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Rescue workers are on the site of a retail market in the Armenian capital Yerevan after an explosion sparked a fire, killing one person and injuring 20, according to the emergency situations ministry. IMAGES
Montevideo, Mar 4 (EFE), (Camera: EFE).- The dream of professionalism for women's basketball in Uruguay seems far away since they have to fight against inequality in a broad sense. Today the pandemic has become the perfect excuse to make them play in almost humiliating conditions.FOOTAGE OF A GAME IN MONTEVIDEO. SOUNDBITES OF ALVÍN FLORENCIA SOMMA, MALVíN PLAYER:"It is a fight we have to continue to seek equality in sport. Some things have been happening that are a result of too many things. But we also think the way we have to keep pushing and continue growing is being here, participating and it is from inside. We need all parts related to women's basketball to push forward and mainly (we need them) to be convinced that we all want women's basketball to grow or reaches a professional status."
Hollywood loves a good con artist story, but a man who excelled at imitating powerful women may have hit a little too close to home. Newser reports the FBI has just announced the arrest of a suspect believed to be the 'Con Queen of Hollywood.' Hargobind Tahilramani would impersonate prominent women in the industry and pitch bogus projects to actors and Hollywood gig workers. In turn, they would shell out cash on the promise of being reimbursed. For instance, Gregory Mandarano was duped into traveling to Indonesia multiple times in 2015, believing he was working with a rep from the legit China Film Group. Instead, he lost about $70,000 paying for drivers, translators, and 'fixers,' which was never reimbursed. Among others, Tahilramani posed as Kathleen Kennedy of Lucasfilm, former Paramount boss Sherry Lansing, and Rupert Murdoch's ex-wife, Wendi Deng.
Madrid, Jun 30 (EFE) .- Hundreds of health workers from Latin American countries have given their best in the toughest moments of the Covid-19 pandemic in Spain, one of the worst-hit countries in Europe. SOUNDBITES OF:1- VALENTINA (WHO DOESN'T WANT TO SAY HER SURNAME), COLOMBIAN NURSE:"The truth is that nobody could see that coming and everybody thought that it was something that wouldn't arrive here, it was happening in China and it wouldn't arrive. When we saw the first case in our unit, we thought: 'Ok, this is serious. It's here and we'll have to face it.""What I could see in those patients who I could interact with more -most of them were sedated, connected to a ventilator- was a feeling of impotence anxiety and uncertainty about what the next step will be."2- LEONARDO CASTILLO, VENEZUELAN ANAESTHETIST:"It was amazing. Many patients had their phones and were able to communicate with their relatives. When we make the tests that tell us the patient's condition was critical and if they need ventilator support... We saw patients saying goodbye to their relatives, telling them they will be intubated and that, from that moment, they will speak with the doctors." 3- GIOVANI PROVENCE, DOCTOR AND VICE PRESIDENT OF THE SOCIETY OF VENEZUELAN DOCTORS IN SPAIN:"In 2015, I had to come to Spain because I was part of the students' movement in Venezuela. We created a doctors' network and denounced the healthcare crisis, and the persecution and threats (we suffered).""Any doctor or healthcare professional is prepared to face a pandemic like this, and it has been a physical and psychological impact among the healthcare personnel."
Ferrari has started to produce respirator valves and fittings for protective masks at its Maranello plant as one of its initiatives in support of health workers treating coronavirus patients. The department where car prototypes are usually built is producing these thermoplastic components using additive manufacturing technology.
Santa Monica, Apr 13 (EFE/EPA).- Nurses and healthcare workers dealing with COVID-19 patients in the United States on Monday staged protest, crying about their lack of supplies to fight the virus. (Camera: EUGENE GARCIA). SHOT LIST: NURSES AND HEALTHCARE WORKERS STAGE A PROTEST AT UCLA MEDICAL CENTER, SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA, US.