10 January 2024 Archives

USA: House conservatives in revolt against Johnson´s spending deal

Published on: January 10, 2024
18:03

Washington, Jan 10 (Prensa Latina) A band of House conservatives tanked a procedural vote Wednesday in a rebellion against the spending deal Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) struck with Democrats, which members of the right flank have sharply criticized.

MERCOSUR condemns violence by criminal groups in Ecuador

Published on: January 10, 2024
17:57

Montevideo, Jan 10 (Prensa Latina) The Southern Common Market (Mercosur), made up of Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay, Argentina and Bolivia, strongly condemned the violence unleashed in Ecuador by criminal groups.

Cuba thanks China for two new donations

Published on: January 10, 2024
17:53

Havana, Jan 10 (Prensa Latina) Cuban government on Wednesday thanked China for its contribution of two new donations of digital television and carpentry for high social impact programs.

Lula, Kishida to discuss possibility of Mercosur-Japan agreement

Published on: January 10, 2024
17:47

Brasilia, Jan 10 (Prensa Latina) Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Wednesday spoke by phone with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida about a possible trade agreement between the Southern Common Market (MERCOSUR) and Japan.

Four U.S. airlines call off flights to Ecuador

Published on: January 10, 2024
17:41

Washington, Jan 10 (Prensa Latina) Four U.S. airlines canceled their flights to Ecuador as a result of security and violence crisis the South American nation is presently experiencing.

Hunter Biden makes appearance at Congress hearing

Published on: January 10, 2024
17:35

Washington, Jan 10 (Prensa Latina) Hunter Biden is willing to testify in public before the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, which is investigating his business dealings as part of an impeachment investigation into his father, President Biden.

Canada: Thousands of IKEA USB charges recalled due to burn

Published on: January 10, 2024
17:29

Ottawa, Jan 10 (Prensa Latina) Swedish furniture giant IKEA has recalled a popular charger sold in Canada as it poses a burn and electric shock hazard.

Lot Polish Airlines resumes flights to Varadero

Published on: January 10, 2024
17:25

Matanzas, Cuba, Jan 10 (Prensa Latina) Poland’s Lot Polish Airline resumed flights to Varadero, with the arrival of a 250 passengers from Katowice.

UN chief meets with Somali President on regional tensions

Published on: January 10, 2024
17:23

United Nations, Jan 10 (Prensa Latina) UN Secretary-General (UNSG) António Guterres and Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud held talks on Wednesday amid rising tensions over Ethiopia-Somaliland Memorandum of Understanding (MoU).

Panama’s minister announces average minimum pay raise

Published on: January 10, 2024
17:16

Panama City, Jan 10 (Prensa Latina) Panama's Labor and Labor Development Minister Doris Zapata announced on Wednesday an average minimum pay raise in the country, taking into account several economic variables.

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