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
After the explosions in Lebanon, Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant announced a “new phase” of the war. The focus is on the “northern front,” several Israeli media outlets said Wednesday, citing Gallant’s office. The Israeli army and the Lebanese Hezbollah militia have been engaged in clashes on Israel’s northern front for months. Forces and resources … 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
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 a … Read more
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 after … Read more
by DOUG FEINBERG The WNBA is returning to Portland with the Oregon city getting an expansion team that will begin play starting in 2026. The team will be owned and operated by Raj Sports, led by Lisa Bhathal Merage and Alex Bhathal. They paid $125 million for the franchise. “This is huge for Portland. We … Read more
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 to … Read more
A number of pubs and bars from all over the UK have been labeled as the best boozers to visit in this country. Whether it’s for their beer, drink selection or food offerings – a hall of fame of establishments across Great Britain has been crowned with the title as part of the 2024 Great … Read more
SRINAGAR, India – Voters lined up outside polling stations in India’s Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday to cast their ballots in the first provincial election to be held in a decade in the Himalayan region that has faced years of militant violence. The nine million registered voters choose members for the region’s 90-seat legislature in … Read more
A Naperville student awarded an Obama-Chesky service scholarship Naperville resident Leland Pan, a political science major at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, was one of three college students to receive the Voyager Scholarship, the Obama-Chesky Scholarship for the public service. Pan plans to work to mitigate burnout and compassion fatigue in social impact organizations, a … Read more