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A mass resignation of trainee doctors in South Korea

Mon, Feb 19, 2024 at 8:58 am

( ) -q-22- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “other problems first.”

Trainee doctors in South Korea have begun resigning en masse in protest of a government plan to increase the number of medical students.

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TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting. South Korea’s Vice Health Minister Park Min-soo expressed “deep worries” over the trainee doctors’ action. He said the government ordered them to continue working.

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VERBATIM: The doctors’ action reportedly caused delays in surgeries and other treatments at hospitals, but no major disruptions occured. South Korean Health authorities say it’s urgent to have more doctors considering the country’s fast-aging population. But doctors say the government must use available resources to raise medical fees and resolve other problems first.

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Greg Clugston SRN News White House correspondent

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Jury selection in Trump’s NY criminal case to begin March 25

Sun, Feb 18, 2024 at 7:03 am

For the first time in history, a former American president is facing a criminal trial. We learned last week that jury selection for Donald Trump’s New York hush money case will begin the last week of March. A judge in Manhattan refused to delay the trial as requested by Trump’s legal team. The trial is expected to last several weeks and will force the former president to spend more time in a courtroom as he runs for the White House. Trump has pleaded not guilty to 34 counts stemming from payments to Stormy Daniels ahead of the 2016 presidential election.

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Bob Agnew SRN News U.S. Senate correspondent

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Senator Roger Marshall On Hand As Shots Rang Out At KC Chiefs Parade

Wed, Feb 14, 2024 at 6:10 pm
Among those to survive today’s (Wednesday’s) shooting in Kansas City was Senator Roger Marshall, on hand for the parade to celebrate the team’s 2nd consecutive Super Bowl. Marshall said in a statement he joined thousands of fans who came together to celebrate a great season and honor the Super Bowl victory he says “has brought so much joy to our state.” He also devribes himself devastated and angered and the act of violence that in his words “turned a day of celebration for our community into a complete tragedy. “ Senator Marhsall praised the first responders and said his prayers are with th victims and their families.
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Bernie Bennett SRN News U.S. House correspondent

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Michael Harrington SRN News religion desk editor

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So, who is an atheist in this country?

Thu, Feb 15, 2024 at 10:41 am

So, who is an atheist in this country?

VERBATIM: The Pew Research Center has been working on an answer. According to their polling, atheists are most likely to be men and are probably going to be on the younger side. And there’s not a whole lot of them. Only four percent of the U.S. population states that they do not believe that God exists. And that is WAY less than most of the leading countries in Western Europe. In fact, atheists make up 23% of France, 12% of the U.K. and 18% of Sweden. Michael Harrington, SRN News.

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WALL STREET BUSINESS REPORT 2-19

Mon, Feb 19, 2024 at 5:36 am

WALL STREET BUSINESS REPORT 2-19

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AM SPORTSCAST 2-19

Mon, Feb 19, 2024 at 5:35 am

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