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Survey finds Japan med schools admitting men at higher rates
September 5, 2018
Survey finds Japan med schools admitting men at higher rates
A government survey sparked by a discrimination scandal has found most Japanese medical schools admit male applicants at a…
South Korean envoys meet Kim in North to prepare for third summit
September 5, 2018
South Korean envoys meet Kim in North to prepare for third summit
South Korea said its envoys met with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Pyongyang on Wednesday to prepare…
UK seeks two Russians over spy poisoning
September 5, 2018
UK seeks two Russians over spy poisoning
British prosecutors said Wednesday they have a European arrest warrant for two Russians suspected of a nerve agent attack…
Vice President Pence calls for release of jailed Reuters journalists
September 5, 2018
Vice President Pence calls for release of jailed Reuters journalists
US Vice President Mike Pence on Tuesday called on Myanmar’s government to reverse a court ruling that imprisoned two…
Damning Woodward book depicts ‘Crazytown’ Trump White House
September 5, 2018
Damning Woodward book depicts ‘Crazytown’ Trump White House
President Donald Trump’s White House is mired in a perpetual “nervous breakdown” with staff battling to rein in the…
Typhoon kills 10 in Japan, boats move stranded passengers from airport
September 5, 2018
Typhoon kills 10 in Japan, boats move stranded passengers from airport
A powerful typhoon killed 10 people in western Japan and an airport company started to transfer some 3,000 stranded…
US, Canada to try to salvage three-country NAFTA
September 5, 2018
US, Canada to try to salvage three-country NAFTA
Efforts to salvage the North American Free Trade Agreement as a three-country pact are due to resume Wednesday…
Amid problems, Macron names new environment minister in reshuffle
September 4, 2018
Amid problems, Macron names new environment minister in reshuffle
French President Emmanuel Macron appointed a former Green lawmaker as his new environment minister on Tuesday, hoping to…
Myanmar media, activists condemn conviction of Reuters reporters
September 4, 2018
Myanmar media, activists condemn conviction of Reuters reporters
Several Myanmar news outlets and dozens of civil society groups denounced the jailing of two Reuters reporters for seven…
Vietnam jails two Vietnamese-Americans for 14 years over bomb plots
September 4, 2018
Vietnam jails two Vietnamese-Americans for 14 years over bomb plots
A Vietnamese court found two Vietnamese-Americans guilty of terrorism on Wednesday and sentenced them to 14 years in prison…