Thousands of senior doctors rallied in Seoul on Mar. 3 to express their support for junior doctors who have been on strike for nearly two weeks. (AP Video/Yong Jun Chang) Thousands of senior doctors rallied in Seoul on Mar. 3 to express their support for junior doctors who have been on strike for nearly two
The La Cumbre volcano on Fernandina Island, the third largest in the Galapagos, has begun a new eruption. The Geophysical Institute of Ecuador said a “thermal anomaly and a gas emission” were detected near midnight Sunday, Mar.3 at the 1,476-meter volcano, which registered eruptive activity in 2018 and 2020. The La Cumbre volcano on Fernandina
HELSINKI (AP) — NATO will kick off an exercise on Monday to defend its newly expanded Nordic territory when more than 20,000 soldiers from 13 nations take part in drills lasting nearly two weeks in the northern regions of Finland, Norway and Sweden. With over 4,000 Finnish soldiers taking part, the Norway-led Nordic Response 2024
BEIJING (AP) — The Chinese government said Monday it is eliminating an annual news conference by the premier that was one of the only times a top Chinese leader took questions from the news media.Lou Qinjian, the spokesperson for the National People’s Congress, said on the eve of the opening of the annual session of
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s government began steps Monday to suspend the medical licenses of thousands of striking junior doctors, days after they missed a government-set deadline to end their joint walkouts, which have severely impacted hospital operations.Nearly 9,000 medical interns and residents have been on strike for two weeks to protest a
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico is almost certainly about to get its first woman president. Ruling-party candidate Claudia Sheinbaum leads in polls on the race leading to the June 2 vote. The second-place candidate is also a woman. A man running for a small third party essentially has no chance of winning. Popular President Andrés
NEW YORK (AP) — Omar Abu Kuwaik is far from his home in Gaza. The 4-year-old’s parents and sister were killed by an Israeli airstrike, when he lost part of his arm. He’s one of the lucky ones. Omar Abu Kuwaik poses for a photo at the Global Medical Relief Fund residence, Wednesday, Jan. 17
TRUCKEE, Calif. (AP) — A powerful blizzard that closed highways and ski resorts had mostly moved through the Sierra Nevada by early Monday but forecasters warned that more snow was on the way for Northern California mountains. Sections of Interstate 80 to the west and north of Lake Tahoe were still shut down late Sunday
BOSTON (AP) — Regina Lawless hit a professional high at 40, becoming the first director of diversity and inclusion for Instagram. But after her husband died suddenly in 2021, she pondered whether she had neglected her personal life and what it means for Black woman to succeed in the corporate world.While she felt supported in
WASHINGTON (AP) — Already struggling to keep his Chinatown bar afloat, Yousef Tellawi felt a sense of impending doom when he learned that the owner of Washington’s Capitals and Wizards wanted to move the teams out of the neighborhood and into northern Virginia.The departure of the teams from their home at Capital One Arena, he
