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Ivan Korcok, a veteran diplomat hostile to the Kremlin, and Peter Pellegrini, a Russia-friendly politician allied with Slovakia’s populist prime minister, will face each other in a runoff.

The vote on Wednesday was a big test for President Yoon Suk Yeol, who has forged closer ties with the United States and Japan but whose domestic agenda has stalled.

Thousands of interns and residents who stopped working in February are testing the public’s high regard for physicians. But there is also anger at the government.

This week’s parliamentary elections are widely seen as a referendum on both President Yoon Suk Yeol and his archrival, Lee Jae-myung, the opposition leader.

Tehran promises major retaliation, and the danger of a miscalculation is ever-present. But neither side wants a major shooting war, given the stakes.

As war beat a path through southern and eastern Ukraine, most of the population fled. But other residents have hunkered down, unable — or unwilling — to leave.

Experts said it was the first time an international court determined that governments were legally obligated to meet their climate targets under human rights law.

Rescue efforts in the city were centered on two buildings, one of which appeared near collapse. Some roads to the region were cut off.

The magnitude-7.4 quake was followed by more than 200 aftershocks. Dozens of people were trapped. Two buildings in the city of Hualien teetered perilously.

The area, known for a famous gorge and aquamarine waters, sits on several active faults.