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
Schools in Niger will start the new academic year almost a month late due to heavy rainfall and flooding, the military government says. “Many schools have been affected, and others are occupied by those affected,” a government spokesman said on state radio. The authorities pushed the start date from October 2 to 28. In recent … Read more
Huanan Seafood Market in Wuhan, China, on December 31, 2019 Imaginechina Limited/Alamy An analysis of genetic samples taken from the Huanan seafood market in Wuhan, China, has identified a list of wild animals sold there that were the most likely source of the virus that sparked the covid-19 pandemic. While bats are thought to have … Read more
A unit at Pennsylvania’s Three Mile Island nuclear power plant will be restarted under the new power-sharing agreement with Microsoft, which it plans to use to power the data centers it operates as part of its push to artificial intelligence. In a joint releaseMicrosoft and Constellation Energy, Pennsylvania’s main utility, said Three Mile Island Unit … Read more
Is cottage cheese healthy? It’s a question I’ve never considered before. But is it just me, or is everyone suddenly obsessed with kitchen staples right now? Seen all over social media that are spread on bagels, used as a key ingredient in pancakes, added to scrambled eggs, or even mixed with mustard, the unsightly and … Read more
US Vice President Kamala Harris has spoken of her willingness to use her gun if an intruder breaks into her home. “If somebody walks into my house, they’re shot,” he said in a joking exchange during a live event in Michigan with host Oprah Winfrey on Thursday. After a laugh, the Democratic presidential candidate continued: … Read more
A 16-year-old boy has been arrested for the murder of a 57-year-old woman. fatally shot during the robbery of her husband in front of their apartment on the Lower East Side, police said Friday. The teenager was taken into custody for the Sept. 9 shooting at victim Ying Zhu Liu’s apartment building on Market St. … Read more
IIn the 2016 film Passengers, the crew of a spaceship bound for a distant planet had access to a scanning camera known as Autodoc that could instantly diagnose their medical problems and even predict the time of their death. I was reminded of this, and countless other science fiction plots, as I stripped off my … Read more
A convicted burglar left phobic of kitchens after being stabbed 16 times while working in a prison canteen has been handed a massive £5.5m payout after suing the Ministry of Justice. Government lawyers had argued that because thief Steven Wilson, 36, had “hardly any history” of earning an honest penny in his life, a multi-million … Read more
The extraordinary attacks on Hezbollah this week, in which thousands of pagers and walkie-talkies exploded over two days, was a stunning blow to Israel’s spy agency and a humiliating setback for the Lebanese militants and their Iranian patrons. say Western officials and former intelligence. . But the attacks, which Lebanese authorities said killed more than … Read more