25 December 2023 Archives

Djibouti welcomes UN resolution on Palestine, but asks for more

Published on: December 25, 2023
10:23

Djibouti, Dec 25 (Prensa Latina) Although grateful for the United Nations Security Council's resolution to provide humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip, Djibouti stated on Monday that it is insufficient, due to the absence of demands for an immediate ceasefire.

Russia’s defense reports some 600 casualties among Ukrainian soldiers

Published on: December 25, 2023
10:03

Moscow, Dec 25 (Prensa Latina) The Armed Forces of Ukraine have lost nearly 600 soldiers in the last 24 hours, including dead and injured, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported on Monday.

Ecuador among nations with the highest crime rates in the world

Published on: December 25, 2023
09:50

Quito, Dec 25 (Prensa Latina) The Global Initiative against Organized Crime (Gitoc) today ranked Ecuador as the eleventh nation with the highest crime rate and the sixth country with the highest rate of extortion and money charging for illegal protection in the world.

Guatemala 2023: elections, judicialization and unprecedented protests

Published on: December 25, 2023
09:43

Guatemala City (Prensa Latina) No one expected a deep political crisis in Guatemala nor so much uncertainty when the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) made official at the end of January the call to define more than four thousand public posts.

US forces in Syria are targeted again

Published on: December 25, 2023
09:32

Damascus, Dec 25 (Prensa Latina) Pentagon troops illegally deployed in eastern and northeastern Syria were attacked again by the so-called Islamic Resistance in Iraq on Monday.

Cuban scholar reviews world’s hotel curiosities

Published on: December 25, 2023
09:25

Havana, Dec 25 (Prensa Latina) Cuban professor and researcher José Luís Perelló broke down a series of tourist curiosities that mainly concern hotels around the world.

Cuba’s oldest baseball player approaches his historic goal

Published on: December 25, 2023
09:16

Las Tunas, Cuba, December 25 (Prensa Latina) Danel Castro, a 47-year-old Cuban baseball player, will try to get closer to 2,500 hits on Monday, in the last game of the regular stage of the 2nd Elite League.

Ukraine’s bombing injures two in Russian region of Belgorod

Published on: December 25, 2023
08:53

Moscow, Dec 25 (Prensa Latina) Two people were injured as a result of the bombing by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Russian district of Shebekinski, in Belgorod, Governor Viacheslav Gladkov said on Monday. "The outskirts of the village of Maryino, in Shebekinsky urban district, came under mortar fire from Kiev's artillery," the governor wrote on his Telegram account.

Haiti trapped in extreme violence

Published on: December 25, 2023
08:50

Port-au-Prince (Prensa Latina) Haiti ends an extremely violent year with almost 4,000 murders and some 3,000 kidnappings, as armed groups control three quarters of its capital while political forces seem to omit the figures and refuse to reach an agreement.

Masses and prayers in Syria for peace in Palestine and the world

Published on: December 25, 2023
08:45

Damascus, Dec 25 (Prensa Latina) Syrian Christians are celebrating Christmas on Monday with masses in churches and places of worship, where believers pray for peace in their country, Palestine and all States of the world.

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