17 August 2023 Archives

Cooking food, avoiding salad could cut antibiotic resistance – Study

Published on: August 17, 2023
18:57

London, Aug 17 (Prensa Latina) Cooking food thoroughly and avoiding some types of vegetables and salad during a course of antibiotic treatment could potentially reduce antibiotic resistance, by preventing bacteria carrying resistance genes getting into the gut, according to a new study.

UN calls for greater humanitarian access, funds for Myanmar

Published on: August 17, 2023
18:50

United Nations, Aug 17 (Prensa Latina) Under-Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths today called for expanded humanitarian access and increased funding to assist the 18 million people in need of aid across Myanmar.

Cuba slams recent terror attacks on Shah Cheragh temple

Published on: August 17, 2023
18:46

Havana, Aug 17 (Prensa Latina) Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez on Thursday strongly condemned recent terror attacks on religious temples in Iran, and expressed his deepest condolences to families and relatives of the victims.

Cuban FM mourns deaths over traffic accident in Bolivia

Published on: August 17, 2023
18:26

Havana, Aug 17 (Prensa Latina) Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez on Thursday mourned the death of human lives over a tragic traffic accident occurred on Cochabamba-Santa Cruz route, in Bolivia.

Housing Turquino Plan underway for Cuban farmers

Published on: August 17, 2023
18:05

Sancti Spíritus, Cuba, Aug 17 (Prensa Latina) One of the largest housing construction plans of the last decade in the mountainous areas of this central Cuban province is underway this year, as confirmed by the Turquino Plan directors.

UN condemns demolition of school in Palestine

Published on: August 17, 2023
16:31

United Nations, Aug 17 (Prensa Latina) The United Nations (UN) on Thursday strongly condemned demolition of a school in the West Bank just days before the start of the school year.

Trial on the efficacy of a drug against Alzheimer advances in Cuba

Published on: August 17, 2023
16:19

Sancti Spiritus, Cuba, Aug 17 (Prensa Latina) The phase III clinical trial to evaluate the efficacy and safety of the neuroprotective drug NeuralCIM in patients with mild or moderate Alzheimer's amnestic variant is progressing positively today in this central province of Cuba.

Ecuadorians cast votes amid state of emergency

Published on: August 17, 2023
16:13

Quito, Aug 17 (Prensa Latina) For the first time, Ecuadorians will cast their votes under a state of emergency, so a security plan will be taken in the domestic polling stations from Thursday.

Former paramilitary reveals plans against Colombian public figures

Published on: August 17, 2023
16:06

Bogota, Aug 17 (Prensa Latina) Former paramilitary leader Carlos Mario Jimenez, alias 'Macaco,' who had requested some time ago to submit himself to transitional justice, revealed Thursday terrorist plans against public figures in the country.

Peruvian Defense Minister opens possible new U.S. base in Peru

Published on: August 17, 2023
16:05

Lima, Aug 17 (Prensa Latina) Peruvian Defense Minister Jorge Chavez opened Thursday the chance of installing a new U.S. anti-drug base in his country by confirming the U.S. veto to the shooting down of intrusive airplanes of drug smugglers.

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