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Caribbean watchful, tropical disturbance likely to become a hurricane

Published on: August 12, 2024
11:48

Washington, Aug 12 (Prensa Latina) A disturbance in the Atlantic is moving westward at just over 40 kilometers per hour, a system with possibilities of becoming a tropical depression in the next few hours, the National Hurricane Center warned.

UN: Global youth a critical force in achieving SDGs

Published on: August 12, 2024
11:47

United Nations, Aug 12 (Prensa Latina) The role of digital technology in achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) calls for celebrating International Youth Day on Monday.

Hell on Earth

Published on: August 11, 2024
12:16

Addis Ababa, Aug 11 (Prensa Latina) For most people, temperatures of 30 degrees Celsius or higher complicate daily activities due to the intense heat and annoying sweat, but for the Afar people of Ethiopia it is a breath of fresh air if one takes into account that they live in the Danakil desert, considered the hottest place on Earth.

LatAm nations adopt Declaration of Cartagena on AI

Published on: August 10, 2024
09:02

Bogota, Aug 10 (Prensa Latina) Colombia and 16 other nations adopted the Declaration of Cartagena de Indias for the Governance, the construction of Ecosystems and the promotion of education in Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Latin America and the Caribbean.

India sends donations to Cuba for production of antibiotics

Published on: August 9, 2024
13:33

Havana, Aug 9 (Prensa Latina) India donated to Cuba 80 tons of active pharmaceutical ingredients for the production of oral and injectable antibiotics, which, according to press reports, will provide a six-to-12-month supply of these medicines.

Australia, New Zealand to fund project against climate disasters

Published on: August 9, 2024
13:32

Canberra, Aug 9 (Prensa Latina) The governments of Australia and New Zealand announced on Friday that they will fund the Pacific Humanitarian Warehousing Program, as an immediate humanitarian response to disasters in the region.

Explosion in the middle of Nigerian river causes dozens of deaths

Published on: August 9, 2024
13:18

Abuja, Aug 9 (Prensa Latina) The explosion of the engine of a fragile boat in the middle of the Ezetu River, Bayelsa State, southern Nigeria, took the lives of 20 people the day before, according to reports issued today.

More than 14 million children to receive polio vaccines in DRC

Published on: August 9, 2024
13:14

Kinshasa, Aug 9 (Prensa Latina) More than 14 million children are to be immunized during the polio vaccination campaign being carried out in seven provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

Ministerial Summit on Artificial Intelligence in Colombia ends

Published on: August 9, 2024
10:12

Bogotá, Aug 9 (Prensa Latina) The Latin American and Caribbean Ministerial Summit on Artificial Intelligence ended in the city of Cartagena.

Argentina’s Broad Front rejects lawmakers’s visit to terrorists

Published on: August 9, 2024
10:02

Buenos Aires, Aug 9 (Prensa Latina) Argentina’s Broad Front rejected on Thursday the visit of six lawmakers of Freedom Advances (LLA) to prisoners for crimes against humanity, perpetrated during the last civil-military dictatorship (1976-1983).

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