Let’s take a look at the latest news in ‘The World Now’. Hurricane Beryl made landfall in southeast Texas on Monday morning, killing at least two people, closing ports and airports, and leaving more than two million people without power. Having been the season’s earliest Category 5 hurricane on record when it hit the Caribbean … Read more
In other news. Korea’s first digital agricultural complex based on AI technology is in operation in the city of Naju in the Jeollanam-do Province. Our Lee Eun-jin has a look. This tractor is unmanned, but it moves along the field automatically and prepares the land for farming. After completing its task, a drone returns to … Read more
Back on the domestic front. Health authorities are lifting their administrative actions on doctors in training who remain engaged in collective action in hopes of encouraging their return to hospitals. Lee Eun-hee has details. It’s been five months since trainee doctors left their posts, and on Monday the government announced it will not take any … Read more
Over in the Middle East. Israel has initiated a fresh offensive in Gaza City on Monday claiming the presence of Hamas facilities in the area. Thousands of Palestinians fled following an evacuation warning with Israeli tanks re-entering central parts of the city. Despite the warning ahead of the attacks Gaza’s Health Ministry says at least … Read more
Meanwhile in a written interview with Reuters ahead of the NATO summit in Washington this week President Yoon Suk Yeol claimed Russia needs to choose between the two Koreas and that the future of Seoul’s interactions with Moscow depends on the latter’s actions. Accordingly in this next report our Ahn Sung-jin covers the Kremlin’s response. … Read more
U.S. President Joe Biden has called for unity within his party for his re-election campaign as Congressional Democrats are poised to meet Tuesday morning. Our Moon Hye-ryeon covers his remarks. U.S. President Joe Biden is fighting back against criticism of his mental fitness and viability following a poor debate performance against Donald Trump last month. … Read more
Russia’s most brutal bombardment of Ukrainian cities in some four months on Monday also targeted a children’s hospital in Kyiv. Lee Seung-jae reports. Russia launched large-scale airstrikes across Ukraine on Monday before U.S. President Joe Biden welcomes NATO leaders to Washington. Citing Ukrainian officials, the Associated Press reported that at least 31 people were killed, … Read more
Over on Wall Street, the S&P 500 and the tech-heavy Nasdaq hit new record highs again on Monday. The S&P 500 rose five-point-six-six points, up zero-point-one percent from the previous trading day to close at 5-thousand-572-point-eight-five. The Nasdaq jumped 50-point-nine-eight points, up zero-point-two-eight percent from the previous trading session, to close at 18-thousand-403-point-seven-four. Both indexes … Read more
Hyundai Motor Company’s management and labor union have reached a tentative agreement on wages, shutting down a strike by workers scheduled for Wednesday. During a 12th round of negotiations on Monday, representatives from both sides agreed to a basic salary hike of just over 80 U.S. dollars per month, the largest negotiated increase of its … Read more
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