9 March 2023 Archives

President Biden could announce re-election campaign in April

Published on: March 9, 2023
17:16

Washington, Mar 9 (Prensa Latina) President Joe Biden could announce in April his decision to run for a second term in the U.S. elections in 2024, The Hill newspaper reported Thursday.

Unprecedented increase in ocean plastic since 2005 – PLOS ONE

Published on: March 9, 2023
17:09

Washington, Mar 9 (Prensa Latina) A global database of ocean plastic pollution between 1979 and 2019 revealed a rapid and unprecedented increase in ocean plastics since 2005, the journal PLOS ONE published today, according to a study published in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Marcus Eriksen from The 5 Gyres Institute, USA, and colleagues.

Wildfires in Jamaica surged 224 percent in February

Published on: March 9, 2023
17:01

Kingston, Mar 9 (Prensa Latina) Forest fires in Jamaica rose to 224% in past February compared to the same period of 2022, the Commissioner of the Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB) Stewart Beckford warned Thursday.

Cuban President meets with young people and women

Published on: March 9, 2023
16:53

Santa Clara, Cuba, Mar 9 (Prensa Latina) Candidates for deputies to Parliament in this city, including President Miguel Díaz-Canel, held talks on Thursday with a bunch of young people and women as part of their contacts with population prior to forthcoming elections.

U.S. is partner of corruption in Lebanon, claims Hezbollah

Published on: March 9, 2023
16:42

Beirut, Mar 9 (Prensa Latina) Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah on Thursday condemned U.S. involvement in Lebanon´s corruption.

Over 4B of the world will be overweight, obese by 2035 – INFOMED

Published on: March 9, 2023
15:44

Havana, Mar 9 (Prensa Latina) More than half of the world´s population (4 billion) will be overweight or obese by 2035 without significant action, INFOMED, Cuba's Health Network, published Thursday.

Massive efforts needed to reduce salt intake – PAHO

Published on: March 9, 2023
15:22

Washington, Mar 9 (Prensa Latina) A first-of-its-kind World Health Organization (WHO) Global report on sodium intake reduction shows that the world is off-track to achieve its global target of reducing sodium intake by 30% by 2025.

Trump attorney admits misrepresenting evidence of election fraud

Published on: March 9, 2023
15:06

Washington, Mar 9 (Prensa Latina) Jenna Ellis, a lawyer who represented former President Donald Trump, admitted in court that she made several misrepresentations on social media and major television appearances about the 2020 presidential election, leading a judge to issue a public censure on Wednesday.

Mexico allows no military intervention, says President López Obrador

Published on: March 9, 2023
14:56

Mexico City, Mar 9 (Prensa Latina) Mexico will not allow any foreign government to meddle into our territory, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador warned the United States on Thursday ahead of threats from Texas Senator Dan Crenshaw.

Over 600K health workers express distrust of NHS

Published on: March 9, 2023
14:43

London, Mar 9 (Prensa Latina) Over 600,000 employees in UK expressed their distrust of the National Health Service (NHS) in the treatment of their relatives, a survey revealed today.

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