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As China ages, senior citizens see a retirement of striving to get by
Many elderly Chinese view working beyond retirement age as a necessity as pension system struggles to meet their needs.
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As China ages, senior citizens see a retirement of striving to get by
Many elderly Chinese view working beyond retirement age as a necessity as pension system struggles to meet their needs.
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Celebrating Nowruz: Ancient festival marks arrival of spring and renewal
Some 300 million people around the world celebrate the Persian New Year, a festival rooted in Zoroastrianism.
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Celebrating Nowruz: Ancient festival marks arrival of spring and renewal
Some 300 million people around the world celebrate the Persian New Year, a festival rooted in Zoroastrianism.
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IsÂrael’s war on Gaza: List of key events, day 167
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has begun a Middle East tour hoping to secure a ceasefire in Israel’s war on Gaza.
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IsÂrael’s war on Gaza: List of key events, day 167
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has begun a Middle East tour hoping to secure a ceasefire in Israel’s war on Gaza.
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New Zealand slips into second recession in 18 months
Political parties trade blame for economic slump that follows aggressive interest rate hikes to tame inflation.
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Tennis world number 2 Sabalenka heartbroken over Konstantin Koltsov’s death
Sabalenka's match at the Miami Open has been moved back by a day following the death of her former boyfriend Koltsov.
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Alabama bans DEI programmes and ‘divisive concepts’ in public colleges
The bill, called SB129, bans publicly-funded institutions from maintaining DEI offices or teaching 'divisive concepts'.
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Two bar workers arrested in Russia’s first LGBTQ ‘extremism’ case
The suspects will remain in custody until May 18 and face as long as 10 years in prison if found guilty.
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Modi’s India plans its own democracy index, after global rankings downgrade
The index is being finalised ahead of elections, with New Delhi worried about global criticism hurting sovereign ratings
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‘Climate of fear’: UN accuses Russia of abuses in occupied Ukraine
In its first in-depth report on the situation in occupied Ukraine, UN says it found evidence of intimidation and torture
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Musk’s Neuralink hosts livestream showing quadriplegic playing online chess
Video introduces 29-year-old man as first patient to use start-up's brain-chip technology.
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At least 69 Rohingya refugees rescued after boat capsizes off Indonesia
Those rescued include 42 men, 18 women and nine children after boat capsized off the coast of Indonesia's Aceh province.
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‘No dancing in the streets’: Why has Cambodia banned musical vehicle horns?
Authorities across Cambodia have been ordered to remove musical horns from vehicles and put a stop to roadside dancing.
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Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 756
As the war enters its 756th day, these are the main developments.
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Births crisis: Nearly every country to shrink by 2100, study warns
Sub-Saharan Africa to account for one in every two children born by turn of century, Lancet study says.
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Q&A: Taiwan whistleblower Rex How on the challenge of generational change
How exposed a secret China trade pact triggering 2014's Sunflower Movement. Ten years on, much has changed.
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Advocates gird for Texas migrant law that could upheave US immigration
SB4 allows Texas to detain and deport migrants. Experts say it would beckon in new era of US policy if allowed to stand.
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Blinken begins latest Middle East tour, set to meet Arab leaders in Cairo
US secretary of state is expected to discuss a truce deal, the exchange of hostages and prisoners, among other topics.
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