Presidential office rules out deferring med school admissions increase

SEOUL – The government has no plans to defer the planned increase of medical school admissions set to start next year, a presidential official said Monday. The...

Gaza children dying of hunger – WFP chief

Embracing digital spaces: How older immigrants are navigating the infodemic

Occurring in tandem with the COVID-19 pandemic, another crisis was quietly escalating and unnoticed by many — an infodemic characterized by an overload of information, much...

Biden steps up pressure on Israel − using the key levers available against an ally with strong domestic support

The fraying relationship between the U.S. and Israel over the latter country’s conduct of its war in Gaza got even worse on April 4, 2024, several...

China holds drill in South China Sea in response to 4-nation exercise

ANKARA – China’s military on Sunday conducted a naval and air patrol in the disputed South China Sea, the same day the Philippines, the US, Japan...

Nicaragua breaks ties with Ecuador after raid on Mexican embassy

BOGOTA, Columbia – Nicaragua on Saturday broke “all diplomatic relations” with Ecuador after police forcibly broke into the Mexican Embassy in Quito and arrested former Ecuadorian Vice...

Global food prices up after 7-month downward trend

ISTANBUL – The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) food price index rose 1.3 points, or 1.1 percent, to 118.3 points in March compared to February, increasing...

McDonald’s to buy Israeli franchise restos amid boycott calls

ISTANBUL – Fast food giant McDonald’s said Thursday it will buy all of its 225 restaurants in Israel after an agreement with franchise Alonyal Ltd., which has...

Genetically modified pig kidney ‘transplanted’ into brain-dead person

ISTANBUL – Researchers in China have made a breakthrough in science after “successfully transplanting a genetically modified pig kidney into a brain-dead person,” state-run media reported...

Xi and Biden spoke on the phone for 105 minutes: what does this say about their relationship?

US president, Joe Biden, and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jingping, talked on the phone this week for the first time since meeting in November. While the...