US fertility rate drops to all-time low, continuing a two-decade decline
The United States fertility rate has now been in decline for two decades, dropping nearly 23 percent since 2007.
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‘Going to be good for 90 years’: Trump defends record on Social Security
To mark Social Security’s 90th anniversary, the US president pledged to ‘defend’ the programme, despite criticisms.
Did Democrat Zohran Mamdani struggle with Black and working-class voters?
An analysis suggests the New York City mayoral hopeful trailed among certain demographics. What’s behind the numbers?
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Can Trump strip Musk and Mamdani of their US citizenship?
Trump threatened to arrest Zohran Mamdani if the latter did not cooperate with ICE deportation operations in New York.
‘Foreigners for both nations’: India pushing Muslims ‘back’ to Bangladesh
Hundreds taken to Bangladesh border at gunpoint in a crackdown by Assam, as some other BJP-ruled states follow suit.
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Money not infertility, UN report says: Why birth rates are plummeting
‘Lack of choice, not desire’ is reason for global fertility crisis, UN says in a global report.
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Italy’s citizenship referendum voided: All you need to know
Left-wing parties decry the lack of public debate on move to speed up naturalisation of immigrants.
Vietnam scraps two-child policy to combat falling birthrate
Vietnam’s declining birthrate is most pronounced in urban areas, while nationally, male births still outnumber female.
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Why did the Dutch government collapse and what’s next?
The Dutch government collapsed after Geert Wilders pulled away from ruling right-wing coalition.
Most LGBTQ adults in US don’t feel transgender people are accepted: Poll
By contrast, about six out of 10 LGBTQ adults said gay and lesbian people are generally accepted in the US.
‘They’ll be back’: White Afrikaners leave South Africa to be refugees in US
Trump administration welcomes first batch of white Afrikaners while US cuts off refugee programmes to other countries.
