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France reports over 75,000 Covid-19 cases

Published on: December 7, 2022
18:20

Paris, Dec 7 (Prensa Latina) The French Public Health agency on Wednesday reported as many as 75,752 new cases of Covid-19 following Tuesday´s report of more than 100,000 cases for the first time in months.

National date overshadowed

Published on: December 4, 2022
00:15

Beirut, Dec 4 (Prensa Latina) No official ceremonies, economic collapse, and political crisis overshadowed in Lebanon's celebrations to mark its 79 Independence Day, an unprecedented event with no president and an interim government in office.

French railroad controllers go on strike for better work conditions

Published on: December 2, 2022
16:35

Paris, Dec 2 (Prensa Latina) France's state-owned railway company (SNFC) canceled 60 percent of long-distance trains for this weekend due to the controllers' strike in demand of better work conditions.

French hospitals under stress due to fears of a triple epidemic

Published on: November 28, 2022
09:29

Paris, Nov 28 (Prensa Latina) A new outbreak of Covid-19, bronchitis, and the seasonal flu are putting French hospitals under tension, facing a week of close surveillance of the situation as of Monday.

French Parliament approves energy bonus for millions of households

Published on: November 26, 2022
00:30

Paris, Nov 26 (Prensa Latina) The French Senate on Friday approved by a majority to extend 2.5 billion euros of the State budget for 2022 to finance an energy bonus that would benefit 12 million families.

Friendship association with Cuba remembers legacy of Fidel Castro

Published on: November 24, 2022
10:29

Paris, Nov 24 (Prensa Latina) The Cuba Coopération France (CubaCoop) association paid homage to Fidel Castro and highlighted his legacy of defense of national independence and just causes.

Mexico condemns auction of its archaeological treasures in France

Published on: November 18, 2022
12:59

Mexico, Nov 18 (Prensa Latina) Mexico's Secretariat of Culture and the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) on Friday condemned an auction of archaeological artifacts belonging to the country's cultural heritage.

French rescue service refuses to take actions after tragic shipwreck

Published on: November 16, 2022
13:57

Paris, Nov 16 (Prensa Latina) The investigation conducted by the French justice on the shipwreck that occurred a year ago, when 27 migrants died, found evidence of serious negligence by maritime rescue, Radio France revealed on Wednesday.

France to grant asylum to one-third of Ocean Viking migrants

Published on: November 11, 2022
08:20

Paris, Nov 11 (Prensa Latina) The Ocean Viking, a humanitarian ship carrying 231 immigrants who were rescued in late October off the coast of Libya, docked at the military port of Toulon, in southern France, where they were subjected to a medical examination and their asylum applications were registered.

French communists support union protest for salary increase

Published on: November 9, 2022
10:01

Paris, Nov 9 (Prensa Latina) The French Communist Party (PCF) called for mobilization in support of the strike called by unions in demand of a wage increase.

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