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Manila fears post-pandemic baby boom
Published on 06/06/2020
» MANILA: The Philippines has intensified its family-planning programmes amid concern that the coronavirus outbreak could result in a population boom.
Sonic boom from fighter jet rattles Paris
AFP, Published on 30/09/2020
» PARIS: A thunderous noise that panicked residents of Paris Wednesday was caused by the sonic boom of a fighter jet breaking the sound barrier, police in the French capital said.
Cities under strain: India's predicted urban boom
AFP, Published on 08/11/2022
» MUMBAI: India is projected to see an explosion in its urban population in the coming decades, but its cities already cannot cope and climate change will make living conditions harsher still.
Lhasa building boom heightens divisions in Tibet
AFP, Published on 13/07/2021
» LHASA - Under towering mountains, cranes and newly-built blocks of flats stretch up to blue skies around the Tibetan capital of Lhasa, as a construction boom creates a two-tier system of property wealth between state workers and everyone else.
Trump unveils investments to power AI boom
AFP, Published on 16/07/2025
» PITTSBURGH - US President Donald Trump went to Pennsylvania on Tuesday to announce $92 billion in energy and infrastructure deals intended to meet big tech's soaring demand for electricity to fuel the AI boom.
Ecuador votes on extradition amid crime boom
AFP, Published on 05/02/2023
» QUITO - Ecuadorans voted in a referendum Sunday that will decide whether or not to allow extradition of citizens linked to organized crime in a country rocked by a dramatic increase in violence.
Remote 'Banshees' islands reap Oscars tourism boom
AFP, Published on 17/02/2023
» ACHILL (IRELAND) - Colin Farrell had many people to thank following his best actor win at the Golden Globes for "The Banshees of Inisherin". He made a point of mentioning the locals of Achill Island and Inis Mor.
Pandemic-fuelled baby boom has many Indonesians worried
AFP, Published on 01/07/2020
» JAKARTA: With her husband left jobless by the pandemic, the last thing Indonesian mother Juarsih needed was to get pregnant, but now she's expecting a third child -- one of many in the country anxiously preparing for a Covid-fuelled baby boom.
Baby boom at Taipei Zoo lightens pandemic blues
AFP, Published on 30/09/2020
» TAIPEI: Taiwan's largest zoo has celebrated a flurry of births in recent months, including pandas and pangolins, in a welcome boost during a visitor slump due to the coronavirus.
Winter Olympics prompts skiing construction boom in China
AFP, Published on 17/12/2020
» CHENGDU (CHINA) - Weaving down a steep slope, snowboarder Zhang Xu skid gracefully to a halt in a shower of white powder -- one of a new generation of Chinese people learning winter sports in brand new indoor facilities.