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 […]
Sweden’s Queen Silvia visited Germany on Wednesday to discuss violence against children. Silvia was received by German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and his wife Elke Büdenbender at Bellevue Palace in Berlin, before participating in a round table with Interior Minister Nancy Faeser and Family Minister Lisa Paus. The event was held to mark the 25th anniversary […]
Some microbes have a growing resistance to our antibiotics Manjurul/iStockphoto/Getty Images The number of global deaths directly attributable to antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections is expected to increase from a record 1.27 million per year in 2019 to 1.91 million per year by 2050. In total, antibiotic resistance is expected to kill 39 million people between now […]
September 18 – POLK COUNTY, Minnesota – A Fort Yates, North Dakota man who is currently being held at the Northwest Regional Correctional Center changed his plea Tuesday, September 17, in an assault case against a fellow inmate. Christopher Paul James Morrison, 24, was charged with first- and third-degree assault after throwing boiling water on […]
After the overwhelming, pandemic-delayed wedding seasons of 2022 and 2023, the 2024 calendar has become much milder, at least comparatively. And Hollywood is no exception. Intimate ceremonies announced after the fact are the norm so far, although that could change any day. Last year brought us the rock-and-roll elopement of Chrishell Stause and G Flip, […]
Getty Images Sean “Diddy” Combs was denied by a New York judge on Tuesday Lawyers for hip-hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs will appear in court on Wednesday to challenge a judge’s decision to deny Mr. Combs bail after he pleaded not guilty in a trafficking case sexual A New York federal judge remanded the musician […]
Today is Wednesday, September 18, the 262nd day of 2024. There are 104 days left in the year. Today in history: On September 18, 2020, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a towering women’s rights campaigner who became the court’s second female justice, died at his home in Washington at the age of 87, of […]
A study suggests that consuming more foods and drinks rich in flavonoids, such as berries, tea and red wine, could reduce the risk of dementia by 28%. The number of people living with the disease worldwide is expected to nearly triple to 153 million by 2050, posing a rapidly growing threat to global health and […]
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Illinois lawmakers on Tuesday said they would not move on the prospect of public funding for a new White Sox stadium a day after the team and real estate developers hosted an event that included a cruise of the Chicago River to the proposed site for a new ballpark. The public relations operation by the […]