By Hyunsu Yim SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea said on Thursday its medical schools will accept almost 1,500 additional students next year, pressing ahead with an admissions hike that has caused trainee doctors across the country to go on strike. The government said the hike is necessary to address a doctor shortage, arguing that unless …
BEIJING (Reuters) – China aims to reduce the carbon dioxide emissions of key industries by an amount equivalent to about 1% of the 2023 national total through efficiency gains in everything from steel production to transportation, according to a government plan released on Wednesday. China, the world’s top energy consumer and largest greenhouse gas emitter, …
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BEIJING (Reuters) -China wants to work with Arab nations to resolve hot spot issues in ways conducive to upholding fairness, justice and achieving long-term peace and stability, President Xi Jinping said in a speech on Thursday that also highlighted the Gaza crisis. China is seeking to strengthen its relations with Arab states as a model …
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By Jessie Pang and James Pomfret HONG KONG (Reuters) – Owen Chow has spent most of the past four years in prison and in repeated court hearings, fighting charges carrying a possible life sentence – a far cry from his days as a nursing student and one of thousands supporting Hong Kong’s democratic freedoms. The …
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SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea fired a ballistic missile off its east coast, Yonhap News Agency reported on Thursday, citing South Korea’s military. (Reporting by Ju-min Park; Editing by Chris Reese)
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The United States on Wednesday accused China’s leadership of supporting Russia’s war in Ukraine and warned that Beijing could face further sanctions in response from the United States and other NATO countries. Speaking to reporters on a visit to Brussels, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell said there was an urgent …
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KARACHI (Reuters) – Four Pakistanis were killed and two were injured late on Tuesday night, when Iranian forces opened fire in the restive southwestern province of Balochistan in Pakistan, officials said. The shooting took place near the Pakistan-Iran border, in Washuk District, confirmed Umar Jamali, additional deputy commissioner. Naeem Umrani, deputy commissioner Washuk, said an …
By Michael Martina WASHINGTON (Reuters) -China will send two young giant pandas to Washington, the United States’ National Zoo said on Wednesday, months after the zoo returned three of the bears amid heightened tensions between the two global superpowers. The announcement follows increased engagement between Washington and Beijing that has put ties on a steadier …
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(Reuters) – If the jury in Donald Trump’s criminal hush money trial finds him guilty, the U.S. could face an unprecedented outcome: A prison sentence for a former president, who is one of the world’s most divisive people. That would force authorities to consider whether Trump, who is entitled to lifetime protection by the U.S. …
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By Jack Kim and Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korea sent hundreds of balloons carrying trash and excrement across the heavily fortified border to South Korea on Wednesday, calling them “gifts of sincerity”, prompting an angry response from Seoul, which said the act was base and dangerous. Photographs released by the South Korean military showed …
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