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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Thousands of junior doctors in South Korea have been refusing to see patients and attend surgeries since they walked off the job Feb. 20 in response to the government’s push to recruit more medical students. As of Tuesday, about 8,940 medical interns and residents have left their worksites in protest, disrupting the operations of major …

AMSTERDAM (AP) — A Dutch court convicted 17 suspects on Tuesday in the long-running trial of an underworld gang that planned a string of killings. Judges handed life sentences to three of them, including the gang’s “undisputed leader,” Ridouan Taghi, once the Netherlands most-wanted fugitive. The trial and three more murders linked to the case have enthralled and rattled the …

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Hungary’s parliament approved Sweden’s application to join NATO on Monday, paving the way for the Scandinavian country to become the alliance’s 32nd member. Hungary was the last holdout after Turkey agreed to Sweden’s accession in January. Newcomers need to be approved by all existing NATO members. Once neutral Sweden and neighboring Finland decided to seek NATO membership …

CIUDAD DE PANAMÁ (AP) — Con la ausencia del expresidente Ricardo Martinelli, siete de los ocho candidatos a las elecciones presidenciales de Panamá del 5 de mayo se enfrascaron el lunes en el primero de tres debates, en el que abundaron las recriminaciones y exhortaciones a erradicar la corrupción de “cuello blanco” en el país centroamericano. “Los mayores ladrones están …

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australian police on Tuesday found the bodies of a couple shot and killed by an ex-boyfriend, who happened to be a police officer, hours after he admitted to killing and hiding them under rocks and debris on a rural property. The remains of former television reporter Jesse Baird, 26, and his flight attendant partner Luke Davies, …

Associates of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny said Monday that talks were underway shortly before his death to exchange him for a Russian imprisoned in Germany. “Alexei Navalny could have been sitting here now, today. It’s not a figure of speech,” Maria Pevchikh, a close associate who lives outside Russia, said in a video statement posted on social media. She …

HARARE, Zimbabue (AP) — Un turista australiano ha desaparecido en el Parque Nacional de las Cataratas de Victoria en Zimbabue, informó el portavoz del departamento de parques del país africano. Tinashe Farawo, vocero de la Autoridad de Parques y Vida Silvestre de Zimbabue, dijo a The Associated Press que el turista desapareció en el vasto bosque el viernes. “Tenemos a …

KIEV, Ucrania (AP) — Zelenskyy dice que 31.000 soldados ucranianos han muerto desde que comenzó la invasión rusa.

LONDON (AP) — The U.K.’s governing Conservative Party has suspended ties with one if its lawmakers after he accused London Mayor Sadiq Khan of being controlled by Islamists, as tensions over the Israel-Hamas war roil British politics. The party said on Saturday that Lee Anderson was suspended after he refused to apologize for remarks made about Khan in a television …

Un turista hace salto en bungee en Colombia, nadadores se lanzan desde un muelle en Perú y fiesteros bailan en el último día del Carnaval en Bolivia, mientras católicos de toda la región conmemoran el inicio de la Cuaresma. Los mexicanos se manifestaron para reclamar autonomía electoral en los comicios generales de junio y, en Paraguay, exdetenidos celebraron la condena …