19 August 2024 Archives

Cyprus proposes former minister as next European commissioner

Published on: August 19, 2024
12:56

Nicosia, Aug 19 (Prensa Latina) The Government of Cyprus on Monday announced former Minister of Health, Education and Agriculture Costas Kadis as its commissioner in the new European Union (EU)’s Executive, headed by Ursula von der Leyen.

Protests in Chicago parallel to Democratic National Convention

Published on: August 19, 2024
12:55

Washington, Aug 19 (Prensa Latina) While Chicago with extreme security measures prepares for the opening of the Democratic National Convention on Monday, groups of protesters gathered in that US city to demand an end to Israel’s genocide in Gaza.

United Kingdom takes emergency measures due to prison overcrowding

Published on: August 19, 2024
12:37

London, Aug 19 (Prensa Latina) The Government of the United Kingdom activated today a package of emergency measures to reduce the overcrowding in the prisons of that European country.

Russia to take harsh measures if Ukraine attacks nuclear facility

Published on: August 19, 2024
12:10

Moscow, Aug 19 (Prensa Latina) Russia will immediately take harsh military retaliatory measures if Ukraine attacks the nuclear power plant in Kursk and causes a radioactive disaster, the Ministry of Defense stressed on Monday.

Israel’s demolition strategy in East Jerusalem denounced

Published on: August 19, 2024
12:03

Ramallah, Aug 19 (Prensa Latina) Israel has demolished 187 structures in the occupied area of East Jerusalem since the beginning of the current cycle of violence, in October 2023, a Palestinian NGO denounced on Monday.

Scientific expedition reaches North Pole on a Russian icebreaker

Published on: August 19, 2024
11:59

Moscow, Aug 19 (Prensa Latina) The fifth scientific and educational Icebreaker of Knowledge expedition, which this year is being carried out in an international format for the first time, arrived at the North Pole on the nuclear ship 50 Let Pobedy on Monday.

Belarus reinforces troops on border with Ukraine

Published on: August 19, 2024
11:56

Minsk, Aug 19 (Prensa Latina) Belarus reinforced the grouping of aviation, anti-aircraft missile and radio-technical troops in the south, bordering Ukraine, the commander of the Air and Anti-Air Force, Andrei Lukyanovich, said on Monday.

Russia shoots down Ukrainian drones in two southwestern provinces

Published on: August 19, 2024
11:51

Moscow, Aug 19 (Prensa Latina) Four Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were intercepted in two regions in southwestern Russia, the Ministry of Defense reported on Monday.

Carrefour and Greisser, places in Haiti with danger, death and pain

Published on: August 19, 2024
11:51

Port-au-Prince, Aug 19 (Prensa Latina) Carrefour remains today a place in Haiti where danger, fear of death, the pain of families and the blood of innocents spilled is a constant.

Mpox under control in South Africa

Published on: August 19, 2024
11:47

Pretoria, Aug 19 (Prensa Latina) The South African Health Ministry assured that the current outbreak of Mpox (monkeypox) remains under control in the country, despite the epidemiological situation in other nations of the continent.

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