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
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
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
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
Less than 24 hours later CNN published a bombshell report on comments it said Mark Robinson, the Republican candidate for governor of North Carolina, made on a pornographic website, the Democratic National Committee unveiled new ads linking them to former President Donald Trump . The DNC plans to launch a new digital ad and nearly … Read more
You may have seen John Giles, a lifelong Republican and the mayor of Mesa, Arizona, speak at the Democratic National Convention in August. He leads a conservative city in a key swing state, but opposes GOP nominee Donald Trump and endorses Democrat Kamala Harris for president. Other prominent Republicans have endorsed Ms. Harris, including former … Read more
Everyone wants to good night sleepbut your sleeping position can affect how well you rest at night – and how your body feels the next day. So which position is better: side, back or stomach sleeping? Ellen Wermter, Better sleep advice representative, family nurse and specialist in behavioral sleep medicine, told CBS News that it … Read more