Year: 2024

By JIWON SONG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Hundreds of South Korean doctors have rallied in the capital Seoul and other cities against a government plan to boost the number of medical students. Doctors’ groups say increasing the number of medical students by 2,000 starting in 2025 is too steep. They want officials

MOSCOW (AP) — A liberal Russian politician has lost an appeal contesting the decision by election official barring him from running in next month’s vote that President Vladimir Putin is all but certain to win. Boris Nadezhdin had made calling for halting the conflict in Ukraine his chief campaign slogan and his removal from the

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Lawmakers in Norway have slammed a decision this week by a southern city to only take in Ukrainian refugees and not others, claiming they’ll integrate easier into the society. The government and the opposition also said they consider the decision by the council in Drammen to be in violation of Norwegian

GENEVA (AP) — Switzerland’s government plans to boost its defense spending by up to 19% over the next four years. It cites rising global instability, including wars in Ukraine and the Middle East. The Swiss defense minister says cost-cutting over the last 30 years has weakened the army. The extra funding is to be used

By ERIC OLSON AP Sports Writer IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Caitlin Clark wasted no time becoming the NCAA women’s career scoring leader Thursday night, taking less than three minutes to score the eight points she needed to break Kelsey Plum’s record. The Iowa star who has brought unprecedented attention to women’s basketball surpassed the

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is giving airports $970 million for improvements in terminals including things like wider concourses, new baggage-handling systems, and more gates. The White House announced the new grant spending on Thursday. The money will go to 114 airports in 44 states, and it comes from a $5 billion grant program

PODGORICA, Montenegro (AP) — Montenegrin state television says a fire killed two children and two women in a makeshift Roma settlement. The report on RTCG TV says that the fire erupted around 4.30a.m. on Thursday in the southern Adriatic Sea town of Bar. It was not immediately clear what caused the fire and the age

By LORNE COOK and GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO’s chief is warning member countries not to allow a wedge to be driven between the United States and Europe. Concern is growing in Europe about the future U.S. commitment to NATO should Donald Trump return to office. With a war in Ukraine weighing

By KIM TONG-HYUNG and JIWON SONG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s presidential office claims that the country’s move to establish diplomatic relations with Cuba would deal a “political and psychological blow” to its war-divided rival North Korea, whose diplomatic footing is largely dependent on a small number of Cold War allies.

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Officials say a search and rescue mission is underway after a cargo ship with six crew members on board sank in the Turkish inland Sea of Marmara, off Istanbul, amid high waves. The Turkish cargo ship, Batuhan A, was carrying dolomite used to manufacture cement, to the Turkish port of Gemlik

By ILLIA NOVIKOV and EMMA BURROWS Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A missile strike on the Russian city of Belgorod near the Ukraine border on Thursday killed six people, including a child, and injured 18 others, a Russian official said. It was the latest in exchanges of long-range missile and rocket fire in Russia’s