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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Junior doctors in South Korea have four days to end their walkouts or they will have their medical licenses suspended and face prosecution, the government said Monday. About 9,000 medical interns and residents have stayed off the job since early last week to protest a government plan to increase medical school admissions by about 65%. …

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Only a week after he was delivering groceries to make ends meet, the 2,930th-ranked golfer Joe Dean finished tied for second at the Kenya Open on Sunday to earn himself more than $200,000 and a huge shot of confidence for the future. “I don’t think it’s sunk in yet,” the Englishman said. “It’s what people dream …

CIUDAD DEL VATICANO (AP) — El papa Francisco se sintió suficiente bien el domingo como para celebrar su oración semanal del Ángelus desde su ventana sobre la Plaza de San Pedro, un día después de cancelar un compromiso por tener gripe. Un escueto anuncio del sábado del servicio de prensa del Vaticano dice que el pontífice de 87 años de …

PARIS (AP) — The Eiffel Tower reopened to visitors on Sunday after a six-day closure because of striking employees demanding better maintenance of the historic landmark, showing traces of rust, and salary hikes. The operator of the 330-meter (1,083-foot) tower said in a statement it reached an agreement with unions representing the workers after promising to allocate an “ambitious 380 …

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Sunday announced an advertising campaign to combat proposals in several Republican-controlled states to prohibit out-of-state travel for abortions and other reproductive care. The multistate ad campaign and an online petition effort will launch Monday, beginning with a TV commercial about a measure under consideration in Tennessee. The so-called “abortion trafficking” bill …

KIEV, Ucrania (AP) — El presidente ucraniano Volodymyr Zelenskyy dijo el domingo que 31.000 soldados ucranianos han muerto en acción en los dos años desde que Rusia lanzó su invasión plena. Zelenskyy dijo que la cifra era mucho menor que las estimaciones dadas por el gobierno del presidente ruso Vladímir Putin. “31.000 militares ucranianos han muerto en esta guerra. No …

CIUDAD DEL CABO, Sudáfrica (AP) — Nueve personas murieron en un accidente vial en Sudáfrica el domingo, luego de asistir a un evento de campaña del presidente Cyril Ramaphosa y su partido Congreso Nacional Africano. Los partidarios del ANC viajaban en autobús de regreso a su provincia de Mpumalanga la mañana después del evento celebrado el sábado en la ciudad …

WESTROZEBEKE, Belgium (AP) — It was the puddles of green sludge left by the tires of massive tractors in western Belgium’s industrial farmlands that drew the attention of biological engineer Ineke Maes. The slime was destructive algae, the result of the excess of chemicals used by farmers to boost their crops, but at a high cost to nature. Maes had …

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and Utah Gov. Spencer Cox disagree on many issues but they were united Saturday in calling for less bitterness in politics and more bipartisanship. “Politics has gotten too personally bitter,” said Biden, who has practiced politics since he was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1972. “It’s just not like it was.” The Democratic …

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Kansas man has pleaded guilty to smashing into a Kansas City, Missouri, patrol car last year and killing an officer, his K-9 partner and a pedestrian. Jerron Lightfoot of Tonganoxie, Kansas, pleaded guilty Friday to two counts of involuntary manslaughter and admitted speeding through a red light before the crash, according to the Kansas …