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Physicians vow to oppose the government's plan to increase medical school quotas.
In response to an impending physician shortage and a widening regional disparity in medical resources, the government is anticipated to encounter massive opposition from physicians regarding its imminent plan to drastically increase the enrollment quota of medical schools.
The Yoon Suk ...
Pyongyang has effectively negated the inter-Korean military pact, according to the minister of unification.
Unification Minister Kim Yung-ho stated on Wednesday that Pyongyang has effectively nullified the inter-Korean agreement meant to reduce military tensions and that it is "wrong" for Seoul to continue to adhere to it alone.
Speaking at the National Assembly's audit of the Y...
On Chuseok, Yoon hosts a luncheon meeting with Korean atomic explosion victims in Hiroshima.
On the occasion of the Chuseok holiday, President Yoon Suk Yeol convened a luncheon with a group of Korean victims of the 1945 atomic bombing in Hiroshima.
The meeting at Cheong Wa Dae's Yeongbin-gwan guesthouse with 42 atomic bombing victims and family members from Japan and 43 oth...
Yoon condemns NK provocations and calls for increased NATO security.
In a summit held on Wednesday in Vilnius, Lithuania, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol denounced North Korea's most recent intercontinental ballistic missile launch and requested a stronger collective response from NATO.
Yoon condemned the launch and urged the international commu...
In April, Japan and South Korea will hold their first security discussions in five years.
According to a diplomatic source on Monday, preparations are being made for the first working-level security talks between Japan and South Korea in more than five years to take place next month, ahead of a planned visit by President Yoon Suk Yeol to the United States.
As Tokyo and Seoul...
Korea's leader has pledged to take the initiative in bringing supply chain stability to the world.
Thursday (local time), President Yoon Suk Yeol gave a special address at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, promising that Korea would play a leading role in facilitating international cooperation and solidarity, which he emphasized as the key solutions to addressing the variou...
Threat from North Korea's missile testing, nuclear ambitions cited by South Korean leader
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol warned Tuesday that North Korea's increasing number of missile tests, its developing nuclear goals, and other provocative activities represent a major threat that might lead to a disastrous miscalculation and trigger a wider confrontation. While playing do...
The use of drones by the South Korean military in an attack on the North was justified as a "exercise in self-defence,"
On Monday, the opposition party claimed that South Korean drones dispatched to North Korea violated the inter-Korean peace. The military, however, said that the South was only exercising its right to self-defence. Five North Korean drones violated a 2018 military deal agreed between the two sides...
Images from the past harken back to the heyday of Abu Dhabi pearl diving
The crew of a pearling sambuk dhow prepares to set sail in shallow waters off the coast of Abu Dhabi.
While a drummer beats out a rhythm for their work, some pull on the massive oars, while others hoist the heavy mainsail to haul up the mast.
With nets already dangling over th...
Extended campaigning hours are welcomed by Johor election candidates
Parties who were dissatisfied with the Covid-19 Standard Operating Procedure (SOP), which required them to close at 10 p.m. every day, have welcomed the extension of campaigning hours till midnight.
Prime Minister Datuk Ismail Sabri granted the extension after meeting with Pakatan Harap...
The UK Invests 26 billion Pounds in Technology
The United Kingdom has invested a record-breaking 26 billion pounds in technology in 2021, which is 2.3 times more than the investment in 2020. On the other hand, entire Europe combined has invested 50 billion more pounds in technology this year.
This means that 35 percent of all the mo...
The UK Telemedicine Market is expected to grow at CAGR 4.7% by 2029
In 2021, Telemedicine Clinic, partnered with Alliance Medical and Doncaster Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) and started providing reporting services for low dose CT scans as part of the UK NHS’s Targeted National Lung Health Check programme.
The project in Doncaster is part of ...
UK’S SFO INVESTIGATING GFG ALLIANCE LED BY SANJEEV GUPTA
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- The Serious Fraud Office or SFO of UK said that, it has been investigating the GFG Alliance led by Sanjeev Gupta
- The SFO said that, its investigation is covering the financial arrangement of the company with the Greensill Capital UK Ltd
DR ANTHONY FAUCI WARNS THE UK COVID-19 VARIANT IS GROWING THREAT IN THE US
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• Dr. Fauci said the United States recorded its first case of the UK variant in later part of December and since then it has been detected in 50 jurisdictions in US
• The variant results in a 50 percent in transmission as compared to the original strain sa...
UK POLICE WARNED STUDENTS TO AVOID USING A SCIENCE WEBSITE
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- The UK police have wanted the students to avoid using a science website
- The website allows the users to illegally access the millions of scientific research papers
The UK police have warned the students in the United King...
US TO SUSPEND RETALIATORY TARIFFS ON UK PRODUCTS
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• According to the statement issued by the UK government on Thursday, the tariff suspension will be lasting for four months in order to focus on negotiating a balanced settlement to the disputes
• By removing tariffs on the commerce between the two countri...
SOUTH AFRICAN CORONAVIRUS STRAIN MIGHT BE VACCINE-RESISTANT
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• The likelihood of the coronavirus being completely wiped off Earth is minimal
• The best way would be to keep...
EDITORS IN UK CALL ON MINISTERS TO PROTECT FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT
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- The editors in the United Kingdom have been calling on the ministers for protecting the freedom of the information Act
- The act has been following the criticism, which the public have been unfairly obstructed
The editors o...
UK COVID-19 VARIANT IS SPREADING RAPIDLY ACROSS THE US
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• This report was posted on the MedRxiv server and was drafted by more than 50 scientists from leading US universities and research centres, and comes up with data to support a CDC forecast
• These findings show that B.1.1.7 will likely become the dominant...
MIKE LYNCH, CO-FOUNDER OF AUTONOMY TO START HIS BATTLE AGAINST EXTRADITION TO US
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• Mike Lynch has been charged with 14 cases of fraud and conspiracy linked to the sale of older company to Hewlett-Packard in 2011 for a whopping sum of $11.6 billion
• The extradition hearing will begin on Tuesday at Westminster Magistrates Court where hi...