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SEOUL, March 4 (Reuters) - South Korea’s health minister said on Monday authorities will start inspecting hospitals in order to take legal action against trainee doctors who have ignored an ultimatum to end a walkout over government plans to increase medical school admissions....

Mourners chant ‘Navalny’ as coffin carried past...

KUCOVA, Albania, March 4 (Reuters) - NATO member Albania, which has no fighter jets of its own, opened a rebuilt Soviet-era air base to serve NATO aircraft on Monday amid an increased threat from Russia, Prime Minister Edi Rama said....

March 4 (Reuters) - Low-cost air carriers JetBlue Airways (JBLU.O), opens new tab and Spirit Airlines (SAVE.N), opens new tab canceled their $3.8-billion merger agreement on Monday, seeing no path forward after a U.S. judge blocked the deal in January on anti-competition concerns....

BEIJING, March 4 (Reuters) - China’s Premier Li Qiang will not hold a press conference after the close of this year’s annual parliamentary meeting, an official said on Monday, ending a tradition maintained for three decades....

Videogame maker Electronic Arts (EA.O) , opens new tab said on Wednesday it would reduce 5% of its workforce, as the industry struggles to grow amid high interest rates....

“Nuclear-weapon states should negotiate and conclude a treaty on no-first-use of nuclear weapons against each other or make a political statement in this regard,” Sun said....

Nvidia CEO says AI could pass human tests in five years::Nvidia Chief Executive Jensen Huang on Friday said that artificial general intelligence could - by some definitions - arrive in as little as five years.

COPENHAGEN, March 2 (Reuters) - Soren Pape Poulsen, the leader of Denmark’s opposition Conservative People’s Party, died on Saturday after suffering a cerebral hemorrhage, his party said. He was 52.

QUITO/MEXICO CITY, March 1 (Reuters) - Ecuador has requested Mexico’s permission to enter that country’s embassy in Quito and arrest former Ecuadorean Vice-President Jorge Glas, the Ecuadorean Foreign Ministry said on Friday....

ADEN, Yemen, March 2 (Reuters) - The UK-owned Rubymar, attacked by Houthi militants last month, has sunk in the Red Sea, Yemen’s internationally recognised government said on Saturday, warning of an “environmental catastrophe” from the ship’s cargo of fertiliser....

March 2 (Reuters) - Norway’s King Harald had a temporary pacemaker implanted on Saturday at a hospital in Malaysia after falling ill while on holiday there, the Norwegian royal household said....

ANKARA, March 2 (Reuters) - Turkey’s exports to Russia in February fell 33% year on year to $670 million, trade ministry data showed on Saturday.

A Russian-American detained in Russia on a treason charge carrying up to 20 years in prison told her boyfriend “it’s safe there” before she travelled to see relatives in Yekaterinburg, the woman’s former mother-in-law said....

Draft heads to cabinet for approval next month, minister says...

Musk’s Neuralink brain implant company cited by FDA over animal lab issues::U.S. Food and Drug Administration inspectors found problems with record keeping and quality controls for animal experiments at Elon Musk’s Neuralink, less than a month after the startup said it was cleared to test its brain implants in humans,...

Veteran left-wing political maverick George Galloway won a vote to become the new lawmaker for the English town of Rochdale on Friday, vowing to be a thorn in the side for the opposition Labour Party before a national election it is tipped to win....

U.S. Food and Drug Administration inspectors found problems with record keeping and quality controls for animal experiments at Elon Musk’s Neuralink, less than a month after the startup said it was cleared to test its brain implants in humans, according to an agency report reviewed by Reuters....