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Punishment to prize: China offers cash for having babies after decades of strict birth control, but young people aren’t interested | World News

China, once infamous for its rigid one-child policy and harsh penalties for violators, is now reversing course in a dramatic way by offering financial incentives to encourage childbirth. Facing a historic population decline and the lowest birth rate since the 1940s, the government is rolling out cash subsidies and tax breaks to boost family formation. […]

Trump’s fund cuts: CPB to shut down after GOP slashes funding; ‘trashed decades of democracy’ say critics

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) announced that it would be winding down its operations on Friday, in a major victory for Republican lawmakers. This follows a successful effort to defund local PBS and NPR stations across the United States. The decision comes just over a week after US President Donald Trump signed a rescissions […]

How an Indian man got his Dubai airport entry stamp, six decades after landing | World News

In 1965, with no commercial flights available, Haji N. Jamaluddin arrived in Dubai by ship from Mumbai/ Image: X-Dubai Airports In a heartfelt tribute to a life dedicated to Dubai, 90-year-old Indian expatriate Haji N. Jamaluddin was recently presented with a special commemorative airport-entry stamp, 60 years after he first set foot in the emirate. […]

US heat alert! Why summer 2025 could be the most dangerous in decades according to NOAA | World News

As meteorological summer officially begins on June 1, 2025, the United States is preparing for what may become one of its hottest summers in recorded history. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has issued an alarming seasonal outlook through its Climate Prediction Center (CPC), forecasting significantly above-average temperatures across nearly the entire country, as […]

French court to rule on surgeon who abused children for decades

Courtroom sketch of a judge ruling in trhe trial of Joel Le Scouarnec (Image credit: AP) A French court is to give its verdict Wednesday in the trial of a surgeon who admitted to sexually abusing hundreds of patients over more than two decades, in one of the country’s largest child sex abuse cases.Joel Le […]

CNN poll says Trump’s approval rating lower than any president in seven decades: ‘People are disappointed’

CNN says Trump’s approval at 100 days is lower than any president in at least seven decades. Like all other recent pollings showing President Donald Trump’s underwater approval rating, including a Fox News poll, CNN showed that Trump’s 41 per cent approval rating is the lowest for any newly elected president at 100 days dating […]

Bye-bye paycheck taxes? Mississippi and Kentucky plan to eliminate state income tax for first time in decades

In a move that could reshape the way Americans are taxed at the state level, Mississippi and Kentucky have launched ambitious plans to eliminate personal income taxes—something no US state has done in more than four decades.The last time this happened was in 1980, when oil-rich Alaska scrapped its income tax. Now, with budget surpluses […]