Indonesia’s Jakarta now the world’s largest city, Tokyo falls to third: UN
Nine of the top 10 mega-cities are in Asia, with Bangladesh’s Dhaka projected to be the world’s largest city by 2050.
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‘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.
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The Endgame
People & Power examines whether the forced transfer of Palestinians is Israel’s ultimate goal.
Published On 22 Apr 2025
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How South Korea raised its birthrate: Love bingo, parental support and more
South Korea’s birth rate has risen for the first time in nine years. But the shift isn’t significant enough, say experts
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US man convicted in hate crime murder of Palestinian American boy
Joseph Czuba faces life in prison for the murder of 6-year-old Wadee Alfayoumi days after the war on Gaza began.
