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China’s population falls for a 2nd straight year as births drop even after end of one-child policy
By Ken Moritsugu, The Associated Press on January 17th, 2024
BEIJING (AP) – China’s population fell by 2 million people in 2023 in its second straight annual decrease, as births dropped for the seventh straight year and deaths jumped following the end of COVID-19 restrictions, the government said Wednesday. The number of deaths rose by 690,000 to 11.1 million, more than double the previous year’s ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!China’s population dropped for a second straight year as deaths jumped after COVID lockdowns ended
By The Associated Press on January 16th, 2024
BEIJING (AP) – China’s population dropped by 2 million people in 2023 in the second straight annual drop as births fell and deaths jumped after the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions, the government said Wednesday. The number of deaths more than doubled to 690,000. Demographers were expecting a sharp rise in deaths because of COVID-19 outbreaks ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!China’s population drops for a second straight year as deaths jump
By The Associated Press on January 16th, 2024
BEIJING (AP) – China’s population dropped by 2 million people in 2023 in the second straight annual drop as births fell and deaths jumped. The government’s statistics bureau said Wednesday that the total population was 1.4 billion last year... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Shooter who killed 5 people at Colorado LGBTQ+ club intends to plead guilty to federal hate crimes
By Colleen Slevin, The Associated Press on January 16th, 2024
DENVER (AP) – The shooter who killed five people and endangered the lives of over 40 others at an LGBTQ+ nightclub in Colorado Springs plans to plead guilty to new federal charges for hate crimes and firearm violations under an agreement that would allow the defendant to avoid the death penalty, according to court documents ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!France’s Macron announces missiles and bombs for Ukraine, suggests he could work with Trump
By Sylvie Corbet, The Associated Press on January 16th, 2024
PARIS (AP) – French President Emmanuel Macron announced plans Tuesday to deliver more long-range cruise missiles as well as bombs to Ukraine and suggested that he’d find ways to work with Donald Trump in the event that he wins another presidency. “I take the leaders that the people give me,” the French leader said, adding ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Shooter who killed 5 people at Colorado LGBTQ+ club charged with hate crimes in federal court
By Colleen Slevin, The Associated Press on January 16th, 2024
DENVER (AP) – The shooter who killed five people and endangered the lives of over 40 others at a LGBTQ+ nightclub in Colorado Springs appeared in federal court to face federal hate crimes Tuesday. Aldrich pleaded not guilty to the federal charges Tuesday. Last year Aldrich was moved to the Wyoming State Penitentiary due to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!US to relist Yemen’s Houthis as specially designated global terrorists, AP sources say
By Matthew Lee, Aamer Madhani And Zeke Miller, The Associated Press on January 16th, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Biden administration is expected to soon announce plans to redesignate Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen as a specially designated global terrorists, according to two people familiar with the White House decision and a U.S. official. The move comes as the Houthis have launched dozens of attacks on commercial vessels in the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!France’s Macron announces dozens of missiles and hundreds of bombs for Ukraine
By Sylvie Corbet, The Associated Press on January 16th, 2024
PARIS (AP) – French President Emmanuel Macron has announced plans to deliver dozens of missiles and hundreds of bombs to Ukraine and insisted that “we cannot let Russia win.” Macron made the announcement at a wide-ranging news conference Tuesday evening. He said he will travel to Ukraine next month. He said a Russian victory in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Iran attacks alleged militant bases in Pakistan; Islamabad says ‘unprovoked’ strikes kill 2 children
By Jon Gambrell And Munir Ahmed, The Associated Press on January 16th, 2024
ISLAMABAD (AP) – Iran launched attacks Tuesday in Pakistan targeting what it described as bases for the militant group Jaish al-Adl, potentially further raising tensions in a Middle East already roiled by Israel’s war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Pakistan said the strikes killed two children and wounded three others in an assault it ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Pakistan condemns an attack by Iran, and says it killed 2 children and wounded 3 people
By Jon Gambrell, The Associated Press on January 16th, 2024
JERSUALEM (AP) – An Iranian strike on targets inside Pakistan killed two “innocent children” and wounded three other people, the Pakistani government said, calling the attack an “unprovoked violation” of the country’s airspace. Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry issued a statement confirming the attack, which were first first announced by Iranian media reports that were later withdrawn. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Palestinians fight in hard-hit areas of Gaza while deal emerges to deliver medicine to hostages
By Najib Jobain, Samy Magdy And Melanie Lidman, The Associated Press on January 16th, 2024
RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) – Palestinian militants battled Israeli forces in devastated northern Gaza and launched a barrage of rockets from farther south on Tuesday in a show of force more that 100 days into Israel’s massive air and ground campaign against the tiny coastal enclave. The fighting in the north, which was the first ... Read More »
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