North and South Korea have adopted different approaches to dealing with their falling birth rates and impending population decline. North Korea’s fertility rate, or number of children expected per woman’s lifetime, is 1.78 births per woman, according to projections by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). South Korea is at 0.72, the lowest in the … Read more
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela’s former opposition candidate Edmundo González said Wednesday he was forced to sign a letter effectively acknowledging his defeat in the presidential election. July, which electoral authorities say was won by President Nicolás Maduro. The revelation of the letter is the latest effort for the country’s political crisis, which has been … Read more
Martin Parr/Magnum Photos It has ruined a lot of sleep at night, and no doubt a lot of relationships too. Trying to sleep next to a snoring partner is exactly that: trying. Once the engines go away, there are few countermeasures other than a shove, earplugs and the patience of a saint. That’s the thing … Read more
Highway 2 reopens after truck spills 20 gallons of herbicide mixture near Monroe A portion of Highway 2 near Monroe is back open after Snohomish Regional Fire and Rescue says a semi truck hit a pickup truck. The crash resulted in 15 to 20 gallons of a herbicide mixture spilling onto the road at milepost … Read more
In the photo she posted on Facebook, Amber Nicole Thurman looks radiant. Kneeling in the surf, the 28-year-old clutches her six-year-old son as the waves break around them, both with matching smiles. It’s the kind of photo every mom can relate to. A year later, Thurman would die because of the state of Georgia’s law … Read more
Getty Images The US central bank cut interest rates more than expected in its first reduction in more than four years, an important moment for the world’s largest economy. The Federal Reserve said it would lower the target for its key lending rate by 0.5 percentage points, to a range of 4.75%-5%. Officials made the … Read more
Dolly Parton he entered the chat about By Beyoncé “Cowboy Carter” be closed at the CMA Awards. Queen Bey’s country album, which features Parton herself and a cover of her hit “Jolene,” did not receive a nomination for the upcoming 58th Annual. CMA Awards. The country music awards show met with some backlash from many … Read more
WWhen the secretary of state for health and social care, Wes Streeting, asked me to investigate the state of the NHS, I thought I knew what we would find. All of us who have worked in the NHS in recent years know that it was under pressure. But, as a surgeon, I am used to … Read more
By Sonya Gugliara For Dailymail.Com Published: 1:00 PM EDT, September 18, 2024 | Updated: 1:56 PM EDT, September 18, 2024 Best-selling author Nelson DeMille has died at 81. DeMille died Tuesday from stage four esophageal cancer New York Post confirmed The Long Island native was known for his action novels like “Plum Island” and “Charm … Read more
A second wave of explosions from the device hit Lebanon on Wednesday, killing nine, injuring 300 and igniting fires across the country a day after hundreds of pagers belonging to members of Hezbollah detonated in an unprecedented attack on the militant group . The Lebanese Red Cross said it deployed 30 ambulances to southern Lebanon … Read more