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 the … Read more
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — The Nigerian government has warned of possible flooding in 11 states after the release of water from a dam in neighboring Cameroon. The Nigerian hydrological agency said on Wednesday that water would be released from the Lagdo dam gradually and could cause flooding, but that there was no cause for alarm. … Read more
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 thing … Read more
A woman and her boyfriend were in a verbal argument late Tuesday when she retrieved a gun and fatally shot the man at a Fort Worth home, according to police. The man, whose name and age the Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office has not released, was shot about 11:30 pm in the 3800 block of … Read more
We all bow our heads in memory of Blake Lively’s floral era, which apparently is no longer with us. The actor was spotted in New York City with her husband Ryan Reynolds dressed all in black, perhaps in mourning for the non-stop flowers she had been wearing to promote. It ends with usin which she … Read more
Getty Images Sean “Diddy” Combs was denied by a New York judge on Tuesday Lawyers for hip-hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs will appear in court on Wednesday to challenge a judge’s decision to deny Mr. Combs bail after he pleaded not guilty in a trafficking case sexual A New York federal judge remanded the musician … Read more
Today is Wednesday, September 18, the 262nd day of 2024. There are 104 days left in the year. Today in history: On September 18, 2020, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a towering women’s rights campaigner who became the court’s second female justice, died at his home in Washington at the age of 87, of … Read more
A study suggests that consuming more foods and drinks rich in flavonoids, such as berries, tea and red wine, could reduce the risk of dementia by 28%. The number of people living with the disease worldwide is expected to nearly triple to 153 million by 2050, posing a rapidly growing threat to global health and … Read more
Trump’s would-be assassin fired off a furious email to a man who blew $3,600 on a failed construction deal last year in which he bragged about spending time in Taiwan and Ukraine, and complained about with “ungrateful”. selfish, rich”. Ryan Routh, 58, is currently being held in a Florida jail awaiting trial on one count … Read more
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