 percent in the United States from 2019 to 2022.

Serbia formalizes arrest of Kosovar policemen so tension rises

Published on: June 16, 2023
13:44

Belgrade, Jun 16 (Prensa Latina) Serbian Justice ordered on Friday provisional prison for three Kosovar policemen arrested past Wednesday, incident that raised the tensions between Belgrade and Pristina in the middle of new demonstrations in the Kosovar north zone.

Death toll rises to 170 in Kabul’s blasts

Published on: August 27, 2021
14:40

Kabul, Aug 27 (Prensa Latina) The death toll from the triple bombing that occurred on Thursday in Kabul rose to 170, Afghanistan's Ministry of Health uncovered on Friday.

Death toll from floods rises to 42 in Niger

Published on: August 7, 2021
11:59

Niamey, Aug 7 (Prensa Latina) The death toll from the floods in Niger rose to 42, according to official sources quoted today by the ANP news agency.

Cuba rises to the ongoing US blockade challenge

Published on: August 6, 2021
14:30

Havana, Aug 6 (Prensa Latina) The impossibility of accessing technological platforms whose companies are subject to US laws is one of the blockade's visible faces against Cuba, in its dimension applied to the telecommunications sector.

Brazil’s inflation exceeds eight percent year-on-year

Published on: June 9, 2021
14:34

Brasilia, Jun 9 (Prensa Latina) The National Broad Consumer Price Index (measures inflation) in Brazil registered 0.83 percent in May and accumulated 8.06 inter-annual, a figure that exceeds market forecasts, the Government informed today.

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