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Smaller towns in South Korea bear brunt of doctors’ shortage
INCHEON, South Korea - Hospitals in South Korea's smaller cities are struggling with a lack of physicians, as a nationwide strike of...
Apr 27, 20242 min read
Shoigu says Russia and allies should step up military exercises in Asia
ASTANA - Russia and its allies in Asia should expand joint military exercises as they face a direct threat from attempts by the United...
Apr 27, 20242 min read
Explainer-Mass graves in Gaza: what do we know?
THE HAGUE -The discovery of mass graves at two Gaza hospitals, said by Palestinian authorities to contain hundreds of bodies, have...
Apr 27, 20244 min read
South Sudanese comedians find laughs in painful past
JUBA - When Isaac Anthony Lumori launched South Sudan's first weekly comedy show at the height of a civil war in 2014, his performers'...
Apr 27, 20242 min read
Myanmar warlord at centre of battle for key border town
Armed soldiers loyal to a turncoat warlord patrol the streets of southeastern Myanmar's frontier town of Myawaddy, as troops of the...
Apr 27, 20244 min read
Exclusive-China harbors ship tied to North Korea-Russia arms transfers, satellite images show
WASHINGTON - China is providing moorage for a U.S.-sanctioned Russian cargo ship implicated in North Korean arms transfers to Russia,...
Apr 26, 20243 min read
Brazil's government submits rules to streamline consumption taxes
BRASILIA - Brazil's government submitted proposed rules to Congress on Wednesday to carry out a historic tax overhaul approved last year,...
Apr 26, 20242 min read
Hamas issues video showing Israeli-American hostage Goldberg-Polin
JERUSALEM -The Islamist movement Hamas published a video on Wednesday apparently showing Hersh Goldberg-Polin, an Israeli-American...
Apr 26, 20242 min read
Vale expects to reach final agreement for Mariana dam reparations in first half of year
RIO DE JANEIRO/BRASILIA - Mining company Vale expects to reach a final agreement with authorities for reparations for the collapse of the...
Apr 26, 20241 min read
Biden signs Ukraine aid, TikTok ban package after Republican battle
WASHINGTON -President Joe Biden signed a hard-fought bill into law on Wednesday that provides billions of dollars of new U.S. aid to...
Apr 26, 20243 min read
US TikTok bill sets up fight over free speech protections
The U.S. government set up a likely court showdown over the scope of TikTok's free speech protections under the U.S. Constitution after...
Apr 26, 20243 min read
Hundreds of students arrested across US in surging pro-Palestine protests
New York, April 25 - Hundreds of students have been arrested on US campuses as protests against Washington’s support for Israel are...
Apr 25, 20242 min read
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