For a quarter century, President Vladimir Putin has faced the specter of Russia’s shrinking and aging population.
In 1999, a year before he came to power, the number of babies born in Russia plunged to…
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Ukraine war briefing: Zelenskyy urges US to expand Russia oil sanctions | Russia
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged the US to expand sanctions on Russian oil from two companies to the whole sector, and appealed for long-range missiles to hit back at Russia. Zelenskyy was in London for talks with two dozen…
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Russia faces a shrinking and aging population and tries restrictive laws to combat it
For a quarter century, President Vladimir Putin has faced the specter of Russia’s shrinking and aging population.
In 1999, a year before he came to power, the number of babies born in Russia plunged to its lowest recorded level. In 2005, Putin…
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Gaza children dying as they wait for Israel to enable evacuations
Yolande Knell and
Jacob Evans,in Jerusalem
BBCThree year-old Zain Tafesh died from leukemia earlier this week So many lives in Gaza still hang in the balance.
In different wards of Nasser Hospital lie two 10-year-old boys, one shot by Israeli fire…
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‘We’ll march as many times as necessary’: Peru’s youth protesters defy state of emergency | Peru
A youth group in Peru calling itself the Generation Z Collective says it will march again on Saturday in defiance of a state of emergency declared by the government this week in the capital, Lima, and neighbouring port of Callao.
Group leaders…
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Trump set to meet Xi during 3-country Asia sprint
ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (AP) — President Donald Trump headed for Asia Friday night for the first time this term, a trip where he’s expected to work on investment deals and peace efforts before meeting…
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Europe struggles for diplomatic influence amid Trump’s foreign policy
LONDON (AP) — When President Donald Trump took the stage in Egypt to hail the U.S.-brokered ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, a row of world leaders stood behind him like extras in a political…
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Asia, Caught in the Middle, Faces Trump and Xi’s Tug of War – The New York Times
- Asia, Caught in the Middle, Faces Trump and Xi’s Tug of War The New York Times
- Trump’s Asia Tour: Deals, Diplomacy and a Meeting With Xi The New York Times
- Previewing President Trump’s Asia Visit CSIS | Center for Strategic and…
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‘One out… by mistake’ and Prince Andrew ‘dislodged’
The fallout after a former asylum seeker who sexually assaulted a 14-year-old girl was mistakenly released from prison dominates Saturday’s papers. The Sun calls the blunder “one out… by mistake”, playing off the government’s “one in, one out”… Continue Reading