The number of newborns in Japan is decreasing faster than projected, with the number of annual births falling to another record low last year, according to government data released Wednesday. The health ministry said 686,061 babies were born in Japan in 2024, a drop of 5.7% on the previous year…
New Zealand legislators voted Thursday to enact record suspensions from Parliament for three lawmakers who performed a Māori haka…
The bodies of two Israeli-American hostages abducted by Hamas on October 7 were recovered from southern Gaza during a…
North Korea says it has successfully refloated a new destroyer that capsized upon launch last month, with state media…
A young Tibetan controversially appointed by China’s atheist Communist Party as the second-highest spiritual leader in Tibetan Buddhism has…