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Pope urges governments to tackle demographic crisis
Reuters, Published on 10/05/2024
» ROME - Governments have to implement "serious and effective" policies in favour of families to tackle the issues of falling birth rates and aging populations, Pope Francis said on Friday, urging young people to have confidence in the future.
Japan population down for 13th straight year
Kyodo News, Published on 12/04/2024
» KYODO - Japan's population fell 595,000 from a year earlier to total 124,352,000 as of Oct 1, declining for the 13th consecutive year, government data showed Friday.
India ‘to build $3.7bn Myanmar border fence’
Published on 27/03/2024
» NEW DELHI - India plans to spend nearly US$3.7 billion to fence its porous 1,610-kilometre border with Myanmar within about a decade, said a source with direct knowledge of the matter, to prevent smuggling and other illegal activities.
Heiress to let 50 strangers decide fate of her fortune
Published on 15/03/2024
» Marlene Engelhorn hadn’t given much thought to the wealth that surrounded her as she grew up. She always considered the fortune, inherited from Friedrich Engelhorn, the 19th-century founder of the German chemical giant BASF, to be her family’s money rather than hers.
South Korea needs foreign workers, but often fails to protect them
New York Times, Published on 02/03/2024
» POCHEON, South Korea — Samsung phones. Hyundai cars. LG televisions. South Korean exports are available in virtually every corner of the world. But the nation is more dependent than ever before on an import to keep its factories and farms humming: foreign labour.
Israeli PM reveals ‘day after’ plan
Published on 23/02/2024
» JERUSALEM - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has presented his first official “day after” plan for the Gaza Strip once the war there ends, saying Israel will keep security control over all Palestinian areas and make reconstruction of Gaza dependent on its demilitarisation.
Prabowo claims victory in Indonesian poll
Published on 14/02/2024
» JAKARTA - Indonesian Defence Minister Prabowo Subianto is poised to be the country’s next leader on his third try for the presidency.
China teachers facing uncertainty with falling birth rate
South China Morning Post, Published on 13/02/2024
» Regarded as one of the "iron rice bowls" of China, teaching has remained a much sought-after option for Chinese jobseekers in an era of economic uncertainty.
India ends free border movement with Myanmar, citing security
Published on 08/02/2024
» India has decided to withdraw the free land movement arrangement with Myanmar, citing rising migration that’s stoking security concerns.
70,000 migrants intercepted by Tunisia in 2023: official
AFP, Published on 10/12/2023
» TUNIS - Close to 70,000 migrants were intercepted trying to cross the Mediterranean from Tunisia to Italy this year, more than double the 2022 figure, the Tunisian National Guard told AFP on Saturday.