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Six died, 10 unaccounted for after rainfall in Japan

Published on: September 23, 2024
09:23

Tokyo, Sep 23 (Prensa Latina) Six people were killed, and ten remained unaccounted for after the unprecedented rainfall in the Japanese prefecture of Ishikawa, in Honshu island, local authorities reported on Monday.

Uruguay hosts International Water Conference

Published on: September 23, 2024
08:47

Montevideo, Sep 23 (Prensa Latina) Uruguay is hosting as of Monday the 10th edition of the International Waters Conference in Punta del Este, with the participation of more than 300 delegates.

Noboa’s electoral card, military bases to Ecuador

Published on: September 21, 2024
15:03

Quito, Sep 21 (Prensa Latina) The intentions of Ecuadorean President, Daniel Noboa, to reform Article five of the Constitution to facilitate the return of foreign military bases, caused controversy during the week that ends here this Saturday.

Guatemala to hire 4,000 teachers for high school

Published on: September 21, 2024
14:55

Guatemala City, Sep 21 (Prensa Latina) The Ministry of Education (MINEDUC) of Guatemala accelerates today an improvement process. Therefore, it announced to be hiring 4,000 teachers for high school by 2025.

Cuba creates electrical impedance tomography scanner

Published on: September 21, 2024
14:50

Havana, Sep 21 (Prensa Latina) Cuba is making inroads in medical technology with the development of an Electrical Impedance Tomography Scanner to monitor the respiratory function of patients in intensive care units and operating rooms, it was announced on Saturday.

Lebanon’s Minister confirms casualties after Israeli shellings

Published on: September 21, 2024
14:45

Beirut, Sep 21 (Prensa Latina) The Lebanese Minister of Health, Firas Al-Abyad, confirmed on Saturday 31 deaths and 68 injured in the last update after the Israeli shelling on a residential building in the southern suburb of this capital.

Chilean primary healthcare union gears up for strike

Published on: September 20, 2024
15:38

Santiago, Chile, Sep 20 (Prensa Latina) Chilean primary healthcare workers are preparing on Friday a three-day strike against lack of security in medical facilities and the delay in the payment of a retirement incentive.

Mpox virus spreads rapidly in DRC

Published on: September 20, 2024
12:25

Kinshasa, Sep 20 (Prensa Latina) The monkeypox (Mpox) virus is spreading rapidly in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where only three out of 26 provinces currently remain without confirmed cases.

Russian scientists create efficient, cheap photocatalysts

Published on: September 20, 2024
11:59

Moscow, Sep 20 (Prensa Latina) The Russian Science Foundation (RSF) informed on Friday that researchers managed to synthesize six photocatalysts to produce oxygen, which is essential for degrading pollutants.

DRC prepares conditions to start Mpox vaccination

Published on: September 20, 2024
11:23

Kinshasa, Sep 20 (Prensa Latina) The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is preparing conditions to start its Mpox (monkeypox) vaccination campaign in October, the Africa Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) informed.

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