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Pope tells Italians they need to have more babies amid record-low fertility rates
Italy’s birth rate, already one of the lowest in the world, has been falling steadily for about 15 years and reached a record low last year.
The U.S. is now Germany’s biggest trading partner — taking over from China
After years of China being Germany’s main trading partner, the U.S. quietly overtook that spot in the first quarter of the year, data calculations show.
Zelenskiy Fires Bodyguard Chief After Arrest of Two Officers │Two Colonels Detained on Suspicion Of Plot To Kill President
Ecuador president’s wife planning to build luxury resort in a protected forest: Lavinia Valbonesi received authorization from the Ministry of the Environment two weeks after her husband Daniel Noboa took office
Lavinia Valbonesi received authorization from the Ministry of the Environment two weeks after her husband Daniel Noboa took office
Biden Poised to Impose Tariffs on China EVs, Strategic Sectors
Putin says there is 'nothing unusual' about tactical nuclear weapons drill
'they asked our family to kill us' Saudi women's rights activist
Last week one was sentenced to 11 years, another had to flee the country, a third could be arrested at any moment. And what were Manahel, Maryam and Fawzia al-Otaibi’s ‘crimes’? A few social media posts that outraged Saudi Arabia’s conservatives
Famous Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof sentenced to lashings and 8 years in prison ahead of Cannes film festival, lawyer says
Mohammad Rasoulof has become the latest artist targeted in a widening crackdown on all dissent in the Islamic Republic.
US set to impose tariffs on China EVs and certain strategic sectors, Bloomberg reports
World's largest plant to extract CO2 from air opens in Iceland
Record-breaking increase in CO2 levels in world’s atmosphere
Experts issue warning after finding global average concentration in March was 4.7ppm higher than same period last year
A Ukrainian Sport Plane Drone Just Flew 800 Miles Into Russia To Blow Up An Oil Refinery
It's the deepest Ukrainian drone strike of the war, so far.
Netnayahu on U.S. arms shipment pause: "If we have to stand alone, we will stand alone" - I24NEWS
Both Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and National Unity party chairman, Minister Benny Gantz, delivered responses to the Bided administration's decision to halt munition shipments
Pentagon blocks access to Starlink for Russians in Ukraine
The Pentagon states that it has prevented the Russian military from using unauthorised Starlink internet terminals, operated by Elon Musk’s SpaceX, on the battlefield in the war with Ukraine.
South Korea’s birthrate is so low, the president wants to create a ministry to tackle it
Putin agrees to withdraw Russian forces from various Armenian regions
Netanyahu says Israel 'will stand alone' if it has to after threatened US arms holdup
The relief is desperately needed, with the United Nations saying people in Gaza are on the brink of famine.
‘The stakes could not be higher’: world is on edge of climate abyss, UN warns
Top climate figures respond to Guardian survey of scientists who expect temperatures to soar, saying leaders must act radically