South Korea birth rate falls to all-time low
By Kang Jin-kyu SEOUL, Feb 28, 2024 (AFP) - South Korea's birth rate fell to a record low last year,…
2 years ago
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Japan PM unveils $25 bn plan to tackle birthrate crisis
TOKYO, June 1, 2023 (AFP) - Japan's prime minister unveiled a $25 billion plan on Thursday to expand support for…
3 years ago
Saudi population up by a third since 2010: census
RIYADH, May 31, 2023 (AFP) - Saudi Arabia's population has grown by more than one third since 2010, and a…
3 years ago
Japan rolls out ‘humble and lovable’ delivery robots
by Natsuko FUKUE / Tomohiro OSAKI Agence France-Presse FUJISAWA, Japan (AFP) -- "Excuse me, coming through," a four-wheeled robot chirps…
3 years ago
China’s Sichuan to scrap three-child limit as birth rates drop
Southwest China's Sichuan province will lift its three-child birth limit and remove restrictions on single parents as the world's…
3 years ago
China population shrinks for first time in over 60 years
by Ludovic EHRET Agence France-Presse BEIJING, China (AFP) -- China's population shrank last year for the first time in more…
3 years ago
World population at 8 billion humans — and still growing
United Nations, United States | AFP | by Amélie BOTTOLLIER-DEPOIS The United Nations estimates that the global human population…
4 years ago
China population to begin shrinking by 2025: officials
BEIJING, China (AFP) -- China's population will begin to shrink by 2025, officials have said, as family sizes grow…
4 years ago
Russia loses a million people in historic population fall
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) -- Russia's population declined by more than one million people in 2021, the statistics agency Rosstat…
4 years ago
Mauritania’s former desert jewel, forgotten and fading
by Amaury HAUCHARD PICTURES BY JOHN WESSELS Agence France-Presse TICHITT, Mauritania (AFP) — A few centuries ago, Tichitt was a citadel…
6 years ago
Cash for kids: South Korea seeks to raise falling birthrate
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) -- South Korea issued a raft of measures Friday to try to reverse one of…
8 years ago
Merkel vows to work for the ‘good for Germany’ as SPD paves way for her fourth term
by Hui Min Neo Agence France Presse BERLIN, Germany -- (AFP) Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday vowed to work…
8 years ago
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