EMERGENCY

Severe flooding persists in Mexico

Published on: September 9, 2021
13:08

Mexico City, Sep 9 (Prensa Latina) Floods persist in several Mexican states due to heavy rains that continue affecting part of the national territory, where Hidalgo was declared in emergency on Thursday.

Mexican Foreign Minister confirms favorable opinion on Cuban vaccine

Published on: August 31, 2021
10:42

Mexico, Aug 31 Aug (Prensa Latina) Foreign Secretary Marcelo Ebrard on Tuesday confirmed that the Cuban vaccine Abdala received a favorable vote from Mexico's Federal Commission for Protection against Health Risks (COFEPRIS).

New Italian monitoring of Alpine glaciers in climate emergency

Published on: August 20, 2021
10:31

Rome, Aug 20 (Prensa Latina) The environmental association Legambiente on Friday has announced the start of a new monitoring in the state of 13 Alpine glaciers and the Calderone glacier, threatened by a climate emergency.

Afghanistan’s access to IMF emergency reserves blocked

Published on: August 19, 2021
08:14

Kabul, Aug 19 (Prensa Latina) The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has blocked Afghanistan's access to the emergency reserves, amid pressure from the United States, which has a majority participation in that financial organization.

Floods destroy thousands of homes in Sudan

Published on: August 9, 2021
12:31

Khartoum, Aug 9 (Prensa Latina) Devastating floods due to heavy rains in recent days have destroyed thousands of homes in Sudan, according to media reports.

Ecuador: Telecommunications Company in emergency after attacks

Published on: July 29, 2021
14:38

Quito, Jul 29 (Prensa Latina) Authorities of the National Telecommunications Corporation (CNT) of Ecuador are working today on the implementation of measures, after being declared in institutional emergency due to recent computer attacks.

Tokyo under state of emergency as it moves towards Olympics

Published on: July 12, 2021
10:08

Tokyo, (Prensa Latina) Tokyo, the capital of Japan, on Monday entered its fourth state of emergency and will extend it until August 22 to prevent the spread of Covid-19 while hosting the Olympics and Paralympics.

Olympic torch relay on Tokyo’s streets

Published on: July 9, 2021
12:00

Tokyo, Jul 9 (Prensa Latina) The 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic torch relay on Friday arrived in this capital without roadside spectators due to the state of emergency that will be implemented as of next week.

Chile extends state of emergency amid controversy

Published on: June 25, 2021
10:08

Santiago, Chile, Jun 25 (Prensa Latina) Chile will expand the state of emergency and announced to reinforce other measures to fight Covid-19 amid a controversy that is currently worsened over the poor governmental management of the pandemic.

Plane with false bomb threat lands in Berlin

Published on: May 31, 2021
16:07

Berlin, May 31 (Prensa Latina) A Ryanair plane flying on the Dublin-Krakow route made an emergency landing in this capital due to a false bomb threat, according to news reports.

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