6 October 2022 Archives

Black Florida residents point to lack of relief efforts for Ian

Published on: October 6, 2022
18:31

Washington, Oct 6 (Prensa Latina) Today´s complaints from residents in areas ravaged Category 4 Hurricane Ian have confirmed how hard it would be for Black and poor people to access government´s disaster relief assistance.

Federal judge Glenn Suddaby halts parts of NY´s new gun law

Published on: October 6, 2022
17:50

Washington, Oct 6 (Prensa Latina) New York’s latest attempt to restrict who can carry a handgun in public and where firearms can be brought was picked apart Thursday by a federal judge, who ruled that multiple provisions in a state law passed this year are unconstitutional.

Over 190,000 Floridians still off the grid for eighth straight day

Published on: October 6, 2022
17:24

Washington, Oct 6 (Prensa Latina) More than 190,000 people in Florida are off the grid today eight days after the passage of Hurricane Ian across the United States, according to the PowerOutage.us portal.

Roswell Cancer Center praises Cuba´s VSSP cancer drug effectiveness

Published on: October 6, 2022
17:11

Washington, Oct 6 (Prensa Latina) The Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center (EPCCC) in the United States on Thursday reported that Cuba´s VSSP cancer drug effectiveness on metastatic kidney cancer paves the way for a new treatment on such a disease.

Suspected, confirmed cholera cases doubles in Haiti

Published on: October 6, 2022
16:54

Port-au-Prince, Oct 6 (Prensa Latina) Haitian health authorities on Thursday reported 111 new suspected cases of cholera and 11 confirmed cases, more than double the toll compared to Wednesday´s report.

WHO launches suicide prevention campaign in Africa

Published on: October 6, 2022
16:45

Kampala, Oct 6 (Prensa Latina) The World Health Organization (WHO) launched Thursday a campaign to raise awareness and spur action for suicide prevention in the African region, which has the world's highest rates of death by suicide.

France reports over 60,000 Covid-19 cases for second straight day

Published on: October 6, 2022
16:36

Paris, Oct 6 (Prensa Latina) France, for the second consecutive day, has reported more than 60,000 Covid-19 cases and a significant rise in hospitalization toll.

Climate change made 2022´s northern hemisphere droughts more likely

Published on: October 6, 2022
16:29

Washington, Oct 6 (Prensa Latina) Scientists said Western Central Europe, North America, China, and other parts of the Northern Hemisphere faced water shortages, extreme heat, and soil moisture drought conditions throughout the summer of 2022

UK could face 3-hour outages in coming winter in worst-case scenario

Published on: October 6, 2022
16:20

London, Oct 6 (Prensa Latina) The UK could face three-hour power outages this winter in the worst-case scenario if gas supplies decrease, the National Grid warned on Thursday.

Bolivia advances in iron and steel industrialization

Published on: October 6, 2022
15:25

La Paz, Oct 6 (Prensa Latina) The executive president of the Empresa Siderúrgica del Mutún (ESM), Jorge Alvarado, assured today that this project is 60 percent complete and should produce steel in 2024.

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