admin [ad_1] North and South Korea have adopted different approaches to dealing with their falling birth rates and impending population decline. North Korea’s fertility rate, or number of children expected per woman’s lifetime, is 1.78 births per woman, according to projections by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). South Korea is at 0.72, the lowest in … Read more
[ad_1] New French Prime Minister Michel Barnier clashed with President Emmanuel Macron’s centrist camp over tax hikes, according to French media reports on Wednesday. The disagreement centers around Barnier’s consideration of the tax increase, a departure from the previous government’s position. Barnier, a former EU commissioner, cited the dire state of public finances as justification … Read more
[ad_1] Martin Parr/Magnum Photos It has ruined a lot of sleep at night, and no doubt a lot of relationships too. Trying to sleep next to a snoring partner is exactly that: trying. Once the engines go away, there are few countermeasures other than a shove, earplugs and the patience of a saint. That’s the … Read more
[ad_1] Today’s installation of news related to the campaign from all over the country. * Speaking to members of the National Association of Black Journalists, Vice President Kamala Harris said she intends to make sure American families pay not more than 7% of their family income on child care — an issue that both members … Read more
[ad_1] We all bow our heads in memory of Blake Lively’s floral era, which apparently is no longer with us. The actor was seen in New York City with her husband Ryan Reynolds, dressed in all black, perhaps in mourning for the non-stop flowers she wore to promote. It ends with usin which she played … Read more
[ad_1] Protesters in New York demanded accountability after police shot a suspected fare evader at a busy subway station, hitting a bystander in the head. The man, Gregory Delpeche, remains in hospital in critical condition and has undergone cranial surgery, according to US media. Police said two officers shot the suspected toll evader on Sunday … Read more
[ad_1] A group of more than 100 former security officials in Republican administrations called on Wednesday former President Trump unable to serve and said he’s supporting Kamala Harris for president. The letter from 111 former GOP leaders, including former defense secretaries, CIA chiefs and a director of national intelligence, derides Trump as a would-be strongman … Read more
[ad_1] WWhen the secretary of state for health and social care, Wes Streeting, asked me to investigate the state of the NHS, I thought I knew what we would find. All of us who have worked in the NHS in recent years know that it was under pressure. But, as a surgeon, I am used … Read more
[ad_1] A nightclub attack victim was left “fuming” after the man who threw a bottle in her face and whispered “don’t reject me” has avoided jail. Amy Thompson, 25, had been in a nightclub in South Shields in the early hours when she was “accosted” by Dean Sinclair who viciously groped her, leaving her missing … Read more
[ad_1] More device explosions were reported in Lebanon on Wednesday, a day after pagers belonging to Hezbollah members detonated across the country, killing at least 12 people and injuring nearly 3,000, state media reported. According to Lebanon’s National News Agency, or NNA, “a number” of the injured had been taken to hospitals in the southern … Read more