25 December 2024 Archives

Colombian workers pleased with minimum wage hike

Published on: December 25, 2024
11:10

Bogota, Dec 25 (Prensa Latina) Colombia’s labor unions support the government’s decision to raise the minimum wage by 9,5% for the coming year.

Return of Peñarol fans detained in Brazil demanded in Uruguay

Published on: December 25, 2024
10:42

Montevideo, Dec 25 (Prensa Latina) Relatives of the fans of Uruguayan football club Peñarol, detained by Brazilian justice, demanded an urgent meeting with Foreign Minister Omar Paganini and the intervention of their country's government.

Victims reported after mine explosion in Syria

Published on: December 25, 2024
10:38

Damascus, Dec 25 (Prensa Latina) At least three people were killed today and an equal number injured by the explosion of four mines left over from the war in the provinces of Idlib and Aleppo, in the northwest of this nation.

Pakistan says its nuclear program is peaceful and for self-defense

Published on: December 25, 2024
10:35

Islamabad, Dec 25 (Prensa Latina) Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said Pakistan's nuclear program is peaceful, for self-defense and ruled out any concessions in this regard, local media reported.

Torturers from the dictatorship sent to prison in Uruguay

Published on: December 25, 2024
10:32

Montevideo, Dec 25 (Prensa Latina) The Uruguayan court ordered the prosecution of three retired military officers accused of torturing 39 teenagers in April 1975, during the dictatorship that reigned here, it was announced.

Ecuador police find bodies in search for missing children

Published on: December 25, 2024
10:30

Quito, Dec 25 (Prensa Latina) The National Police of Ecuador found bodies in a military zone near where the four missing children were last seen more than two weeks ago in Guayaquil, a case that shocked the country today.

Paraguay to allocate more funds to fight against drug trafficking

Published on: December 25, 2024
10:06

Asunción, Dec 25 (Prensa Latina) The government of Paraguay will allocate 500 million dollars to strengthen security agencies in the fight against drug trafficking, which is among the country's priorities, it was reported here today.

India to test satellite docking technology

Published on: December 25, 2024
10:02

New Delhi, Dec 25 (Prensa Latina) India’s space agency ISRO will launch two 220kg satellites into space on December 30 as part of the Spadex mission to check docking exercises.

China repudiates U.S. weapons sales to Taiwan

Published on: December 25, 2024
09:55

Beijing, Dec 25 (Prensa Latina) The spokesman of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council of China, Chen Binhua, today expressed his government's firm rejection of the sale of U.S. arms to Taipei.

Russia launched 99 satellites in 2024

Published on: December 25, 2024
09:50

Moscow, Dec 25 (Prensa Latina) — Yuri Borisov, the director general of the Russian space corporation Roscosmos, announced that the agency launched 99 satellites in 2024, bringing the total to 288.

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