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Why Japan's birth rate is falling and what the country is doing about it
Japan's population has been shrinking for 15 years, with huge implications for the country's economy, national defense, and ...
Japan's population is shrinking. Here's what it means – and what some are doing about it.
Japan's falling population is owed, in part, to a spike in the success of women in the workforce. A greater percentage of ...
Where do the major parties stand on climate change? Turns out they're worlds apart
As the election campaign draws to a close, it's safe to say both major parties have been quiet on climate change. While Labor ...
EU Parliament members seek release of 11th Panchen Lama
On the occasion of the 36th birthday of Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, the 11th Panchen Lama of Tibet, members of the European Parliament appealed to the Chinese government to immediately disclose his ...
Who will be the next pope? How the papal conclave works
Pope Francis died at age 88 on April 21, setting off a series of centuries-old rituals to select a new leader of the Catholic ...
South Korea martial law put Lee Jae-myung back on track for presidency
Lee's unlikely journey from child laborer to human-rights lawyer to governor known for his COVID-19 response reached the top ...
The Vatican: a papal powerhouse, world's smallest state
The Vatican, headquarters of the Catholic Church, is the smallest state in the world, with its own newspaper, national anthem ...
Indus Waters Treaty | Storm beneath the waters
Within seconds, the exchange took a curious turn as several members from the ruling Congress party, who were present in the ...
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The Book That Built Pierre Poilievre
Poilievre had first come across the book as a fourteen-year-old teenager growing up in Calgary. Out of commission from a ...
A consequential election ends with a stark choice and an uncertain future
In Canada, even before this spring, the notion that any given election was possibly the 'most important' to have ever ...