China's 7th national population census triggered a new round of discussion about its population structure. According to the latest census, China's total fertility rate, the average number of children that would be born to a woman over her lifetime, has dropped to 1.3. What is sustaining this...
Israel has been urging civilians in the Strip to evacuate to safe areas in southern Gaza, as its military operation began in the northern part of the Strip. As a result, more than one million people, or more than half of Gaza's total population, poured into Rafah to seek shelter, most...
World Central Kitchen, the food charity founded by celebrity chef José Andrés, announced it is immediately pausing its work in the Gaza Strip after an Israeli strike killed seven of its workers, mostly foreigners.
Meanwhile, Ozden is concerned about the impact on the mental health of "the hundreds of thousands of people who will be living in tents and prefabricated units for years." Ozden also warned that they "are waiting for a big earthquake in the Istanbul region, which has a popu...
What is Hamas, and what's the Iran link? Hamas is the Palestinian militant faction that governs the Gaza Strip, a 230-square-mile area where more than 2 million people live. Israel and the U.S. have designated Hamas a terror organization. ...
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And President Biden is the clear Democratic front-runner, though he faces a surge of calls for Michiganders to cast protest votes over the administration’s actions around the war in Gaza. The Tuesday race could give observers hints about how the general election could play out later this ...
Critics are concerned about the expenseas the country goes through a period of economic downturn and deals with increased pressures from the war in Gaza. Egypt’s economy is being boosted by international funding, including from the World Bank, which announced Monday that it would provide Egypt ...
Bidenwon the Democratic primarywith more than 81 per cent of the vote. But more than 101,000 Democratic voters — or roughly 13 per cent — ticked the “uncommitted” box at the urging of activists and Arab-American leaders in protest at Biden’s support for Israel’s war in Gaza. ...