Thousands of South Korean medical students are set to return to classes after a 17-month long boycott, the Korean Medical Association has announced. Trainee doctors walked out to oppose government plans to increase medical school admissions, arguing it would lower the quality of the education they received.

Poland has finalized a deal to acquire a second batch of 180 South Korean tanks under a 2022 agreement that will eventually see Warsaw boost its arsenal with almost 1,000 of the armored vehicles.

Seoul, South Korea — Russia’s foreign minister warned the U.S., South Korea and Japan against forming a security partnership targeting North Korea as he visited his country's ally for talks on further solidifying their booming military and other cooperation.

In the Midwest, quarter-sized hail and an isolated tornado cannot be ruled out, while in the South, flood alerts are in effect for areas that were devastated by flash floods last week.

Valerie Williams moved to South Carolina with her husband and two kids in 2019, looking for a change, but didn't consider how different it would be.

Thunderstorms moving through Colorado’s mountains could bring heavy rain, large hail and wind gusts to parts of the south metro and Interstate 25 corridor.

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Just a week had remained before scientists in South Africa were to begin clinical trials of an HIV vaccine, and hopes were high for another step toward limiting one of history’s deadliest pandemics. Then the email arrived.

Gov. Gavin Newsom of California met with Democratic voters in an early primary state that has become pivotal in presidential races.

Shell has been granted environmental authorisation to drill up to five deep-water wells off South Africa's west coast, the company said on Friday. The oil major applied for authorisation last year and plans to drill exploration or appraisal wells in the Northern Cape Ultra Deep Block in the Orange Basin,

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