Increasing medical school admissions based on scientific grounds: South Korean PM
Seoul, March 13 - South Korean Prime Minister Han Duck-soo on Wednesday said the government's decision to increase the medical school enrollment quota by 2,000 to address the shortage of doctors was based on scientific analysis.
Food prices in New Zealand see smallest annual increase in almost 3 years
Wellington, March 13 - New Zealand's food prices increased 2.1 per cent in the 12 months to February 2024, the smallest increase since May 2021, according to the statistics department Stats NZ on Wednesday.
Japan’s Space One rocket explodes after lift-off
Tokyo, March 13 - The inaugural rocket launch of Japanese company Space One failed on Wednesday as the Kairos rocket exploded seconds after lifting off, marking the first attempt from the country's private sector to put a satellite into orbit.
White House to send new $300 mn weapons package to Ukraine
Washington, March 13 - The US will send $300 million (£234 million) in military weapons to Ukraine, including ammunition, rockets and anti-aircraft missiles, the White House has said as quoted by media reports.
Putin critic Navalny’s ally Leonid Volkov attacked in Lithuania
Warsaw, March 13 - Leonid Volkov, a long-time ally of the late Russian Opposition leader Alexei Navalny, has been attacked outside his home in Lithuania, the media reported.
Biden clinches Democratic nomination, Trump likely to win GOP nod
Washington, March 13 - US President Joe Biden clinched the number of delegates needed to win the Democratic Party's nomination in primaries held on Tuesday. His predecessor Donald Trump will have won the Republican nomination by the end of the day.
US Rocket Lab launches Japanese radar-imaging satellite into orbit
New Delhi, March 12 - American aerospace manufacturer and launch service provider Rocket Lab on Tuesday carried a commercial radar-imaging satellite by Japanese company Synspective into the low Earth orbit.
Imran barred from holding meetings inside Adiala Jail for two weeks
Rawalpindi, March 12 - Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan has been barred from holding meetings inside the Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi for two weeks, as per a media report.
China considering military facilities in multiple locations including Pakistan: US intelligence
New Delhi, March 12 - China is reportedly considering pursuing military facilities in multiple locations, including Pakistan, Burma, Cuba, Equatorial Guinea, Seychelles, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Tanzania, and the UAE, as per the latest report by US Intelligence Community.
South Korean minister concerned over SNU medical professors’ resignation decision
Seoul, March 12 - South Korean Health Minister Cho Kyoo-hong on Tuesday expressed deep concerns over a decision by medical professors to resign unless there is a breakthrough in a prolonged walkout by trainee doctors, saying that such a collective action would pose
Yemen’s Houthis launch new attack on Red Sea cargo vessel
Sanaa, March 12 - Yemen's Houthi movement has launched a missile strike in the Red Sea against a vessel identified as the US ship Pinocchio, said the group's military spokesman, Yahya Sarea, on Tuesday.
South Korea providing consular assistance to its national arrested in Russia
Seoul, March 12 - South Korean foreign ministry on Tuesday said it has been providing consular assistance to its national arrested in Russia reportedly on espionage charges.
Citizenship Amendment Act rules notified
New Delhi, March 11 - The Union Home Ministry on Monday notified the rules for the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), paving the way for granting of citizenship to people of certain faiths facing persecution in neighbouring countries like Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan and
US sanctions against country caused $700 bn GDP loss: Venezuelan VP
Caracas, March 12 - Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodriguez has said the US sanctions against the country have caused losses of nearly $700 billion in GDP.
More Australians in favor of becoming independent middle power than US ally
Canberra, March 12 - More Australians believe the nation should aim to become an independent middle power than primarily an ally of the US, a poll has found.
‘Big win for human rights’: Hindus in Canada, US, UK laud CAA implementation
New Delhi, March 12 - Calling the government's decision to offer Indian citizenship to persecuted minorities a "big win for human rights", Hindu organisations across the US, the UK, and Canada on Tuesday hailed the announcement of the implementation of the Citizenship Amendment
UN chief calls for action as women’s rights face backsliding, violence
United Nations, March 12 - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has stressed the critical urgency of protecting women's rights, now endangered by regressing achievements, escalating violence, and a widening digital gender divide.
Belarus toughens army combat readiness amid NATO drills
Minsk, March 12 - Belarus has started a full-scale inspection of the combat readiness of the armed forces, in light of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO)'s exercises going on near its borders, said the Defense Ministry.
Netanyahu confirms January assassination of Hamas’ ‘No. 4’ in Lebanon
Jerusalem, March 12 - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has confirmed that the Israeli army was responsible for the killing of Saleh al-Arouri, deputy chairman of the political bureau of Hamas, in a controversial cross-border airstrike in Lebanon in January.
UN chief calls for Ramadan truce in Gaza, Sudan
United Nations, March 12 - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for ceasefires in Gaza and Sudan during the holy month of Ramadan.