which aims to recruit primary care physicians and psychiatrists to the rural health system in part with a promise of medical school loan forgiveness.

Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido called for new demonstrations on Wednesday after a day of violent street protests that began with his call for the countrys military commanders to join him and turn against President Nicolas Maduro.Maduros military brass did not heed the call.

government -- that hasnt happened yet.who are suffering from the famine and poverty Maduro has overseen for years.Secretary of State Mike Pompeo claimed on Tuesday that Maduro is being propped up by foreign forces.

and Russia dismissed the claim as part of the information war being waged by the U.tweeting with a hashtag in Spanish that translates; With everyone to the streets!But Maduro appeared on Venezuelan state television overnight alongside the countrys top military leaders.

and by Tuesday evening the embattled president had declared what he dubbed an attempted coup against him quashed.

He was flanked in the video by roughly two dozen military sympathizers.Russian and Ukrainian soldiers have clashed for months in the battle for Bakhmuta small industrial city with a pre-war population of 70.

said in an assessment published Thursday that Ukrainian forces likely broke through some Russian lines in counterattacks near Bakhmut.He said in a letter to Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu that the Wagner Group controls 95 percent of Bakhmut but that units under the control of Russias armed forces had been successfully counterattacked by Ukraine.

Russias Defense Ministry said in a statement.Russian forces have been attacking Ukrainian troops as part of an offensive to encircle Bakhmut in Ukraines eastern Donbas region.