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Economists weigh in after Tesla CEO Elon Musk says Singapore is ‘going extinct’ amid low birth rate
THE oft-discussed issue of Singapore’s low birth rate was recently flagged by Tesla chief executive Elon Musk who declared that Singapore…
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Ukraine birth rates could plunge if Zelensky gives in to Pentagon demand
The Biden administration is urging Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to lower the draft age from 25 to 18 to boost the military amid…
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A Photographer’s Intimate Chronicle of Home Birth
A paradox of giving birth is that you are irrefutably there—no one has ever been more there!—and yet not there at all. In all but one of…
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'Who deng?' Edinburgh Zoo announces birth of baby pygmy hippo named Haggis
Just when you thought Moo Deng was the only celebrity baby pygmy hippopotamus taking the world by storm in 2024, along comes another one.…
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Lack of birth certificates puts Cameroon’s Indigenous people on the brink of statelessness
MAYOS, Cameroon (AP) — The morning sun filtered through the forest canopy, casting dappled light on this village in Cameroon. For the Baka…
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The birth of a spectacled bear brings joy to a farming community in Peru
LIMA, Peru (AP) — A spectacled bear was born in a rescue center built by a Peruvian farming community that has protected these animals for…
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Watch: San Diego Zoo celebrates birth of endangered Baird's tapir
June 25 (UPI) -- The San Diego Zoo announced the birth of a female Baird's tapir, an endangered animal native to Mexico and Central…