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Japan sets foreign tourists’ record in 2024

Published on: January 16, 2025
13:08

Tokyo, Jan 16 (Prensa Latina) The number of foreign tourists in Japan grew to a record level in 2024, surpassing 36.80 million visitors, the Japan National Tourism Organization announced on Thursday.

Cuba reported record number of earthquakes in 2024

Published on: January 7, 2025
00:15

Santiago de Cuba, Jan 7 (Prensa Latina) Cuba recorded the largest number of earthquakes in the national territory (12,806) in 2024, the National Seismological Service (SSN) reported.

Over 500 foreign competitors register at Havana’s Taekwondo contest

Published on: October 16, 2024
14:19

Havana, Oct 16 (Prensa Latina) More than 500 foreign competitors have so far registered at the Taekwondo Open in Havana, considered the third continental qualifying competition before the Pan American Junior Games in Asunción, Paraguay, in 2025, the organizers announced.

Record number of tickets sold for Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games

Published on: September 13, 2024
13:15

Paris, Sep 13 (Prensa Latina) The president of the Organizing Committee of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, Tony Estanguet, confirmed the sale of more than 12 million tickets for these summer events, an unprecedented figure.

Russian scientist sets record for stay on ice floe

Published on: July 31, 2024
10:41

Moscow, Jul 31 (Prensa Latina) The Russian researcher, Fyodor Koniukhov, set a new world record for staying alone in a polar research station, located on a drifting ice floe, the newspaper Vzagliad reported.

Liuba María Hevia and her songs that were not lost in Cuba

Published on: June 26, 2024
00:30

Havana, Jun 26 (Prensa Latina) Casa de las Américas de Cuba will once again become the home of exquisite harmonies, this time with a concert next Friday by the Cuban singer-songwriter Liuba María Hevia, who will present her new album “Canciones que no se extraviaron” (Song That Were Not Lost).

Heat shoots electricity consumption to record levels in Vietnam

Published on: May 29, 2024
14:53

Hanoi, May 29 (Prensa Latina) The sweltering heat that Vietnam has been suffering in recent days caused for the first time in history the daily electricity consumption in the country exceeded one billion kilowatts/hour, the National Load Dispatch Center said today.

High temperatures suffocate Indian capital

Published on: May 29, 2024
14:51

New Delhi, May 29 (Prensa Latina) At least 50 students at a school in Bihar suffered fainting today by the extreme heat wave conditions that suffocates India with temperatures between 40 and 45 degrees Celsius.

Russia to hit record in wheat exports

Published on: May 24, 2024
14:57

Moscow, May 24 (Prensa Latina) Russia will have a 26% share of global wheat market by the end of this year, the International Grains Council (IGC) announced.

Guatemala to record extreme heat forecast till May 19

Published on: May 13, 2024
15:20

Guatemala City, May 13 (Prensa Latina) Guatemala's National Institute of Seismology, Volcanology, Meteorology and Hydrology (INSIVUMEH) forecast on Monday extreme temperatures, mainly above 40 degrees Celsius in several departments, until May 19.

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